[color=Blue][i]Having got tired of buying/downloading hundreds, nay, thousands of Rolling Stones official and unofficial vinyl records and CDs, only to find that there's a constant overlapping of tracks and a lot of confusion surrounding their studio output, there was one wish on my mind. That there was someone who would take it upon himself or herself to try and make sense of the many variations, overlappings etc. in the Stones catalogue and try and find the best possible audio for each and every track the Rolling Stones have ever recorded in their career. And of course I waited in vain. So I started assembling as many RS records as I could get, bootlegs and official releases, in order to try and get the complete RS discography in the best possible quality.
A very important website which has helped me with this is the one by Felix Aeppli (google is your friend). I wish to make clear that I am not him, nor am I in any way affiliated to him, hell, I don't even know the guy. But what he has done is a marvellous job, in trying to construct a complete picture of all available (and, sadly, unavailable) Rolling Stones audio.
With his work as an indispensible guide (and, indeed, using his numbering system - PLEASE check Felix Aeppli's website how to use the numbering system!) I set out to find all of the tracks mentioned on his website. I think I can say I have found most, if not all, of the studio tracks, and I am presenting you them, in chronological order. Having said that, as far as their LIVE material goes, I sort of gave up after 1970 and am missing quite a bit in that field (I will upload what I have). The studio tracks, however, are near complete.
This has been a labour of love for the past few years now, so I hope you all can appreciate the work that has gone into this.
This project is by no means perfect - there are tracks missing (and where they are, it is noted), and for some tracks there may be better sources. In these cases, I hope you can help me out in trying to get this work complete and in even better sound quality.
In each track's description I have mentioned the source. These can vary from bootleg recordings to official CDs, YouTube rips and some vinyl rips. Where I used mp3s as a source, this is also pointed out. Where tracks were issued both in mono and stereo, I have included both. Where I have multiple sources for a track which sound markedly different, I included every one of them.
Not only have I tried to find all of the Stones material, I also searched for each original recording of cover versions they recorded (be it live or in the studio). These will also be presented. Where I was in doubt which version the Stones would have based their cover version on, I have included more than one track.
I am presenting you all of this material in folders which are catalogued by year. These are not presented as cut-and-dried 80 minute audio CDs, but as complete folders. Whatever you want to do with them, do so. My aim was to get it all into one place.
Please do not ask me for artwork, please do not ask me to up this as mp3s, or why I didn't include md5-files or whatever other stuff people seem to find important (I'm no good/too lazy at that stuff), but please do offer constructive criticism where due, and above all, please upload better quality tracks or missing tracks when you have them. I think the Rolling Stones' catalogue is totally underpresented and well worthy of a thorough remastering job, but since that is unlikely to happen (especially with the 1960s material), I have started this project in the hope that I/we could achieve something similar.
Where I used my own CDs, I ripped them using EAC, where I downloaded stuff I kept them as FLAC-files, unless they were mp3, in which case I converted them to FLAC as well, to keep some kind of continuity (but, again, where this is the case, I have made mention of this). After converting everything to FLAC, I used Foobar's Scan-Per-File-Track-Gain function to get similar audio levels for the tracks.[/color][/i]
[color=Red][b]I could never have done this without the help of:
1) All the uploaders at some great torrent sites like Hunger City (and indeed, Demonoid).
2) Chris M's site (rollingstonesnet)
3) The Lukpac org.
4) All of the uploaders at IORR (Marko in particular).
5) People here at Demonoid who have helped out with missing tracks (in alphabetical order): Blakeeik, Captain Acid, Craymcla, EasyMusic, MeanMrKite, Mickpas1, Sprdtlv, Stoned52, Vox12String.
6) A special word of thanks to TrainInVain09 for the absolutely splendid artwork he's created to go with this series.[/b][/color]
My appreciation goes out to everyone else that uploads stuff; now it's (finally) my turn to give something back.
I have also taken a shot at their solo outings (Brian Jones has been uploaded already), they will come later.
I sincerely hope you will appreciate all the work that's gone into this project and hope you can help wherever possible, and for now let's shut up and enjoy the next installment of what I have named
[b]THE ROLLING STONES - 50 YEARS OF DIRTY WORK: Part 9: 1971.[/b]
[color=LimeGreen][b]PLEASE NOTE THAT I WILL HAVE TO STOP SEEDING THE PARTS AFTER A SHORT WHILE AS I DON'T HAVE THE SPACE ON MY HD TO KEEP SEEDING THEM ALL...[/b][/color]
Part 1 (1962-1963) can be found here: http://www.demonoid.me/files/details/2559780/1603396/
Part 2 (1964) can be found here: http://www.demonoid.me/files/details/2560497/11223772/
Part 3 (1965) can be found here: http://www.demonoid.me/files/details/2563609/14430564/
Part 4 (1966) can be found here: http://www.demonoid.me/files/details/2566562/3206792/
Part 5: (1967) can be found here: http://www.demonoid.me/files/details/2568784/6413584/
Part 6: (1968) can be found here: http://www.demonoid.me/files/details/2573083/4810188/
Part 7: (1969) can be found here: http://www.demonoid.me/files/details/2574729/14430564/
Part 8: (1970) can be found here: http://www.demonoid.me/files/details/2597903/4810188/
Part 9: (1971) can be found here: http://www.demonoid.me/files/details/2605368/12827168/
A patch for 1971 can be found here: http://www.demonoid.me/files/details/2608858/12827168/
Part 10 (1972) can be found here: http://www.demonoid.me/files/details/2608222/3206792/
Part 11 (1973) can be found here: http://www.demonoid.me/files/details/2619485/8016980/
Additions (1) can be found here: http://www.demonoid.me/files/details/2566566/9620376/
Additions (2) can be found here: http://www.demonoid.me/files/details/2569859/14430564/
Additions (3) can be found here: http://www.demonoid.me/files/details/2573081/1603396/
Additions (4) can be found here: http://www.demonoid.me/files/details/2573873/4810188/
Additions (5) can be found here: http://www.demonoid.me/files/details/2589297/11223772/
Additions (6) can be found here: http://www.demonoid.me/files/details/2605548/12827168/
Artwork Part 1 can be found here: http://www.demonoid.me/files/details/2574590/1603396/
Artwork Part 2 can be found here: http://www.demonoid.me/files/details/2589301/1603396/
Solo Part 1: Brian Jones can be found here: http://www.demonoid.me/files/details/2589316/9620376/
[i][color=Teal]Missing so far are the following items (please upload if you have them):
1964:
0.035A - 01. Hi-Heel Sneakers & 02. Not Fade Away (1000 Great Moments in Television TV broadcast 1991, Channel 4)
1965:
0.056A - Six Five TV - 03. Keith Richards Interview (The One And Only Rolling Stones, BBC TV, 24 Aug 2003)
0.083A - Muensterlandhalle, Muenster (TV broadcast Germany 1994)
1968:
0.152 - Sympathy For The Devil, #18 (Single edit from West Germany)
0.159 - 06 Bill Wyman's announcement of a break (rough cut videotape of The Rolling Stones R&R Circus)
1973:
0.244 - Grugahalle, Essen, Germany 9 Oct 1973 (bootleg Brown Sugar And White Snow)
0.245C - Ahoy, Rotterdam, Holland 14 Oct 1973, Early Show (missing tracks)
0.245D - Ahoy, Rotterdam, Holland 14 Oct 1973, 2nd Show (missing tracks)
Brian Jones solo:
BJ 2018B - All Along The Watchtower takes 20 & 21 (VH1 Broadcast "Electric Ladyland", also released on VHS, 1997),
Acoustic Rock & Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (JH live at Speakeasy?) (DVD Brian Jones et les Rolling Stones, France, 2006)
BJ 2018C - Peter and Gordon - You've Had Better Times (Remix, USA Promo single)
Upgrades and missing tracks still wanted![/color][/i]