This is the CD layer - ripped with EAC to FLAC - of the hybrid SACD promo sampler a k a The Stones Remastered 21 X 5 Sampler. Artwork scans included.
This package was created by ABKCO as a "sampler" offering from the then-upcoming reissue series (in 2002).
As it was issued far in advance of the actual release date of the reissues, it started going for amazingly ridiculous prices on eBay, despite the fact that ABKCO was seemingly throwing these at anybody who asked. Despite the fact that the reissues are now available, this continues to be traded at grossly inflated prices.
Unfortunately, *some* of the value may be justified, as the set contains a few versions of tracks that did not make it in this form to the final discs. The different tracks (that aren't merely shorter edits) are as follows:
1) "Under My Thumb." This track is processed on the officially released discs
(with the hiss level of the track noticeably increasing when the vocals come
in), but is unprocessed here.
2) "Miss Amanda Jones." Still has the folded-in intro, but NO hiss reduction has
been applied to the track at this point.
3) "Jiving Sister Fanny." The version on Metamorphosis suffers from several
digital glitches (as does the rest of the album). The version here is glitch-free.