ROLLING STONES - Vinyl
PRETTY BEAT UP, TOO TOUGH TO DIE: THE VINYL VIRCHOW

LABEL:
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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

 
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.

 
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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