This is one of the weirdest Stones releases of all time.

after the Stones formed thier own label, Decca and Allen Klein put it out using material they still had control of...

so it was kind of an "opening of the vaults" that the Stones had no control over themselves.

Maybe not a classic, but some interesting stuff on there.

one of their best albums, with great stuff on it.
i think its better than a bigger bang

jeroen

I think ABKCO were entitled to one more all new release album and that's what they put out?

Bill's superior Black Box idea was ditched due to there not being enough Jagger Richards songs on there thus less revenue for ABKCO.

I have a hard time getting past the bad sound.. Hate that pseudostereo Phil Specter vibe. Several great tracks on it but many that I can't believe they recorded at all. Thank you for clarifying on the Decca deal. Makes sense.

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"As we say in England, it can get a bit trainspottery"

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corriecas
one of their best albums, with great stuff on it.

jeroen

Well said Jeroen...

Family is a great song....

"Here comes the girl, she's got her head screwed on
But it ain't screwed on right
Her ambition is to be a prostitute....."

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mtaylor
Family is a great song....

"Here comes the girl, she's got her head screwed on
But it ain't screwed on right
Her ambition is to be a prostitute....."

"... But the breaks just weren't right." Great song indeed and with great lyrics. For some reason, the recording always seems to be subpar to me. I'd love to hear it rerecorded with the current line up.

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corriecas
one of their best albums, with great stuff on it.
i think its better than a bigger bang

jeroen

Ummm...no

2 of Jagger's greatest vocals is on that disc....the Stevie Wonder cover I Don't Know Why is an absolute gem.

Very interesting release but one of their best??? Please! And no it is NOT better than A Bigger Bang.

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Rip This
2 of Jagger's greatest vocals is on that disc....the Stevie Wonder cover I Don't Know Why is an absolute gem.

Only for this song the whole album was worth releasing, I loved it when it came out the first release of their vaults, I do understand that some of them where never released still fun though...............

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mtaylor
Family is a great song....

"Here comes the girl, she's got her head screwed on
But it ain't screwed on right
Her ambition is to be a prostitute....."

Yeah teayh Great Song, esp the sencence.. her ambition is to be!!!

Hialrious
Great great. loved it then, still do !!

Jeroen

Some fine things on there and some crap. Both the Stones and ABKCO agreed to do an archive release. However, Bills version of the album contained very few Jagger/Richards songs, so Klein and Oldham resurrected the old Necrophilia project because it had more original compositions, buttered it up and released it as Metamorphosis.

..second side is excellent....and "I m going down" and "jiving sister Fanny" supremes tracks...

Released just as the Stones 1975 tour began. They didn't have a new release out, so Klein did it for them (or to them).

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flacnvinyl
I have a hard time getting past the bad sound.. Hate that pseudostereo Phil Specter vibe. Several great tracks on it but many that I can't believe they recorded at all.

oh, pipe down! have a drink and get over it already.

Metamorphosis - Can someone explain it?


No explanations - still attempting to figure it out.......

I like it... Even the 64/65 songs that only feature Jagger and Richards...

Lots of stuff that really was not the Stones at all (Andrew Oldham demos) but worth the price of admission for Jiving Sister Fanny, I'm Going Down, Downtown Suzy, and Family.

The Stevie Wonder cover is great. Sort of. Especially I like Charlie's drumming. If it is Charlie. Don't know.



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BJPortugal
I like it... Even the 64/65 songs that only feature Jagger and Richards...

I agree. Anyone have a "who played what" for each track. Seems they list a lot of people in the credits...

McLaughlin and Page both are involved on some songs, if memory serves...

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DandelionPowderman
McLaughlin and Page both are involved on some songs, if memory serves...

Hasn't Keith admitted to copying Page's Heart Of Stone solo 'note-for-note' for the later-recorded Stones version? I actually really, really like the Andrew Loog Oldham Orchestra take of this song. Superbly sloppy guitar-work from Jimmy Page.

The fantastic Big Jim Sullivan contributes the solo to We're Wasting Time. For those unaware, before Page hit the session scene in late '63, Big Jim was the No.1 for sessions in London.

I´ve heard that, Al, but the solo on HOS, as I recall it, is different

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DandelionPowderman
I´ve heard that, Al, but the solo on HOS, as I recall it, is different

The ALO Orchestra version which is heard in Charlie Is My Darling and on the ALO album The Rolling Stones Song Book is the one Keith supposedly copied.



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I´ve heard that, Al, but the solo on HOS, as I recall it, is different

and, in my opinion, of course, it's superior! ><

The original UK/German release carried 16 tracks where as
the US release dropped Somethings Just Stick In Your Mind..
We're Wastin' Time ... which pulled it back to a 14 tracker ...



ROCKMAN



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Rockman
The original UK/German release carried 16 tracks where as
the US release dropped Somethings Just Stick In Your Mind..
We're Wastin' Time ... (Walkin' Thru The) Sleepy City which pulled it back to a 13 tracker ...

Good tunes.