I could not a specific find a topic for this re-issue series, but since I missed out on the Studio Albums boxset I'm considering buying the 'stand-alone' albums one by one. But what are the differences between the versions in the box and the loose copy's that came availaible a little later on?

I already learned that the Sticky Fingers stand-alone release doesn't come with the classic zipper. But do other release also differ? Does Dirty Work come with the red foil? Emotional Rescue with it's poster? And so on...



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But what are the differences between the versions in the box and the loose copy's that came availaible a little later on?

The pictures & descriptions on Discogs.com may help:

2018 - Studio Albums Vinyl Collection 1971-2016


[www.Discogs.com] , [iorr.org] , Large picture


2020 separately released Half-Speed Mastering

Sticky Fingers - [www.Discogs.com] - (only printed zipper / no real working zipper)

Exile On Main St - [www.Discogs.com]

Goats Head Soup - [www.Discogs.com] , [TheRollingStonesShop.co.uk] - (2020 New Stereo Mix)

It's Only Rock 'N Roll - [www.Discogs.com]

Black And Blue - [www.Discogs.com]

Some Girls - [www.Discogs.com] - (no cutouts on the cover)

Emotional Rescue - [www.Discogs.com]

Tattoo You - [www.Discogs.com]

Undercover - [www.Discogs.com]

Dirty Work - [www.Discogs.com] , [www.eBay.co.uk] - (no red shrink foil)

Steel Wheels - [www.Discogs.com]

Voodoo Lounge - [www.Discogs.com]

Bridges To Babylon - [www.Discogs.com]

A Bigger Bang - [www.Discogs.com]

Blue & Lonesome was released in 2016 and had no separate HalfSpeed-LPs.



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 2023-02-27 15:15 by Irix.

One slightly annoying issue with the boxed set was the sleeves. The reproduction paper/card inner sleeves are too tight to accommodate the discs, which are supplied in separate thin paper and polythene liners.

Surely an issue with sleeve manufacture and not something originally intended?

[I've always preferred to use Nagaoka antistatic inner sleeves, which are half rounded and will slide easily into any existing inner...but not with this boxed set ! ]

I think the separate new half speed releases come from the same Myles Showell masters, so whether they sound any different may come down to things like how fresh the stampers were.



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Mixed Emotions on Steel Wheels is a different version than on the original Album.

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Mixed Emotions on Steel Wheels is a different version than on the original Album.

Whoa, you just blew my mind. How is it different? Same mix? Longer/shorter? Surely not a different recording?!

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Mixed Emotions on Steel Wheels is a different version than on the original Album.

Whoa, you just blew my mind. How is it different? Same mix? Longer/shorter? Surely not a different recording?!

Previously unrealized mix with timing 4:52. Different from album version and other remixes. This was discussed many times here.

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Mixed Emotions on Steel Wheels is a different version than on the original Album.

Whoa, you just blew my mind. How is it different? Same mix? Longer/shorter? Surely not a different recording?!

Previously unrealized mix with timing 4:52. Different from album version and other remixes. This was discussed many times here.

Thx Ironbelly!

And while I seem omnipresent, I must admit I haven't read every post on here!

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Previously unrealized mix with timing 4:52.

Of which the last 15 seconds are more or less silence (plus long fade out before). Original runtime is 4:38.



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This thread just prompted me to grab the last copy of "Undercover" at London Drugs.

I can't believe I'm buying record albums at a drug store.

Heck, I can't believe I'm buying a vinyl record 40 years after it was first released!

Speaking of which, can someone please start an Undercover 40th Anniversary Deluxe set release request thread?

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Mixed Emotions on Steel Wheels is a different version than on the original Album.

I think is the main reason because we all to pay for this box the 150usd when amazon screwed up the price...