HURRY, April 13!
Some call it the "greatest rock and roll record ever made."
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And when you put that salutation in quotations, who can argue?
-But regardless, many can say quite rightly I'd reckon, that 1972's Exile On Main Street, the Rolling Stones only non-compilation/live double album ever released , may certainly be the group's finest hour.
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A brilliant and sprawling smorgasbord of rock, blues, country and blaring horns all concocted with the aid of a continental cornucopia of inebriating substances, this was/is the true spirit of rock. Yet we have been stuck with a CD transfer of the great Exile that is now 16 years old, and surely showing its age.
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Yes, the rest of Rolling Stones' catalogue of Sticky Fingers onward was given the 21st century digital upgrade last summer, but Exile, which was originally skedded for an October 2009 release, has been maddeningly held up 'till this coming April.
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Keith Richards recently told Rolling Stone mag that Exile would get the full "coffee-table" offering, but the article listed only 3 unreleased tracks for the remastered CD.-
If there are only a measly three tunes included for such an iconic reissue, what a wasted opportunity that would be.
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Because what better chance would there be for the Stones-who recorded over 10 shows with their 16 track mobile during the legendary summer '72 tour-to offer some of those Exile live renditions which heretofore have only surfaced occasionally on bootlegs.
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Original LP packaging of this release is all well and good, but it has already been done in 1994 with a series of "Collector's Edition" CDs, of which some of that visual material is featured here.-
Of course there is bound to be extra, unseen pics and such from the era, but only hard-core Stones' fans give a damn for that.
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Most buyers want a fantastic remaster and LOTS of GOOD bonus material, otherwise the whole thing could fall flat.
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Here's hoping Mick and Keef do the right thing and we fans don't end up scrapping shit right off our shoes.
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