ROLLING STONES - Vinyl
THE REAL BRIDGES TO BABYLON ALTERNATE

LABEL:
WLR Genesis 11 Records
SOURCE:
Ocean Way St. Los Angeles 13 March-July 1997 except for LP 1 Side A, Track 2: Madison Square Garden, New York 16 January 1998.
FORMAT:
3 red/brown/purple/pink (mis-pressed one) heavy vinyl LPs
RUNNING TIME:
18.02/18.51/18.058/20.43/21.25/19.06
SOUND/SOURCE:
Soundboard stereo
PACKAGING:
12” box holding 3 LPs and a 9” 4 pages booklet, limited to 400 numbered copies.
 


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SOUND 9 / PACKAGING 8 / PERFORMANCE 10

 
TRACK LIST:

LP 1, Side A: 1. Anyway You Look At Me, 2. Out Of Control, 3. Might As Well Get Juiced #2.

LP 1, Side B: 1. Flip The Switch, 2. Too Tight, 3. Low Down #1, 4. Saint Of Me.

LP 2, Side C: 1. 20 Nil, 2. Might As Well Get Juiced #1, 3. Desperate Man.

LP 2, Side D: 1. Sanctuary, 2. Dream About, 3. Prairie Love, 4. Low Down #2.

LP 3, Side E: 1. Flip The Switch, 2. Gunface, 3. Already Over Me.

LP 3, Side F: 1. Always Suffering, 2. Anybody Seen My Baby?

 
REVIEW:

This new release focus on the Stones Bridges to Babylon sessions including alternate versions and outtakes mostly coming from the Fully Finished Outtakes release but also official songs either in studio or live versions of songs from that period. Contrary to all the previous volumes of this series there are no 2 cds accompanying the set which is therefore just a vinyl release however a particular one. Inside in fact there is a page addressed to the buyer informing all collectors that here they will find one extra LP which is a mis-pressed copy where Side A is correct, but Side B is the same as Side D. Apparently it was discovered while assembling each individual boxset, but it was decided to fill “a few dozens copies” with the extra album since some collectors are completists, allegedly the first ones. Despite the fact that this is yet another mistake this label has done after the World’s Greatest Rock n Roll Band box which was also marred by a mis-pressed LP featuring another band. Side A begins with the b side of Sain of Me, followed by the Don Was mix of Out of Control live version, then start the outtakes, here Might As Well Get Juiced long version and on Side B which contrary to the setlist starts with Flip The Witch sung by Keith Richards followed by Too Tight, then Low Down short take and Saint of Me. Side C has 20 Nil, the short version of Might As Well Get Juiced and Desperate Man. Side D has sanctuary, Dream About, Prairie Love and the long take of Low Down sung by Keith Richards. Side E and F instead have unauthorized mixes, on the first one: Flip The Switch (Bootleg Hyper mix), Gunface (Bootleg Dodge) and Already Over Me (Bootleg Ambient Mix). On Side F there are just two tracks: Already Suffering (Bootleg Sentimental Remix) and Anybody Seen My Bay (Bootleg Original Mix). Despite the mix up with the mis-pressed LP and Sude B mess up, this is a nice release and the more I hear those Bridges to Babylon leftover the more I marvel, wondering why they had not been officially released.


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