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Rolled Gold+: The Very Best of the Rolling Stones ( 2 Disc Set 40 Tracks )
Participated by The Rolling Stones
Studio : Universal Int'l
by Universal Int'l
Release Date : 2009-05-05
Publisher : Universal Int'l
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
EAN : 0600753032817
UPC : 600753032817
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 9 reviews)
List Price : $20.98
Our Price : $10.27
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Stupendous 2007 two CD reissue of this collection from the greatest Rock 'N' Roll band in the world. Expanded from it's original 1975 tracklisting, Rolled Gold gathers together 40 of Mick, Keef and Co.'s best ABKCO recordings beginning with their cover of Chuck Berry's 'Come On' and ending with the acoustic majesty of 'Wild Horses'. In between, you'll find some of Rock's finest musical moments including 'Let's Spend The Night Together', 'Sympathy For The Devil', 'Gimme Shelter', 'Time Is On My Side', 'Honkey Tonk Women', '(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction' and many more. Rock music has had many peaks and valleys, but the Stones have continued to roll for over four decades and their reputation is based on each and every one of these recordings. UMTV. |
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A really gold compilation |
This double disc album is a great way to start knowing the amazing and life-long musical history that The Rolling Stones have created. The hits that everybody knows, plus a handful of songs that made this band THE rock band of the ages!
It's an increible compilation, just perfect to listen from start to finish. Great, great sound and editing! |
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Great |
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This CD was just what I was looking for. I love the old Stones and this CD delivered the goods. When people ask for examples of what makes the Stones a great band--especially young people today, they need to hear these classics. Most of these songs don't get played on the radio and these early Stones songs are the best example of their best work. |
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Review Rolling Stones "Rolled Gold" |
I LOVE THE ROLLING STONES' "ROLLED GOLD"==IT HAS MY FAVORITE
SELECTIONS ON IT. I HAVE SOME OF THE HITS ON OTHER ALBUMS (VINYL) THAT i CAN'T GET TO RECENTLY. i GIVE IT 5 THUMBS. I PURCHASED THIS
ALBUM AT AMAZON. COM
Mary Folkerth
mlfolkerth@cox.net |
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Maybe better than Hot Rocks |
To be brief, this collection is (almost) everything a casual fan could want from the early years of the Stones.
As a big fan of the Stones I was really impressed by the song selection as it is a better representation of the band's sound than Hot Rocks (which all but excludes their dalliance in the psychedelic) This collection has a permanent home in my car.
A great compilation. (...now if someone would only get as good a collection of the Rolling Stones Records years together) |
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Why Not?! There's So Much Here, But... |
It's a great collection, bettering the two Hot Rocks releases combined by 5 tracks and featuring a similar (if questionable) mix. The sound is maybe even a little crisper and even more shrill here, the separation and staging a bit more pronounced. It's almost too well defined and clean, loosing that soft, hazy feel of the original releases that I like to think of as ambiance. A matter of taste. Memory and nostalgia can be confused with delusion so easily, so maybe these mixes are in fact better. But the more even, level equalization of the old crackling, popping lp's lent these old tunes a patina of authenticity that these later remasters seem to be snubbing their noses at. That's the question here, does making these songs clearer and cleaner actually make them better? I'm not sure, especially since I readily admit that many old albums do, in fact, benefit enormously from a technological face lift. (Van Halen and Queen, just to name two, are revelations of reanimation - their grand, broad, bombastic sound explodes wonderfully on their latest remasters.)
But the Stones have always prowled through lo-fi, low rent neighborhoods, and the muddy, hazier mixes of their earlier, greatest albums, I think, contributes to their unique magic. You can repackage 'em all you want, if that's what it takes to keep the units moving off the shelves, but tampering with the actual content is a tricky, probably cynical maneuver. Some things - a very few precious things - are best left unchanged. The old vinyls that I occasionally put on at first make me smile with their almost muffled, distant quaintness, but after a few moments I accept them warmly, gratefully for their sincerely reasonable tone. My ears haven't forgotten the joy, the bliss, that these remarkable songs brought to my drab suburban life, and I really shouldn't abandon them now for the brighter, flashier, more obnoxious remasters. Because they're dear old friends, I just don't want to disrespect them. I can't. I won't. |
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