Rolling Stones: cerniera inceppata! La ristampa di 'Sticky fingers' è posticipata

11 apr 2015

Galeotta fu la zip, come nella miglior (o peggior) tradizione di "certe" situazioni... e quindi, nonostante i fan dei Rolling Stones fossero prontissimi ad acquistare l'annunciata ristampa del mega-classico "Sticky fingers", dovranno attendere due settimane in più. La leggendaria band inglese, infatti, si è vista costretta a rimandare di due settimane l'uscita del disco - che ora è prevista per il prossimo 8 giugno (il 9 in nord America).

Il motivo di questa decisione last minute è spiegato in un comunicato postato nel sito ufficiale della band ed è legato al fatto che alcune edizioni del disco avranno una copertina che riproduce quella storica, ossia con una zip vera e funzionante. Così gli Stones scrivono:

Universal Music oggi ha comunicato un leggero ritardo nella ristampa del disco dei Rolling Stones "Sticky fingers" album, dato che alcune versioni avranno una zip fatta a mano che sta richiedendo più tempo del previsto per la fabbricazione. Per fare in modo che tutti i i formati siano disponibili nello stesso momento, la nuova data di uscita è l'8 giugno, e per chi è in nord America il 9.
Questa nuova edizione di "Sticky fingers" in alcuni formati conterrà un disco bonus con materiale inedito; tra i brani più interessanti ci sono una versione di "Brown sugar" con Eric Clapton alla chitarra, outtake di "Bitch", "Can’t you hear me knocking" e "Dead flowers", una "Wild horses" unplugged e cinque brani - tra i quali "Honky tonk women" e "Midnight rambler" - live alla Roundhouse di Londra nel 1971.

Www.rockol.it

da qualche giorno circola, invece, una diversa versione.



"The Rolling Stones will launch on the market a disc reissue Sticky Fingers in December. We do not have details, but the band may be rewriting a few things to add on new material as a bonus. The bid is similar to the Exile, perhaps with luxury box, etc. Speculation about recording a new album, however, is unlikely to confirm."

da http://stonesplanetbrazil.blogspot.com. ... ngers.html

Sabato scorso a "Che fuori tempo che fa" i critici musicali Ernesto Assante e Gino Castaldo hanno ripercorso brevemente (e con un po' di sarcasmo) la storia degli Stones in occasione della ripubblicazione di Sticky fingers

http://www.rai.tv/dl/RaiTV/programmi/me ... baf12.html

From an interview with Brian Ives:

Don Was on the Rolling Stones’ ‘Sticky Fingers,’ Brian Wilson & the Amazing Sinatra Album He Almost Produced with Bob Dylan


Gabi Porter

Speaking of the Stones, they just announced that they’re reissuing [1971’s] Sticky Fingers. I know you work on all of their reissues. Anything you can tell me about working on this one?

Unlike the other two that we worked on, [1972’s] Exile on Main Street and [1978’s] Some Girls, the actual outtake stockpile for Sticky Fingers is pretty much depleted. The stuff that didn’t go on Sticky Fingers went on Exile on Main Street. And the stuff that might have been left over from that ended up on [1981’s] Tattoo You. And a couple of songs that maybe didn’t make it on to Tattoo You, we worked on and finished for the [2010] Exile reissue. There’s a lot of over bleed—no pun intended—between [1969’s] Let It Bleed, [1968’s] Beggars Banquet, Sticky Fingers and Exile, but particularly Sticky Fingers and Exile. There just wasn’t enough stuff that no one had heard before.

The thing that will make this one different is the alternate takes, like “Brown Sugar” with Eric Clapton and the acoustic “Wild Horses.” But they’re all just different versions of songs. The bonus disc is rounded out with some live performances. It’s a little different from Exile and Some Girls in that we didn’t go back and try to finish anything.

When did the Stones record “Brown Sugar” with Eric Clapton?

I think it was recorded at a party in the studio and Clapton was there. It was a casual undertaking. They have a lot of versions of a lot of songs. They always chose the right ones, by the way.

Even without bonus tracks, Sticky Fingers is such a classic.

I’ve often spoken with the Stones about one of the advantages of vinyl being that it was just 36 to 40 minutes long, and there was no tolerance for filler. You had to self-edit constantly. A couple of the records we’ve done together, I’d prepared 36 minute versions for them. I know we did it for [1994’s] Voodoo Lounge and I think we did it for 1997’s Bridges to Babylon too. Some of them, if they were 36 minutes instead of 72 minutes, they would absolutely hold up to Let It Bleed and those older albums. But those days are gone.

I think that Keith Richards came into his own as a balladeer during your era as the band’s producer (1994- the present). On Voodoo Lounge, he sang “The Worst” and “Thru and Thru.”

My favorite was “How Can I Stop” from Bridges to Babylon. It’s almost a bonus track because it comes way at the end of a record.

You once told me that you had to include “How Can I Stop” as sort of a bonus track because Keith already sang “You Don’t Have To Mean It” and “Thief in the Night” on that album, and Mick didn’t want Keith to sing three songs on an album.

[Laughs] That song, I thought that was their version of what Brian Wilson just did with “The Last Song.” I thought that was their coda when they did it. It was such a contentious album to make. And it was the last song that we cut. Charlie had a limo waiting in the alley behind the studio to take him to the airport to fly back to England as soon as we got the take. We had to get the take done. I remember thinking, “Wow, this is the last song the Rolling Stones are ever going to record.” I thought it was a historic moment.

But as it turned out, Charlie came back [later] and we recorded something else for the album, and 20 years later, they’re still going.

I think that “One More Shot” [one of the two new songs on the 2012 compilation GRRR!] would be a great final song.

The next line is, “that’s all I got.”

Well, it would be a good coda, if it is, in fact, their last song.

I think they’ll play until they drop, but I don’t know if they’ll make records anymore.

Will you see them on this tour?

Oh absolutely, I’m going to be in my hometown of Detroit when they play there, so I’m absolutely going to go see them.

http://www.iorr.org

Don Was è un personaggio, grande produttore (anche di alcuni lavori dell'ultima Bonnie Raitt) ma non penso fosse l'uomo giusto per i RS degli anni 90, figuriamoci oggi.

Concordo. Tempo fa acquistai "Wild and Free" di Ziggy Marley, prodotto da Don Was. Il suono è pulitissimo e troppo ovattato, come sempre. La stessa sensazione che provai ascoltando 'Under a red sky' di Bob Dylan o 'Chocabeck' di Zucchero, da lui prodotti. Se per alcuni artisti può essere positivo un tale approccio, per gli Stones è deleterio alla massima potenza. Io lo avrei mandato via a calci in culo subito dopo Voodoo Lounge, ma, evidentemente i nostri non la pensano così per motivi che io non riesco a comprendere!

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQTHB4jM-KQ#t=36[/youtube]

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXd6O321Ruc#t=177[/youtube]

Bellissima versione, questa alternate track.
Molto diversa, embrionale, rispetto a quella che noi tutti conosciamo.
Ma è proprio questo il fascino della versione in questione, che da sola probabilmente merita l'acquisto del cd.
Interessante lo scambio chitarristico tra Taylor e Richards (non accadrà piu in futuro) e interessante anche la lettura di Mick Taylorl in particolare nel pre ritornello. Molto spontaneo e sentito l'assolo di Keith, freschissimo.
Sono molto contento, si tocca con mano l'atmosfera dei Oympic Studios ascoltandola.

l'ho postato su iorr e lo metto anche qui, ovviamente.
articolo bellissimo.

NME_Magazine (25 April 2015)

Ascolta la nuova “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking” dei Rolling Stones
http://www.rollingstone.it/musica/news- ... 015-04-28/

Rolling Stones Release Alternate ‘Can’t You Hear Me Knocking’ From ‘Sticky Fingers’ Reissue

The slow rollout of previously unreleased goodies from the Rolling Stones‘ upcoming Sticky Fingers deluxe reissue continues with an alternate take of “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking.”

The song, which you can hear above, follows the acoustic version of “Wild Horses” that came out a couple weeks ago, and offers a somewhat more refined, jam-free version of the “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking” Stones fans know and love. Remaining unreleased cuts on the reissue, some of which will presumably make their way online prior to its June 9 arrival, include a version of “Brown Sugar” that features Eric Clapton and an alternate take of “Bitch.”

As previously reported, the reissue was initially slated to appear in stores earlier, but a glitch with the album art caused a delay. Just as it did with the original pressing in 1971, the working zipper on the cover has proven difficult to manufacture.

In the meantime, the Stones will return to the road for their summer Zip Code Tour, which begins May 24 in San Diego and is scheduled to continue through July 15. Rumors suggested the group would perform Sticky Fingers in its entirety during these shows, but that seems unlikely; as Mick Jagger put it, “It’s got quite a few slow songs on it.”

Also currently up in the air are any plans to end the band’s 10-year drought between albums of new material. While Jagger has gone on record as saying he’d like to get back in the studio with the Stones, nothing appears to be in the works — though fans can look forward to the possibility that Keith Richards‘ new solo album could be in stores this year, perhaps accompanied by a tour.

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/rolling- ... -knocking/

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Rolling Stones release alternate edit of 'Can't You Hear Me Knocking
The Rolling Stones are emptying the archives for the deluxe reissue of 1971's classic "Sticky Fingers."

To tease the release, first they sent out a pristine acoustic version of "Wild Horses," one of the staples of their catalog. Now the band has posted an alternate mix of fan favorite "Can't You Hear Me Knocking."
Once again, it's a striking, pared-down mix that reasserts the Stones' prowess as writers and players. Listen and watch the lyric video above.

This version buffs up and strips back the production, for a clean and clear sound shorn of the original's song-ending jam session. It still packs plenty of heat -- the new mix lets Mick Jagger's wails come through with new desperation, and the band is as dime-turn tight as ever.

Perhaps one shouldn't be surprised that a band at its creative peak generated so much quality extra material. But this reissue of "Sticky Fingers" is shaping up to be more than just a quality repackaging of a great album. It's becoming an essential alternate-universe LP version of that same record.

The reissued "Sticky Fingers" is out June 9. With every new track, it's clear that this is a required purchase for serious Stones fans, and a great introduction for younger ones

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/mu ... story.html

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Hear Alternate Version of Rolling Stones' 'Can't You Hear Me Knocking


When the Rolling Stones gathered at London’s Olympic Studios in the summer of 1970 to work on Sticky Fingers, they'd already laid down several classics like "Brown Sugar" and "Dead Flowers" in previous months. But they weren't out of steam yet. During a jam with Charlie Watts, Keith Richards started experimenting with open G guitar tuning and knew he had something special. "My fingers just landed in the right place and I discovered a few things about that tuning that I'd never been aware of," Richards said in 2002. "I think I realized that even as I was cutting the track."

The track, "Can’t You Hear Me Knocking," went on to become one of the most swaggering, defining Stones epics. On this bare-bones early version – premiered on Buzzfeed and set for release for the first time on the Sticky Fingers deluxe reissue June 9th – you can hear the magic start to take shape. Richards feels his way through the riff – and a few riffs that didn’t make the final cut – as Mick Jagger improvises. "It was smiles all around," Richards wrote of the session in 2010’s Life. "For a guitar player it's no big deal to play, the chopping, staccato bursts of chords, very direct and spare."

This early, loose version is only half as long as the final one, lacking the song's second movement with Mick Taylor's Santana-style solo. "We didn’t even know they were still taping," Richards once said of that section. "We thought we’d finished. We were just rambling and they kept the tape rolling. I figured we'd just fade it off. It was only when we heard the playback that we realized, 'Oh, they kept it going.' Basically we realized we had two bits of music. There’s the song and there’s the jam."

The band hadn't tackled the challenging song live for decades before the Licks tour in 2002, and they've played it on and off in tours since – but chances are they will play it this summer on their Zip Code tour. "We're floating the idea of playing the whole album," Mick Jagger told Rolling Stone earlier this month. "At the very least, we'll play the songs we don't normally play."

Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ ... z3YdQnr6W5

Hai ragione Leeds,da sola merita l'acquisto del cd,grezzissima e bellissima

Sabato scorso a "Che fuori tempo che fa" i critici musicali Ernesto Assante e Gino Castaldo hanno ripercorso brevemente (e con un po' di sarcasmo) la storia degli Stones in occasione della ripubblicazione di Sticky fingers

http://www.rai.tv/dl/RaiTV/programmi/me ... baf12.html

A me piu' che dei critici musicali, mi sembrano due cabarettisti

rosso57

[quote="leeds71"][youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXd6O321Ruc#t=177[/youtube]

Che bellezza.
Il problema con questi inediti è che ascoltato un take poi li vorresti sentire tutti, fino alla versione definitiva.