ROLLING STONES "PARIS REHEARSALS" 1978 WHOOSE RECORDS B & W COVER NOT TMOQ

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ROLLING STONES -" PARIS REHEARSALS" 1978 'WHOOSE RECORDS' B & W COVER
THE ROLLING STONES "PARIS REHEARSALS" ("PARIS REHEARSALS FOR 'SOME GIRLS'") RECORDED: 1978 EMI Pathe-Marconi Studios ~ PARIS LABEL: WHOOSE RECORDS MCG-W-500 RELEASED: CIRCA 1982/1983   MATRIX (SIDE A):  MCG-W-500-1 MATRIX (SIDE B):  MCG-W-500-2
CONDITION: VINYL: EX   JACKET: EX (Still in Shrink)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I've been going thru my massive vinyl record collection these past few weeks and pulling out some LPs that I thought that someone else would want for their collection. I've been collecting records for over 40 years and it's time to pass some of them on to the next generation of collectors.
This week on EBay I am offering up this fantastic, clean copy of the great Rolling Stones 'collector' record "Paris Rehearsals (for 'Some Girls')" on the Whoose label. Great stuff.
This is a clean, crisp copy that I purchased 'new' and sealed back in the early 80's. This is my original copy that I've taken great care of for many years. 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In early January 1978, the Stones went into EMI-Pathé Marconi Studios, near Paris, France. They did some sessions the previous Fall, but they spent the Spring of 1978 in Paris, completing recording sessions for 'Some Girls'
There was a prolific amount of output from the Pathe Marconi recording studios around this time. I can remember many tapes popping up in the Spring of '78 with early versions of the songs they were working on. An exciting time as a Stones collector! I can clearly remember hearing this material for the first time back then and went looking for some of it on 'Collector' records.
There were a lot of 'Country' twanged songs recorded during these sessions as well. Keith was into 'Lonesome & Blue' country music while he was stuck in Toronto in 1977. Some of those have been released, like 'Far Away Eyes', but many haven't. If you're a collector of 'Collector' records, there's some great solo piano Keith stuff from that period out there.
These Paris sessions were mined by the Stones for quite a few years afterwards, with finished songs popping up on 'Some Girls', 'Emotional Rescue' and even later albums.
~~~~ This album is made up of outtakes and sessions for the 'Some Girls' album. Most all of the songs on this album were recorded during sessions at the EMI Pathe-Marconi Studios in Paris, during the Fall/Winter of 1977/78.
This hard to find 'Collector' LP has the Stones rehearsing seven songs, some of which, in final form, ended up on their superb 'Some Girls' album released in June 1978.
These recordings are from the Soundboard/Console and sound quite good. Not perfect, but also not the typical poor audience recorded sound often found on these 'Collector' records.
As a Stones fan and collector, it's interesting to hear how classic gems like "Respectable," "When the Whip Comes Down," and "Lies" sounded as early rough songs before Mick Jagger and the boys polished them up and released them. These are loose, rough, and garage-y sounding sessions.  Terrific!
The version of "When the Whip Comes Down" on this LP runs nearly 10 minutes and is a great raw jam.  According to my research and accumulated collector knowledge, "Respectable', 'When The Whip Comes Down' and 'Lies' were recorded on October 10, 1977 at Pathé Marconi Studios.
Misty Roads (The Way She Held Me Tight), Just Because I Told You (I Need You), Fiji Jim, and Do You Think I Really Care? were recorded January 5th 1978 at Pathé Marconi Studios.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Some of these songs were given their titles by various prominent Stones collectors, some by the band, and some were often 'created' by the makers of these 'Collector' records in order to deceive, therefore these songs are known by collectors under various titles.
The songs on this record are listed below. I put the name of the song as it appears on the album, followed by other titles it's known as. The times are my own, and are approximate. 
Respectable [03:20]  The Way She Held Me Tight (Misty Roads) [04:13]  I Need You (Just Because I Told You) [03:16]  Come Bring Your Electric Guitar (Fiji Jim) (Fiji Gin) [03:48]  Do You Think I Saw Her (Do You Think I Really Care?) [03:16]  When The Whip Comes Down [09:36]  Lies [03:14] 
~~~~~~~~~ "Come Bring Your Electric Guitar", better known to Rolling Stones collectors as "Fiji Jim" is my favorite song on this LP. I know of at least 3 versions of this song from these sessions. There's one with a count in, one with a fade in and one with overdubbed Telecaster guitars.
It's a great rocking, swampy, boogie number that should have been released by now. Maybe they're 'saving' it, as they are known to do, for a later release. Jagger's raspy vocal is terrific and the guitar bits are spot on. Shame it's never been released.
~~~~~~~~~~~~ While these sessions were happening in Paris, there was a lot of other activity revolving around the band. 1978 was a transitional period for the band, and the Stones career can clearly be broken into 'before' and 'after' these 'Some Girls' sessions.
By early 1978, Keith's 1977 Toronto Drug Bust was finally coming to a head. He was still going thru a rough Heroin Detox period with his 'Black Box' treatments. During his unscheduled 'stay' in Toronto, Keith dove deep into vintage acoustic American Country tunes, like Hank and Jerry Lee, and many of those were experimented with during the '78 Paris sessions.
During these sessions, in the same studio, Ron Wood was recording his great 'Gimmie Some Neck' album, which included appearances by Keith, Mick, and Charlie on some tracks.
In May, Mick and Keith took a break from session work and flew to Woodstock, NY to produce and contribute to Peter Tosh's album 'Bush Doctor' at Bearsville Studios. Mick duets with Peter Tosh on 'Don't Look Back' and 'Legalize It.'
The boys also took a side trip to Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas, for some session work during this time.
There were a lot of changes in the band's personal lives and marriages during this period as well. Mick was finalizing his separation from Bianca and hanging out with Jerry Hall; Keith, trying to clean up, was separating himself from Anita's influence after 11 years; Ronnie was also separating from his wife Chrissy. 
Charlie was trying to stay out of the way of all this by hanging out, soaking up, and playing gigs with some European Jazz greats.
~~~~~~~~~ The cover image is a 'Negative' photo shot of vintage 1978 Jagger/Richards. These 'negative' style photos were very cool for the time. A slightly different 'negative' shot was used for the cover of a 1980 issue of 'Relix' magazine discussing the "Emotional Rescue" release. The Stones liked this style of Photography, leading to the 'thermal' photos they used for their next album 'Emotional Rescue.' The poster that came with first pressings is great.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CONDITION:  I tried to show good hi-resolution photos of the cover, labels and vinyl in my pictures.
I purchased this copy 'new' and sealed in the early 80s, nearly 40 years ago, in Greenwich Village, on one of my 'regular' stops while crate digging in those days, and have taken great care of it since. Those were the days when there were a dozen record stores on St Mark's Place in the East Village and these type of records were cheap and everywhere. 
This copy is excellent, still in the shrink, and only played a few times.
VINYL: The vinyl looks great. Clean and Bright. I almost never call non-sealed vinyl Excellent, but this one is close. No scuffs, scrapes or hairlines. Visually fine. The only 'flaw' is that the vinyl isn't very high quality and has some tiny pressing 'dimples' in it, but that's how things were in the 80s.
I tried to show some close-up pictures of the vinyl to show how good it looks. It's been in an old-school poly lined sleeve since I purchased it. I'm sure you'll be happy with it.
LABELS: This is pressed on simple custom white labels. The labels are clean and bright. No marks or damage. The spindle holes are still sharp and clean, suggesting minimal playing and my careful handling.
JACKET: The Jacket is in very nice condition. Still in the shrink. The all-white cover is notorious for showing dirt, scuffs and ringwear, but this has been sleeved and stored properly for years, and is still fantastic. Clean and bright. The corners are sharp and crisp. Spine is fine, no ring wear, no seam splits. You can see from my pictures it's quite nice.
The only 'flaw' is that the corners of the shrink wrap have 'trapped' some dust, making the corners look 'dirty'. 90% of the dirt is on the shrink, not on the actual cover.
The Jacket itself is in great condition. NO names, marks, writing or signs of prior ownership. 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ** NOTE: I'm selling this rare 'Collector' record "AS IS" and "NO RETURN". It's rare and as described and I'm sure you'll be very happy with it.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Add this fantastic Rolling Stones 'Collector' album to your collection today. It would make a great addition to any Classic Rock or Stones vinyl record collection. If you like 'Some Girls', you'll love this.
~~~~~~~ I’m recently retired and downsizing and letting go some gems and rarities from nearly 45 years of vinyl record collecting. Check out the many other fantastic 45s and 33s coming soon to my page!
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