ROLLING STONES
- Vinyl
PRETTY BEAT UP, TOO TOUGH TO DIE: THE VINYL VIRCHOW
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SOURCE: |
Side A & Side B, Track 3: Unidentified basement demo studio, Paris Mid November- 27 November 1982; Side B, Tracks 1,2: Pathe Marconi St. Boulange Billancourt 1-19 December 1982. |
FORMAT: |
1 clear/multicoloured vinyl LP |
RUNNING TIME: |
14.45/15.47 |
SOUND/SOURCE: |
Soundboard Mono |
PACKAGING: |
Gatefold Sleeve with color insert, 25 numbered copies. |
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SOUND 7 / PACKAGING 10
/ PERFORMANCE 8
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TRACK LIST: |
Side
A: 1. Wanna Hold You, 2. She Was Hot, 3. What I Am Saying Is True #1, 4. What I
Am Saying Is True #2.
Side
B: 1. What I Am Saying Is True #3, 2. What I Am Saying Is True #4, Can’t Find
Love.
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REVIEW: |
Here is the
vinyl version of the Virchow tape, so called because of its alleged connection
to a collector that appeared in the summer of 2017 with a collection of ‘new’
Undercover outtakes and rehearsals recorded in various locations in good studio
quality (not ‘crisp’ as the insert claims, though) which at first appeared as
snippets of songs to tease collectors until a tape found its way to the Far
East. These tracks were recorded at the edge of the start of the famous Stones
cold war, when Keith was flopping around ideas worked by Ronnie and Bill with Charlie
especially in the first preparing sessions; extra help in the studio provided
by Jim Barber on guitar, Chuck Leavell on keys, Sly Dunbar on percussions,
David Sanborn on sax, Robbie Shakespeare on bass, Moustapha Cisse, Brahms
Coundoul and Martin Durham on percussions. For those that may wonder What I Am
Saying Is True is another name for Cookin’ Up. After Wanna Hold You we get the
country version of She Was Hot, then the four versions of What I Am saying Is
True and one take of Can’t Find Love, while Wanna Hold You features Jagger in
background vocals first take. For determining the locations and dates I have
followed general consensus, however it seems to me there is no difference
between the Side A and Side B versions of What I Am Saying Is True, as they
seem to originate all from the early November 1982 sessions.Packaging
is excellent, the platter is a clear/multicoloured vinyl disc with red printed
labels, the covers are in black & white but the insert is in full color. However,
a critic can be done: with so much room on each side of the platter, it seems a
waste to have just 16 and 15 minutes of music each, they could just have added
High School Gir
#1 and Gotta Know You
#1 for instance from the same session. Anyway, for
vinyl lovers this LP represents a collector’s essential title, strangely
released in very short numbers (if you believe the sticker).
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