After the
first Stones concert in Paris in 1970 it was natural to follow with the
re-release of the second one. This concert was released 3 years ago and showed
a high quality source and meticulous remastering by Graf Zeppelin, however it
has been remastered again with emphasis on midrange frequencies that present
less hiss than before; Keith Richards raw and gritty guitar stands out even
more now, as the very start of Jumping Jack Flash shows, while Wyman0’s bass is
less prominent. The last 2 tracks come from a later FM rebroadcast. The pitch
was too high before, so that has been corrected too; the band’s performance is even
better than the previous one.
The second
day concert on Paris was not broadcasted live, so it had for God’s sake no
announcer talking over, one song (Roll Over Beethoven) was released on vinyl on
Lord Have Mercy (CBM 3948), Play With Fire (TMOQ HHCER 108) and on Mick s
Birthday Party 2 LP (TMQ 72017) and in 2013 on Horizontal Sports (No Label) in
clear or blue vinyl in stereo and with no radio announcer! On compact the show
came out on Keith s Kicking Paris (cdr) and Live in Paris 1970 (cdr) which were complete though
badly recorded. Some Like It Hot (VGP 044) was re-released twice, always
missing the bonus track available only on the first edition (a Wild Horses
outtake). A year after this first release the concert came out on Paris 1970
(Grey Seals (GS 93001) but in stereo, though the tape seemed to run a bit
faster; the same source came then out again (but in mono) as part of Shake Your
Hips (VGP 078) missing the last 2 concert songs. It was one year after again
when The Royal Dragon (VGP 083) came out featuring Pittsburgh 72 and Brown
Sugar as bonus track, then on the second release the bonus track was changed,
being Street Fighting Man /(fading out). Sympathy For The Devil can be found on
Through The Years (VGP 100). European Tour 1970 (Sister Morphine 060) features
the whole concert remastered minus the last 2 songs, while in 2010 a new lower generation
version came out without background hiss on Down in the Bottom (Dasuje/NHK) a
factory pressed double cdr which were used for Secrets Travel Fast (Scorpio
1970-1/Bad Wizard 13037) though Honky Tonk Women and Street Fighting Man were
replaced with ones coming from different concerts. In 2023 a No Label release
came out called just like this, but with a different artwork.
