The Rolling Stones are to reissue their 1972 album ‘Exile On Main Street’ with 10 previously unreleased tracks.
The reissue is set to come out on May 17, coinciding with a newly filmed documentary called Stones In Exile, which will be broadcast in May.
As well as the original album, the new release also features 10 previously unreleased Rolling Stones songs from the period that were unearthed while working on the reissue project.
Those tracks include the likes of ‘Plundered My Soul’, ‘Dancing In The Light’, ‘Following the River’ and ‘Pass The Wine’. Meanwhile, alternate versions of ‘Soul Survivor’ and ‘Loving Cup’ are also included.
The release will be available as both the original 18-track release, and a deluxe edition with the 10 bonus tracks. Meanwhile, a super deluxe package also includes vinyl, a 30-minute documentary DVD, and a 50-page collector’s book.
Cocksucker Blues was a film made around the time of he recording of “Exile on Main Street” in 1971 and it contained some racy, racy stuff. (Considering what we see now on YouTube and from Paris Hilton, however, it may seem tame now!)
10 minutes of “Cocksucker Blues” are being included officially in a 30 minute documentary that the Stones will release in May. The other 20 minutes comprise 10 minutes of a film that was released but few saw called “Ladies and Gentlemen, the Rolling Stones” (out of print and unavailable since 1974) and ten more minutes of a new full length doc called “Stones in Exile” made by director Stephen Kijack. That latter title will also be released as a full length doc at the same time in a format still to be determined.
And all of this comes along with a new full length version of the album, “Exile on Main Street” which will now have ten extra tracks in addition to “Tumbling Dice,” “Happy,” “Sister Morphine” and all the classic songs we already know from the original.
“Exile” comes from the Stones’ most fertile period, right after “Sticky Fingers” a year before. The Stones had just signed with Ahmet Ertegun and Atlantic Records, escaping from their old contract with Allen Klein and Decca and London Records. Mick had just married Bianca, and their world was on fire.
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