Which one do you prefer?

It's not completely fair to compair the two recordings, because the recording conditions were quite different.
The Red Devils are a fine Blues band, but I am sure there are hundreds or even more Blues bands around the world that could do the job too. They remind me a bit of how me and my friends used to play the Blues for decades ... decent, but not WOW If whe would play a B&L song, it would probably sound Red Devillish ...

The Rolling Stones add (have done that since the early 60s) something that makes them the one-and-only Rolling Stones. Explain? No way. It's what all members of the band said at some stage in the long history of the Rolling Stones: It's the chemistry between us. As a former analytical chemist I can not but fully agree with them
So ... it's Blue And Lonesome


I'm a GHOST living in a ghost town

B&L had two great, unique guitarists, Ron Wood and Eric Clapton, and a great drummer.

I like the loose vibe of the Red Devils sessions more. Maybe also because I’ve listened to these more than B&L

The Red Devils were a great band, hard working which is the key. They were young, playing all the time with passion for the blues, like the Rolling Stones in the early 60's.
Rockandroll,
Mops