ROLLING STONES
- CD
UNDERCOVER SESSIONS VOLUME 8
LABEL: |
Frankenstein Productions 069 |
SOURCE: |
1983, late June - 1st August (with breaks): New York City, The Hit Factory. |
FORMAT: |
2 downlioad cdrs |
RUNNING TIME: |
78.36/76.23 |
SOUND/SOURCE: |
Soundboard Stereo |
PACKAGING: |
double slimline jewel case |
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SOUND 9.5 / PACKAGING 9
/ PERFORMANCE 10
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TRACK LIST: |
Disc One: 1b.
Too Much Blood, 2a. Too Much Blood #3, 3a. Too Much Blood #3, 4a. Too Much
Blood #3 , 5b Too Much Blood #3, 6b. Too Much Blood #3, 7b. Too Much Blood #3, 8b.
Too Much Blood #3, 9b. Too Much Blood #3, 10b. Too Much Blood #3, 11b. Too Much
Blood #3, 12b Too Much Blood #3.
Disc Two: 1b.
Too Much Blood, 2b. Too Much Blood #3, 3b. Too Much Blood #3, 4b. Too Much
Blood #3, 5b Too Much Blood #3, 6b. Too Much Blood #3, 7b. Too Much Blood #3, 8b.
Too Much Blood #3, 9b. Too Much Blood #3, 10b. Too Much Blood #3, 11b. Too Much
Blood #3.
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REVIEW: |
This is the
last volume of the series which has all Too Much Blood variations, there was
not much interest to make a volume with the unchanged versions found in the Art
Collins tapes (20), so all these versions have been reworked a bit giving more
body to the sound (but not touching their speed). On the other hand the tracks
coming from the video were not changed, because the result did not present much
interest, there is not version 23_04 because it was officially used.
Disc One presents all reworked versions with the exception of Tracks 2, 3 &
4. The first track is just Jagger saying the song title that was used as jingle
intro, then from Bird s Vault Vol. Two (OBR 93 CD 038 ) an almost finished
extended version with the horn section followed by Too Much Blood #4 from All
Mixed Up (DAC 111) which used the promo film version. Next Too Much Blood #5 from
Undercover The Complete Recording Sessions (SBA 017) that is the promo video version,
Too Much Blood #a from (ACT 06-08) is an almost finished version without horns,
Too Much Blood #b (ACT 23-03) with lots of sax, Too Much Blood #c (ACT 06-10) lasting
10.19 with snoring at the end. Then comes Too Much Blood #e (ACT 22-01) that
lasts just 1.19 and is a shortened dub version. Too Much Blood #f (ACT 22-02) lasting
10.21 has an additional guitar at the end, while Too Much Blood #g (ACT 22-03) is
the so called Keep On Dancing version. Too Much Blood #h (ACT 22-04) features
voice effects at the end and Too Much Blood #d (ACT 19-10) features a sax at
the end.
Disc Two
starts with Too Much Blood #3 that was reworked, then Too Much Blood #i (ACT
22-05) (1’14) featuring steel drums and Too Much Blood #j (ACT 22-06) another
shortened version.
Too Much Blood #k (ACT 22-07) is an incomplete version featuring vocals with
echo, Too Much Blood #l (ACT 23-01) lasts 8.45 and features more synthesizer.
Too Much Blood #m (ACT 23-02) features the introduction words Meanwhile Back In
The Jungle. Too Much Blood #o (ACT 23-05) lasting 10.34 features caterwauling
with horns, Too Much Blood #p (ACT 23-06) features instead caterwauling without
horns. Then comes Too Much Blood #q (ACT 23-07) lasting 10.28 featuring
caterwauling with horns and the spoken words Too Much Blood at the end. Too
Much Blood #r (ACT 23-08) lasts 10.42 features caterwauling, no horns but more
guitar and finally Too Much Blood lasting just 0.36 was used as outro. Discs
lengths provided are incorrect and this prompts us to give an overall review of
this Undercover Project: undoubtedly a great effort has been made to assemble
and rework these tracks which provide, in maker words, about 20 hours of
listening pleasure to Stones fans and collectors; obviously the more seasoned
will enjoy the reworked efforts especially thanks to their speed correction,
something most known labels have overlooked over the years in the many releases
that have come out so far. Precious is also the body of work on the newly
disseminated Art Collins Tapes, a collection that if it will ever see the light
in a comprehensive form could be an interesting benchmark for all those that
are interested in the band s studio sessions rather then in their live shows. Yet
this job in some way seems to have been rushed and not double checked with due
attention, in many volumes there are small mistakes in songs descriptions
reflected by the artworks that could have been avoided with a more thorough
check (e.g. Mike Baker instead of Jim Barber on Too Much Blood #1 in Volume
Six, Part of the Night which is just Golden Caddy #5 that has vocals not #3 or
#4 as well as many typos) possibly using the best method of peer review. Anyway,
overall this set represents a giant leap onwards in the world of studio
outtakes, finally published in their best possible shapes, regardless of the
analogue conditions they have been preserved. The big question now is, will it
be copied by any major bootleg label and presented as a collectible item to
purchase?
Shall we expect an 8 disc
silver release? We ll see.
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