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Sleepy City Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 36 Gender:	What is your favourite "hits" collection? Nov 17^th, 2022 at 3:17am Mine is 'Rolled Gold'. I bought the 28-song double album when I was around 16 years old (1979) and quickly wore my copy out! A near perfect selection of Decca era material (and the 40-song CD version is even better).
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andrews27 Rocks Off Regular Offline Wake up Bowie or we all through!! Posts: 1,599 Pittsburgh, PA, USA Gender:	Re: What is your favourite "hits" collection? Reply #1 - Nov 17^th, 2022 at 7:46am More Hot Rocks (Big Hits and Fazed Cookies), original 2-LP, a childhood eye-opener at Xmas. 1972.
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ThomasOliver Rocks Off Regular Online Posts: 170 Gender:	Re: What is your favourite "hits" collection? Reply #2 - Nov 17^th, 2022 at 7:48am Through the Past Darkly. One of 3 Stones albums I taped off a mate that got me properly into the band in the early 80s.
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Reply #3 - Nov 17^th, 2022 at 7:59am

Excellent choices!

The first RS album I knew was the UK version of 'Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass)', the only Stones album my parents owned. I must've heard that quite a lot from aged 3 onwards. It wasn't until years later that I realised the guy at the front of the cover pic wasn't actually the group leader!

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The Wick Rocks Off Regular Offline Posts: 972	Re: What is your favourite "hits" collection? Reply #4 - Nov 17^th, 2022 at 11:01am I don't think there has ever been a better hits package from any band than Hot Rocks. The selection of songs and order is superior to any. Solid shout with Rolled Gold though.
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Paranoid Android Rocks Off Regular Offline The Rocks Off Ladies Rule You Bastards!! Posts: 5,989 Chapel Hill, NC Gender:	Re: What is your favourite "hits" collection? Reply #5 - Nov 17^th, 2022 at 11:25am A friend in college had HR 1 and 2...good times getting high and rockin' out to them...so for nostalgia's sake, HR1+2. Can't wait for the next one, 60 licks...smh
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Goo Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 552 USA Gender:	Re: What is your favourite "hits" collection? Reply #6 - Nov 17^th, 2022 at 1:45pm Time waits for no one hot rocks 1&2 sucking in the 70s honk 40 Licks
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ijwthstd Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 1,047	Re: What is your favourite "hits" collection? Reply #7 - Nov 17^th, 2022 at 5:19pm High Tide And Green Grass. Got it for a dollar when I was like 8 years old. The only downside to 36 Licks is the 3 (or 4) inferior tracks that sound more like outtakes that shouldn't have been on any album.
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Rev 20 Redlights Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 1,504	Re: What is your favourite "hits" collection? Reply #8 - Nov 18^th, 2022 at 12:17am
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Reply #10 - Nov 19^th, 2022 at 1:20pm

First Stones record I ever bought. Christmas 1977. TV advertised double LP on Arcade Records, who were a UK based label who somehow managed to get the rights to the band's ABKCO era catalogue and released this double LP, which sold massively helped by heavy TV promotion. The track listing is relatively similar to 'Rolled Gold'

I was so eager to listen to it that I couldnt wait until Christmas Day, so one night a couple of weeks before the holidays I sneaked into my parents' bedroom wardrobe when they were out for the evening and found where it was hidden, brought it downstairs and blasted it for a couple of hours. I was hooked.
Arcade were in competition with K-Tel, who released their own 'Story of the Stones' compilation in the early 80's.

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Re: What is your favourite "hits" collection?
Reply #11 - Nov 19^th, 2022 at 2:49pm

Gazza wrote on Nov 19^th, 2022 at 1:20pm:

First Stones record I ever bought. Christmas 1977. TV advertised double LP on Arcade Records, who were a UK based label who somehow managed to get the rights to the band's ABKCO era catalogue and released this double LP, which sold massively helped by heavy TV promotion. The track listing is relatively similar to 'Rolled Gold'

Very cool story, one of millions that prove the Stones are life, the rest is just details.
A K-Tel reference, awesome.

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I was so eager to listen to it that I couldnt wait until Christmas Day, so one night a couple of weeks before the holidays I sneaked into my parents' bedroom wardrobe when they were out for the evening and found where it was hidden, brought it downstairs and blasted it for a couple of hours. I was hooked.
Arcade were in competition with K-Tel, who released their own 'Story of the Stones' compilation in the early 80's.

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Reply #13 - Nov 19^th, 2022 at 5:55pm

As it was the only place where you get those two outstanding studio tracks and a fine live'78 version of 'Whip', absolutely

On the down side, I think some of the songs are edited (was this the first album where this happened?) but its worth the price alone for 'Everything is Turning to Gold' and 'If I Was a Dancer', which are two of the funkiest things they've ever done and huge favourites of mine.

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Rev 20 Redlights Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 1,504	Re: What is your favourite "hits" collection? Reply #14 - Nov 19^th, 2022 at 8:35pm The only one I ever bought to play and play and play and play The only other one I ever bought in a used record store, just for the cover art
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Reply #15 - Nov 20^th, 2022 at 2:36am

Gazza wrote on Nov 19^th, 2022 at 5:55pm:

As it was the only place where you get those two outstanding studio tracks and a fine live'78 version of 'Whip', absolutely

On the down side, I think some of the songs are edited (was this the first album where this happened?) but its worth the price alone for 'Everything is Turning to Gold' and 'If I Was a Dancer', which are two of the funkiest things they've ever done and huge favourites of mine.

'Out Of Time' was edited (from 5:37 to 3:41) for 'Flowers', but I can't think of an earlier example on a compilation. 'Tell Me (You're Coming Back)' was also edited (from 4:05 to 2:47) for US single release.

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Voodoo Chile in Wonderland Unholy Trinity Admin Offline The Stones are back you bastards!!!! Posts: 16,060 Wonderland Gender:	Re: What is your favourite "hits" collection? Reply #16 - Nov 23^rd, 2022 at 10:10am This one, at that time it was the first releasing all singles, including the eraly ones, finally "Come on" on CD
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Goo Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 552 USA Gender:	Re: What is your favourite "hits" collection? Reply #17 - Nov 25^th, 2022 at 7:57am I like honk for the live bonus
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munichhilton Rocks Off Regular Offline The bell tolls for thee Posts: 531 Texas Gender:	Re: What is your favourite "hits" collection? Reply #18 - Nov 29^th, 2022 at 6:34pm I'm all about Rolled Gold early on and have to agree with Sucking later on....
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Voodoo Chile in Wonderland Unholy Trinity Admin Offline The Stones are back you bastards!!!! Posts: 16,060 Wonderland Gender:	Re: What is your favourite "hits" collection? Reply #21 - Dec 18^th, 2022 at 4:17pm
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Paranoid Android Rocks Off Regular Offline The Rocks Off Ladies Rule You Bastards!! Posts: 5,989 Chapel Hill, NC Gender:	Re: What is your favourite "hits" collection? Reply #22 - Dec 19^th, 2022 at 7:15am Some Guy wrote on Nov 19^th, 2022 at 5:20pm: I've always had a special place for Sucking in the Seventies- does that count? I recall the TV commercials for SIT70s Sucking, in the 70s... Sucking in, the 70s... Sucking in, in the 70s... $4.99 at a Disc-O-Mat near you!
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Egon Rocks Off Regular Online LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLLING STONES Posts: 1,882 A Dutchy in Marseille, France Gender:	Re: What is your favourite "hits" collection? Reply #23 - Dec 20^th, 2022 at 7:02am So no Rarities fans here I see ..
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Goo Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 552 USA Gender:	Re: What is your favourite "hits" collection? Reply #24 - Dec 21^st, 2022 at 4:41pm Egon wrote on Dec 20^th, 2022 at 7:02am: So no Rarities fans here I see .. I’d rather like rarities ……. The liner notes stunk, but to finally get through the lonely nights on cd was great and Let it rock
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