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71Tele
No version without both Mick Taylor and Bill Wyman can be considered among the best, imo.

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71Tele
No version without both Mick Taylor and Bill Wyman can be considered among the best, imo.

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Nothing can beat this one..............This is the feeling that the song deserves and of course the original from LIBleed





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71Tele
No version without both Mick Taylor and Bill Wyman can be considered among the best, imo.

Mick Taylor doesn't play a note on the studio version and that's the best one.

The only version I can listen to is from Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out. Jagger wasn't a caricature when he sang it. He was at his absolute pinnacle.

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71Tele
No version without both Mick Taylor and Bill Wyman can be considered among the best, imo.

Mick Taylor doesn't play a note on the studio version and that's the best one.

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Amsterdamned
By far,and of course the original.

I was hoping someone mentioned this one, so good. Taylor has wonderful balance of rythmn, soloing, and noodling. For me this is the Stones at their apex; its all down hill from here . . .

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MJG196
The only version I can listen to is from Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out. Jagger wasn't a caricature when he sang it. He was at his absolute pinnacle.

Which version do you mean? GS is not on Ya Ya´s.

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Come On
It's this one from Texas -72:





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best live version i've ever heard. thanks for sharing.
but i still think, nothing comes close to the studio verison!

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RobertJohnson
I prefer the 89/90 versions; although I'm Mick Taylor-fan, Ronnie is here the better choice ... wonderful solos often during this tour on GS.

Interesting -- I prefer the Taylor-era versions for a variety of reasons, but if you like Ronnie's soloing on this song (and I do, usually), I think he's much stronger in '75.

The studio version is The Rolling Stones masterpiece!

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Yes, there are some wonderful live versions, but the studio version is untouchable, in my opinion.

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texas fan
Yes, there are some wonderful live versions, but the studio version is untouchable, in my opinion.

I agree,i think Gimme Shelter is the most important rock song ever made.Its still
relevant.

When it comes to live,i do like 72-73 versions ofcourse,but this song needs groove,so i prefer 97-99 versions their best,next comes 1975,keiths guitar work was exellent,and so was ronnies.

I almost never listen to the studio version. It's a super fantastic song, but live it, well, lives, and the studio version is, well, dead, if you know what I mean.

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kleermaker
the studio version is, well, dead, if you know what I mean.

No.