Singles Collection: The London Years |  | Artist: The Rolling Stones
Label: Decca - Pop
Category: Music
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Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 2897
Format: Box set
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 3
Running Time: 186 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.9
UPC: 042288234029
EAN: 0042288234029
ASIN: B00006RT56
Release Date: August 10, 2006
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Disc 1
| • | Come On - Andrew Loog Oldham, The Rolling Stones, Eric Easton | | • | I Want To Be Loved - Andrew Loog Oldham, Eric Easton, The Rolling Stones | | • | I Wanna Be Your Man - Andrew Loog Oldham, The Rolling Stones, Eric Easton | | • | Stoned - Andrew Loog Oldham, The Rolling Stones, Eric Easton | | • | Not Fade Away - Andrew Loog Oldham, The Rolling Stones | | • | Little By Little - Andrew Loog Oldham, The Rolling Stones | | • | It's All Over Now - Andrew Loog Oldham, The Rolling Stones | | • | Good Times, Bad Times - Andrew Loog Oldham, The Rolling Stones | | • | Tell Me - Andrew Loog Oldham, The Rolling Stones | | • | I Just Want To Make Love To You - Andrew Loog Oldham, The Rolling Stones | | • | Time Is On My Side - Andrew Loog Oldham, The Rolling Stones | | • | Congratulations - Andrew Loog Oldham, The Rolling Stones | | • | Little Red Rooster - Andrew Loog Oldham, The Rolling Stones | | • | Off The Hook - Andrew Loog Oldham, The Rolling Stones | | • | Heart Of Stone - Andrew Loog Oldham, The Rolling Stones | | • | What A Shame - Andrew Loog Oldham, The Rolling Stones | | • | The Last Time - Andrew Loog Oldham, The Rolling Stones, Dave Hassinger | | • | Play With Fire - Andrew Loog Oldham, Dave Hassinger, The Rolling Stones | | • | (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - Andrew Loog Oldham, Dave Hassinger, The Rolling Stones | | • | The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man - Andrew Loog Oldham, Ron Malo, The Rolling Stones | | • | The Spider And The Fly - Andrew Loog Oldham, The Rolling Stones, Dave Hassinger | | • | Get Off Of My Cloud - Andrew Loog Oldham, Dave Hassinger, The Rolling Stones | | • | I'm Free - Andrew Loog Oldham, The Rolling Stones, Dave Hassinger | | • | The Singer Not The Song - Andrew Loog Oldham, The Rolling Stones, Dave Hassinger | | • | As Tears Go By - Andrew Loog Oldham, The Rolling Stones, Glyn Johns, Keith Richards, Mike Leander |
Disc 2
| • | Gotta Get Away - Andrew Loog Oldham, The Rolling Stones, Dave Hassinger | | • | 19th Nervous Breakdown - Andrew Loog Oldham, The Rolling Stones, Dave Hassinger | | • | Sad Day - Andrew Loog Oldham, The Rolling Stones, Dave Hassinger | | • | Paint It Black - Andrew Loog Oldham, Dave Hassinger, The Rolling Stones | | • | Stupid Girl - Andrew Loog Oldham, Dave Hassinger, The Rolling Stones | | • | Long Long While - Andrew Loog Oldham, The Rolling Stones, Dave Hassinger | | • | Mother's Little Helper - Andrew Loog Oldham, Dave Hassinger, The Rolling Stones | | • | Lady Jane - Andrew Loog Oldham, Dave Hassinger, The Rolling Stones | | • | Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In The Shadow? - Andrew Loog Oldham, Glyn Johns, The Rolling Stones | | • | Who's Driving Your Plane? - Andrew Loog Oldham, The Rolling Stones | | • | Let's Spend The Night Together - Andrew Loog Oldham, The Rolling Stones | | • | Ruby Tuesday - Andrew Loog Oldham, The Rolling Stones | | • | We Love You - Andrew Loog Oldham, Glyn Johns, The Rolling Stones | | • | Dandelion - Andrew Loog Oldham, Glyn Johns, The Rolling Stones | | • | She's A Rainbow - Glyn Johns, The Rolling Stones | | • | 2000 Light Years From Home - Glyn Johns, The Rolling Stones | | • | In Another Land - Bill Wyman, Glyn Johns, The Rolling Stones | | • | The Lantern - Glyn Johns, The Rolling Stones | | • | Jumping Jack Flash - Jimmy Miller, The Rolling Stones | | • | Child Of The Moon (rmk) - Jimmy Miller, The Rolling Stones |
Disc 3
| • | Street Fighting Man - Jimmy Miller, The Rolling Stones | | • | No Expectations - Jimmy Miller, The Rolling Stones | | • | Surprise, Surprise - Andrew Loog Oldham, The Rolling Stones | | • | Honky Tonk Women - Jimmy Miller, The Rolling Stones | | • | You Can't Always Get What You Want - Jimmy Miller, The Rolling Stones | | • | Memo From Turner - Jack Nitzsche, Mick Jagger | | • | Brown Sugar - Jimmy Miller, The Rolling Stones | | • | Wild Horses - Jimmy Miller, The Rolling Stones | | • | I Don't Know Why Aka Don't Know Why I Love You - Jimmy Miller, The Rolling Stones | | • | Try A Little Harder - Andrew Loog Oldham, The Rolling Stones | | • | Out Of Time - Andrew Loog Oldham, Arthur Greenslade, The Rolling Stones | | • | Jiving Sister Fanny - Jimmy Miller, The Rolling Stones | | • | Sympathy For The Devil - Jimmy Miller, The Rolling Stones |
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 Expensive? Yes. Worth it? Absolutely. June 24, 2004
67 out of 68 found this review helpful
With so many Rolling Stones compilations now on the market, it must be difficult to know where to start. Well, it all depends on what you are after. Allow me to illustrate. If you want a concise package of their best material from their best era, then go for Hot Rocks. If you're after an overview of their entire career, then it's Forty Licks all the way. However, if you want a comprehensive anthology of the Stones' evolution from blues wannabes to world superstars, then they don't come much better than this.pStrange as it seems in this day and age, the Stones were essentially a singles band up until around 1968. In those days, a-sides were how a band was defined. But the b-sides were important as well, and people used to actually listen to them, unlike now. Here, we get all of their early singles - a-sides and b-sides - gathered together back to back onto 3 discs. So, whilst we get all the usual suspects, like Not Fade Away, Satisfaction and Get Off My Cloud, we are also treated to such early gems as Little By Little, Off The Hook and The Spider And The Fly. Along with Paint It Black and Mother's Little Helper, we also get Long Long While and We Love You. Absolutely Superb!pThe only place where this collection falters is, wait for it, around 1968, when the Stones - indeed the world - became less interested in singles and more into albums. Hence the album track Gimme Shelter does not qualify for a place here, whereas b-sides Surprise Surprise and Try A Little Harder do. Hmm, shame. Still, the compilers have used the opportunity to gather up some half decent loose material from that time, such as Jiving Sister Fanny and Mick Jagger's Memo From Turner, so bravo for doing that! All of which makes this an indispensable collection - five stars!
Comprehensive sixties collection February 1, 2003
Peter Durward Harris (Leicester England)
37 out of 41 found this review helpful
The Rolling Stones have had a very long career, but it their sixties music on which their reputation is based, and it is that music which this set focuses on. Originally released as a boxed set, it was later re-released as a triple CD. In 2002, a new re-mastered version of the triple CD was released with improved sound quality.pTheir first single was Come on, a cover of a Chuck Berry song. It made the top thirty in Britain. The follow-up single, a cover of the Beatles' I wanna be your man, fared better, just failing to make the British top ten. Next came Not fade away, a cover of a Buddy Holly song but with a Bo Diddley beat. Continuing with covers, this was followed by Its all over now, originally recorded by the Valentinos, a group which included Bobby Womack. In November 1964, Little red rooster (a hitherto obscure blues song) became another cover hit. Like Its all over now, it was a British number one. In 1965, they had phenomenal success with their own self-penned songs. The last time, (I can't get no) Satisfaction and Get off of my cloud were all major international hits. All three were British number ones. pAll the above classics are here, plus those that followed including Jumping Jack Flash and Honky tonk women. You also get their versions of songs they wrote but allowed others to have hits with, like As tears go by (Marianne Faithful) and Out of time (Chris Farlowe). Ruby Tuesday was only a B-side but was later covered by Melanie who was very successful with it.pThis is an excellent collection of music by one of the most important groups in rock history, when they were at their peak.
Who say's you can't always get what you want? November 28, 2002
Terry Moore (London)
20 out of 22 found this review helpful
From their first release in '63 this collection works it's way through not only the A-side's but the B-side's as well (UK and US releases) It's not just the old classic stuff either, there's also quite a few excellent not so well known tracks like 'Memo from Turner' from the 1968 film soundtrack 'Performance' on which Ry Cooder plays slide guitar. brThere's also a 14 page booklet giving extensive details about each and every track, and the different line-ups of the band between 1963 1971.brAll in all a great addition to anyone's collection.
The Early Rolling Stone catches the worm (or something like that) February 9, 2007
Moz (Birmingham England)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
These were exciting times in the early sixties. This captures all of that urgency. There was a new recording every other week. How the band managed to do so much in the studio and so much on the road defies explanation. They musta been on drugs or something. So some of the production isn't what we've got used to these days - it's raw, it's passionate, it's almost live. This gives you the transition from cover versions of mainly black RB artists to Jagger\Richard originals - and it's seamless. These lads learnt their art well and preserved it for us brilliantly.
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br /The later stuff from the band (Sticky Fingers onward) is a faint shadow of these early recordings. It has no great enthusiasm or sexual energy. Jagger became jaded and comfortable. These tracks were pretty well all recorded as potential three minute hit singles. The booklet adds a lot of background - like how Lady Jane got onto tape - unbelievable. Ian Stewart gets his credits and Brian Jones' influence is prominent (but fading). Three CD's crammed to the gunnels and there's not a track I'd want to lose but a few I wish had been included - Take it or Leave it\Poison Ivy\Under the Boardwalk\Oh Carol.
the best way to experience 60s Stones October 8, 2007
freewheeling frankie (north London, England)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
This fabulous and very reasonably priced collection contains all The Rolling Stones' Decca (UK) and London (USA) single A- and B-sides. If they originally appeared on 45 in mono (the vast majority) they're in mono here - apart from Honky Tonk Women for some reason. The 2002 remasters finally do justice to this material on CD - they sound fabulous.
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br /The 60s A-sides (with the arguable exception of their debut, Come On) are uniformly brilliant, surprisingly varied and superbly produced, especially after they began recording in the USA; the B-sides, with only 1 or 2 exceptions, are good to excellent. There is surprisingly little overlap with albums (especially UK ones) and where there is, several tracks are in otherwise unobtainable mono. Really, until about halfway through CD 3, this collection is pretty much flawless - there are only about 5 tracks on the whole thing I'd not want to listen to. There isn't a better way to listen to the Stones' first (and best) 7 years.
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br /For those who care about these things, there are minor quibbles as follows; anyone who just wants a great collection of 60s Stones singles can ignore them because for most people this will be nit-picking:
br /1) the presence on CD 3 (tracks 9-12) of out-takes understandably not issued at the time of recording. These were issued on 45 in 1975 to promote the dodgy Metamorphosis collection of out-takes; they may belong here in principle as Decca/London 45s but they don't belong here in spirit; their low quality only devalues the collection overall.
br /2) the presence of Brown Sugar and Wild Horses. These were recorded in 1969 without the knowledge of Decca/London, to whom the Stones were still contracted; subsequent legal manoeuvres have made them available to Decca/London's successors Abkco but they've never to my knowledge been issued as 45s on Decca/London. If they (or the also rather superfluous Sympathy For The Devil) were mono or otherwise different mixes they'd be worth including, but otherwise most people who'd buy this will already have Sticky Fingers and Beggars Banquet.
br /3) by far the most important: the absence of their 3 UK EPs of 1964-65 (The Rolling Stones, 5 x 5 and Got Live If You Want It); these could have been included if 1) and 2) had been omitted and the collection would have been better for it.
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