Rolling Stones, "Hot Rocks 1964-1971," 2003 ABIKO, 2 x LP, SEALED

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Dr. John's Spin Factory brings you two full LPs worth of tunes more than worthy of your best dance moves.  Or, if you'd rather, turn down the lights, have a comfy seat, turn the volume (way) up, and take a tremendous trip down some kind of musical memory lane.  Up for sale is the 2003 ABIKO reissue of the Rolling Stones first batch of the band's very best stuff.  It's the double LP, Hot Rocks: 1964-1971.  First released in 1971 the playlist on this album is simply amazing.  Consider the tunes you'd have under your command: * Time Is On My Side * Heart of Stone * Play With Fire * (I can't get no) Satisfaction * As Tears Go By * Get Off My Cloud * Mother's Little Helper * 19th Nervous Breakdown * Paint It, Black * Under My Thumb * Ruby Tuesday * Let's Spend The Night Together * Jumpin' Jack Flash * Street Fighting Man * Sympathy For The Devil * Honky Tonk Women * Gimme Shelter * Midnight Rambler (Live) * You Can't Always Get What You Want * Brown Sugar * Wild Horses
Hokey smokes!  Here is what Mr. Bruce Eder of AllMusic had to say about all of the above: 

This two-LP set is both a lot more and a bit less than what it seems. It is seven years' worth of mostly very high-charting -- and all influential and important -- songs, leaving out some singles in favor of well-known album tracks, and in the process, giving an overview not just of the Rolling Stones' hits but of their evolving image. One hears them change from loud R&B-inspired rockers covering others' songs ("Time Is on My Side") into originators in their own right ("Satisfaction"); then into tastemakers and style-setters with a particularly decadent air ("Get Off of My Cloud," "19th Nervous Breakdown"), and finally into self-actualized rebel-poets ("Jumpin' Jack Flash," "Midnight Rambler") and Shaman-like symbols of chaos. On its initial release, Hot Rocks sold well, not only as a unique compilation but also as a panorama of the '60s. The only flaw was that it didn't give a good look at the Stones' full musical history, ignoring their early blues and psychedelic eras. There are also some anomalies in Hot Rocks' history for the collector -- the very first pressings included an outtake of "Brown Sugar" featuring Eric Clapton that was promptly replaced. This is an exciting assembly of material.