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jbwelda
My bet is they are doing what they can with what they have. And they do not have much. I would like to see some documentation that they "have soooooooo much", because I have always heard the opposite. And if they have soo...much how come they have to consult fan boys to send them material like was suggested recently?
Tapes are hard to keep track of if you do not have a dedicated studio or tape librarian working with you all the way, from the beginning. They had neither and they seemed to have a who cares attitude toward gathering that stuff, aside from Bill Wyman that is. They recorded in a bazillion studios, and I bet rarely cared to collect the tapes they created unless they were or were close to final mix downs. As for live shows, I doubt they have many in releasable quality or they wouldnt be soliciting fans as mentioned above.
yeah you would THINK they would take better care, but these were the Rolling Stones we are talking about, not surrounded by people with a sense of history like the Beatles, and lacking a stable studio environment over the decades. And back when that was more of the case, now ABKCO owns that material and they have to pay someone else just to perform it, much less release it.
In short, again, I think what we are seeing is what they have. That would explain the "common sense" that is apparently lacking in their releases: no need for common sense if you just dont have much of anything to offer to begin with. And all the fans think you got this big vault but really its just an old guy behind the curtain pulling levers and creating illusions.
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jbwelda
PS: I agree the Roundhouse tracks are killer. I wish the whole performance was there too. That it is not may be a clue as to its availability.
I also think the original Leeds show was great too, and I basically bought the SD Sticky Fingers for it. I have A-B-ed it with my bootleg cd version in "improved sound" and it is heads above it in clarity of sound reproduction, brickwalled as it may be (have not ripped it to find out...it sounds great to my ears). And here of course you got the whole show.
So I am thinking with the Roundhouse there may have been tape problems or degradation or something similar to preclude using more tracks.
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jbwelda
PS: I agree the Roundhouse tracks are killer. I wish the whole performance was there too. That it is not may be a clue as to its availability.
I also think the original Leeds show was great too, and I basically bought the SD Sticky Fingers for it. I have A-B-ed it with my bootleg cd version in "improved sound" and it is heads above it in clarity of sound reproduction, brickwalled as it may be (have not ripped it to find out...it sounds great to my ears). And here of course you got the whole show.
So I am thinking with the Roundhouse there may have been tape problems or degradation or something similar to preclude using more tracks.
jb
I wonder from who you heard that the band doesn't have so much?
I was invited to see a part of a concert from a basement room, where there was a very professional setup run by a video director who was "stearing" five cameramen at the time via 5 TV screens simultaneously (an amazing experience to see!).
He told me that everything from start to finish was recorded for every show for many, many years. There are people both in the U.K. and Belgium responsible for garding loads of studio recordings. So yes, they have soooooooo much, you wouldn't believe it.
And, if they really want to, they can polish poorer recordings (did you see Four Flicks?) to a very satisfying, suitable for not easy to satisfy fans, level.
I would say, they have a luxury "problem"
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Taylor1
Will they ever release the complete Roundhouse concerts
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Honestman
Beatles fans get all the luck