ROLLING STONES Sticky Fingers MOBILE FIDELITY MFSL 1-060 Audiophile JVC JAPAN
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Description
ROLLING STONES Sticky Fingers
Used Vinyl Record
Sleeve/Vinyl: VG+/NM
Record Label: Mobile Fidelity MFSL 1-060
High Speed Production and Mastering By Original Mastering works. Specially Plate and pressed On High Definition Super Vinyl by Victor Company of Japan (JVC). Mastered with the Ortofon Cutting System.
Mobile Fidelity reissues are among the finest recordings ever produced and very limited in quantity.
Condition: Light ring wear on the record jacket. Corners are dull. Spin has wear, chipping and two quarter to half inch splits. Bottom has light shelf wear. Inner protective sleeve is like new and comes with MFSL hype fliers. Original two-sided photo/info insert is like new. Vinyl is shiny, clean and plays very well.
Side 1
1. Brown Sugar
2. Sway
3. Wild Horses
4. Can't You Hear Me Knocking
5. You Gotta Move
Side 2
6. Bitch
7. I Got the Blues
8. Sister Morphine
9. Dead Flowers
10. Moonlight Mile
Review: Pieced together from outtakes and much-labored-over songs, Sticky Fingers has a loose, ramshackle ambience that belies both its origins and the dark undercurrents of the songs. It's a weary, drug-laden album -- well over half the songs explicitly mention drug use, while the others merely allude to it -- that never fades away, but barely keeps afloat. Apart from the classic opener, "Brown Sugar," the long workout "Can't You Hear Me Knocking," and the mean-spirited "Bitch," Sticky Fingers is a slow, bluesy affair, with a few country touches thrown in for good measure. The laid-back tone of the album gives ample room for new lead guitarist Mick Taylor to stretch out, particularly on the extended coda of "Can't You Hear Me Knocking." But the key to the album isn't the instrumental interplay -- although that is terrific -- it's the soulfulness of the songs. "Wild Horses" is their first non-ironic stab at a country song, and it is a beautiful, heart-tugging masterpiece. Similarly, "I Got the Blues" is a ravished, late-night classic that ranks among their very best blues. "Sister Morphine" is a horrifying overdose tale, and "Moonlight Mile," with Paul Buckmaster's grandiose strings, is a perfect closure: sad, yearning, drug-addled, and beautiful. With its offhand mixture of decadence, roots music, and outright malevolence, Sticky Fingers set the tone for the rest of the decade for the Stones.
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