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I come here every day, at least once. Most of the time I don't post much. Basically, because there isn't much to say. Record sales don't interest me, but I don't mind those posts. Other posts can give interesting opinions, or ideas which I might not agree with but, what the hell, it gives me something to read.
I don't know what other people expect from this forum, but I don't expect miracles. As long as the new album isn't out, there isn't much to say about it, but I guess people like to read/write about the Stones sometimes. Nothing wrong with that.
I sometimes miss the bickerings between HMS and GLS about Dirty Work in the past. To be honest, the ramblings from HMS made me slightly rethink my opinions about DW.
About the new album. If it's true that they are working on one (it seems so): good for them! Will it be succesful in the world? Most likely not. Will many Stones fans like it? Probably yes. Will I like it? No idea. Will there be a large thread about it of more than 100 pages why the album is this or that or the other? Certainly. It's only internet and there are worse places to be.
So
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Maybe - but who knows if this second song fits the 'mood' of the new album.
Were you reading or posting in the new album/HACKNEY DIAMONDS 500 whatever pages thread and complaining? Because the same thing happened there. It's called the relevance within.
You don't want to read about everything and anything but the new album, go to the home page and click on NEWS - it's right here > [iorr.org] and stop reading a thread that is entirely speculation with very few facts.
People crying about people talking about sales and releases.
If you were so excited about HACKNEY DIAMONDS why did the album talk thread not have as many pages as the speculation thread?
In case you don't know, BV makes a factual thread when there are factual things about to happen or are happening.
I'm sticking with my prediction of a song with McCartney and a duet with Dua Lipa. Her Instagram had a picture of stones guitar picks on a mixing board. I'd be shocked if that didn't mean she recorded a track with them. I genuinely don't think there's any other legitimate way to interpret it. Maybe I'm wrong.
Well, it was there 1st studio album w/ new songs in 18 (19?) years ... now it seems like they release an album every couple of months
You are damn right!!! It's a mostly boring thread with the first league of IORR's moaners and better-knower's and music-professors who treat the band like they are in their mid-twenties and Charlie/Brian still alive. Only 5% of the posts are looking forward to the new album. The 95% rest is discussing it like rocket-science with the attitude HD is 100 years ago and NOW it's time to prove for the Stones.
As much as I'd like B&B released soon, I'd rather see that punted to 2026 for a 50th Anniversary release, which makes more sense from the marketing perspective, and have them release the new album for Christmas.
If they are on some sort of new material "release binge" awesome, and I'd rather have more sooner before they change their minds!
Agree 100%. Just release it as soon as possible!
They did long recording sessions this year so it's not a leftover album from HD. Btw my favorite album is Tattoo you which is an album full of leftovers.
We have an abundance of evidence that suggests that Stones are not always the best judges of which songs should or should not appear on albums.
Well, you're asking for an opinion, so here goes.
I think people are getting tired of these "glass half empty observations".
No one has a clue what sort of album we'll end up with, or whether people will love it as much as HD, least of all Mick and Keith.
Advancing that it's "just leftovers" and therefore of poorer quality is pure speculation. It could be as easy that they had a great bunch of songs, 3/4s done (as Mick said in Fall 2023), and have added some new material which they've been recording since then.
But I don't know that, so why even speculate that? I don't mean to take it out on your post, but are we that bored?
Songs also may have been left off HD because they didn't fit in, not because they weren't "good." HD was a pretty pop record in my opinion, almost like a Jagger solo. The next may have gritter rock tunes, more of a Voodoo Lounge sound, for instance. I kind of hope for this, tbh.
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TY is 100% leftovers.
In regard to what the Stones think should or should not go on a new release whenever they've worked on one, consider this:
Shine A Light, Sister Morphine and All Down The Line were started for LET IT BLEED.
I'm Going Down, Downtown Suzie and I Don't Know Why didn't go on LET IT BLEED.
Jiving Sister Fanny didn't go on STICKY FINGERS.
Dancing In The Light, All Down The Line, Shake Your Hips, Shine A Light, Tumbling Dice, Sweet Virginia, Silver Train, I'm Not Signifying, Sweet Black Angel, So Devine and Stop Breaking Down were recorded for STICKY FINGERS.
Plundered My Soul, Pass The Wine and Following The River were recorded for EXILE.
Criss Cross and Through The Lonely Nights did not go on GOATS HEAD SOUP.
All The Rage, Come To The Ball, Tops, Waiting On A Friend and Short And Curlies were recorded for GOATS HEAD SOUP.
Black Limousine, Fast Talking Slow Walking and Living In The Heart Of Love were recorded for IORR.
Slave, Worried About You, Too Tough (Cellophane Trousers) and supposedly Start Me Up were recorded for BLACK AND BLUE.
Black Limousine (as we know it), Start Me Up (as we know it), Claudine, Summer Romance, Yellow Cab (Do You Think I Really Care), No Spare Parts, Fiji Jim, Everything Is Turning To Gold and So Young were recorded for SOME GIRLS. Hang Fire and Little T&A were started.
I Think I'm Going Mad, Heaven, Hang Fire (as we know it), It's A Lie, Little T&A (as we know it), (If I Was A Dancer) Dance Pt. 2, Neighbours and No Use In Crying were recorded for EMOTIONAL RESCUE.
That's far enough. They have loads of unfished songs from UNDERCOVER through HACKNEY DIAMONDS.
A majority of those songs from 1969-1979 were finished for the next album or a later album, some were B-sides, one is on a compilation album and some were finished for three of the deluxe reissues.
Of the material left off of SOME GIRLS, Respectable got released? A really fast "punk" Chuck Berryish song. Because it's fast and "punk" it got the nod because of what was going on at the time: We don't want something really good like Misty Roads or I Love You Too Much or what is known as Munich Hilton, we need something culturally relevant right now.
Some don't like Lies for possibly similar reasons. Or why they thought an anemic Just My Imagination was worthy is another part of the mystery.
When I heard I'm Not Signifying in 2010 I was awestruck at how that didn't make it onto EXILE (obviously had they finished it in 1971). Instead there are tracks like Sweet Black Angel or I Just Want To See His Face. Makes zero sense.
Et cetera. What was left off of DIRTY WORK and they thought Winning Ugly was a good idea?
If one thinks the absolute best of the HD sessions went on HD but songs like Mess It Up, Bite My Head Off and Live By The Sword are not something one likes, to whatever degree, then certainly there's some great leftover material for the new album.
I speculated a few pages back that I think this is the beginning of a new era where they focus on more frequent new material releases.
Not sure how much touring will still be in the long term plan, certainly 'residencies' are probably more likely than criss-crossing the globe, but now that their appetite is whet with HD, I could see some very interesting releases from them.
They'll have a next album, and maybe one after that, but also standalone singles or even shorter thematic EP's and more collaborations with other artists.
The world is their oyster and as long as they're having fun they'll evolve what they're doing to fit their lifestyle.
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Re: The Rolling Stones studio works 2025 - new album due
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matxil
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Date: July 12, 2025 13:49
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georgemcdonnell314
I agree and probably one of the reasons people have stopped coming to IORR.Quote
trevormcmullin
This thread is about everything and anything but the new album. Sick of reading about record sales, and trivial shit about what month this and that song was released. If you don’t have any information about the recording and speculated release of the new record, put it on another thread. 22 pages of bullshit. There is probably only half of a page of worthy info on the topic of the new album.
I come here every day, at least once. Most of the time I don't post much. Basically, because there isn't much to say. Record sales don't interest me, but I don't mind those posts. Other posts can give interesting opinions, or ideas which I might not agree with but, what the hell, it gives me something to read.
I don't know what other people expect from this forum, but I don't expect miracles. As long as the new album isn't out, there isn't much to say about it, but I guess people like to read/write about the Stones sometimes. Nothing wrong with that.
I sometimes miss the bickerings between HMS and GLS about Dirty Work in the past. To be honest, the ramblings from HMS made me slightly rethink my opinions about DW.
About the new album. If it's true that they are working on one (it seems so): good for them! Will it be succesful in the world? Most likely not. Will many Stones fans like it? Probably yes. Will I like it? No idea. Will there be a large thread about it of more than 100 pages why the album is this or that or the other? Certainly. It's only internet and there are worse places to be.
Re: The Rolling Stones studio works 2025 - new album due
Posted by:
DandelionPowderman
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Date: July 12, 2025 15:51
Many confuse the news section on IORR with forum threads, it seems.
Re: The Rolling Stones studio works 2025 - new album due
Posted by:
hockenheim95
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Date: July 13, 2025 09:46
The album won't be released until this thread goes up to 700 pages so please don't stop posting.
Re: The Rolling Stones studio works 2025 - new album due
Posted by:
Christiaan
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Date: July 13, 2025 14:41
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hockenheim95
The album won't be released until this thread goes up to 700 pages so please don't stop posting.
So
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Re: The Rolling Stones studio works 2025 - new album due
Posted by:
tiffanyblu
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Date: July 13, 2025 21:14
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hockenheim95
The album won't be released until this thread goes up to 700 pages so please don't stop posting.
Re: The Rolling Stones studio works 2025 - new album due
Posted by:
ARB
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Date: July 14, 2025 00:12
Anyone think they'll have a second song with Macca? I remember reading when HD came out that they had a second one AND Macca visited Henson studios when the Stones were rehearsing for the HD tour. Anyone have insight (or want to waste a few pages speculating)? 
Re: The Rolling Stones studio works 2025 - new album due
Posted by:
Irix
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Date: July 14, 2025 00:25
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ARB
Anyone think they'll have a second song with Macca?
Maybe - but who knows if this second song fits the 'mood' of the new album.
Re: The Rolling Stones studio works 2025 - new album due
Posted by:
GasLightStreet
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Date: July 14, 2025 01:21
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trevormcmullin
This thread is about everything and anything but the new album. Sick of reading about record sales, and trivial shit about what month this and that song was released. If you don’t have any information about the recording and speculated release of the new record, put it on another thread. 22 pages of bullshit. There is probably only half of a page of worthy info on the topic of the new album.
Were you reading or posting in the new album/HACKNEY DIAMONDS 500 whatever pages thread and complaining? Because the same thing happened there. It's called the relevance within.
You don't want to read about everything and anything but the new album, go to the home page and click on NEWS - it's right here > [iorr.org] and stop reading a thread that is entirely speculation with very few facts.
People crying about people talking about sales and releases.
If you were so excited about HACKNEY DIAMONDS why did the album talk thread not have as many pages as the speculation thread?
In case you don't know, BV makes a factual thread when there are factual things about to happen or are happening.
Re: The Rolling Stones studio works 2025 - new album due
Posted by:
5StringsEnuff
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Date: July 14, 2025 20:42
I wouldn't be surprised to find McCartney on a forthcoming album. I wouldn't be surprised to not find McCartney on a forthcoming album.
Re: The Rolling Stones studio works 2025 - new album due
Posted by:
doitywoik
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Date: July 14, 2025 22:20
Somehow the new album thread in anticipation of HD was much more fun ...
Re: The Rolling Stones studio works 2025 - new album due
Posted by:
jahisnotdead
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Date: July 14, 2025 23:29
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ARB
Anyone think they'll have a second song with Macca? I remember reading when HD came out that they had a second one AND Macca visited Henson studios when the Stones were rehearsing for the HD tour. Anyone have insight (or want to waste a few pages speculating)?
I'm sticking with my prediction of a song with McCartney and a duet with Dua Lipa. Her Instagram had a picture of stones guitar picks on a mixing board. I'd be shocked if that didn't mean she recorded a track with them. I genuinely don't think there's any other legitimate way to interpret it. Maybe I'm wrong.
Re: The Rolling Stones studio works 2025 - new album due
Posted by:
LeonidP
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Date: July 14, 2025 23:33
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doitywoik
Somehow the new album thread in anticipation of HD was much more fun ...
Well, it was there 1st studio album w/ new songs in 18 (19?) years ... now it seems like they release an album every couple of months
Re: The Rolling Stones studio works 2025 - new album due
Posted by:
caschimann
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Date: July 15, 2025 16:58
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doitywoik
Somehow the new album thread in anticipation of HD was much more fun ...
You are damn right!!! It's a mostly boring thread with the first league of IORR's moaners and better-knower's and music-professors who treat the band like they are in their mid-twenties and Charlie/Brian still alive. Only 5% of the posts are looking forward to the new album. The 95% rest is discussing it like rocket-science with the attitude HD is 100 years ago and NOW it's time to prove for the Stones.
Re: The Rolling Stones studio works 2025 - new album due
Posted by:
mailexile67
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Date: July 15, 2025 17:21
@Georgelicks
Is there any news regarding the possible release date of the new album?It will be out in the fall for Christmas time, or next year in the Spring with a Tour to support?In the last days there has been rumours about a Black & Blue Deluxe possible release in November...What are UMG desire about this?Is there an official decision about this?
Is there any news regarding the possible release date of the new album?It will be out in the fall for Christmas time, or next year in the Spring with a Tour to support?In the last days there has been rumours about a Black & Blue Deluxe possible release in November...What are UMG desire about this?Is there an official decision about this?
Re: The Rolling Stones studio works 2025 - new album due
Posted by:
treaclefingers
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Date: July 16, 2025 14:00
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mailexile67
@Georgelicks
Is there any news regarding the possible release date of the new album?It will be out in the fall for Christmas time, or next year in the Spring with a Tour to support?In the last days there has been rumours about a Black & Blue Deluxe possible release in November...What are UMG desire about this?Is there an official decision about this?
As much as I'd like B&B released soon, I'd rather see that punted to 2026 for a 50th Anniversary release, which makes more sense from the marketing perspective, and have them release the new album for Christmas.
If they are on some sort of new material "release binge" awesome, and I'd rather have more sooner before they change their minds!
Re: The Rolling Stones studio works 2025 - new album due
Posted by:
MadMax
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Date: July 16, 2025 15:47
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treaclefingersQuote
mailexile67
@Georgelicks
Is there any news regarding the possible release date of the new album?It will be out in the fall for Christmas time, or next year in the Spring with a Tour to support?In the last days there has been rumours about a Black & Blue Deluxe possible release in November...What are UMG desire about this?Is there an official decision about this?
As much as I'd like B&B released soon, I'd rather see that punted to 2026 for a 50th Anniversary release, which makes more sense from the marketing perspective, and have them release the new album for Christmas.
If they are on some sort of new material "release binge" awesome, and I'd rather have more sooner before they change their minds!
Agree 100%. Just release it as soon as possible!
Re: The Rolling Stones studio works 2025 - new album due
Posted by:
kkhoranstoned
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Date: July 16, 2025 21:43
Time waits for no one
I am hoping for multiple
Releases in next 6 months
I am hoping for multiple
Releases in next 6 months
Re: The Rolling Stones studio works 2025 - new album due
Posted by:
HalfNanker
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Date: July 17, 2025 18:41
gotta wonder about this album;
these songs were part of the hackney diamonds recording sessions. That was their first album in decades, so clearly they wanted it to succeed. Therefore i'm sure they put the best of the bunch on HD.
So, now are we juts getting the 13th thru 25th bets songs they've come up with of late??
these songs were part of the hackney diamonds recording sessions. That was their first album in decades, so clearly they wanted it to succeed. Therefore i'm sure they put the best of the bunch on HD.
So, now are we juts getting the 13th thru 25th bets songs they've come up with of late??
Re: The Rolling Stones studio works 2025 - new album due
Posted by:
hockenheim95
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Date: July 17, 2025 19:41
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HalfNanker
gotta wonder about this album;
these songs were part of the hackney diamonds recording sessions. That was their first album in decades, so clearly they wanted it to succeed. Therefore i'm sure they put the best of the bunch on HD.
So, now are we juts getting the 13th thru 25th bets songs they've come up with of late??
They did long recording sessions this year so it's not a leftover album from HD. Btw my favorite album is Tattoo you which is an album full of leftovers.
Re: The Rolling Stones studio works 2025 - new album due
Posted by:
MelBelli
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Date: July 17, 2025 19:42
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HalfNanker
gotta wonder about this album;
these songs were part of the hackney diamonds recording sessions. That was their first album in decades, so clearly they wanted it to succeed. Therefore i'm sure they put the best of the bunch on HD.
So, now are we juts getting the 13th thru 25th bets songs they've come up with of late??
We have an abundance of evidence that suggests that Stones are not always the best judges of which songs should or should not appear on albums.
Re: The Rolling Stones studio works 2025 - new album due
Posted by:
treaclefingers
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Date: July 17, 2025 19:44
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HalfNanker
gotta wonder about this album;
these songs were part of the hackney diamonds recording sessions. That was their first album in decades, so clearly they wanted it to succeed. Therefore i'm sure they put the best of the bunch on HD.
So, now are we juts getting the 13th thru 25th bets songs they've come up with of late??
Well, you're asking for an opinion, so here goes.
I think people are getting tired of these "glass half empty observations".
No one has a clue what sort of album we'll end up with, or whether people will love it as much as HD, least of all Mick and Keith.
Advancing that it's "just leftovers" and therefore of poorer quality is pure speculation. It could be as easy that they had a great bunch of songs, 3/4s done (as Mick said in Fall 2023), and have added some new material which they've been recording since then.
But I don't know that, so why even speculate that? I don't mean to take it out on your post, but are we that bored?
Re: The Rolling Stones studio works 2025 - new album due
Posted by:
Send It To me
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Date: July 17, 2025 20:09
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HalfNanker
gotta wonder about this album;
these songs were part of the hackney diamonds recording sessions. That was their first album in decades, so clearly they wanted it to succeed. Therefore i'm sure they put the best of the bunch on HD.
So, now are we juts getting the 13th thru 25th bets songs they've come up with of late??
Well, you're asking for an opinion, so here goes.
I think people are getting tired of these "glass half empty observations".
No one has a clue what sort of album we'll end up with, or whether people will love it as much as HD, least of all Mick and Keith.
Advancing that it's "just leftovers" and therefore of poorer quality is pure speculation. It could be as easy that they had a great bunch of songs, 3/4s done (as Mick said in Fall 2023), and have added some new material which they've been recording since then.
But I don't know that, so why even speculate that? I don't mean to take it out on your post, but are we that bored?
Songs also may have been left off HD because they didn't fit in, not because they weren't "good." HD was a pretty pop record in my opinion, almost like a Jagger solo. The next may have gritter rock tunes, more of a Voodoo Lounge sound, for instance. I kind of hope for this, tbh.
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Re: The Rolling Stones studio works 2025 - new album due
Posted by:
GasLightStreet
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Date: July 17, 2025 20:27
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hockenheim95Quote
HalfNanker
gotta wonder about this album;
these songs were part of the hackney diamonds recording sessions. That was their first album in decades, so clearly they wanted it to succeed. Therefore i'm sure they put the best of the bunch on HD.
So, now are we juts getting the 13th thru 25th bets songs they've come up with of late??
They did long recording sessions this year so it's not a leftover album from HD. Btw my favorite album is Tattoo you which is an album full of leftovers.
TY is 100% leftovers.
Re: The Rolling Stones studio works 2025 - new album due
Posted by:
GasLightStreet
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Date: July 17, 2025 22:17
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Send It To meQuote
treaclefingersQuote
HalfNanker
gotta wonder about this album;
these songs were part of the hackney diamonds recording sessions. That was their first album in decades, so clearly they wanted it to succeed. Therefore i'm sure they put the best of the bunch on HD.
So, now are we juts getting the 13th thru 25th bets songs they've come up with of late??
Well, you're asking for an opinion, so here goes.
I think people are getting tired of these "glass half empty observations".
No one has a clue what sort of album we'll end up with, or whether people will love it as much as HD, least of all Mick and Keith.
Advancing that it's "just leftovers" and therefore of poorer quality is pure speculation. It could be as easy that they had a great bunch of songs, 3/4s done (as Mick said in Fall 2023), and have added some new material which they've been recording since then.
But I don't know that, so why even speculate that? I don't mean to take it out on your post, but are we that bored?
Songs also may have been left off HD because they didn't fit in, not because they weren't "good." HD was a pretty pop record in my opinion, almost like a Jagger solo. The next may have gritter rock tunes, more of a Voodoo Lounge sound, for instance. I kind of hope for this, tbh.
In regard to what the Stones think should or should not go on a new release whenever they've worked on one, consider this:
Shine A Light, Sister Morphine and All Down The Line were started for LET IT BLEED.
I'm Going Down, Downtown Suzie and I Don't Know Why didn't go on LET IT BLEED.
Jiving Sister Fanny didn't go on STICKY FINGERS.
Dancing In The Light, All Down The Line, Shake Your Hips, Shine A Light, Tumbling Dice, Sweet Virginia, Silver Train, I'm Not Signifying, Sweet Black Angel, So Devine and Stop Breaking Down were recorded for STICKY FINGERS.
Plundered My Soul, Pass The Wine and Following The River were recorded for EXILE.
Criss Cross and Through The Lonely Nights did not go on GOATS HEAD SOUP.
All The Rage, Come To The Ball, Tops, Waiting On A Friend and Short And Curlies were recorded for GOATS HEAD SOUP.
Black Limousine, Fast Talking Slow Walking and Living In The Heart Of Love were recorded for IORR.
Slave, Worried About You, Too Tough (Cellophane Trousers) and supposedly Start Me Up were recorded for BLACK AND BLUE.
Black Limousine (as we know it), Start Me Up (as we know it), Claudine, Summer Romance, Yellow Cab (Do You Think I Really Care), No Spare Parts, Fiji Jim, Everything Is Turning To Gold and So Young were recorded for SOME GIRLS. Hang Fire and Little T&A were started.
I Think I'm Going Mad, Heaven, Hang Fire (as we know it), It's A Lie, Little T&A (as we know it), (If I Was A Dancer) Dance Pt. 2, Neighbours and No Use In Crying were recorded for EMOTIONAL RESCUE.
That's far enough. They have loads of unfished songs from UNDERCOVER through HACKNEY DIAMONDS.
A majority of those songs from 1969-1979 were finished for the next album or a later album, some were B-sides, one is on a compilation album and some were finished for three of the deluxe reissues.
Of the material left off of SOME GIRLS, Respectable got released? A really fast "punk" Chuck Berryish song. Because it's fast and "punk" it got the nod because of what was going on at the time: We don't want something really good like Misty Roads or I Love You Too Much or what is known as Munich Hilton, we need something culturally relevant right now.
Some don't like Lies for possibly similar reasons. Or why they thought an anemic Just My Imagination was worthy is another part of the mystery.
When I heard I'm Not Signifying in 2010 I was awestruck at how that didn't make it onto EXILE (obviously had they finished it in 1971). Instead there are tracks like Sweet Black Angel or I Just Want To See His Face. Makes zero sense.
Et cetera. What was left off of DIRTY WORK and they thought Winning Ugly was a good idea?
If one thinks the absolute best of the HD sessions went on HD but songs like Mess It Up, Bite My Head Off and Live By The Sword are not something one likes, to whatever degree, then certainly there's some great leftover material for the new album.
Re: The Rolling Stones studio works 2025 - new album due
Posted by:
ProfessorWolf
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Date: July 17, 2025 23:57
here's all the rumors and relevant related info i can find about the new album from the last few months (if i missed anything let me know and i'll add it)
may 6 - 2120joe
May 6, 2025. So hoping it’s true what I was just told by someone who knows:
The Rolling Stones are recording now at a London studio. Mick and Andrew arrived first. Keith last Wednesday and Ronnie, Steve expected in a few days.
New album and tour. Very optimistic to think both could be ready for Christmas but neither possibility eliminated.
may 6 - 2120joe
Other tidbits,
-Ronnie scheduled at Glastonbury with Rod Stewart
-Recording expected to be finished in May. Familiar studio reserved through June.
may 6 - georgelicks
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2120Joe
Other tidbits,
-Ronnie scheduled at Glastonbury with Rod Stewart
-Recording expected to be finished in May. Familiar studio reserved through June.
Mixing in June, album release on late November (21, 28) or early December (5) to cash in during the Christmas season.
They have the new album almost in the can from early 2023, plus 2-3 other songs with Charlie from 2019 and I'm sure that Mick wrote at lesst 3-4 more good songs during the last 2 years.
They have 20 new songs there, with another standard album of 11-12 songs this year, there still more than 50% of a THIRD new record in 2027-28.
A handful of shows in late November just in time for the album release and an European Tour in May 2026 is a good bet if everything goes right.
may 7 - georgelicks (georgelicks responding to a question about his above post)
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keefmick
Georgelicks--is that from insider knowledge or an educated guess?
A mix of both, Universal is ready to promote a new Stones album by late 2025.
If all goes well it is a probable plan, if the album is finished by July it is a minimum of 4 months for the manufacturing of the vinyl so a release in the last week of November or the first of December is perfect to take advantage of the Christmas season and sell the biggest number of units during the pre-sale and in those 3-4 weeks, wasting that market and releasing the album in April/May 2026 is losing at least 50% of what the album could sell.
One or two indoor shows right around the album release are a real possibility, as was the Racket show.
A 2026 tour is also in the plans, but that's the hardest part right now. There's a year to go before then, and anything can happen in a year. The album is something much more concrete and almost certainly on the horizon within six months.
may 9 - tootight (video in link is no longer available it was a short video of mick singing in the studio in london)
[www.facebook.com]
Hopefully this link works. Mick in the studio singing a new song…
may 9 - georgelicks (commenting on above video)
That's at Metropolis Studios in London, Mick and Andrew are there since April 23 at least.
may 10 - 2120joe
I’m also guessing mailexile67 is on the right track in the post above. I know nothing about a Black and Blue rerelease. I didn’t think to ask about it. I was too excited hearing that they were recording again. And what we were listening to.
I had called my Stones friend fearing that we had seen the last of the band. Luckily we could meet for beer/fish&chips the following week. Not easy as we live in different countries. Nonsense he said, they are together now, prob having fish and chips, back at blank hotel, and recording at blank studio.
Jagger was playing acoustic guitar singing some words and many LaLaLa’s-song ideas! Maybe 30 second simple tune clips for further work. Short rudimentary undeveloped tunes only on acoustic with undeveloped vocals. Perhaps an impediment to new music for years past was Jagger writing and finishing songs on his own. This must have been the solution, short undeveloped ideas shared in advance. Left plenty of room for Keith and Jagger to finish in person.
may 16 - felipe 1993
Darryl is in London as well:
[www.instagram.com]
"It was a pleasure having the legendary @darryljonesbassist in the shop inbetween recordings for the Rolling Stones".
Source: Steel Wheels post on Rocks Off
may 17 - lien
" Wood is currently working with Rod Stewart on a documentary about the Faces, and a new album by the group. And later this year he will be back working with Jagger and Richards, planning the next Rolling Stones album. It will be their 32nd studio album (not to mention the 39 live albums, 28 compilation albums and 51 video albums)."
Quote from new interview with Ronnie Wood ;
[www.telegraph.co.uk]
may 25 - georgelicks
The Stones have been recording in Metropolis for a month now, first Mick with Andrew Watt starting April 22/23, Keith a week later, and the rest joined between the 4th and 8th of this month.
Andrew has barely posted on his Instagram for a month, so he must be working very hard on the album since he knows it's difficult to get everyone together at the same time and he has to make the most of his time.
And if there are no press photos, it's logical. Unfortunately, the Stones recording in the studio won't be news to anyone in 2025. There's no press guard at the studio like with Taylor Swift does every time she records in New York or Los Angeles.
may 25 - big ed
Bernard just left London after doing his part in the studio.
june 10 - the sun
ROLLING ON Rolling Stones are working on NEW album after dropping plans for massive summer tour – with stars already in studio
[www.thesun.co.uk]
june 11 - bv
New album due, 13 songs ready. Now it is for the marketing machine to secure a smashing title, album design, and who knows, may be even a few shows by the end of the year, to promote the album.
Bjornulf
june 11 - bv
It is not a rumour - it is a fact. The Rolling Stones i.e. Mick, Keith and Ronnie, pluss several of their support musicians, have been at the Metropolis Studio London UK all through May and more i.e. 5-6 weeks working on the songs for their next studio album, also more studio works in the past, after the 2024 tour finished. Great days for all Stones fans!
june 11 - woz
I've heard Steve Winwood is on a number of tracks on this project
june 12 - georgelicks
Ok, some fresh information:
The album is almost ready, 95% at least, some missing overdubs will be finished in the next few days, there are tracks in the mixing stage now and it is estimated that everything will be finished by the end of June or the beginning of July at the latest, very similar to the recording of Steel Wheels in 1989 which was from April to June of that year.
Andrew Watt is working like crazy on the album, sometimes 15-hour days in the studio, I'm told that Keith is getting back to the US before the weekend, he's been working really hard too, not to mention Mick who pushed hard to finish the whole album in "2 months maximum" in his words, I'm told about some surprise guests on some of the songs but nothing has been confirmed yet.
Steve Jordan on drums, Darryl Jones on bass and Matt Clifford on keybords, that's the basic line up on most of the songs, and that the stuff is mostly new, everything was recorded on these sessions.
june 14 - georgelicks
Keith's work on the album is finished, he's back in New York and went to the Tribeca Film Festival yesterday. Mick and Ronnie are still in London with Andrew Watt, completing the final overdubs.
They'll probably finish everything in a few days, and the album will go into final mixing, which will be finished by the end of June.
june 25 - georgelicks
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Barkerboy2
Any news of the new album though?
The album is being mixed right now, it should be done in 15 days or so with a late November or early December release as a strong posibility.
june 25 - bye bye johnny
From the Rolling Stone article "Hear the Rolling Stones Go Zydeco in New Tribute to Clifton Chenier", posted June 25:
The Stones, meanwhile, appear to be working away on a reported new album in London, with producer Andrew Watt again at the boards following their collaboration on Hackney Diamonds. As Richards tells RS, “We’re just putting some stuff together and seeing what happens. We cut all the time, you know, so whenever we can gather together, we’ll cut.”
[www.rollingstone.com]
[archive.ph]
july 4 - georgelicks
Quote
mailexile67
@Georgelicks
Is the mixing finished?
Is Ronnie involved in it or only Mick and Andrew Watt?
What is the favourite period according to Umg for a release:end of November or next year in the Spring supporter by a possibile Tour?
The album is still being mixed, that's the last update from 5-6 days ago, mostly Andrew Watt and his team with Mick in/out all the time, both Ronnie and Keith already did their parts and the release date is still unsure, from a comercial view the best option is late November or early December to cash in with the Christmas season but if they want to hold it for a posible tour in the spring 2026, that's another option too.
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 2025-07-27 21:40 by ProfessorWolf.
may 6 - 2120joe
May 6, 2025. So hoping it’s true what I was just told by someone who knows:
The Rolling Stones are recording now at a London studio. Mick and Andrew arrived first. Keith last Wednesday and Ronnie, Steve expected in a few days.
New album and tour. Very optimistic to think both could be ready for Christmas but neither possibility eliminated.
may 6 - 2120joe
Other tidbits,
-Ronnie scheduled at Glastonbury with Rod Stewart
-Recording expected to be finished in May. Familiar studio reserved through June.
may 6 - georgelicks
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2120Joe
Other tidbits,
-Ronnie scheduled at Glastonbury with Rod Stewart
-Recording expected to be finished in May. Familiar studio reserved through June.
Mixing in June, album release on late November (21, 28) or early December (5) to cash in during the Christmas season.
They have the new album almost in the can from early 2023, plus 2-3 other songs with Charlie from 2019 and I'm sure that Mick wrote at lesst 3-4 more good songs during the last 2 years.
They have 20 new songs there, with another standard album of 11-12 songs this year, there still more than 50% of a THIRD new record in 2027-28.
A handful of shows in late November just in time for the album release and an European Tour in May 2026 is a good bet if everything goes right.
may 7 - georgelicks (georgelicks responding to a question about his above post)
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keefmick
Georgelicks--is that from insider knowledge or an educated guess?
A mix of both, Universal is ready to promote a new Stones album by late 2025.
If all goes well it is a probable plan, if the album is finished by July it is a minimum of 4 months for the manufacturing of the vinyl so a release in the last week of November or the first of December is perfect to take advantage of the Christmas season and sell the biggest number of units during the pre-sale and in those 3-4 weeks, wasting that market and releasing the album in April/May 2026 is losing at least 50% of what the album could sell.
One or two indoor shows right around the album release are a real possibility, as was the Racket show.
A 2026 tour is also in the plans, but that's the hardest part right now. There's a year to go before then, and anything can happen in a year. The album is something much more concrete and almost certainly on the horizon within six months.
may 9 - tootight (video in link is no longer available it was a short video of mick singing in the studio in london)
[www.facebook.com]
Hopefully this link works. Mick in the studio singing a new song…
may 9 - georgelicks (commenting on above video)
That's at Metropolis Studios in London, Mick and Andrew are there since April 23 at least.
may 10 - 2120joe
I’m also guessing mailexile67 is on the right track in the post above. I know nothing about a Black and Blue rerelease. I didn’t think to ask about it. I was too excited hearing that they were recording again. And what we were listening to.
I had called my Stones friend fearing that we had seen the last of the band. Luckily we could meet for beer/fish&chips the following week. Not easy as we live in different countries. Nonsense he said, they are together now, prob having fish and chips, back at blank hotel, and recording at blank studio.
Jagger was playing acoustic guitar singing some words and many LaLaLa’s-song ideas! Maybe 30 second simple tune clips for further work. Short rudimentary undeveloped tunes only on acoustic with undeveloped vocals. Perhaps an impediment to new music for years past was Jagger writing and finishing songs on his own. This must have been the solution, short undeveloped ideas shared in advance. Left plenty of room for Keith and Jagger to finish in person.
may 16 - felipe 1993
Darryl is in London as well:
[www.instagram.com]
"It was a pleasure having the legendary @darryljonesbassist in the shop inbetween recordings for the Rolling Stones".
Source: Steel Wheels post on Rocks Off
may 17 - lien
" Wood is currently working with Rod Stewart on a documentary about the Faces, and a new album by the group. And later this year he will be back working with Jagger and Richards, planning the next Rolling Stones album. It will be their 32nd studio album (not to mention the 39 live albums, 28 compilation albums and 51 video albums)."
Quote from new interview with Ronnie Wood ;
[www.telegraph.co.uk]
may 25 - georgelicks
The Stones have been recording in Metropolis for a month now, first Mick with Andrew Watt starting April 22/23, Keith a week later, and the rest joined between the 4th and 8th of this month.
Andrew has barely posted on his Instagram for a month, so he must be working very hard on the album since he knows it's difficult to get everyone together at the same time and he has to make the most of his time.
And if there are no press photos, it's logical. Unfortunately, the Stones recording in the studio won't be news to anyone in 2025. There's no press guard at the studio like with Taylor Swift does every time she records in New York or Los Angeles.
may 25 - big ed
Bernard just left London after doing his part in the studio.
june 10 - the sun
ROLLING ON Rolling Stones are working on NEW album after dropping plans for massive summer tour – with stars already in studio
[www.thesun.co.uk]
june 11 - bv
New album due, 13 songs ready. Now it is for the marketing machine to secure a smashing title, album design, and who knows, may be even a few shows by the end of the year, to promote the album.
Bjornulf
june 11 - bv
It is not a rumour - it is a fact. The Rolling Stones i.e. Mick, Keith and Ronnie, pluss several of their support musicians, have been at the Metropolis Studio London UK all through May and more i.e. 5-6 weeks working on the songs for their next studio album, also more studio works in the past, after the 2024 tour finished. Great days for all Stones fans!
june 11 - woz
I've heard Steve Winwood is on a number of tracks on this project
june 12 - georgelicks
Ok, some fresh information:
The album is almost ready, 95% at least, some missing overdubs will be finished in the next few days, there are tracks in the mixing stage now and it is estimated that everything will be finished by the end of June or the beginning of July at the latest, very similar to the recording of Steel Wheels in 1989 which was from April to June of that year.
Andrew Watt is working like crazy on the album, sometimes 15-hour days in the studio, I'm told that Keith is getting back to the US before the weekend, he's been working really hard too, not to mention Mick who pushed hard to finish the whole album in "2 months maximum" in his words, I'm told about some surprise guests on some of the songs but nothing has been confirmed yet.
Steve Jordan on drums, Darryl Jones on bass and Matt Clifford on keybords, that's the basic line up on most of the songs, and that the stuff is mostly new, everything was recorded on these sessions.
june 14 - georgelicks
Keith's work on the album is finished, he's back in New York and went to the Tribeca Film Festival yesterday. Mick and Ronnie are still in London with Andrew Watt, completing the final overdubs.
They'll probably finish everything in a few days, and the album will go into final mixing, which will be finished by the end of June.
june 25 - georgelicks
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Barkerboy2
Any news of the new album though?
The album is being mixed right now, it should be done in 15 days or so with a late November or early December release as a strong posibility.
june 25 - bye bye johnny
From the Rolling Stone article "Hear the Rolling Stones Go Zydeco in New Tribute to Clifton Chenier", posted June 25:
The Stones, meanwhile, appear to be working away on a reported new album in London, with producer Andrew Watt again at the boards following their collaboration on Hackney Diamonds. As Richards tells RS, “We’re just putting some stuff together and seeing what happens. We cut all the time, you know, so whenever we can gather together, we’ll cut.”
[www.rollingstone.com]
[archive.ph]
july 4 - georgelicks
Quote
mailexile67
@Georgelicks
Is the mixing finished?
Is Ronnie involved in it or only Mick and Andrew Watt?
What is the favourite period according to Umg for a release:end of November or next year in the Spring supporter by a possibile Tour?
The album is still being mixed, that's the last update from 5-6 days ago, mostly Andrew Watt and his team with Mick in/out all the time, both Ronnie and Keith already did their parts and the release date is still unsure, from a comercial view the best option is late November or early December to cash in with the Christmas season but if they want to hold it for a posible tour in the spring 2026, that's another option too.
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 2025-07-27 21:40 by ProfessorWolf.
Re: The Rolling Stones studio works 2025 - new album due
Posted by:
GasLightStreet
()
Date: July 18, 2025 01:18
The leftovers from the HD sessions were
1. Finished
2. Recorded again
As well as new material and now there's enough material for two albums.
How strange.
1. Finished
2. Recorded again
As well as new material and now there's enough material for two albums.
How strange.
Re: The Rolling Stones studio works 2025 - new album due
Posted by:
liddas
()
Date: July 18, 2025 10:10
I am happy to read that Darryl is on most tracks, not a huge fan of Andrew Watt's work on HD. Also Bernard back, but I hope not to replace Ronnie. Love Ronnie's BU vocals on HD, and truly love BF and RW harmonies when singing BU vocals.
Once again, no news of any involvement of Chuck on KB. Would be the third album in a row (excluding the few overdubs on B&L)
C
Once again, no news of any involvement of Chuck on KB. Would be the third album in a row (excluding the few overdubs on B&L)
C
Re: The Rolling Stones studio works 2025 - new album due
Posted by:
maumau
()
Date: July 18, 2025 18:13
thanks for the racap ProfessorWolf
when do we expect the first serious teaser?
(long for a boot recording with a barking dog)
when do we expect the first serious teaser?
(long for a boot recording with a barking dog)
Re: The Rolling Stones studio works 2025 - new album due
Posted by:
mailexile67
()
Date: July 18, 2025 18:58
In my opinion the best option would be a release in the fall to capitalize Christmas time; a BNB Deluxe release in April would be a logical option because there will be exactly fifty years from his first release and it would be a "refresh" for media and audience for a possible Tour coming soon in May.
Re: The Rolling Stones studio works 2025 - new album due
Posted by:
treaclefingers
()
Date: July 18, 2025 19:06
Quote
GasLightStreet
The leftovers from the HD sessions were
1. Finished
2. Recorded again
As well as new material and now there's enough material for two albums.
How strange.
I speculated a few pages back that I think this is the beginning of a new era where they focus on more frequent new material releases.
Not sure how much touring will still be in the long term plan, certainly 'residencies' are probably more likely than criss-crossing the globe, but now that their appetite is whet with HD, I could see some very interesting releases from them.
They'll have a next album, and maybe one after that, but also standalone singles or even shorter thematic EP's and more collaborations with other artists.
The world is their oyster and as long as they're having fun they'll evolve what they're doing to fit their lifestyle.
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