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Following the vinyl reissues earlier this year of 2016’s The Rolling Stones in Mono box set and various classic albums (the U.S. editions of 1966’s Aftermath and 1967’s Between the Buttons, the U.S. and U.K. iterations of the 1966 compilation Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass), 1967’s Flowers, and 1975’s Metamorphosis), ABKCO is returning to the Stones’ catalogue for a series which will encompass another 15 vinyl reissues.  For the rest of 2023 and into 2024, the label will revisit U.S. and U.K. versions of the Stones’ 1963-1970 discography on black 180-gram vinyl.  A number of these titles have been unavailable on standalone vinyl for almost four decades.  These might well prove complementary to the highly-anticipated October 20 release of Hackney Diamonds, the band’s first album of original material since 2005 and first album since 2016.  It also marks the Stones’ first-ever album without Charlie Watts, though the late drummer is represented via recordings made before his death.  Hackney Diamonds will be available in a plethora of formats, from standard CD and LP to vinyl variants for every Major League Baseball team (!), but ABKCO’s vinyl titles are a bit more straightforward to collect.

Last month, ABKCO turned the clock back to 1965’s Out of Our Heads with reissues of both the U.S. and U.K. versions of the album.  The Stones’ first U.S. chart-topping LP, it boasted the No. 1 smash “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” alongside covers of Solomon Burke (“Cry to Me”), Don Covay (“Mercy, Mercy”), Marvin Gaye (“Hitch Hike”), and Sam Cooke (“Good Times”).  The U.S. has “The Last Time,” while “I’m Free” and “The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man” are unique to the U.K. version.  Earlier in October, the Stones’ self-titled U.S. debut (subtitled England’s Newest Hit Makers) joined the collection.

On October 20 – the same date as Hackney Diamonds is unveiled – more hits are rounded up on the U.K.’s Through The Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2) (1969), with the U.S. version of the LP already in stores now.  The U.K. track listing contains “You Better Move On,” “Sittin’ on a Fence,” and “We Love You,” while the shorter U.S. sequence offers the chart-topping “Paint It, Black” and top ten hit “Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In The Shadow?”  Both of these seminal compilations remain powerful distillations of the early Stones sound.

December 1 will next see the reissue of The Rolling Stones No. 2 (1965), as well as December’s Children (and Everybody’s) (1965), a U.S. album which collected some of the material from the U.K. Out Of Our Heads plus the rocker “Get Off Of My Cloud” and ballad “As Tears Go By.” Got Live If You Want It! (1966) returns on the same date.  The U.S. release was culled from three concerts recorded earlier in the year in England as well as studio recordings of “Fortune Teller” and “I’ve Been Loving You Too Long.”  Early 2024 promises a reissue of the group’s 1964 U.K. debut The Rolling Stones and the following year’s The Rolling Stones, Now! containing the band’s cover of “Little Red Rooster” and another Jagger/Richards ballad gem, “Heart of Stone.”

Look for all of these titles as the year continues to unfold.  You’ll find track listings and pre-order links (where available) below.  Hackney Diamonds will be available in a variety of editions on CD and vinyl around the world; select links are provided below.

Hackney Diamonds (Polydor, 2023)

Standard CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
Standard Black Vinyl LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
Amazon-Exclusive Green Vinyl LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
Various Vinyl Exclusives (Including MLB): The Rolling Stones Shop
CD/Blu-ray Box (contains Atmos and hi-res stereo mixes on Blu-ray): The Rolling Stones Shop
B&N Exclusive Variant CD: Barnes & Noble
Target-Exclusive Purple Vinyl: Target.com

1. Angry
2. Get Close
3. Depending on You
4. Bite My Head Off
5. Whole Wide World
6. Dreamy Skies
7. Mess It Up
8. Live by the Sword
9. Driving Me Too Hard
10. Tell Me Straight
11. Sweet Sounds of Heaven
12. Rolling Stone Blues

Available Now:

Out Of Our Heads (U.S. Version) (Exclusive Teal Vinyl – Amazon U.S.) (Standard – Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.  / Amazon Canada)

Side A

1. Mercy Mercy
2. Hitch Hike
3. The Last Time
4. That’s How Strong My Love Is
5. Good Times
6. I’m Alright (Live)

Side B

1. (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
2. Cry To Me
3. The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man
4. Play With Fire
5. The Spider And The Fly
6. One More Try

Out Of Our Heads (U.K. Version) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Side A

1. She Said Yeah
2. Mercy Mercy
3. Hitch Hike
4. That’s How Strong My Love Is
5. Good Times
6. Gotta Get Away

Side B

1. Talkin’ ‘Bout You
2. Cry To Me
3. Oh, Baby (We Got A Good Thing Goin’)
4. Heart Of Stone
5. The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man
6. I’m Free

Through The Past Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2) (U.S. version) (Links TBD)

Side A

1. Paint It, Black
2. Ruby Tuesday
3. She’s a Rainbow
4. Jumpin’ Jack Flash
5. Mother’s Little Helper
6. Let’s Spend the Night Together

Side B

1. Honky Tonk Women
2. Dandelion
3. 2000 Light Years from Home
4. Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?
5. Street Fighting Man

England’s Newest Hit Makers (Exclusive Teal Vinyl) (Amazon U.S.)

Side A

1. Not Fade Away
2. Route 66
3. I Just Want To Make Love To You
4. Honest I Do
5. Now I’ve Got A Witness
6. Little By Little

Side B

1. I’m A King Bee
2. Carol
3. Tell Me
4. Can I Get A Witness
5. You Can Make It If You Try
6. Walking The Dog

October 20:

Through The Past Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2) (U.K. version) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Side A

1. Jumpin’ Jack Flash
2. Mother’s Little Helper
3. 2,000 Light Years From Home
4. Let’s Spend The Night Together
5. You Better Move On
6. We Love You

Side B

1. Street Fighting Man
2. She’s A Rainbow
3. Ruby Tuesday
4. Dandelion
5. Sittin’ On The Fence
6. Honky Tonk Women

December 1:

The Rolling Stones No. 2 (Links TBD)

Side A

1. Everybody Needs Somebody To Love (Version 2)
2. Down Home Girl
3. You Can’t Catch Me
4. Time Is On My Side (Version 2)
5. What A Shame
6. Grown Up Wrong

Side B

1. Down The Road Apiece
2. Under The Boardwalk
3. I Can’t Be Satisfied
4. Pain In My Heart
5. Off The Hook
6. Suzie-Q

December’s Children (And Everybody’s) (Links TBD)

Side A

1. She Said Yeah
2. Talkin’ ‘Bout You
3. You Better Move On
4. Look What You’ve Done
5. The Singer Not the Song
6. Route 66 (Live)

Side B

1. Get Off Of My Cloud
2. I’m Free
3. As Tears Go By
4. Gotta Get Away
5. Blue Turns To Grey
6. I’m Moving On (Live)

Got Live If You Want It! (Links TBD)

Side A

1. Under My Thumb
2. Get Off Of My Cloud
3. Lady Jane
4. Not Fade Away
5. I’ve Been Loving You Too Long
6. Fortune Teller

Side B

1. The Last Time
2. 19th Nervous Breakdown
3. Time Is On My Side
4. I’m Alright
5. Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In The Shadow?
6. (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction

Coming In 2024:

The Rolling Stones, Now! (Links TBD)

Side A

1. Everybody Needs Somebody To Love (Version 1)
2. Down Home Girl
3. You Can’t Catch Me
4. Heart Of Stone
5. What A Shame
6. Mona (I Need You Baby)

Side B

1. Down The Road Apiece
2. Off The Hook
3. Pain In My Heart
4. Oh, Baby (We Got A Good Thing Goin’)
5. Little Red Rooster
6. Surprise, Surprise

The Rolling Stones (U.K. Version) (Links TBD)

Side A

1. Route 66
2. I Just Want To Make Love To You
3. Honest I Do
4. Mona (I Need You Baby)
5. Now I’ve Got A Witness
6. Little By Little

Side B

1. I’m A King Bee
2. Carol
3. Tell Me
4. Can I Get A Witness
5. You Can Make It If You Try
6. Walking The Dog