ROLLING STONES
- CD
WOODSTOCK REHEARSALS 1978-2026
| LABEL: |
| No Label |
| SOURCE: |
| Bearsville St., Woodstock, New York 27th May-8th June 1978. |
| FORMAT: |
| 4 picture cds |
| RUNNING TIME: |
| 70.16/75.28/71.03/74.58 |
| SOUND/SOURCE: |
| Soundboard stereo |
| PACKAGING: |
| Fatboy case |
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SOUND 9.5 / PACKAGING 9
/ PERFORMANCE 9.5
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| TRACK LIST: |
Disc One: Miss
You #1, 2. Miss You #2, 3. Miss You #3, 4. Miss You #4, 5. Respectable #1, 6. Love
In Vain, 7. Play With Fire #1, 8. No Expectations, 9. Instrumental Jam #1, 10. Blues
Jam #1, 11. Blues Jam #2, 12. Blues Jam #3, 13. Blues Jam #4, 14 Gimme Shelter #1,
15. When The Whip Comes Down, 17. Miss You #5, 18. Miss You #6, 19. Miss You #7.
Disc Two: 1.
Don’t Look Back #1, 2. Don’t Look Back #2, 3. Don’t Look Back #3, 4. Instrumental
Jam #2, 5. Beast Of Burden #1, 6. Beast Of Burden #2, 7. C’mon Everybody #1, 8.
C’mon Everybody #2, 9. C’mon Everybody #3, 10. Summertime Blues #1, 11.
Summertime Blues 2#, 12. Summertime Blues #3, 13. Tumbling Dice #1, 14. Tumbling
Dice #2, 15. Jumping Jack Flash #1, 16. Jumping Jack Flash #2, 17. Jumping Jack
Flash #3, 18. Memory Motel #1, 19. The Fat Man, 20. Beast Of Burden #3, 21. Hot
Stuff, 22. Something Else, 23. Sweet Little Sixteen #1, 24. Hi Heel Sneakers #1,
25. High Heel Sneakers #2.
Disc Three:
1. Play With Fire #2, 2. Crackin’ Up, 3. Tell Me (You Are Coming Back), 4.
Shake Your Hips, 5. Respectable 2, 6. Don’t Look Back #4, 7. Instrumental Jam #3,
8. Instrumental Jam #4, 9. Instrumental Jam #5, 10. Sweet Little Sixteen #2,
11. Sweet Little Sixteen 3, 12. Let It Rock, 13. Shattered, 14. Instrumental
Jam 6, 15. Instrumental Jam 6, 16. Instrumental Jam #7, 16. Instrumental Jam #8,
17. Drum Solo, 18. Crazy Mama #1, 19. Crazy Mama #2, 20. Crazy Mama #3, 21.
Crazy Mama #4, 22. Star Star, 23. Gimme Shelter #2, 24. Don’t Look Back #5, 25.
Beautiful Delilah #1, 26. Beautiful Delilah #2.
Disc Four:
1. Cocksucker Blues, 2. It’s Only Rock’n Roll #1, 3. It’s Only Rock’n Roll #2,
4. It’s Only Rock’n Roll #3, 5. All Down The Line #1, 6. All Down The Line #2,
7. Honky Tok Women, 8. Brown Sugar #1, 9. Brown Sugar #2, 10. Memory Motel #2,
11. Memory Motel #3, 12. Memory Motel #4, 13. Memory Motel #5, 14. Far Away
Eyes #1, 15. Faraway Eyes #2, 16. Let’s Spend The Night Together #1, 17. Let’s
Spend The Night Together #2, 18. Let’s Spend The Night Together #3, 19.
Tumbling Dice #3, 20. Happy, 21. Prodigal Son #1, 22. Prodigal Son #2, 23. Brown
Sugar.
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| REVIEW: |
Here we
have another version of the Stones 1978 Woodstock rehearsals; before embarking
in their rushed-up US Tour in 1978 the Stones entered the Bearsville Studios in
Woodstock, New York together with Stu and Bernhard Harvey on keyboards until 7
June when Ian McLagan arrived in order to practice for the upcoming tour. The
recorded songs from these two weeks sessions have been released many times,
they came out at first on vinyl on the 2 lps called Woodstock Rehearsals (VD
19/20) then copied on cd and also as Back to the 50s (RSW 1234) 2 LP, From
Hillside To Woodstock (DHTA 446) and Cocksucker Blues ep (RS 001). On cd The
Woodstock Tape 1978 (Idol Mind Productions 003), then as The Complete Woodstock
Tapes a 4 cd box (VGP 130) and with the same title a 4 cds digipack issue from Red
Devil (001-4), as Hip Shake 1978 (ML 001), 1978 Tour Rehearsals Woodstock, NY
(No Label NP 7381), It’s Only Reggae and Roll (RTR 003) 3 LP,2 cd and The 1978 Woodstock
Rehearsals (Mighty Diamond 027) label; then came out Pearls at Swine (Turd on
the Run 002/003), The Complete Woodstock Tapes (OMS 001-4), Rock & Roll (No
Pigs 7381091-018), two gatefold double sets called Woodstock Reh. Vol. 1 &
2 (Palladium), lately on 1978 American Tour (WLR
2129) 13 cd box and released in Japan in 2020
was released online a Complete and Definitive version on a torrent which was
then released as Woodstock Tapes (Moonchild SP 005) with the same tracks
listing as here. In 2021 an upgraded version appeared online thanks to Cpt
Acid’s remaster (APCD 063) that showed a great improvement but still had
reversed channels, inaccurate pitch and some tracks were missing.
Various
tracks can be found from these sessions, on Itchy Fingers (IU 9535) Made in the
Shade 1978 (IU 9537), BlueS Stones (Luna 9315), Through the Vaults Darkly
(Godfather 195-6), One Night With Tallahassee Lassie (ER 19-20), Some Girls
Memories (RG 03), Greatest Rarities Vol.2 (Adam Vault 049-30)The Missing Years
(G.Dane Sat 3), More RnR Circus (L.Legend 058), Hot Stuff vol.2 (G.Dane 9417),
Cocksucker Blues (SODD 136), The Real Alternate Exile Album 6 LP,4 cd (RTR 014),
The Club Gig (Raid Masters 910710).
On this
version we have great stereo tracks with many instrumentals where Richards and
Wood joined forces well supported by the piano and keyboards players.
There are no
analogue noises, far as I can hear, apart from something on Disc Four, however,
it must be noted that most of the instrumentals have Stu quite upfront,
contrary to what happens on officially mixed stuff.
Packaging
is good but there are no photos from the actual rehearsals, some footage has
appeared online though and some stills from it could have been used.
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