ROLLING STONES - CD
IT’S ONLY ROCK ‘N’ ROLL SESSIONS-2026

LABEL:
Mayflower 291-92
SOURCE:
Disc One, Track 1: Island Rec. St. London 28 May 73 onwards (on cover Dynamic Sound St. Kingston 25 Nov.-21 Dec.72), Track 2: Musicland St. Munich 12-24 Nov.73; Track 3: The Wick, Richmond 4-6 Dec.73, Tracks 4,5: Record Plant, Los Angeles, late Dec.73, Tracks 6-10: Musicland St. Munich 8 Feb,-30 March 74; Disc Two, Track 1-8: Stargroves, Newbury 10-15 April 74 & Island St. London 20-25 May 74, Tracks 9-11: LWT Studios, London 1 June 74, Track 12: The Wick, Richmond 4 Oct.74.
FORMAT:
2 picture cds
RUNNING TIME:
45.29/55.50
SOUND/SOURCE:
Soundboard stereo except Disc Two, Tracks 9-11: Soundboard mono
PACKAGING:
Double Slimline Jewel case
 


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SOUND 9 / PACKAGING 9 / PERFORMANCE 10

 
TRACK LIST:

Disc One: 1. Through The Lonely Nights, 2. Slow Down And Stop, 3. It’s Only Rock’n’Roll, 4. Too Many Cooks #1, 5. Too Many Cooks #3, 6. Fast Talking, Slow Walking #1, 7. Fast Talking, Slow Walking #2, 8. Living In The Heart Of Love #1, . Living In The Heart Of Love #2, 10. Drift Away #1.

Disc Two: 1. Drift Away #2, If You Can t Rock Me #3 (on cover 2), 3. Ain’t Too Proud To Beg #2, 4. Ain’t Too Proud To Beg #2, 5. Till The Next Goodbye #2, 6. Time Waits For No One #2, 7. Dance Little Sister #2, 8. Fingerprint File #2, 9. It’s Only Rock’n’Roll, 10. Ain’t Too Proud To Beg, 11. Till The Next Goodbye, 12. Scarlet #1 (on cover 2).


REVIEW:

This release from Mayflower addresses the sessions for It’s Only Rock‘n’ Roll just like he previous single disc release with the same name that came out from the same label some years ago with number MF 129, all tracks are well known but in excellent sound quality. The collection starts with the one and only take of Through The Lonely Nights, despite what is written on the track listings, followed by Slow Down And Stop a quasi- instrumental from the Musicland Studios in late 73 and by the first take of It’s Only Rock’n’Roll featuring Ron Wood on guitar and David Bowie on backing vocals. Next are 2 versions of Too Many Cooks and more tracks from Musicland Studios in the spring of 74.   Disc Two features a bunch of tracks from Stargroves, recorded with the RS Mobile including take III of  You Can t Rock Me (miscalled take 2 on track listings, which was the officially released one) followed by tracks coming from an acetate: the long and edited versions of Ain’t Too Proud To Beg, Till The Next Goodbye, Dance Little Sister and Fingerprint File which is slower. Next is Time Waits For No One longer mix which surfaced on a Japan SACD version of the album. The ever present promofilm soundtracks from the LWT studios are next and the disc closes with Scarlet version 1, which lacks overdubs, while the mentioned version 2 supposed to have an overdubbed guitar solo by Jimmy Page is still missing. This release has excellent sound and nice packaging with all tracks ordered in time, let alone the usual misleading information on their sources.

 

 

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