THE RADIO TAPES

Sound 8 Packaging 7 Performance 10 Video

Label: Rockin’ Bear 85192
Source: Disc One, Track 1: Olympic St. London 10 May 63, Track 2: Decca St., London 21 and 22 July 64, Track 3: Go Man Go 24 Jan.64, Track 4: Playhouse Theatre, London 17 July 64, Track 5: Saturday Club 3 Feb.64, Tracks 6,7: Regent St., London 3 And 4 Jan. 64, Track 8: Decca St. London 8 Aug.63, Track 9: De Lane Lea St., London 7 Oct.63, Track 10: A.Haynes Show 7 Feb.64,Track 11: Top Beat 27 Apr.64, Tracks 12,13: Blues In Rhythm 19 March 64; Disc Two, Tracks 1-4: Playhouse Theatre, London 10 Apr.64, Tracks 5,6,8: Playhouse Theatre, London 13 Apr.64, Track 7: Royal Albert Hall, London 27 Apt.64, Tracks 9-13: Playhouse Theatre, London 25 May 64; Disc Three, Tracks 1-4: Playhouse Theatre, London 17 July 64, Track 5: Playhouse Theatre, London 8 Oct.64, Track 6: Playhouse Theatre, London 17 July 64, Tracks 7,8: Studio 2 Broadcasting House, London 1 March 65, Tracks 9-12: Yeh Yeh, London 20 Aug.65,Tracks 13,14: Saturday Club 20 Aug.65; Disc Four, Tracks 1,8: Top Gear 1 March 65, Tracks 2-4,6: TAMI Show, Santa Monica 29 Oct.64, Track 7: TOTP 3 Dec.64, Tracks 9,10: Ready Steady Go 26 Feb,65, Tracks 8,11,12:Olympia, Paris 18 Apr.65; Disc Five: Cover versions; Disc Six, Tracks 1-5: Saturday Club 25 May 64, Tracks 6-10: Mike Douglas Show 17 July 64, Tracks 11-14: Top Gear 17 July 64, Track 15: Rhythm and Blues 8 Oct. 64; Track 16-18: TOTP 5 Apr.65, Tracks 19,20: Saturday Club 20 Aug.65.
Format: 6 picture cds
Running time: 30.10/31.12/39.09/34.46/49.39/54.04
Sound / source: Soundboard Mono except for Disc One, Tracks 12,13: Soundboard Stereo
Packaging: Six-fold Digipack
Features
Video / source

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Track list

Disc One: 1. Come On, 2. Memphis, Tennessee, 3. Roll Over Beethoven, 4. Ain’t That Loving You Baby, 5. Don’t Lie To Me, 6. Mona, 7. Walking The Dog, 8. Bye Bye Johnny, 9. I Wanna Be Your Man, 10. You Better Move On, 11. Beautiful Delilah, 12. Route 66, 13. Cops And Robbers.

Disc Two: 1. Hi Heel Sneakers, 2. Little By Little, 3. I Just Wanna Make Love To You, 4. I’m Moving On, 5. Not Fade Away, 6. Walking The Dog, 7. Beautiful Delilah, 8. Carol, 9. Down In The Bottom (Meet Me In The Bottom on cover), 10. You Can Make It If You Try, 11. Confessin’ The Blues, 12. Down The Road Apiece, 13. It’s All Over Now.

Disc Three: 1. If You Need Me, 2. Around And Around, 3. I Can’t Be Satisfied, 4. Crackin’ Up, 5. 2120 South Michigan Avenue, 6. Down The Road Apiece, 7. Everybody Needs Somebody To Love, 8. The Last Time, 9. Mercy Mercy, 10. Oh Baby (We Got A Good Thing Goin’), 11. The Spider And The Fly, 12, Satisfaction, 13. Cry To Me, 14. Fanny Mae.

Disc Four: 1. Everybody Needs Somebody To Love, 2. Around And Around, 3. Off The Hook, 4. Time Is On My Side, 5. Carol, 6. It’s All Over Now, 7. Little Red Rooster, 8. Route 66, 9. Everybody Needs Somebody To Love, 10. The Last Time, 11. I’m Alright, 12. Craw-Dad.

Disc Five, Not from the Stones: 1. Paint It Black, 2. She Said Yeah, 3. 2120 South Michigan Avenue, 4. Satisfaction, 5. Complicated, 6. Have You Seen Your Mother Baby, 7. Come On, 8. The Last Time, 9. Connection, 10. It’s All Over Now, 11. I’m Free, 12. You Can’t Catch Me, 13. Play With Fire, 14. Down Home Girl, 15. Stupid Girl, 16. I’m A Rolling Stone), 17. 19th Nervous Breakdown.

Disc Six: 1. Down In The Bottom (Meet Me In The Bottom on cover), 2. You Can Make It If You Try, 3. Route 66, 4. Confessin’ The Blues, 5. Down The Road Apiece, 6. It’s All Over Now, 7. If You Need Me, 8. Confessin’ The Blues, 9. Carol, 10. Mona, 11. Around And Around, 12. If You Need Me, 13. I Can’t Be Satisfied, 14. Crackin’ Up, 15. 2120 South Michigan Avenue, 16. Down The Road Apiece, 17. Everybody Needs Somebody To Love, 18. The Last Time, 19. Satisfaction, 20. Cry To Me.

The review

This new release presents the Stones 60s performances, many from radio and tv shows and some official releases. Each disc is shortly over the 30 minutes mark, so they could have easily fit in 3 discs. Unfortunately, there is no indication on sources, so they had to be guessed as far as possible. Disc Five consists of songs not from the Stones, Track 16 is an unknown song called I’m A Rolling Stone! I wonder what is the point of including these covers? Luckily Disc Six features the Stones and is one of the best, due especially to the last tracks that come from transcription discs. So, this being a cheap product, is it worth? In my opinion no, because you cannot fool customers placing counterfeit cover versions without even identifying them.