Rolling Stones Exile on Main St Vinyl 2 LP COC 2-2900 VG+ Happy, Tumbling Dice
The Rolling Stones Exile on Main St. VG+ Vinyl 2 LPs - Rolling Stones COC 2-2900 with Happy, Tumbling Dice, Sweet Virginia, Rocks Off
Condition: VG+ Vinyl and VG+ Cover. Vinyl was play-tested on all sides, and plays really well with good fidelity and minimal background noise. Gatefold cover with original inner sleeves. Early pressing, estimated 1973. Cover has some creasing on one corner, but minimal wear and no splits or writing.
Barcode and Other Identifiers Matrix / Runout (Runout side A): ST-RS-722507-A ROLLING STONES RECORDS PR Matrix / Runout (Runout side B): ST-RS-722508-A ROLLING STONES RECORDS PR Matrix / Runout (Runout side C): ST-RS-722509-C O1SM 2 ROLLING STONES RECORDS - Artisan logo Matrix / Runout (Runout side D): ST-RS-722510 E O1SM 2 ROLLING STONES RECORDS - Artisan logo
Exile on Main St. is the 12th American studio album by the Rolling Stones, released in 1972 by Rolling Stones Records. Recording began in 1969 in England during sessions for Sticky Fingers and continued in mid-1971 at a rented villa in the South of France named Nellcôte while the band lived abroad as tax exiles. A collage of various images, the album's artwork, according to frontman Mick Jagger, reflects the Rolling Stones as "runaway outlaws using the blues as its weapon against the world."
Working with a mobile recording studio, the loose and unorganised Nellcôte sessions went on for hours into the night, with personnel varying greatly from day to day. The recording was completed with overdub sessions at Los Angeles's Sunset Sound and included additional musicians such as pianist Nicky Hopkins, saxophonist Bobby Keys, drummer Jimmy Miller and horn player Jim Price. The resulting music was rooted in blues, rock and roll, swing, country and gospel, while the lyrics explored themes related to hedonism, sex and time. These newly recorded tracks were combined with some tracks recorded at earlier sessions from 1969 to 1971, resulting in the Stones' first double album.
Exile on Main St. contains frequently performed concert staples and was a number one charting album in six countries, including the UK, US, and Canada. It spawned the hit songs "Happy", which featured a rare lead vocal from Keith Richards, country music ballad "Sweet Virginia", and worldwide top-ten hit "Tumbling Dice".
The album has been viewed by many critics as the Rolling Stones' best work and a culmination of a string of the band's highly critically successful albums. Rolling Stone magazine has ranked Exile on Main St. number 7 on its list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time in 2003 and 2012, and dropping to number 14 in the 2020 edition, the highest Rolling Stones album ranked on the list.
Track listing
Side one 1."Rocks Off" 4:31 2."Rip This Joint" 2:22 3."Shake Your Hips"Slim Harpo2:59 4."Casino Boogie" 3:33 5."Tumbling Dice" 3:45
Side two 1."Sweet Virginia"4:27 2."Torn and Frayed"4:17 3."Sweet Black Angel"2:54 4."Loving Cup"4:25
Side three 1."Happy" 3:04 2."Turd on the Run" 2:36 3."Ventilator Blues"Jagger, Richards, Mick Taylor3:24 4."I Just Want to See His Face" 2:52 5."Let It Loose" 5:16
Side four 1."All Down the Line" 3:49 2."Stop Breaking Down"Robert Johnson4:34 3."Shine a Light" 4:14 4."Soul Survivor" 3:49
The Rolling Stones Mick Jagger – lead vocals, backing vocals; harmonica; electric guitar Keith Richards – guitars, backing vocals; bass guitar; electric piano; lead vocals (on "Happy") Mick Taylor – guitars; bass guitar Bill Wyman – bass guitar Charlie Watts – drums _____________________________________________
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NEAR MINT (NM) - A good description is that it looks like it just came from a retail store and it was opened for the first time. In other words, it?s nearly perfect, with no visible defects.
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