Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street (Deluxe Edition)

Exile is held up to be the Stones masterpiece, but I’ve always found it to be a overly raw and somewhat bloated collection. At it’s core are some fantastic songs (Happy; Tumbling Dice; Sweet Virginia) but the half finished throwaways that would typically end up on the cutting room floor drag the set down. Trimmed to a single lp it would have been a much tighter record and deserved the masterpiece tagging – as it is, the lp’s that proceeded it and followed it (Sticky Fingers; Goats Head Soup) are both better records. I enjoyed the outtakes record quite a bit as it is more blues oriented and Mick Taylor’s guitars shine through in the mixes – unlike the regular lp where his guitar playing for the most part is indistinguishable. Rating: ***1/2

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May 18
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JOHN MAYALL...Blues Express
RATT...Infestation (vinyl release of new album)
POCO...Live at Columbia Studios Hollywood 9/30/71
SLASH...Slash (Limited Edition Vinyl)

Remasters, Reissues
THE ROLLING STONES...Exile On Main Street (Remastered), Enhanced, Vinyl, Super Deluxe Edition
BUDDY GUY...DJ Play My Blues
TRIUMPH...Greatest Hits Remixed
DURAN DURAN...Duran Duran (2 CD Deluxe Edition with NTSC DVD, Limited Edition, Original recording remastered)
DURAN DURAN...Seven And The Ragged Tiger (2 CD/DVD, Limited Special Edition)
DEVO...New Traditionalists (Original recording remastered) or colored vinyl
CHEAP TRICK...The Doctor (with bonus track)
CHEAP TRICK...Standing On The Edge (with bonus track)
CHEAP TRICK...Found All The Parts/Busted (a two-fer with bonus tracks)
DON McLEAN...American Pie (180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl, Limited Edition, Original recording remastered)

DVD, BLU-RAY
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN...Under The Influence
THE KINKS...You Really Got Me: Story Of The Kinks
JOHN LENNON...Rare And Unseen

May 25
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BLACK SUNSHINE...Black Sunshine
STONE TEMPLE PILOTS...Stone Temple Pilots or vinyl
IT'S ALIVE...Human Resources
FAR...At Night We Live
RICK DERRINGER...The Three Kings Of The Blues
KROKUS...Hoodoo
DEFTONES...Diamond Eyes (vinyl release of new album)
BURTON CUMMINGS...Above The Ground (with DVD)

Box Sets
JUDAS PRIEST...Music Of Judas Priest (Box Set)
THE SMASHING PUMPKINS...Teargarden By Kaleidyscope 1: Songs For A Sailor
CHEAP TRICK...Music Of Cheap Trick (Box Set)
KANSAS...Music Of Kansas (Box Set)

DVD
Various Artist...Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Start Me Up
Various Artist...Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame: Legends
CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL...Revisited: Live And Rare
Documentary...Talkin' & Walkin' New York: The New York of Bob Dylan & John Lennon
GUNS 'N' ROSES...Live And Dangerous
GENESIS...Land Of Confusion

June 8
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SAVING ABEL...Miss America
HAIL THE VILLAIN...Population: Declining

June 15
New
TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS...Mojo
STEVE MILLER BAND...Bingo

Greatest Hits
OASIS...Time Flies...1994-2009, Limited Edition 5 LP Box Set, Limited Edition 3 CD/1 DVD Box Set

June 22
New
OZZY OSBOURNE...Scream

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 17
Taj Mahal is 68; Bill Bruford formerly with Yes is 61; Paul Di'Anno formerly with Iron Maiden is 51; Dave Abbruzzese formerly with Pearl Jam is 46; Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails is 45; Josh Homme of Queens Of The Stone Age is 37;

ON THIS DATE
1971 Ram by Paul McCartney is released
1980 Peter Criss leaves Kiss for the first time, but later rejoins in 1996
1987 Tom Petty's home in Los Angeles is destroyed by an arson fire causing $800,000 damage

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