The Rolling Stones - The Lost Sessions Vol.2 - The Auction Reels (2005) FLAC

GENRE:  Rock
FORMAT: Lossless (Flac)   
SIZE: 470mb (3% Recovery)

On their second volume, Empress Valley were hard pressed to offer anything “lost”. These are all well-known Stones tracks and in 2005 had been widely available to knowledgeable fans. So the only advantage was the excellent sound quality.

Here was Keith Richards singing Gimme Shelter while Mick Jagger sang You Got The Silver, which was mostly a Keith composition. The version of Loving Cup here has the lead guitar nicely leading the band with a vocal from Jagger that turns rowdy at the end.

Brown Sugar, is that Eric Clapton on guitar? That’s the one most collectors call the “alternate” Brown Sugar. No slide guitar from Clapton or loud backing vocals from Keith marks this as an outtake with a different guitar part instead. In fact, some songs are so familiar, two takes of Sister Morphine, which are identical except perhaps one is slightly louder. They differ from the released version with a punchier bass.

So we come to the “lost” sessions of this volume. The multiple versions of Brown Sugar and Bitch. These are not different takes but “playbacks”. The engineer starts and stops the tracks during playback. Someone is listening. For Empress Valley to list them here, without notation, seems wrong as on first appearance, it’s as if a session is offered. The sound cuts off whenever the tape is stopped. It’s not an error on the disc.

Now who would want a “lost” session like this? You can do this at home with your remote.

The bootleg closes with two songs from Goat’s Head Soup, again filler material but in excellent quality. Winter is raw, slightly out of focus with the keyboards or synths too dominant. The vocals are different.

TRACKLIST:

1. Gimme Shelter [04:30]
2. You Got The Silver [02:50]
3. Sister Morphine [05:33]
4. Loving Cup [06:37]
5. Brown Sugar [03:47]
6. You Gotta Move [02:33]
7. Dead Flowers [04:05]
8. Sister Morphine [05:33]
9. Brown Sugar [04:31]
10. Brown Sugar [03:53]
11. Brown Sugar [03:24]
12. Brown Sugar [04:02]
13. Bitch [03:41]
14. Bitch [02:40]
15. Brown Sugar [03:50]
16. Bitch [03:58]
17. Bitch [01:50]
18. Angie [04:33]
20. Winter [05:32]

• 1969-10-17: Elektra Studios, Los Angeles, CA, Studio Session
Track: 1

• 1969-02-10: Olympic Sound Studios, London, England, Studio Session
Track: 2
Track: 3
Track: 8

• 1969-04-17: Olympic Sound Studios, London, England, Studio Session
Track: 4

• 1969-12-02: Muscle Shoals Sound Studios, Florence, AL, Studio Session
Track: 5
Track: 6

• 1970-04-24: Olympic Sound Studios, London, UK, Studio Session
Track: 7
Track: 9
Track: 10
Track: 11
Track: 12
Track: 15

• 1970-10-17: Olympic Sound Studios, London, England, Studio Session
Track: 13
Track: 14
Track: 16
Track: 17

• 1972-11-25: Dynamic Sound Studios, Kingston, Jamaica, Studio Session
Track: 18
Track: 20

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