ROLLING STONES
- CD
STILL LIFE IN KANSAS CITY 1981
LABEL: |
Mayflower-MF 218-9 |
SOURCE: |
Kemper Arena, Kansas City 14 December 1981 |
FORMAT: |
2 picture cds |
RUNNING TIME: |
70.04/66.19 |
SOUND/SOURCE: |
Soundboard stereo multiband remaster |
PACKAGING: |
Double Slimline Jewel case |
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SOUND 10 / PACKAGING 10
/ PERFORMANCE 9
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TRACK LIST: |
Disc One:
1. Take The A Train, 2. Under My Thumb, 3. When The Whip Comes Down, 4. Let’s
Spend The Night Together, 5. Shattered, 6. Neighbours, 7. Black Limousine, 8. Just
My Imagination, 9. Twenty Flight Rock, 10. Going To A Go Go, 11. Let Me Go, 12.
Time Is On My Side, 13. Beast Of Burden, 14. Waiting On A Friend, 15. Let It
Bleed.
Disc Two:
1. You Can t Always Get What You Want, 2. Band Introduction, 3. Little T&A,
4. Tumbling Dice, 5. She’s So Cold, 6. Hang Fire, 7. Miss You, 8.
Honky Tonk Women, 9. Brown Sugar, 10. Start
Me Up, 11. Jumping Jack Flash, 12. (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction, 13. Star
Spangled Banner.
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REVIEW: |
This Mayflower release is subtitled Multiband Remaster which in the
label’s words means: “the instrumental and vocals parts are separated by AI
system, bass, guitar, drums etc. and every instrument is remastered and remixed
with the correct balance.â€; this concert is famous due to Mick Taylor guesting,
allegedly from Black Limousine onwards: in fact it is possible to hear Jagger
saying “Thank you Mick†right after Black Limousine and clearly audible at the
beginning of Time Is On My Side, on Let It Bleed, You Can’t Always Get What You
Want and Satisfaction; he is however introduced formally by Jagger just after
Going To A Go Go; another guest of the show was Bobby Keys (thanked by Jagger
after Brown Sugar). Here we can find probably one of the best live versions of
Jumping Jack Flash. A recording of this show came out as Did We Meet Somewhere
Before? (VGP 129) which had tracks up to Let It Bleed from the 15th
and the tracks from You Can t Always Get What You Want from the 14th
where Taylor played on, as audience like on Well…Come Back My Sweetheart
(Shaved Discs 004-5) and Kansas City ‘81 (Hot Lips HLR RS 014-5) and Together
At Last (UM 019-20). Then as mono soundboard came out Kansas City, December 14
1981 (Crossfire Hurricane), Mick Taylor We Love You And We’ll Always Do (EVSD
210-1) that contained audience recordings of both shows, Mick Taylor We Thank
You (Pignose 021) a 2 cdr set with the recording as stereo soundboard, while
Guitar Onslaught (C030220C 5500Y and DAC 005) take their title from Jagger’s
words after Let It Bleed and are in mono. It’s Okay I’m With the Band (OMS
045-8) has the recording of the following day
too, other titles being Guitar Onslaught-Four’s a Crowd (Tattoo Board TB5) and
as part of American Tour 1981 Part 3 (WLR USA 1981). Time Is On My Side came
out on Live Rarities (RS 9201). The basic question for this release is: can
Mick Taylor be heard more clearly here with regards to the other versions? Well…not
that much, frankly, although it must be said that overall all the instruments
seem clearer than before, but there is not much you can do to the original mix,
however this is a nice release that presents the Kansas City 81 show in the
best possible shape.
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