The Rolling Stones - Singles Collection: The London Years

Artist: The Rolling Stones
Title Of Album: Singles Collection - The London Years
Year Of Release: 15 August 1989
Label: Abkco
Genre: Rock, Powerpop, Rock & Roll
Quality: MP3 / Stereo
Bitrate: 320 kbit/s / 44.1 Khz
Total Time: 183:57 (minec)
Total Size: 342 MB

Singles Collection: The London Years is a compilation album of Rolling Stones music released by former manager Allen Klein's ABKCO Records (who usurped control of the band's Decca/London material in 1970) after the band's departure from Decca and Klein. Released in 1989, Singles Collection: The London Years is a triple album of every Rolling Stones single - and their B-Sides - mostly in their original mono mixes (at least as of the 2002 reissue), in both the UK and US encompassing their entire era with Decca Records in England and London Records in America - hence the album's title. The only omissions are "Natural Magic" (a Ry Cooder instrumental, released as the B-side to "Memo From Turner"), and "Let It Rock" (released in the UK on the "Brown Sugar"/"Wild Horses" single).
With a range from 1963 to 1971, the set begins with their very first UK single, Chuck Berry's "Come On", and runs to Sticky Fingers' "Brown Sugar" and "Wild Horses" (which Allen Klein shares release rights with The Rolling Stones).The set was released at a timely juncture, just a couple of weeks before The Rolling Stones' comeback album Steel Wheels was due for release after a significant break, and months following their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Going platinum, the album reached #91 in the US. In August 2002, Singles Collection: The London Years was issued in a new remastered CD and SACD digipak by ABKCO Records.
Source: Wikipedia

Tracklist:
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CD1:

1. "Come On" (Chuck Berry) – 1:48
2. "I Want to Be Loved" (Willie Dixon) – 1:52
3. "I Wanna Be Your Man" (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) – 1:43
4. "Stoned" (Nanker Phelge) – 2:09
5. "Not Fade Away" (Charles Hardin/Norman Petty) – 1:47
6. "Little by Little" (Nanker Phelge/Phil Spector) – 2:39
7. "It's All Over Now" (Bobby Womack/Shirley Jean Womack) – 3:27
8. "Good Times, Bad Times" – 2:31
9. "Tell Me" – 2:47
10. "I Just Want to Make Love to You" (Willie Dixon) – 2:17
11. "Time Is on My Side" (Norman Meade) – 2:53
* organ version cut at Regent Studios in London, not the better-known (and arguably superior) version cut at Chess Records in Chicago
12. "Congratulations" – 2:28
13. "Little Red Rooster" (Willie Dixon) – 3:05
14. "Off the Hook" – 2:34
15. "Heart of Stone" – 2:45
16. "What a Shame" – 3:03
17. "The Last Time" – 3:42
18. "Play With Fire" (Nanker Phelge) – 2:14
19. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" – 3:43
20. "The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man" (Nanker Phelge) – 3:08
21. "The Spider and the Fly" – 3:38
22. "Get Off of My Cloud" – 2:54
23. "I'm Free" – 2:24
24. "The Singer Not the Song" – 2:22
25. "As Tears Go By" (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards/Andrew Loog Oldham) – 2:45

CD2:

1. "Gotta Get Away" – 2:07
2. "19th Nervous Breakdown" – 3:56
3. "Sad Day" – 3:01
4. "Paint It, Black" – 3:44
5. "Stupid Girl" – 2:55
6. "Long, Long While" – 3:01
7. "Mother's Little Helper" – 2:45
8. "Lady Jane" – 3:10
9. "Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?" – 2:34
10. "Who's Driving Your Plane?" – 3:14
11. "Let's Spend the Night Together" – 3:26
12. "Ruby Tuesday" – 3:13
13. "We Love You" – 4:36
14. "Dandelion" – 3:48
15. "She's a Rainbow" – 4:11
16. "2000 Light Years from Home" – 4:44
17. "In Another Land" (Bill Wyman) – 2:53
18. "The Lantern" – 4:26
19. "Jumpin' Jack Flash" – 3:38
20. "Child of the Moon" – 3:12

CD3:

1. "Street Fighting Man" – 3:09
2. "No Expectations" – 3:55
3. "Surprise, Surprise" – 2:30
4. "Honky Tonk Women" – 3:00
5. "You Can't Always Get What You Want" – 4:49
6. "Memo from Turner" – 4:06
* Released as a Mick Jagger solo single in November 1970
7. "Brown Sugar" – 3:49
8. "Wild Horses" – 5:42
9. "I Don't Know Why" (Stevie Wonder/Paul Riser/Don Hunter/Lula Hardaway) – 3:01
10. "Try a Little Harder" – 2:17
11. "Out of Time" – 3:22
12. "Jiving Sister Fanny" – 3:20
13. "Sympathy for the Devil" – 6:17

The Rolling Stones - Singles Collection: The London Years
The Rolling Stones: Mick Jagger (vocals, harmonica, percussion); Keith Richards (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Bill Wyman (vocals, bass); Brian Jones (guitar, harmonica, organ, marimba, sitar, dulcimer, recorder, bells, saxophone, harpsichord, Mellotron, background vocals); Mick Taylor, Ron Wood (guitar); Charlie Watts (drums, percussion).
Additional personnel includes: Joe Moretti (guitar); Ian Stewart (piano, organ); Reg Guest (piano); Nicky Hopkins, Jack Nitzsche (keyboards); Eric Ford (bass); Jimmy Miller (drums); Rocky Dijon (percussion); The London Bach Choir, Madelaine Bell, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Nanette Newman (background vocals); Gene Pitney, Phil Spector, Steve Marriott, Doris Troy, Al Kooper, Ry Cooder, Andy White.

Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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The three-disc box set Singles Collection: The London Years contains every single the Rolling Stones released during the '60s, including both the A- and B-sides. It is the first Stones compilation that tries to be comprehensive and logical -- for all their attributes, the two Hot Rocks sets and the two Big Hits collections didn't present the singles in chronological order. In essence, the previous compilations were excellent samplers, where Singles Collection tells most of the story (certain albums, like Aftermath, Beggars Banquet, and Let It Bleed, fill in the gaps left by the singles). The Rolling Stones made genuine albums -- even their early R&B/blues albums were impeccably paced -- but their singles had a power all their own, which is quite clearly illustrated by the Singles Collection. By presenting the singles in chronological order, the set takes on a relentless, exhilarating pace with each hit and neglected B-side piling on top of each other, adding a new dimension to the group; it has a power it wouldn't have had if it tried to sample from the albums. Although it cheats near the end, adding singles from the Metamorphosis outtakes collection and two singles from Sticky Fingers, this captures the essence of the '60s Stones as well as any compilation could. Casual fans might want to stick with the Hot Rocks sets, since they just have the hits, but for those that want a little bit more, the Singles Collection is absolutely essential.
[The Rolling Stones' London/ABKCO catalog was reissued in August of 2002, packaged in digipacks with restored album artwork, remastered, and released as hybrid discs that contain both CD and Super Audio CD layers. The remastering -- performed with Direct Stream Digital (DSD) encoding -- is a drastic improvement, leaping out of the speaker yet still sounding like the original albums. This is noticeable on the standard CD layer but is considerably more pronounced on the SACD layer, which is shockingly realistic in its detail and presence yet is still faithful to the original mixes; Keith Richards' revved-up acoustic guitar on "Street Fighting Man" still sends the machine into overdrive, for instance. It just sounds like he's in the room with you. Even if you've never considered yourself an audiophile, have never heard the differences between standard and gold-plated CDs, you will hear the difference with SACD, even on a cheap stereo system without a high-end amplifier or speakers. And you won't just hear the difference, you'll be an instant convert and wish, hope, and pray that other artists whose catalog hasn't been reissued since the early days of CD -- Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, especially the Beatles -- are given the same treatment in the very near future. SACD and DSD are that good.]


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