Disc One: 1. Intro, 2. Jumpin Jack Flash, 3. Carol, 4. Sympathy For The Devil, 5. Stray Cat Blues, 6. Love In Vain, 7. Prodigal Son, 8. You Gotta Move, 9. Under My Thumb, 10. I m Free, 11. Midnight Rambler, 12. Live With Me, 13. Little Queenie, 14. (I Can t Get No) Satisfaction, 15. Honky Tonk Women, 16. Street Fighting Man.

Out of the blue on December 31^st 2019 have appeared on YouTube about 130 Stones tracks (studio and live) in order for Abkco to retain copyrights of these songs which would have expired because of the 50 years threshold after which they would become public domain. In order to justify copyright extension the tracks have to be published on accessible media and remain there for a full day; of course about late afternoon of January 1^st they were all gone, but Stones collectors do not sleep and they have all been captured and shared, despite the fact that many have been watermarked by an annoying buzz, quickly removed by knowledgeable and technical savvy fans. Among these gems were two complete MSG 69 concerts, the first and last and 3 songs from the second one, together with audience tracks from other 69 concerts including Altamont. Now some words about publishing audience recordings: a lawful publication of an audience recording should be legally sufficient to prevent rights expiry of the whole performance in the EU, so soundboard/multitrack recordings of the same performance are protected as well although they technically remain unreleased. The reason is that the protection (in case of performers rights) refers to the performance, not to a certain recording - as long as a fixation of the performance is made and lawfully published within 50 years of the performance itself .This set put together in a hurry presents all the New York soundboard tracks; it must be noted that only Jumping Jack Flash and Honky Tonk Women are from the first MSG concert on Get Yer Ya Yas Out, the official document the band released way back in 1970, while the 40 years anniversary issue box that came out in 2009 featured Under My Thumb and I m Free as audio and Prodigal Son, You Gotta Move and Satisfaction on DVD from the first show, so Abkco has supplied 8 soundboard songs previously unavailable, of course an added bonus is that there are no overdubs here, so for instance you can her all distortion from Wyman s bass at the start of Under My Thumb, but that increases the listening pleasure, not the other way around.

The 1^st concert from 28^th November is the one that begins with Jagger saying: welcome to the breakfast show, the tracks that have been released officially are Carol, Stray Cat Blues, Sympathy For The Devil, Little Queenie and possibly Street Fighting Man on Gey Yer Ya Ya s Out, while Satisfaction came out on cd and Under My Thumb/I m Free on DVD in 2009; thus only the opening number Jumping Jack Flash is new here.

The 2^nd and final MSG show from 28^th November had only Midnight Rambler and Live With Me released on the original 1970 album and Prodigal Son, You Gotta Move on cd in the 2009 re-release box, so 11 tracks are brand new soundboard versions here: all in all 20 new soundboard tracks, enough to call this a treasure trove for dedicated collectors.

Now many fans have blamed Abkco for not having officially released these tracks, but we should always remember that every Abkco release has passed through thorough examination and required approval by the Stones themselves, it cannot be minimised the fact that some friction still exists between these   corporations, it is impossible to know at the time being who vetoed what and why. Complaints? Well it would probably have been better to have the whole 28 November 1^st show since that is elusive even in audience form and, by the way, in stereo, but maybe that is asking too much for the time being. Enjoy the shows and wait for the expected rain of releases from Far East.