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The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers Studio Outtakes & Unreleased 1970 -1971 DEFINITIVE EDITION
DEFINITIVE EDITION
The Rolling Stones -Sticky Fingers Studio Outtakes & Unreleased songs 1970-1971 DEFINITIVE EDITION By 1970 the Stones had earned the right to take a little time to turn out their next album. Bedding in new boy, Mick Taylor, on their well-documented tour of the States the year before had also involved a little studio time at Muscle Shoals studio. The results of these sessions and songs held over from Beggars Banquet were also brought to the table when they reconvened, still a little bruised from the apocalyptic events at Altamont. These were now grown-up men with families, demons and more to cope with who assembled at Jagger’s Stargroves mansion with their mobile studio in the summer of 1970. In the topsy-turvy world of success they’d had more than their share of recent ups and downs. Sticky Fingers was destined to be the triumphant first release from their self-owned label but this success was leavened by the fact that they’d signed over their back catalogue to previous manager Allen Klein and had to give him the royalties from Brown Sugar and Sway to boot. The incessant touring meant that the band were now world citizens, but they still moved closer to their American roots. Using the usual support cast of Bobby Keys, Ry Cooder and Nicky Hopkins they turned their experiences into ten tracks of narcotic misery and sexual frustration. All wrapped in a very louche Andy Warhol sleeve. Narcotics are a major theme, of course, but also loss, frustration and incredible world-weariness. Reviews at the time complained that Sticky Fingers lacked the bite of previous releases like Let It Bleed or Beggars Banquet, but it’s this very quality that makes the album special. Like Neil Young’s Tonight’s the Night, the sense of a wake creeps through tracks like Dead Flowers and Sister Morphine. Elsewhere, the Delta serves as a touchstone for some of Jagger’s most heartfelt wailing as on I Got the Blues and You’ve Gotta Move, while he’s never bettered his letchery on Brown Sugar. Taylor’s arrival is keenly felt on Can’t You Hear Me Knocking?, with its Santana-esque coda. Sway and Bitch are hard-bitten rockers that couldn’t exist without Charlie’s taut snare. Eventually the whole thing collapses in on itself with Moonlight Mile. A coked-out, somnambulant drift through an era’s last days, and a beautiful end to a beautiful journey. While many hold their next album, Exile On Main St., as their zenith, Sticky Fingers, balancing on the knife edge between the 60s and 70s, remains their most coherent statement. 00:00 - brown sugar (early vocal/no lead guitar, mono) 3.42 03:42 - sway (no overdubs, mono) 3.24 07:06 - wild horses (unplugged stereo mix, no overdubs) 5.28 12:34 - good time women (early version of "tumbling dice") 3.14 15:48 - silver train (early version) 3.23 19:11 - you gotta move (mono-mix) 2.30 21:41 - bitch (original 7'' mono-mix) 3.33 25:14 - i got the blues (mono-mix, recorded off monitor) 3.36 28:50 - sister morphine (basic stereo-mix) 5.24 34:14 - dead flowers (Alternate Mix) 4.02 38:16 - all down the line (early rehearsal) 4.18 42:34 - travellin' man (unreleased song) 5.56 48:30 - potted shrimp (unreleased instrumental) 4.08 52:38 - aladdin story (unreleased instrumental) 3.55 56:33 - leather jacket (unreleased instrumental) 3.27 1:00:00 - wild horses (1969 rehearsal/keith and mick taylor) 1.30 1:01:30 - wild horses (gram parsons on pedal steel guitar) 5.21 1:06:51 - brown sugar (different guitar part) 3.46 1:10:37 - brown sugar (another different mix) 3.46 1:14:23 - brown sugar (original 7'' mono-mix) 3.50 1:18:13 - let it rock 2.35 (recorded at leed university, 13 march 1971. was included on spanish "sticky fingers" lp in place of sister morphine, and as a third song on uk-brown sugar 7'' original mono-mix)
The Rolling Stones -Sticky Fingers Studio Outtakes & Unreleased songs 1970-1971 DEFINITIVE EDITION By 1970 the Stones had earned the right to take a little time to turn out their next album. Bedding in new boy, Mick Taylor, on their well-documented tour of the States the year before had also involved a little studio time at Muscle Shoals studio. The results of these sessions and songs held over from Beggars Banquet were also brought to the table when they reconvened, still a little bruised from the apocalyptic events at Altamont. These were now grown-up men with families, demons and more to cope with who assembled at Jagger’s Stargroves mansion with their mobile studio in the summer of 1970. In the topsy-turvy world of success they’d had more than their share of recent ups and downs. Sticky Fingers was destined to be the triumphant first release from their self-owned label but this success was leavened by the fact that they’d signed over their back catalogue to previous manager Allen Klein and had to give him the royalties from Brown Sugar and Sway to boot. The incessant touring meant that the band were now world citizens, but they still moved closer to their American roots. Using the usual support cast of Bobby Keys, Ry Cooder and Nicky Hopkins they turned their experiences into ten tracks of narcotic misery and sexual frustration. All wrapped in a very louche Andy Warhol sleeve. Narcotics are a major theme, of course, but also loss, frustration and incredible world-weariness. Reviews at the time complained that Sticky Fingers lacked the bite of previous releases like Let It Bleed or Beggars Banquet, but it’s this very quality that makes the album special. Like Neil Young’s Tonight’s the Night, the sense of a wake creeps through tracks like Dead Flowers and Sister Morphine. Elsewhere, the Delta serves as a touchstone for some of Jagger’s most heartfelt wailing as on I Got the Blues and You’ve Gotta Move, while he’s never bettered his letchery on Brown Sugar. Taylor’s arrival is keenly felt on Can’t You Hear Me Knocking?, with its Santana-esque coda. Sway and Bitch are hard-bitten rockers that couldn’t exist without Charlie’s taut snare. Eventually the whole thing collapses in on itself with Moonlight Mile. A coked-out, somnambulant drift through an era’s last days, and a beautiful end to a beautiful journey. While many hold their next album, Exile On Main St., as their zenith, Sticky Fingers, balancing on the knife edge between the 60s and 70s, remains their most coherent statement. 00:00 - brown sugar (early vocal/no lead guitar, mono) 3.42 03:42 - sway (no overdubs, mono) 3.24 07:06 - wild horses (unplugged stereo mix, no overdubs) 5.28 12:34 - good time women (early version of "tumbling dice") 3.14 15:48 - silver train (early version) 3.23 19:11 - you gotta move (mono-mix) 2.30 21:41 - bitch (original 7'' mono-mix) 3.33 25:14 - i got the blues (mono-mix, recorded off monitor) 3.36 28:50 - sister morphine (basic stereo-mix) 5.24 34:14 - dead flowers (Alternate Mix) 4.02 38:16 - all down the line (early rehearsal) 4.18 42:34 - travellin' man (unreleased song) 5.56 48:30 - potted shrimp (unreleased instrumental) 4.08 52:38 - aladdin story (unreleased instrumental) 3.55 56:33 - leather jacket (unreleased instrumental) 3.27 1:00:00 - wild horses (1969 rehearsal/keith and mick taylor) 1.30 1:01:30 - wild horses (gram parsons on pedal steel guitar) 5.21 1:06:51 - brown sugar (different guitar part) 3.46 1:10:37 - brown sugar (another different mix) 3.46 1:14:23 - brown sugar (original 7'' mono-mix) 3.50 1:18:13 - let it rock 2.35 (recorded at leed university, 13 march 1971. was included on spanish "sticky fingers" lp in place of sister morphine, and as a third song on uk-brown sugar 7'' original mono-mix)
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The Ancient World podcast
Synopsis: After Mithridates is struck down by an illness, his son Phraates II defends Parthian gains against the army of Antiochus VII. Forced to retreat to Hyrcania, Phraates sets events in motion that result in the deaths of both kings.
“On Antiochus (VII)’s approach, many eastern princes came to meet him, surrendering their persons and their thrones, with curses of the arrogance of the Parthians. The first encounter took place forthwith. Victorious in three battles, Antiochus seized Babylon and began to be dubbed ‘the Great.’ Thus, as all the peoples were defecting to him, the Parthians were left with nothing but the lands of their fathers.” – Justin, Epitome of the Philippic History of Pompeius Trogus, Book 38
“When word of (a revolt) came to Antiochus (VII), he advanced with the contingent which was wintering with him in order to assist those who were closest at hand, only to meet while on the march the king of the Parthians, against whom he put up a braver fight than did his forces. Finally, however, the enemy’s valor prevailed and Antiochus, deserted by his craven troops, was killed.” - Justin, Epitome of the Philippic History of Pompeius Trogus, Book 38
“Let’s sit on the ground and tell sad stories of the death of kings, how some were overthrown and others killed in war. Some were haunted by the ghosts of the kings they had overthrown.” – Shakespeare, Richard II: Act 3 Scene 2
http://s407341505.onlinehome.us/Episode_T12_Sar_Matati.mp3
Map of the Parthian Empire c. 96 BC, which is fairly similar to what they held under Mithridates I c. 138 BC:
http://s407341505.onlinehome.us/Parthia96BC.jpeg
“On Antiochus (VII)’s approach, many eastern princes came to meet him, surrendering their persons and their thrones, with curses of the arrogance of the Parthians. The first encounter took place forthwith. Victorious in three battles, Antiochus seized Babylon and began to be dubbed ‘the Great.’ Thus, as all the peoples were defecting to him, the Parthians were left with nothing but the lands of their fathers.” – Justin, Epitome of the Philippic History of Pompeius Trogus, Book 38
“When word of (a revolt) came to Antiochus (VII), he advanced with the contingent which was wintering with him in order to assist those who were closest at hand, only to meet while on the march the king of the Parthians, against whom he put up a braver fight than did his forces. Finally, however, the enemy’s valor prevailed and Antiochus, deserted by his craven troops, was killed.” - Justin, Epitome of the Philippic History of Pompeius Trogus, Book 38
“Let’s sit on the ground and tell sad stories of the death of kings, how some were overthrown and others killed in war. Some were haunted by the ghosts of the kings they had overthrown.” – Shakespeare, Richard II: Act 3 Scene 2
http://s407341505.onlinehome.us/Episode_T12_Sar_Matati.mp3
Map of the Parthian Empire c. 96 BC, which is fairly similar to what they held under Mithridates I c. 138 BC:
http://s407341505.onlinehome.us/Parthia96BC.jpeg