Product Description

The Rolling Stones are a household name all over the world,with their music reaching out to fans of all genres and ages. This collection of the band's early hits was originally released in 1975 and contains some of the most groundbreakingand unsurpassed music in rock 'n' roll history. 'Rolled Gold+', an extended version of the original (simply entitled 'Rolled Gold'), is the first time the compilation has been released on CD and boasts such classic tracks as '(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction' and 'Paint It Black'.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Come On
2. I Wanna Be Your Man
3. Not Fade Away
4. Carol
5. Tell Me
6. It's All Over Now
7. Little Red Rooster
8. Heart Of Stone
9. Time Is On My Side
10. The Last Time
11. Play With Fire
12. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
13. Get Off Of My Cloud
14. I'm Free
15. As Tears Go By
16. Lady Jane
17. Paint It Black
18. Mother's Little Helper
19. 19th Nervous Breakdown
20. Under My Thumb
21. Out Of Time
22. Yesterday's Papers
23. Let's Spend The Night Together
24. Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In The Shadow?

Disc 2:

1. Ruby Tuesday
2. Dandelion
3. She's A Rainbow
4. We Love You
5. 2000 Light Years From Home
6. Jumping Jack Flash
7. Street Fighting Man
8. Sympathy For The Devil
9. No Expectations
10. Let It Bleed
11. Midnight Rambler
12. Gimme Shelter
13. You Can't Always Get What You Want
14. Brown Sugar
15. Honky Tonk Women
16. Wild Horses

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2173 in Music
• Released on: 2007-11-12
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Box set
• Running time: 148 minutes

Customer Reviews

Stereo!
I had the vinyl version of this album. It is by far the best Rolling Stones collection on the market. This CD release is no disappointment. The sound quality is superb. I can add little to other reviews, with one exception. This was the only place that I knew the stereo version of "Paint it Black" to be. I can confirm that this reissue still has the "Paint it Black" track in stereo, which was a major reason for me buying this collection for another time.

I agree with a previous reviewer who says that this is a much better collection than "Hot Rocks." This is a much better collection and better sound quality.

Correct me if I'm wrong please
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I have a vague recollection of hearing track one, "Come On", debut on Ready Steady , Go. Since then, I've been a fan of "early" Stones, previously compiled on what was the "London Sessions", but may have been renamed. It was good, and this is equally good. I guess the record company is maximising on re-issues before their fifty years is up. Then , presumably, we'll all be able to buy it all again for 99p in Woolworth's.

The only Stones album you'll need
The Stones are now sad, crusty old stadium rockers who just don't know when to call it a day and should probably have retired in the 70's when Brian Jones died. But they did make some blinding music and the legend that was 'The Beatles and The Stones' really is justified. While not their best song, to me Mother's Little Helper sums them up as the talented "oddly tuned" guitar band with distinctive, satisfying lyrics and a cheeky sense of fun.

If you like The Rolling Stones you will already have all these tracks, that is a simple fact of life about all compilations. If you've never owned any of their albums though and you've heard Paint It Black on a film soundtrack or She's a Rainbow on the advert with the plastacine bunnies and thought they were good then this is the ultimate CD for you.

My Dad had the 1975 vinyl version of Rolled Gold and so I grew up with it. You may therefore say I'm showing nostalgic bias but I've tried all their albums and I hope you'll believe me when I say that this is as good as they ever got. Some 'experts' say Exile On Main Street was their best album but for me they stopped making good music after Sticky Fingers and so this updated version, now not only encompassing the best songs from that album but also their best songs from previous years which weren't originally included in Rolled Gold, is indeed in my opinion the best Stones album there is.

I'm not sure where a previous reviewer got the idea that Stairway To Heaven was on here though, perhaps he's got The Stones confused with Rolf Harris!