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This recent release from Mayflower is the second with this name from this label, but the first one (MF 22-23) was a 2 cds set that was released in 2013. This too presents the sessions from 1969 through October 1970 generally known as Sticky Fingers Sessions (hence this collection’s name). Disc One starts with the newly found early take of Brown Sugar followed by 2 more tracks from Muscle Shoals Studios; then follow 3 versions of Sister Morphine, the 2nd one having been shortened (version 2 being the only one different from version 3 which ended on Sticky Fingers). After Jiving Sister Fanny and Hillside Blues (aka I Don’t Know The Reason Why) come 2 takes of You Gotta Move and an early vocal mix of Brown Sugar with no lead guitar ending with Keith Richards saying “Oh baby”.
On Disc Two we have more stuff from the Muscle Shoals and London sessions with the addition of official versions from Sticky Fingers, however You Gotta Move is mono, the last track is the famous version of Brown Sugar with Eric Clapton that was released on Sticky Fingers De Luxe. The 11 versions of Brown Sugar being just fragments taken from Gimme Shelter movie; there are also the 2 songs taken from the first pressings of Hot Rocks 2 LP compilation. Disc Three presents all well known outtakes that have been released endlessly like Dancing in the Light and Leather Jacket and the usual @#$%& Blues which has nothing to do with Sticky Fingers, or the Stargroves sessions from October 1970 that feature Trident Jam, So Divine, Potted Shrimp and Travelling Man instrumentals together with the alternate mix of Bitch, Sway and Wild Horses with glass harmonica. Disc ends with two tracks from Fully Finished Outtakes. Packaging is kind of unimpressive as both front and back cover are almost totally in black and white and show the known Sticky Fingers cover, it does have an OBI as all Japan products and the discs are picture discs though; as usual recording dates are mostly wrong.