I am attempting to compile definitive versions of each live Stones song and I could use some feedback. For example, in my view the Shine A Light on Stripped is as good as it gets. I have a soundboard from LA in 1989 with Start Me Up and Ruby Tuesday that are hard to beat. Whip Comes Down from El Macambo in 1977 strikes me as the most enduring rendition. I welcome the thoughts.

"take all the pain, it's yours anyway"

Good topic...

Shine A Light is awesome on Stripped, no doubt.

Two songs that will cause a lot of disagreement will be:

Gimme Shelter:

Philly '72 (Taylor's solo is blinding)
'95 Paradiso (Keith and Ronnie's weaving never better, and Lisa's ungodly high notes)

Midnight Rambler:

Either the Ya-Ya's (Mick singing better)
Brussels Affair (completely unhinged with insane guitar work)

Just to start:

- Midnight Rambler: London 9/9/73
- Love In Vain, All Down The Line: Charlotte 72
- IORR: to me, the LYL version
- Gimme Shelter, Tumbling Dice: agree on Philly 72.
- Brown Sugar: hard to tell, maybe any 72 version
- SFTD: LA july 13th, 75
- WTWCD: Handsome Girls, can't remember if it's Fort Worth, Memphis, Detroit or where the hell was recorded the CD3 version
- YCAGWYW: NYC 26/7/72


[There'll be no wedding today...]

Satisfaction (St. Louis '97)
Happy (Ft. Worth '72)
Midnight Rambler (Brussels '73)
Before They Make Me Run (Tokyo '95)
Street Fighting Man (MSG '03)
No Expectations (Paris '03)
Gimme Shelter (Paradiso '95)

There's a few of my favorites that come to mind

Gimme Shelter from Altamont '69 is beautifully Nasty!!!

bruno Wrote:
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>> - WTWCD: Handsome Girls, can't remember if it's
> Fort Worth, Memphis, Detroit or where the hell was
> recorded the CD3 version


I think it's Texas, and I'm with you on that one. Ronnie is en fuego.

Karl

I agree with Keefriff regarding Gimme Shelter (1995 Paradiso). As for Midnight Rambler, I am rather taken with MSG from 2003, but some of that, I admit, is Mick's prancing more than his singing. Happy is the most difficult for me, but I would put the Winos version with any of them.

"take all the pain, it's yours anyway"

Midnight Rambler at MSG in 2003 was unreal...I was there and then I went home and watched the HBO feed and it gave me chills all over again.

I love when Ronnie plays those scathing blues licks and Keef just smiles and nods his head approvingly...and then the way Ronnie, Keith and Darryl all huddle together in front of the drumkit laying down the groove...now THAT'S what a rock'n'roll band should look like.

Great post! You'd hope they would be like this if the event happened to you. On a related topic, 3 of my female cousins met Charlie in Atlanta. Said he was super nice (to be expected), but what was unexpected is they kept on about how "cute" he was!!!!!

I did this a few years ago. I made some room for Mona and Down the Road apiece from 81 and Heart of Stone (Licks) and Rough Justice would get a room here anybody who can email me those mp3's?

1 Brown Sugar (Brussels-73)
2 Under my thumb (Hampton-81)
3 Bitch (Atlantic City -89)
4 Aint to Proud to Beg (LA-75)
5 Gimmie Shelter (-98)
6 If You Cant Rock Me (LA-75)
7 Roll Over Beethoven (Berlin 70)
8 Its all over now (Hawaii-73)
9 Play with Fire (-90)
10 All about you (Chicago-97)
11 Memory Motel (Bremen-98)
12 Love is strong (Tokyo-95)
13 One hit to the Body (Toronto-89)
14 All down the line (-95)
15 Sparks will fly (Miami-94)
16 Respectable (-98)
17 I got the blues (London-99)
18 Moonlight Mile (Philadelphia-99)
19 Blinded By Love (Spain-95)
20 She a Rainbow (Argentina-98)
21 Flip the switch (St Louis-97)
22 Dance Little Sister (El Mocambo-77)
23 Sweet Black Angel (Texas-72)
24 Torn & Frayed (Vancouver -72)
25 I just want to make love to you (-90)
26 Angie (Brussels-73)
27 100 Years Ago (Vienna-73)
28 I'm Free (Oakland-69)
29 Thief in the night (NY-98)
30 Its only rockn roll (LA-75)
33 When the whip comes down (NY-98)
35 Migth as well get juiced (NY-98)
36 Anybody seen my baby (St Louis-97)
37 Sister Morphine (NY-97)
38 Out of control (St-Louis -97)
39 Just my Imagination (Hampton-81)
40 Stray Cat Blues (NY-69)
41 Hound Dog (Texas-78)
42 Sweet Little Sixteen (Texas -78)
43 Hand of Fate (Knebworth--76)
44 Around & Around (El Mocambo 77)
45 Some Girls (London-99)
46 Monkey Man (Miami-94)
47 Worried about you (El Mocambo-77)
48 Love in Vain (NY-69)
49 Far Away Eyes (Texas-78)
50 Dead Flowers (Leeds-71)
51 Sweet Virginia (Tokyo-95)
52 Not fade Away (Tokyo-95)
53 Factory Girl (Gothenburg -90)
54 Paint it black (Atl-89)
55 You got me rocking (Miami-94)
56 Live with me (Tokyo-95)
58 Wanna Hold You (St Louis-97)
59 19th Nervous Breakdown (Edmonton-98)
60 Mercy, Mercy (Hyde Park-69)
61 Satisfaction (Leeds-71)
62 Out of Tears (Stockholm-95)
63 Wild Horses (Knebworth -76)
64 No Expectations (LA-73)
65 You got the silver (Sacramento-99)
66 Slipping Away (Tokyo-95)
67 Ruby Tuesday (Atlantic City -89)
68 Crackin Up (El Mocambo 77)
69 Cherry Oh Baby (Paris 76)
70 Fool to cry (Knebworth -76)
72 You cant always get what you want (Atlantic City-89)
73 Luxury (Buffalo-75)
74 Brand new car (London-99)
75 She is so cold (Hampton -81)
76 Hang Fire (Hamton - 81)
77 Little T&A (Hampton-81)
79 Midnigth Rambler (Brussels 73)
80 Start me up (Hampton-81)
81 Honky Tonk Women (Brussels-73)
82 Rip this joint (Brussels-73)
83 Jumping Jack Flash (Brussels-73)
84 Street Fighting Man (Brussels-73)
85 Sympathy for the devil (LA-75)

BersaGurra,
Wow that's a nice collection, did you make a cds out of that. I would have perhaps used the Perth 1973 version of Bitch instead of the one you have. I don't like when the horns come in right at the opening riff of that song. I also love the 2002 MSG version of Monkey Man.

Once I get those missing songs maybe I should make a cd, I have them all in mp3's nicely mixed etc. I hear you on bitch, I just think that that Atlantic City version really rocks in comparison to most recent versions, I dont think I have the Perth version.

BersaGurra:
Looks like we struck a chord. Would you PLEASE follow up on your own suggestion, treat us all right and share the cds or, at least, a few of those mp3s. You are better though out than most who type into this site, so please share the wealth.

"I should have known this was a one horse town"

Sure I just dont know how to do it?

Anyone know how to help BersaGurra share files?

The best All Down the Line version has to be Philly '72.

Almost hearWhats the best version of Loving Cup, I got the Blues, Almost Hear sigh, Mixed Emotions, Undercover, Down Home Girl, Fingerprint File, Let me Go, Salt of Earth, Silver Train, All Down Line, Lady Jane??????????????

Anybody have info on best atkes to check out for any of these???

dlyon Wrote:
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> Anyone know how to help BersaGurra share files?

You can go to www.yousendit.com and post a file there; they will give you a link which you can share with us so we can download it. You can only do one file at a time, so of course it would be too much of a pain to do more than 2-3 songs. I'd appreciate anything I could get! I especially would love to get my grubby little hands on Roll Over Beethoven (Berlin 70); I've never heard that one, but I love all the Chuck Berry covers they do.

Love to hear the 73 No expectations or anything LOVING CUP!

Thanks ohnonotyouagain. So, if BersaGurra comes back, I think Roll Over Beethoven (70) and Luxury (75) would be blessings on us all.

"I should have known this was a one horse town"

This in indeed a great topic. I myself would not know where to start. I usually think of the shows as a whole. But this idea of making the versions that bersa has researched and compiled into a CD is a good one. That would be such a cool disc.
For SFM I think one would HAVE to pich a Taylor version. Nothing beats his soloing and Keith's frantic open riffing at the very end of the show.
One version not mentioned yet I would DEFINETLY mention is "Worried Bout You" from '03 at the Holland, clubshow.

Anyone seen BersaGurra?

For I Just Want To Make Love To You,I prefer the late 90's versions maybe even 2003.Stones Age-Oakland Opening Night'99 might very well be the best.Blinded By Love was Spain(Madrid) but,it was from 1990.

London, September 9, 1973:

Happy
Gimme Shelter
Heartbreaker
Street Fighting Man


Brussels, Belgium, October 17, 1973:

Brown Sugar
You Can’t Always Get What You Want
Dancing With Mr. D
Midnight Rambler
All Down The Line
Rip This Joint
Jumpin’ Jack Flash (or Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!)


San Diego, November 10, 1969:

Carol


Leeds, March 13, 1971:

Stray Cat Blues


New York, July 26, 1972:

Bye Bye Johnny
Love in Vain

What's the best version of @#$%&?

theres only a handful 2 me & they r ,,,,m rambler ya yas ,,,, s cat blues leeds 71,,,,jjf about 7 different 72 versions ,,,,down the line L & G dvd,,,,angie brussels 73,,,,happy & g shelter from same show, WOW ,9-9-73,,,,respectable woodstock rehearsals,,,,let it rock & imagination from same show " WOW "detroit 78,,,,whip comes down fort worth 78,,,,tumblin dice"only version of any stones tune where i thing woody beats taylor's solo" memphis tenn 78,,,,ruby tuesday wembley 90,,,,satisfaction brennen 98,,,,& shes so cold will probly join this list from this or next year's tour