This year, for the first time ever, all mono studio recordings released by The Rolling Stones in the 1960s will be available in one unique historic collection. The collection will contain a total of 186 tracks, 56 of which have never before been heard in mono since the advent of the digital age. Spanning the era between 1963 and 1969, The Rolling Stones in Mono covers the formative years of “The Greatest Rock & Roll Band in the World.” During this era, most rock and pop recordings were originally recorded in mono, with stereo often an afterthought, dealt with only following the completion of the original (mono) version of a given track. In short, mono reigned and this was, indeed, the case for the Rolling Stones during the period. While typical playback systems of the time were less than sophisticated, the original mono recordings, especially as heard through quality components, were of the highest audio quality and had a powerful and very direct impact. "You felt you were in the room . . . listening to exactly what went down in the studio, no frills, no nothing," Keith Richards wrote in his autobiography, Life. "Rock was a completely new musical form," Mick Jagger explained in a 1995 Rolling Stone interview. "It hadn't been around for ten years when we started doing it . . . You felt like one of the chosen few, one of the only ones in the world who would get to play with this new toy. We had evangelical fervor." Late recording engineer Dave Hassinger explained how he mixed his ’64-’66 work for the Stones in mono, "They always played together at the same time," Hassinger said. "They would run the parts down, work out the changes here and there, nail it down, then start recording." Rolling Stone senior editor David Fricke, in his 5,000-word essay that accompanies the set, writes, “The Rolling Stones in Mono is the full studio account of that first decade of history and mayhem, newly remastered with unprecedented fidelity and revelatory detail.” His commentaries are included with the CD box sets as part of a 4-color deluxe 48 page lie flat book that features numerous rare photos by renowned photographer Terry O’Neill. The 15 CDs are housed in the original full color album jackets that fit along with the book into a one piece specially crafted box. The Rolling Stones in Mono was mastered by acclaimed GRAMMY award winning engineer Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering. For the project he utilized Direct Stream Digital (DSD) transfers from the original master recordings, with a sampling rate of 2,822,400. Lacquer cutting for vinyl was performed at Abbey Road Studios by Alex Wharton and Sean Magee. The Rolling Stones in Mono project has been overseen by Teri Landi, ABKCO’s Grammy award winning Chief Audio Engineer. Albums included in the box set are THE ROLLING STONES / 12 X 5 / THE ROLLING STONES NO.2 / THE ROLLING STONES, NOW! / OUT OF OUR HEADS (US) / OUT OF OUR HEADS (UK) / DECEMBER’S CHILDREN (AND EVERYBODY’S) / AFTERMATH (UK) / AFTERMATH (US) / BETWEEN THE BUTTONS (UK) / FLOWERS / THEIR SATANIC MAJESTIES REQUEST / BEGGARS BANQUET / LET IT BLEED / STRAY CATS **
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Route 66 |
I Just Want To Make Love To You |
Honest I Do |
Mona (I Need You Baby) |
Now I've Got a Witness |
Little by Little |
I'm A King Bee |
Carol |
Tell Me |
Can I Get A Witness |
You Can Make It If You Try |
Walking the Dog |
Around And Around |
Confessin' The Blues |
Empty Heart |
Time Is On My Disc |
Good Times, Bad Times |
It's All Over Now |
2120 South Michigan Avenue |
Under the Boardwalk |
Congratulations |
Grown Up Wrong |
If You Need Me |
Susie Q |
Everybody Needs Somebody To Love |
Down Home Girl |
You Can't Catch Me |
What a Shame |
Down The Road Apiece |
I Can't Be Satisfied |
Pain In My Heart |
Off The Hook |
Everybody Needs Some Body To Love |
Heart Of Stone |
Oh Baby (We Got a Good Thing Goin') |
Little Red Rooster |
Surprise, Surprise |
Mercy Mercy |
Hitch Hike |
The Last Time |
That's How Strong My Love Is |
Good Times |
I'm Alright |
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction |
Cry To Me |
The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man |
Play With Fire |
The Spider And The Fly |
One more try |
She Said Yeah |
Gotta Get Away |
Talkin' 'bout You |
I'm free |
You Better Move On |
Look What You've Done |
The Singer Not The Song |
Get Off Of My Cloud |
As Tears Go By |
Blue Turns To Grey |
I'm Moving On |
Mother's Little Helper |
Stupid Girl |
Lady Jane |
Under My Thumb |
Doncha Bother Me |
Going home |
Flight 505 |
High And Dry |
Out Of Time |
It's Not Easy |
I Am Waiting |
Take It Or Leave It |
Think |
What To Do |
Paint It, Black |
Yesterday's Papers |
My Obsession |
Back Street Girl |
Connection |
She Smiled Sweetly |
Cool, Calm & Collected |
All Sold Out |
Please Go Home |
Who's Been Sleeping Here? |
Complicated |
Miss Amanda Jones |
Something Happened To Me Yesterday |
Ruby Tuesday |
Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In The Shadow? |
Let's Spend The Night Together |
My Girl |
Ride On, Baby |
Sittin' On A Fence |
Sing This All Together |
Citadel |
In Another Land |
2000 Man |
Sing This All Together (See What Happens) |
She's a Rainbow |
The Lantern |
Gomper |
2000 Light Years From Home |
On with the Show |
Sympathy for the Devil |
No Expectations |
Dear Doctor |
Parachute Woman |
Jig |
Street Fighting Man |
Prodigal Son |
Stray Cat Blues |
Factory Girl |
Salt of the Earth |
Gimme Shelter |
Love In Vain |
Country Honk |
Live With Me |
Let It Bleed |
Midnight Rambler |
You Got The Sliver |
Monkey Man |
You Can't Always Get What you Want |
Come On |
I Want To Be Loved |
I wanna be your man |
Stoned |
Fortune Teller |
Poison Ivy (Version 1) |
Bye Bye Johnny |
Money |
Poison Ivy (Version 2) |
Not Fade Away |
I've Been Loving You Too Long |
The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man (Single Version) |
19th Nervous Breakdown |
Sad Day |
Con Le Mie Lacrime (As Tears Go By) |
Long, Long While |
Who's Driving Your Plane? |
We Love You (Single Version) |
Dandelion (Single Version) |
Child of the Moon |
Jumpin' Jack Flash |
Street Fighting Man (Single Version) |
Honky Tonk Women |
You Can't Always Get What You Want (Single Version) |