Two interesting new Scorpio titles are coming out. Bob Dylan (Abandoned) Desire is a 2 disc set containing the quadrophonic version of Desire on disc one:
1. Hurricane – 8:33 (October 24, 1975)
2. Isis – 6:58 (July 31, 1975)
3. Mozambique – 3:00 (July 20, 1975)
4. One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below) (Dylan) 3:43 (July 30, 1975)
5. Oh, Sister – 4:05 (July 30, 1975)
6. Joey – 11:05 (July 30, 1975 & August 11, 1975)
7. Romance in Durango – 5:50 (July 28, 1975)
8. Black Diamond Bay – 7:30 (July 30, 1975)
9. Sara (Dylan) – 5:29 (July 31, 1975)
The second disc contains outtakes and alternate versions including a previously uncirculated take of “Joey.”
1. Joey (previously uncirculated July 14 version)
2. Rita May (July 14, 1975)
3. Catfish (July 29, 1975)
4. Golden Loom (July 30, 1975)
5. Hurricane (Desire Session Version)(July 30, 1975)
6. Rita May (45 Version) (July 30, 1975)
7. Abandoned Love (July 31, 1975)
8. People Get Ready (October 1975)
9. Nuggets of Rain (11 October 1975)
10. Rehearsal Dialogue
11. Buckets Of Rain
The Rolling Stones Reel Time Trip is a one disc release covering various studio sessions. The first track is previously unreleased, a demo of Little Boy Blue & The Blue Boys’ recording of “You’re Right, I’m Left, She’s Gone.”
1. LITTLE BOY BLUE & THE BLUE BOYS: You’re Right, I’m Left, She’s Gone
December 1961, first “demo” session. Recorded in the back room of Dick Taylors’ parents home. Alexander Road, Bexleyheath, London.
Mick Jagger – Vocal; Keith Richard – Guitar; Dick Taylor – Guitar, Bass; Bob Beckwith – Guitar; Allen Etherington – Percussion.
2. The Last Time January 17, 1965, RCA Studios
3. (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction May 12-13, 1965
4. Get Off Of My Cloud September 6-7, 1965, RCA Studios, Holly- wood, Producer: Andrew L. Oldham, Engineer: Dave Hassinger
5. 19th Nervous Breakdown December 6-10, 1965, RCA Studios, Hollywood, Producer: Andrew L. Old- ham, Engineer: Dave Hassinger
6. Paint It Black March 6-10, 1966, RCA Studios, Hollywood, Producer: Andrew L. Old- ham; Engineer: Dave Hassinger
7. Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In The Shadow? August 4-12, 1966, RCA Studios, Hollywood, Producer: Andrew L. Old- ham, Engineer: Dave Hassinger
8. Gimmie Shelter February 22-25, 1969, Olympic Sound Studios, London. Producer: Jimmy Miller; Engineer: Glyn Johns. Early version with alternate lyrics, note that “a burning car- pet” replaces ” a red coal carpet” in verse 2. This take is generally known as the “Acetate Version”.
Additional instrumentation: harmonica Mick Jagger; piano Nicky Hopkins; percussion Jimmy Miller; additional vocals; Keith Richards
9. You Got The Silver February 17, 1969. Olympic Sound Studios, London. Producer: Jimmy Miller; Engineer: Glyn Johns. Vocals: Mick Jagger.
10. Loving Cup June 10 – July 2, 1969, Olympic Sound Studios, London, Producer: Jimmy Miller; Engineer: Glyn Johns. Early version with Mick Jagger repeating the end of lines 1 and 2 (“come on up”/ “face full of mud”); no female back-up vocals and no brass.
11. Sister Morphine (Jagger, Richards, Faithfull) March 28-31, 1969.
12. Brown Sugar 3 December 2-4, 1969
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Thank you. Those tracks weren’t listed in the initial ads for this. A review will be posted in a couple of days.
The Stones title contains 19 tracks:
13 Dead Flowers
14 Bitch 1
15 Angie
16 Winter
17 Silver Train
18 Dancing with Mr. Dee
19 Criss Cross Man
(from a posting on the IORR forum)
A shame Scorpio aren’t as prolific as they used to be & the tapes that they’re using don’t hold as many surprises. No doubt I’ll STILL be hunting these down just to give them a listen & see how the Stones release compares with the Genuine Black Box & the tidbits on there.