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Blue and lonesome was also a December release and late October even “Havana Moon” was released. So we still expect maybe a release this year. Although there is a waiting list for pressing vinyl

B&L was announced two months before its release, so, yes, there is still time.

August really is just about the deadest time for the entertainment industry, and for business generally.

If we don’t hear something by the end of Labor Day weekend, I’m going to assume they are waiting until next year.

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doitywoik
Late November/early December would make it a Xmas release. Not unlikely either, in my view.

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doitywoik
Late November/early December would make it a Xmas release. Not unlikely either, in my view.

For the record, no pun intended, that would be fine with me.

I don’t believe it would make much of a difference, but no one is asking for my input. They’ve been overthinking this stuff for an excruciatingly long time.

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DiegoGlimmerStones
From Liam on Shidoobee

I was listening to Howard Stern's surprise show on the Sirius XM app last night, and he was talking to his friend, Ross Zapin, who has strong ties to the music business. They started talking about their favourite Stones songs, and Ross mentioned that 3 people have told him they've heard the new Stones album and that it's exceptional.

Not much of an update, but good to hear good things about the new album! Can't wait to hear it

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doitywoik
Late November/early December would make it a Xmas release. Not unlikely either, in my view.

For the record, no pun intended, that would be fine with me.

I don’t believe it would make much of a difference, but no one is asking for my input. They’ve been overthinking this stuff for an excruciatingly long time.

If anyone would ask for our input we had a new album every 2-3 years ...

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DiegoGlimmerStones
From Liam on Shidoobee

I was listening to Howard Stern's surprise show on the Sirius XM app last night, and he was talking to his friend, Ross Zapin, who has strong ties to the music business. They started talking about their favourite Stones songs, and Ross mentioned that 3 people have told him they've heard the new Stones album and that it's exceptional.

Not much of an update, but good to hear good things about the new album! Can't wait to hear it

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Let's be honest: If this was a tune performed by the Stones, we would praise it to the skies!

We would?

Speaking for myself, I'll be completely honest...I don't think so. Makes the 'Tell the Truth' snippet sound like an absolute masterpiece. lol
Besides, Keith would probably veto it as fast as it came out of the speaker...in other words (or in his words) "This ain't Stones material..."

Well, Keith famously also thought Satisfaction wouldn't work as a single ..

More seriously now: I often wonder how we would judge Stones tunes if they came from someone else (the old question of fan bias). I won't name any Stones songs not to start a "fight" but - honest now on my part - if e.g. Main Offender hadn't Keith Richards written over it, I think it wouldn't have garnered much attention.

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Interesting choice of quote from Keith to post on the RS official FB page:

"One of the great luxuries of the Stones is we have an enormous, great big can of stuff. I mean what anybody hears is just the tip of an iceberg, you know. And down there are vaults of stuff. But you have to have the patience and the time to actually sift through it."
- Keith Richards

[www.facebook.com]

Could it mean something, or am I reading too much into it?

I thought the same thing! I’m baffled the Stones have not released vault materials akin to Bob Dylan’s Bootleg Series.

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Interesting choice of quote from Keith to post on the RS official FB page:

"One of the great luxuries of the Stones is we have an enormous, great big can of stuff. I mean what anybody hears is just the tip of an iceberg, you know. And down there are vaults of stuff. But you have to have the patience and the time to actually sift through it."
- Keith Richards

[www.facebook.com]

Could it mean something, or am I reading too much into it?

I thought the same thing! I’m baffled the Stones have not released vault materials akin to Bob Dylan’s Bootleg Series.

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Well the pace at which the pages add on seems to have slowed considerably this year so I’d say at the rate we’re going it would be several more years before the new album is released if we waited to coincide with this thread hitting 1,000 pages!!!

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MelBelli
The hour is getting late for an October release, but it also makes sense that they’re trying to give Forty Licks as much runway as possible.

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Cristiano Radtke
From a interview with Paul McCartney for Brazil's O Globo:

"Paul McCartney says it was "a lot of fun" to record a guest appearance, playing bass, on the new Rolling Stones album.

— One day I was having dinner with Ronnie (Wood, guitarist for the Stones), I asked how the recordings were going and he said to me: “Oh, sometimes I have to mediate between Mick (Jagger, vocals) and Keith (Richards , guitarist)..." And then I said that I had a guy to help them, Andrew Watt, the producer I was working with. Later we even found out that Mick was already talking to him – he reveals. — And then Andrew asked me one day, “Would you like to play bass on some tracks?”

After recording two Stones songs, Paul came home like a little boy:

“I realized that I had known these guys forever, that I had been to their shows, and they to ours, and that John (Lennon) and I had even done some backing vocals for one of their songs. But I had never played with them, all together, in the same room. So I loved it."

[oglobo.globo.com]

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Three tracks with decent bass players, sounds good. Would be interesting to hear Paul play on a Charlie track, and a Jordan track. Same with Bill, but I assume he's only on a Charlie track.

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I predict the title of this thread will change for ''New Stones album for 2024'' at a certain point in time...

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I predict the title of this thread will change for ''New Stones album for 2024'' at a certain point in time...

I hope you're wrong daniel t, but wouldn't be surprised due to the numerous changes we've already seen since the thread began way back in 2016...many years ago....
We're so close, yet so far...this year or the next (or the next)...hopefully we see it at all...18 years and counting....it's gotta be this year...just say NO to 2024...

The latest Macca-Stones news is encouraging and uplifting though, and thanks to Paul for keeping the hope alive, even against the odds!

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Evidenty Paul plays bass on TWO tracks - not just one, or at least he recorded two songs with the Stones. See the latest news posted by Cristiano above.
Seems the Stones are indeed getting by with a little help from their friends, and whether they would have finished the album without all of the help is impossible to know for certain.

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From Liam on Shidoobee

I was listening to Howard Stern's surprise show on the Sirius XM app last night, and he was talking to his friend, Ross Zapin, who has strong ties to the music business. They started talking about their favourite Stones songs, and Ross mentioned that 3 people have told him they've heard the new Stones album and that it's exceptional.

Not much of an update, but good to hear good things about the new album! Can't wait to hear it