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STORM IN A TEACUP

Disk 1 - Hits, Misses and Gotta-have-itz!
1. Memphis
This instrumental version first appeared on a vinyl German box set in the eighties called "The Rolling Stones Story 2". It appeared on CD in a Westward One promo for radio stations but it's our guess a good number of Stones fans have never heard this one!

2. Ain't That Lovin' You


3. Beautiful Delilah


4. Crackin' Up
Recorded on various dates between '64 - '65, these are among some of the rarest of BBC tracks and while they've all made sporadic appearances on various boots through the years, they are not easy to come by.

5. Everybody Needs Somebody To Love


6. Little By Little


7. I Just Wanna Make Love


8. I'm Movin' On
From a concert in London '64? - these tracks are some of the very finest in terms of sound quality for the time they were recorded. On these four tracks, the band is mixed up front and the screams are well subdued. The selections are also not numbers that frequently show up on the group's setlist so this makes these tracks all the more valuable for that reason alone.

9. Cops & Robbers


10. Roll Over Beethoven
Both of these tracks are available on a number of BBC boots and what they may lack in rarity is made up for in performance so while they aren't hard to come by, we decided they were essential to this collection.

11. Get Off Of My Cloud
Alexis Korner was to a large extent responsible or at least had a major role in the rise of many of our most revered legends in Rock. He launched the Stones, Eric Clapton, Robert Plant to name but a few but this Blues devotee never managed to hit it big for himself. In the early seventies, his friend Keith Richards decided to lend a hand with a cover of the Stones' "Get Off My Cloud". While Alex sang the lead vocals, Keith sang response lines and added rhythm guitar. This was put out briefly as a single and made a considerable mark at the time in the charts but didn't get in the top ten and certainly didn't get Korner's career off the ground. It did become one of the more sought after recordings by Stones collectors and up until it's very recent release on a CD anthology, it did bring in some steep prices in collectors circles.

12. Jumping Jack Flash
While no MTV existed back then, bands did on occasion do videos of performances of intended singles. These were never intended for public release but promos only. Of course bootleggers have sold copies of these videos to collectors over the years and "Jumping Jack Flash" was pretty well distributed over this last decade or so. What was always lacking was a really good sound track of the video. The song appeared on several bootlegs but only on an eighties vinyl boot collection called the "Black Box" did the sound appear halfway decent. Even on that were an enormous amount of crackles and pops. Without fail all of the CD recordings on the boots I'd heard were loaded with hiss, weren't mixed right, distorted beyond belief or any combination of all of these. A few years back, VGP from Japan started recreating some of the earlier vinyl releases from the scarce issues of "Trademark Of Quality". I scored a copy of the "Beautiful Delilah" title from whence several tracks in this collection come. The "Jumping Jack Flash" title was a bonus cut and I was not excited in the least fully expecting the hiss filled abomination appearing on an already abundant series of other boots. But when I actually heard it, I couldn't believe my own ears! The sound was official release quality! For the first time this remarkable performance was digitally represented in high quality sound. It's presented here for the rest of you to enjoy!

13. Street Fighting Man
Back around '96-'97, the first boot CD-r label was born. The "Boss Hawg" label out of California put out several albums - A BBC Collection, a collection of rarities, a live set featuring the opening tracks from the first BtoB gig in Chicago as well as the Capital Theater tracks from VH1 and the VH1 fashion award performances. One of the toughest to get among all of the releases was a thing called "Missing Links". That CD had tracks from Brussels, Wembley and New Castle all from '73s European tour. Many of these tracks were not on some of the more common boots such as "Brussels Affair" which were out then. The real anomaly on this collection however was two tracks which were listed as being from Frankfurt which while they might be - were not from the '73 but rather the '76 tour of Europe. "Street Fighting Man" and "Jumping Jack Flash" were both sndbds. and very likely outtakes from the "Love You Live" collection. "Street Fighting Man" which does not appear on that album is here for you to enjoy in this anthology.

14. Down the Road Apiece
When the Rolling Stones toured the states in '81, they caused quite a stir by doing early covers of their own influences, covering Smokey's "Going To A Go-GO" and Eddie Cochran's rocker, "Twenty Flight Rock" but they also on rare occasions dusted off some of there own early chestnuts. They were captured on stereo sndbd. on this rendition of "Down The Road Apiece" from November of that year.

15. Almost Hear You Sigh
Outtakes from "Steel Wheels" are virtually impossible to come by. This very different take on the last single from that release was featured on a long out of print box set from Italy's Great Dane label. Listen to Charlie's drums shining through on this beautiful stereo take.

16. Blinded By Love
A rare sndbd from Madrid featured this seldom performed number on the Urban Jungle trek through Spain.

17. I Can't Get Next To You
One of Mick's favorite singer's of all time is Al Green. In the Giant's Stadium during their summer stop of the Voodoo Lounge Tour, he payed fitting tribute to Al by covering his take of this old Temptations number.

18. She's A Rainbow
Though mainly a boot label catering to Springsteen fans, Crystal Cat put out a few stunning audience recordings from the "Bridges To Babylon" tour of '97-'98. The Stones did this rare performance while playing Chicago.

19. Wild Horses


20. Love Train
The Stones squashed all the age jokes once again with stunning performances during their tour of the States in ' 02-'03. They also played some numbers not done too frequently and covered some of their own favorites. Both of these tracks come from a stop in Detroit. Soundboard or excellent stereo audience recording? I don't know. The tracks were downloaded from the web and so it's very hard to tell. As several shows including the January HBO gig have showed up on boots, I don't think you'll hear a better version of "Love Train" and I have yet to hear of a boot from this gig so I'd guess these are pretty rare!

21. I Can't Turn You Loose
Also from the Licks Tour and again in truly fine sound quality, this Otis Redding classic was performed during the feverish concert held in Atlanta, Ga.

22. Worried About You
Rarely if ever performed this gem from "Tattoo You" was presented to a very excited crowd at the Joint in Las Vegas during the band's Licks Tour this year.



Disc #2 - Shot Of Rhythm & Bluez
1. Invitation
While this song showed up as everything from it' s demo state to an over-run 15 minute plus jam under a varied number of titles and on numerous boots, I think the rarest version of all was this seemingly finished track which I will never understand leaving off the "Dirty Work" album. This is one of those outtakes that's just so good, you shake your head and wonder "What were they thinking?"

2. Diddley Daddy
This performance by Woody & Bo came out on the "Get The Fuck Outta Here" collection but this recording is taken directly from a Westwood One digital transcript disc.

3. Rock Me Baby
While the Orpheum was pretty available and even on several boots, the source that this jam with Buddy Guy came from was just amazing sound quality!

4. What Am I Gonna Do
Another great outtake from the Dirty Work sessions and again something surpassing most of the material which was on that release.

5. Memo From Turner
There are two versions well known of this composition. One is the faster paced rocking version from "Metamorphosis" and the second is a busier, almost Dylanesque solo version with Jagger, featuring Chris Wood from Traffic on drums. The version featured here is also a blues take but features the Stones and was likely considered as a possible track for "Let It Bleed".

6. I Don't Know the Reason Why
This outtake jam was originally recorded during the "Let It Bleed" sessions and while featured on many boots it's usually edited down. This version clocks in at eleven plus minutes and comes from the Scorpio release "Mad Shadows".

7. She Smiled Sweetly
This sweet ballad off the "Between The Buttons" album made it's one and only live debut at New York City 's Roseland. It is here for you in near excellent sound!

8. Jah Is Not Dead
I don't know if anyone is really sure where or when this strange reggae gem was recorded but the boys were joined by a rare guest appearance of the soul crooner Boz Scaggs who trades some great vocal phrases with Mick during the session.

9. Start Me Up
While the near ten minute Reggae version of this "Tattoo You" hit has been the stuff of rumor and legend for some time now, this shorter take is certainly in a reggae mood and also fairly tough to come by.

10. Oh Lord, Don't Drop That A-Bomb On Me
This is a Keith vocal possibly considered for one of his solo efforts. It made a rare appearance on the "Get The Fuck Outta Here Collection".

11. 32-20 Blues
This incomplete cover performance of the Robert Johnson blues classic was done during a rehearsal for the '72 Tour of the U.S. It was fortunately captured on sndbd by one of the engineers present at the time.

12. Harlem Shuffle
Though there are several outtakes of this "Dirty Work" hit, this one is practically a duet. Bobby Womack's vocals are heavily present here and it is the longest known version found only on the long lost Great Dane box set "Hot Stuff"

13. Pay Your Dues
This early composition would later morph into the well known classic "Street Fighting Man". While it made numerous appearances on CD boots since the eighties, it would not appear in official release sound quality until it's recent issue on a European boot of the shelved "Necrophilia" collection. 14. Natural Magic - This instrumental comes from the film "Performance" and while not a rare track, I felt it had a certain mood about it which not only worked well as a closing for the disc but also as a nice finale to the whole collection. I believe it's an often over-looked essential of the band's catalogue and most certainly a fine example of their work as an instrumental combo.

14. Natural Magic - Instrumental - from Performance