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 Greatest Greatest Hits album ever! September 10, 2004
7 out of 14 found this review helpful
While this is as my title says, there could be a few improvements. This compilation neglected the Stone's psychedelic stage, and various other stages, so some minor improvements could be made. This is how it should be.
The Very Best Of The Rolling Stones (1964-1971):
Disc 1: (around 40-45 minutes)
1. Not Fade Away
2. It's All Over Now
3. Time Is On My Side (guitar opening)
4. Heart Of Stone
5. The Last Time
6. Play With Fire
7. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
8. As Tears Go By
9. Get Off My Cloud
10. Mother's Little Helper
11. 19th Nervous Breakdown
12. Paint It Black
13. Under My Thumb
14. Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In The Shadow?
15. Ruby Tuesday
16. Let's Spend The Night Together
Disc: 2 (45-50 minutes)
1. She's A Rainbow
2. Jumping Jack Flash
3. Street Fighting Man
4. Sympathy For The Devil
5. Honky Tonk Women
6. Gimme Shelter
7. Midnight Rambler (Live)
8. You Can't Always Get What You Want
9. Brown Sugar
10. Wild Horses
So, the result is a set between 85 and 95 minutes, which should fit comfortably on two discs. The liner notes should include pictures of the group, a history of this time period, and maybe even the album covers. They should use the recent abkco remasters; they are wonderful, and they should put it on two hybrid SACDs, with a case either like the remasters (paper), or a standard jewel case (that holds two cds, like 40 licks). You may notice disc two is pretty much unchanged, except "She's A Rainbow." Well, the second half of Hot Rocks had almost every song you could think of from that time period; there really no notable omissions: there were fan-favorite album tracks, but if you included all of those (Like 'Monkey Man'), it wouldn't go with the flow, it would make the album much longer, and there are too many to put here. Certain albums are important for understanding to this group (Let It Bleed, notably), that have many great, non-greatest hits oriented tracks. This could still be called Hot Rocks (More Hot Rocks got several bonus tracks). The problem is that people have to choose between Hot rocks and 40 Licks, and while Hot Rocks is so much better, it is still missing some songs found on 40 Licks (Not Fade Away, The Last Time), so Hot Rocks is not enough just for the first seven years of the Stone's career. But Forty Licks is much worse as the compilation for their whole career. (By the way, there should be a 2-CD set just covering 1972-2002 Stones without any of those edits!) Vote a helpful feedback if you would like to see this compilation.
 For the Casual Stones Fan it's Great. May 22, 2005
Constant Quirky Conversation (You Can Call Me Connie)
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
I am not a die-hard Stones fan, but I believe that their place in rock history is valid and they represent one of many facets of a very diversified musical genre. There are so many styles out there: art rock, goth rock, acid rock, etc., but the Stones represent an aspect that everyone needs to acknowledge now and then, and that would be good time, down-to-earth raunchy blues rock. That's not to say they didn't do some great ballads, but what would you rather play at a party; "As Tears Go By" or "Honky Tonk Women?"
The band had so many great hits, especially during the 64-71 era, and this represents all the best of them. Beside that, I maintain an eternal weakness for the great classic "You Can't Always Get What You Want." You can play that anywhere and blow any young kid who thinks they're cool out of the water because it's that full of attitude after all these years. The best thing about it is that it's not even aggressive compared to songs like "Brown Sugar." Now that's coolness defined. Get Hot Rocks for all the great songs you know and the album rock stations some of us were lucky enough to grow up with. Also, you may want to get Forty Licks or Some Girls for great later classics like "Beast of Burden" and "Waiting on a Friend." A little Stones go a long way for some of us, but they're still around, and they're still cool, so have fun!
Classic Stones Overview September 4, 2002
Kenneth Rankin (Norcross, GA United States)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Like that other 60s Titan, The Beatles, the Stones are hard to nail down with a greatest hits set. But Hot Rocks hits all the highlights, at least for their 1960s work. It is an excellent introduction to the group, I first bought it on vinyl in 1984 at the age of 18 and was hooked on the group from that point forward, as well as a historical overview of just how much they grew musically over a relatively short period of time. The sound is a vast improvement over what came before on CD. In particular Mother's Little Helper and 19th Nervous Breakdown which sounded on previous releases like they were copies of copies. You can hear the sound of the tape stretching on one point during 19th Breakdown. That is all fixed here. This is essential.
Blows Away The 1986 CD Version September 9, 2002
Amazon.com Customer (Huntsville, Alabama United States)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
"Hot Rocks 1964-1971" is one of the best Rolling Stones compilations ever released in the United States, but it is not quite as representative as the vinyl release "Rolled Gold" on Decca. Even though the STEREO masters for Satisfaction, Get Off of my Cloud and Mother's Little Helper were not used, they sound punchier. There is something about the wide stereo mixes that I miss, but this is probably the way the Stones wanted us to hear them. All of the songs do have more presence and clarity, especially the late 60's tracks. Jumpin' Jack Flash is a stereo mix that I have never heard before on any release.
Great SACD transfer of some of the best Stones tunes ever October 3, 2003
L. Hower (Providence, RI (USA))
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
A number of other reviewers have done a great job addressing the songs collected in this recording, I just wanted to briefly describe the quality of the SACD layer of this hybrid 2-disc set... it's excellent. I did some back to back listening of the CD (Redbook) layer and SACD layers for comparison. On "Sympathy for the Devil" you can hear Mick's more subtle grunts & screams with startling clarity behind the percussion intro. Detail and dynamic range is similarly impressive throughout both discs.The remastering definitely produced a very good CD layer (particularly the stereo imaging), but the SACD truly shines. A must have for any Stones fan with SACD equipment!
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