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

 
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.


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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