The Rolling Stones Album: “More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies) [Digipak”

"More Hot Rocks" contains many of the hits not contained on the first 2 cd set but also includes somes rare material and is newly remastered with 3 bonus tracks. Even if you have the first volume or are planning on picking up the new "Forty Licks" compilation this is still a necessary purchase. The set contains 5 tracks which also appear on the first disk of "Forty Licks". However, there are still many great and interesting cuts which do not appear on that set which appear here. Among these are the underrated "I'm Free" and favorites like "Dandelion" and "2000 Light Years From Home". The set also contains rarities such as "Out Of Time", "Child Of The Moon", and great covers like "Poison Ivy", "Fortune Teller", "Bye Bye Johnny" and the Muddy Water's classic "I Can't Be Satisfied" with some great slide guitar by Brian Jones. It also contains their first single a cover of Chuck Berry's "Come On". The newly remastered set also contains 3 bonus tracks, alternate takes of "Everybody Needs Somebody To Love", "Poison Ivy" and the non audience overdubbed version of "I've Been Loving You Too Long" which originally appeared in a fake live version on the "Got Live If You Want It" lp. This set ranges from blues and r&b covers from the early days, through more folkish numbers like "Sittin' On A Fence" to the psychedelia of "2000 Light Years From Home" and "She's A Rainbow". While the new remastering is great and the 3 bonus tracks are welcome the set is still somewhat pricey considering you only get about 90 minutes worth of (great) music (disk one is only about 38 minutes). A number of cuts could have been added such as the singles "Little Red Rooster" "I Wanna Be Your Man" and "You Better Move On" from the British version of "Through The Past Darkly". Great album tracks like the concert favorites "Stray Cat Blues" and "Live With Me" are absent as well as great cuts like the covers "Down The Road Apiece" "Carol" "Mona" and "Around And Around". Personal favorites like "The Spider And The Fly", "Stupid Girl" and "Connection" could also have been added. Being a fanatic I tend to be somewhat picky about what is included. The set does provide a number of classic cuts from the "Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World" not included on the first volume or "Forty Licks" and enough rare cuts not available elsewhere to make this an essential purchase!

This album was originally in 1972 while The Rolling Stones were at their peak, churning out 5 consecutive classic albums. Released by ABCKO as a companion to the "Hot Rocks" collection, this cd is not exactly a collection of hits like the title promises. I actually liken it to The Beach Boys' "Greatest Hits, Volume 3 - The Best Of The Brother Years", as both albums seem to be a collection of popular album tracks than one filled with hit singles.

Disc 1 is nicely put together and features several of the best songs from their early period, including "Tell Me", "Not Fade Away" and "Lady Jane". I also enjoyed more obscure works like "Out Of Time" (though I think the version on "Metamorphisis" is better), "Good Times, Bad Times" and the Bob Dylan - ish "Sittin' On A Fence". The first disc ends with their brief voyage into physcadellia. First, there's the enlightening "Dandelion" and the screching "We Love You", which features nice harmonies, sort of like a harder - edged Beach Boys.

Disc 2 picks up where the first disc left off. The first few tracks ("She's A Rainbow", "2000 Light Years From Home", "Child Of The Moon", "No Expectations", "Let It Bleed") are from the band's mid - '60s' period, making it a powerhouse lineup of songs. But startng with "What To Do", we begin to travel backwards through the time when they were unknown in America. Here is where you'll find rare tracks like "Come On" (their first single), a cover of "Money", and versions of "Fortune Teller" and "I've Been Loving You Too Long" minus the live overdubs featured on "Got Live If You Want It". Closing the disc and the set are a rousing cover of Muddy Waters' "I Can't Be Satisfied" (featuring a great slide guitar solo by Brian Jones) and "Long Long While", a gorgeous soul ballad that was banished to b- side status in 1966 (the a - side was "Paint It Black").

Overall, this is a very well - done collection. It has some excellent songs here, some worthy of classic status. However, here's a little warning. If you already have all the songs, then there is obviously no need for this collection. Otherwise, go out and buy this album.

Very very clever... re-releasing this with 3 Bonus Tracks and still leaving out 'little red rooster'! That song was Number 1 (!!) in the U.K. and is without any doubt the best blues recording the stones ever did, but for some strange reasons it never appears on any stones sampler (apart from the singles-collection and the u.k.-version of 'big hits').

Apart from this, 'More Hot Rocks' is a good collection, which has some rarities and some hits as well.

this is an SACD alert!

Despite what the title description says, neither AMAZON nor amazon market resellers are shipping the SACD version of this. I have recently discovered this the hard way. they are shipping the jewel box regular version. of course Amazon has no interest nor desire in correcting this. and to add insult to injury they charged my $3 to return it. Buggers!

It's a good album, but I wish the songs had been arranged chronologically. Mainly, this is the only way to get your hands on "Fortune Teller." I'm pretty sure the version on "Got Live if You Want It" has overdubbed screaming to make it sound "live." But this is "Fortune Teller" just the way it sounded coming out of my transistor radio back in the day. That harmonica lick drives me crazy!