Next week Eagle Rock will release two very special vinyl albums. The first being a special edition 2LP of Muddy Waters And The Rolling Stones Live At The Checkerboard Lounge Chicago 1981, and the second, The Rolling Stones Some Girls: Live In Texas '78 Vinyl Special Edition 2LP.
The vinyl also comes with CD / DVD hooplah, I'm not interested in that ...... The vinyl is what's important here. Each set is contains an 180g vinyl in a three-panel gatefold sleeve.
Years after Some Girls: Live In Texas was filmed at the Will Rogers Memorial Center in Fort Worth, Texas in 78' Ronnie Wood summed the gig up in saying " it was straight-ahead garage rock, hardly a stage-set, no smoke, no big lights, like the Stones going punk" What is not love about a coupla pieces of vinyl showcasing that magic? Nothing not to love I tells yer!
Live At The Checkerboard Lounge Chicago 1981 is a precious recording taken from Buddy Guys blues bar when the Stones came to town. Muddy, clearly in charge, invites the Stones one-by-one to join the party on stage. Vinyl is the only way to listen to this kind of classic soul. Mixed and mastered by Bob Clearmountain, this concert is a rare gem of rock 'n' roll and blues history.
Here's the tracklisting for both;
Some Girls: Live In Texas '78:
Side A:
1) Let It Rock
2) All Down The Line
3) Honky Tonk Women
4) Star Star
5) When The Whip Comes Down
Side B:
1) Beast Of Burden
2) Miss You
3) Imagination
4) Shattered
Side C:
1) Respectable
2) Far Away Eyes
3) Love In Vain
4) Tumbling Dice
Side D:
1) Happy
2)Sweet Little Sixteen
3) Brown Sugar
4)Jumpin' Jack Flash
Live At The Checkboard Lounge Chicago 1981:
Side A:
1) Sweet Little Angel
2) Flip Flop And Fly
3) Introduction
4) You Don't Have To Go
5) Country Boy
Side B:
1) Baby Please Don't Go
2) Hoochie Coochie Man
3) Long Distance Call
Side C:
1) Mannish Boy
2) Got My Mojo Workin'
3) Next Time You See Me
Side D:
1) One Eyed Woman
2) Baby Please Don't Go (instrumental)
3) Clouds In My Heart
4) Champagne And Reefer
