Hi Stones fanatics,

here we have something special, first time collaboration between JEMS and Captain Acid.
I was asked to remaster two sets of tapes of Stones show in Tempe, December 13. 1981, which i gladly accepted.
More about the tapes will be explained later by JEMS.

What i did was some speed corrections, EQ and level correction. Nothing else was needed, the tapes were great to start with. Transfer of the cassettes was done by JEMS. After the remaster i have converted the files to 16bit FLAC.

Remastered by Captain Acid
Artwork by Mr. D

February 2019


INFO FROM JEMS:

(First set of tapes, aka "RUFF MIXES") APCD 037-1

“Ruff Mixes” via JEMS Archive and Captain Acid

Transfer: in-house cassettes > Nakamichi CR-7A azimuth-adjusted transfer > Sound Devices USBPre 2 > Audacity 2.0 (24/96) capture > iZotope RX >


The Stones’ Tempe ’81 performance has been bootlegged numerous times from soundboard sources, notably on titles like Satisfaction Guaranteed and Let’s Spend the Night Together.

Our version comes from a pair of in-house cassettes that were included in the same trove of tapes that yielded our Foxes In The Boxes series a few years ago. As some folks have deduced, all the tapes once belonged to Art Collins, who essentially ran Rolling Stones Records on behalf of the band inside of Atlantic Records in the U.S. They came into JEMS’ possession several years ago.

These two TDK SA-90 cassettes were labeled “Ruff Mixes” and they are clearly copies from reel to reels, as you can hear the reel come up to speed at the start of the recording. Like the Foxes tapes and the Concerts for Kampuchea outtakes we also released from his collection, Collins seems to have used cassettes as reference tapes to review/approve mixes. The dubs were likely made for him off master or mix-down reels, which explains why their quality is so high. Photos of the tapes are included in our packaging.

Captain Acid has been reviewing this source to determine if it is a different mix than what’s in circulation. Regardless it is an alternate source with intriguing provenance and very nice quality. The Captain’s additional insights can be found in his notes.

The Collins Cassettes also contain a second set of tapes from this gig, and that mix is different from these. We are working to bring that second version to you soon. Until then, enjoy this new source of Tempe ’81.

BK for JEMS



(Second set of tapes, aka ALTERNATE REFERENCE MIXES) APCD 037-2

The Stones’ Tempe ’81 performance has been bootlegged numerous times from soundboard sources, notably on titles like Satisfaction Guaranteed and Let’s Spend the Night Together.

This torrent is the second of two new sources for the Tempe soundboard recording culled from the same trove of tapes that yielded our Foxes In The Boxes series a few years ago. As some folks have deduced, all of the tapes once belonged to Art Collins, who essentially ran Rolling Stones Records in the US on behalf of the band inside of Atlantic Records. As implied by the Foxes tapes and the Concerts for Kampuchea outtakes we also released, Collins seems to have used cassettes as reference tapes to review/approve mixes. The dubs were likely made for him off master or mix-down reels, which explains why their quality is so high. Photos of the tapes are included in our packaging.

The first new Tempe source, labeled “Ruff Mixes,” was a pair of TDK SA-90 cassettes clearly copied from reel to reel, as you can hear the reel come up to speed at the start of the recording. This second cassette source is two Maxell UD-90s with typed labels but no additional detail, just the venue, date and song titles.

The mixes on the second set of cassettes differ from the “ruff mixes” and are on balance more refined than the roughs. By way of example, the sax solo on “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” is low in the rough mixes, but appropriately leveled here. There’s no obvious sign these came off mix-down reels but they very likely did.

As both new sources are excellent, we leave it to the listener to decide which source you prefer. Regardless, we hope our two new Tempe mixes provide a fresh way to hear a very familiar recording.

BK for JEMS


Rolling Stones
Sun Devil Stadium
Tempe, AZ
December 13, 1981

Disc 1:

1. Intro - Take The A Train
2. Under My Thumb
3. When The Whip Comes Down
4. Let's Spend The Night Together
5. Shattered
6. Neighbours
7. Black Limousine
8. Just My Imagination
9. Twenty Flight Rock
10. Going To A Go Go
11. Let Me Go
12. Time Is On My Side
13. Beast Of Burden
14. Waiting On A Friend
15. Let It Bleed

Disc 2


01. You Can't Always Get What You Want
02. Band Introduction
03. Little T & A
04. Tumbling Dice
05. She's So Cold
06. Hang Fire
07. Miss You
08. Honky Tonk Women
09. Brown Sugar
10. Start Me Up
11. Jumpin' Jack Flash
12. Satisfaction
13. Outro - Star Spangled Banner

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Thanks!

Thank you

Thank you very much!!! this is fantastic!!! I love 81 tour!!! and TWO new soundboard sources...

Awesome!
Many thanks to JEMS and CaptainAcid!

Thank you both - This was a lovely, late Valentines day present!

WOOOOOOOW!!!!
Thank you very much JEMS and CaptainAcid
I also love 1981 tour. Today will be an unusual evening with these recordings. For me it will be a pleasure.

Gile you're the best! Now we're going to start the "what was edited and overdubbed on LSTNT" quiz. I have already spotted quite a few "anomalies" on BOB...

I wonder what the Art Collins (rape of the) vaults have left to offer? An upgrade of the East Rutherford SB tapes?

Anyway these excellent tapes show that the Hampton PPV gig was the better show... and possibly the best of the tour!



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huuu Captain, what a treat.
this ruff mix seems to be much closer (less audience) than I heard from this show before.
very nice

Amazing find to wake up to...Mucho thanks to all involved...

What a surprise; thanks Captain, Mr D and JEMS



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2019-02-15 18:23 by Erik_Snow.

great! it looks very attractive
Thanks Captain, JEMS & Mr D!

Thanks JEMS, Captain and Mr D for this wonderful work!

Thank you

Thank you!!!

Should be an interesting listen. Certainly was a great show...

Thanks a lot

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Its definitely easier on the ears compared to VGP
Thanks

Thank You Very Much...

It sounds clearer than Satisfaction Guaranteed, although still the Intro of Under My Thumb sounds quite covered, I like it the same because the sound of the audience is not that loud. I like Very much the vesion of "Alternate Reference Mixes"!
Eternally grateful for the work! I love them!!

thank you guys!!!!!!!!

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2019-02-16 12:58 by sandandglue.

This was a real nice listen. I hardly listen to Rolling Stones 1981/82, for the last 10 years, I'm kind of through with it. But now I did - and it was allright.

The link no longer works, any chance it could be fixed? Thanks for all the efforts into putting this together!

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