hound dog and monkey man made the point
more over
most songs on sf and eoms came from late 60's sessions...
and what about GHS and IORR that are the only two whole records of the Taylor era?
i personally like very much IORR and think that GHS is one of their weaker albums ever. It is certainly their weaker of the seventies
well it is also the only record that can be said to be the stones with taylor record because on iorr he was already going out and ron was coming in. so mt was just soloing on time waits for no one that someone sure may like but that hardly can be said to be "top stones sound"
so GHS is strictly speaking the one and only stones album of the "taylor era"...
then i dont think that the way taylor play the lead in GHS and IORR is the stones sound as we know it and like it (at least not MY stones sound)
the same thing can be said for live performances of the era that are usually praised for being the best ever...and they sure can be considered so, but i think (at least for me) more because of mick's being at his peak, charlie and bill delivering the power engine as they never done before or after, and keith giving a new meaning to the expression "rhythm guitar". To me, take the great brussels xe, taylor's playing is great but sometimes i got bored with his arabesqueing, and it does make strange to me to perceive the lead AND the rhythm so split.
then Open G, why not being nostalgic with the BJ era...
i think that mother's little helper and Dontcha bother me are zillions ahead of winter or 100 years ago...