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Rolling Stones to reissue 14 classic albums

'Exile On Main Street', 'Sticky Fingers', 'Some Girls' are among the reissued records

The Rolling Stones' are remastering and reissuing 14 albums this year.

The records - which include 'Sticky Fingers', 'Goats Head Soup', 'Some Girls' and 'A Bigger Bang' - will be released in three batches, with the first going on sale on May 4.

A special collectors box that houses all 14 albums is also planned for release, and each of the albums will be available digitally.

The following albums by The Rolling Stones are being reissued:

First batch (May 4)

'Sticky Fingers'
'Goats Head Soup'
'It's Only Rock 'N' Roll'
'Black And Blue'

Second batch (June 8)

'Some Girls'
'Emotional Rescue'
'Tattoo You'
'Undercover'

Third batch (July 13)

'Dirty Work'
'Steel Wheels'
'Voodoo Lounge'
'Bridges To Babylon'
'A Bigger Bang'

A special version of The Rolling Stones' iconic 1972 album 'Exile On Main Street' is also being planned, although no date has yet been announced for its release.


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Comments (3)

ed2005 

Apr 3, 2009

Er...what's the definition of classic here,exactly? Sticky Fingers, Exile definitely, but Steel Wheels, Goat's Head Soup and Undercover are pretty patchy IMHO...Their best two albums are still Beggars Banquet and Let It Bleed.

keithslum 

Apr 6, 2009

Everything pre 1971 by the Rolling Stones was great why arent they reissuing them?!Post '71? Get Stella Street instead.

Splendid Fool 

Apr 6, 2009

In an era when every singer/band has his career boxsetted (Paul WELLER : four box sets the last time I bothered to count), The Rolling Stones, to my knowledge, never issued a box-set. Fans of The Rolling Stones would like a "best of" of the classic live pirate LPs (like Zappa and The Doors did, among others), and another comprising recorded songs that never made it on classic era bona fide LPs (circa 1968-1974). A bit like Neil YOUNG will (one day) do.

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