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B&B is not better than GHS or IORR but it has a be sound .Bot Cherry Oh Baby, Melody , Hey Negrita are lesser songs.When it came out it was largely panned by the critics.Some Girls was seen as a great improvement

Hey Negrita is awesome. Melody is good for what it is, fits nicely.

Cherry Oh Baby is a little uninspired.

Cherry oh Baby has a minimalist feel to it probably pleasing to Keith. Their root reaggae musical approach on that song has always worked for me. I know some people don't like that interpretation but I believe the Stones took their inspiration and delivered that reaggae away from a more commcercially acceptable version like EC " I shot the Sheriff". And I salut them for taking that chance at showing they could balance their knowledge, their musical skills and their musical restraints.

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We all know well that this is going to be a missed opportunity. Basically all bands, artists put out amazing box sets that please the die hard fans who are still around and are willing to pay for these overpriced sets.

Paul McCartney
Black Sabbath
Jethro Tull (The best series of rereleases in my book.)
Bob Dylan (Of course)
The Who
Bruce Springsteen
The Beach Boys
Johnny Cash
Eric Clapton
Fleetwood Mac
and the list goes on...

There must be so much super interesting material in the cans for Black & Blue.

I do not buy remasters. Bollocks. A good song is a good song. Satisfaction sounded good on AM radio because it is great songwriting. The same is true of Maybelline from Berry and You Really Got Me from The Kinks. These all sound good enough on LPs and CDs that are already out there. How many versions of Tattoo You do I need? Didn't I dig the very first one?

Gimme something I have not heard and do not mess with it by putting new vocals on it. If you do, gimme the original untampered version as well.

We will get a remaster that may sound different but they are the same songs that we have been listening to for decades. We will get a disc of outtakes, alt versions and that's that.

Gimme 20 discs of Black & Blue boogie. That's what I want. With Jeff, with Rory, with Ron, with God knows who...

What is wrong with our beloved band for putting out a Sticky Fingers Super Deluxe box set and include a DVD of two songs? Who needs those silly cards, postcards, stickers and things?

The stuff that we -- the fans -- have been treated with is a disgrace compared to what other artists, labels have put out in recent years. And I just cannot understand why we get so little...

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We all know well that this is going to be a missed opportunity. Basically all bands, artists put out amazing box sets that please the die hard fans who are still around and are willing to pay for these overpriced sets.

Paul McCartney
Black Sabbath
Jethro Tull (The best series of rereleases in my book.)
Bob Dylan (Of course)
The Who
Bruce Springsteen
The Beach Boys
Johnny Cash
Eric Clapton
Fleetwood Mac
and the list goes on...

There must be so much super interesting material in the cans for Black & Blue.

I do not buy remasters. Bollocks. A good song is a good song. Satisfaction sounded good on AM radio because it is great songwriting. The same is true of Maybelline from Berry and You Really Got Me from The Kinks. These all sound good enough on LPs and CDs that are already out there. How many versions of Tattoo You do I need? Didn't I dig the very first one?

Gimme something I have not heard and do not mess with it by putting new vocals on it. If you do, gimme the original untampered version as well.

We will get a remaster that may sound different but they are the same songs that we have been listening to for decades. We will get a disc of outtakes, alt versions and that's that.

Gimme 20 discs of Black & Blue boogie. That's what I want. With Jeff, with Rory, with Ron, with God knows who...

What is wrong with our beloved band for putting out a Sticky Fingers Super Deluxe box set and include a DVD of two songs? Who needs those silly cards, postcards, stickers and things?

The stuff that we -- the fans -- have been treated with is a disgrace compared to what other artists, labels have put out in recent years. And I just cannot understand why we get so little...

Good post, frenki09.

Regarding box-sets: I will occasionally view some of the 'unboxing videos' on YouTube.; and with many of these 'super-deluxe' sets, I'm baffled by the ridiculousness of the lavishness and content: marbles with a Pink Floyd set; figurines with a George Harrison one, etc. It just seems too much, personally. I know the record companies are catering for a certain, middle-aged, affluent demographic, but it seems somewhat babyish to me. At least the Stones' sets have been a little more understated, comparatively. A book is fine; but toys and trinkets??

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Good post, frenki09.

Regarding box-sets: I will occasionally view some of the 'unboxing videos' on YouTube.; and with many of these 'super-deluxe' sets, I'm baffled by the ridiculousness of the lavishness and content: marbles with a Pink Floyd set; figurines with a George Harrison one, etc. It just seems too much, personally. I know the record companies are catering for a certain, middle-aged, affluent demographic, but it seems somewhat babyish to me. At least the Stones' sets have been a little more understated, comparatively. A book is fine; but toys and trinkets??

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The most ridiculous box set there is must surely be the John Lennon one, I forget which album it was

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Which presents an issue that they oddly felt threatened in regard to royalties.

For ONE SONG on an album.

Possibly a throwback to the Allen Klein days of getting screwed over

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Hmm..is there any official or some other more detailed info there about this reissue?

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Great Harvey Mandel and Wayne Perkins job on electric guitar and acoustic guitar.

One of them should have stayed in the band...

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Hmm..is there any official or some other more detailed info there about this reissue?

Apart from the rumor itself, there's nothing official or detailed.

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The best sounding Stones album ever. They didn't have time to muck it up with overdubs and second guessing. I'd love to hear a third LP side of four songs from the same sessions in the same sonic quality.

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The best sounding Stones album ever. They didn't have time to muck it up with overdubs and second guessing. I'd love to hear a third LP side of four songs from the same sessions in the same sonic quality.

The sound quality of BaB mostly is due to the fact that they mastered 35 minutes to a 45 minutes vinyl release, so there is really little compression. The same reason why IORR sounds so bad -they just made it too long and had to compress it.

Anyways, I'd love a full set of outtakes, 4 discs of Rotterdam Rehearsals, and the full Knebworth gig on CD and Blue ray DVD.

That's really it. Why with today’s technology, can’t they de compress IORR? And why is it when you isolate the instruments on a track separator, especially the lead guitars sound goes up and down? But I would really like your opinion of decompressing.

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The best sounding Stones album ever. They didn't have time to muck it up with overdubs and second guessing. I'd love to hear a third LP side of four songs from the same sessions in the same sonic quality.

The sound quality of BaB mostly is due to the fact that they mastered 35 minutes to a 45 minutes vinyl release, so there is really little compression. The same reason why IORR sounds so bad -they just made it too long and had to compress it.

Anyways, I'd love a full set of outtakes, 4 discs of Rotterdam Rehearsals, and the full Knebworth gig on CD and Blue ray DVD.

That's really it. Why with today’s technology, can’t they de compress IORR? And why is it when you isolate the instruments on a track separator, especially the lead guitars sound goes up and down? But I would really like your opinion of decompressing.

Mathijs