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I still think it's crime Fiji Jim was left off SG
Maybe they never finished it?
Apart from maybe "Lies", I cant think what song a polished up version of "Fiji Jim" would have been an improvement on to the extent where it would have pushed it off the album.
"Everything is Turning to Gold" however, had it been included, would easily have been one of the best 4-5 songs on the album. Deserved a much better fate than to be buried away on the b-side of a mediocre-charting US only single.
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Yeah there's some good unedited gear still around. The acoustic version of All Down The Line for example is awesome. Easy to hear Mick working on the melody and all those half arse words. Never know why it didn't make it onto Exile Deluxe. Especially given they added Keith's mumblings to the backing track Soul Survivor make the the track unlistenable.
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I still think it's crime Fiji Jim was left off SG
Maybe they never finished it?
Apart from maybe "Lies", I cant think what song a polished up version of "Fiji Jim" would have been an improvement on to the extent where it would have pushed it off the album.
"Everything is Turning to Gold" however, had it been included, would easily have been one of the best 4-5 songs on the album. Deserved a much better fate than to be buried away on the b-side of a mediocre-charting US only single.
Respectable. Worst song on the LP.
Fortunately EITTGold is on Sucking In The Seventies!
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Its the only logical reason for its inclusion ahead of stuff like 'Hillside Blues' or whatever good alternative versions there are of other songs (I dont think there were many unreleased songs from these sessions as a) its a double album, b) half the songs were already leftovers from previous sessions and c) most of the finished vocals were done at the end of the session, so why would they need to finish much more than 18 songs?)
but hey, there are people who actually think that its the best song on the bonus CD..
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Its the only logical reason for its inclusion ahead of stuff like 'Hillside Blues' or whatever good alternative versions there are of other songs (I dont think there were many unreleased songs from these sessions as a) its a double album, b) half the songs were already leftovers from previous sessions and c) most of the finished vocals were done at the end of the session, so why would they need to finish much more than 18 songs?)
but hey, there are people who actually think that its the best song on the bonus CD..
...Exactly. And: it IS. By far.
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AN OFFICIAL BRUSSELS AFFAIR THAT YOU CAN HOLD IN YOUR HAND AND NOT HAVE TO TAKE OUT A SECOND MORTGAGE!!!
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I still think it's crime Fiji Jim was left off SG
Maybe they never finished it?
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Here is my top 5:
Los Angeles 1973
Altamont 1969
Knebworth 1976
Mocambo 1977
Vancouver 1972
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I still think it's crime Fiji Jim was left off SG
Maybe they never finished it?
They finished it, Gazza, they really did. I recall an interview with Chris Kimsey from the early 90s (Guitar Player magazine ?) where he mentioned that he was instructed to go through the vaults and find some suitable tracks that could be used for future single b-sides. The tracks he mentioned were Drift Away, We Had It All, Let's Go Steady, So Young, Fiji Jim and Shame Shame Shame. According to Kimsey the task was to find tracks that were finished or at least near-finished, meaning that they should not require "all too much work to actually finish them". He also mentioned that Jagger had to come up with final lyrics for So Young and Fiji Jim and record new vocals tracks for the last three of the mentioned tracks.
Kimsey stated that all these tracks sounded really good, "definitely not sub-par" and that he was a bit disappointed to see only So Young getting officially released (as a B-side track of the Love Is Strong single release).
If I take his words for granted, all 6 tracks were readied for release in the early 90s, and that includes, of course, Fiji Jim.
This in mind, the tracklist for Some Girls Deluxe left me somewhat disappointed that Fiji Jim (one of my favourite Stones outtakes) and Jimmy Reed's Shame,Shame, Shame (also from the SG sessions) were not included when at the same time, they obviously felt the need to re-work So Young once again (they did not use the 90's version/mix) and that even Everything's Turning To Gold could not find a new and well-deserved home on the SG bonus disc.
But of course it's possible that they decided to save tracks like ETTG, Fiji Jim, Misty Roads, I Need You,Not The Way To Go, Shame Shame Shame for a future Some Girls Super Deluxe project.
Regardless, with these Deluxe Editions I get the impression that they chose to give us something, but not everything. But something is better than nothing, right?
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Paradiso, Olympia and Brixton from 1995 on DVD .....
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I wish they would release the rest of the songs recorded during the '40 Licks' sessions. Chuck Leavell has mention the songs were among some of the best. He loved the one Keith recorded. Called '180' as in a 180. I think that's the title. He mention they plan to release them at some point and time. It's been 10 years. Remember what John Paul Jones said about 5 years being 5 minutes in Zeppelin time. Maybe this is 10 minutes, Stones time.