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THE ROLLING STONES

 BILL WYMAN, MICK JAGGER, MICK TAYLOR, CHARLIE WATTS, KEITH RICHARD

plus NICKY HOPKINS, IAN STEWART, JIM PRICE, BOBBY KEYS, BILLY PRESTON

JIMMY MILLER, CLYDIE KIND, VENETTA FIELDS, etc.

creators of the sound and style imitated by countless group

<reissue, originally published in 1972>

2LP     ROLLING STONES RECORDS    STEREO   COC 2-2900

PRINTED IN U.S.A..      1977 REPRESSING      SP MATRIX

GATEFOLD COVER (not UNIPAK STYLE) + INNER SLEEVES

This version: This 1977 reissue, still using original Artisan masters, but in gatefold sleeve (not Unipak style). 

Label distinguished by 75 Rockefeller address, W logo, SP matrix. Artisan logo in deadwax, 

E A S T embossed around spindle hole (sometimes hard to make out all of these letters).

This version never with cards.

Barcode: none

LABEL: ROLLING STONES - YELLOW LABEL w/LOGO at LEFT - BLACK TEXT

Catalog on cover: (spine only): COC 2-2900  

Catalog on labels:

DISC ONE Side A: COC 2-2900 (ST-RS-722507 SP)

Side B: COC 2-2900 (ST-RS-722508 SP)

DISC TWO Side C: COC 2-2900 (ST-RS-722509 SP)

Side D: COC 2-2900 (ST-RS-722510 SP) 

Matrix / Runout (A Side, Etched): ST-RS-722507-A  ROLLING STONES RECORDS    0-l SM l-l   PR (SP)

Matrix / Runout (B Side, Etched): ST-RS-722508-A  ROLLING STONES RECORDS    0-l SM l-l   PR (SP)  AT

Matrix / Runout (C Side, Etched): ROLLING STONES RECORDS  ST-RS-722509 C  0-l SM l-l   (PR) SP

Matrix / Runout (D Side, Etched): ROLLING STONES RECORDS   ST-RS-722510 C  0-l SM l-l  PR (SP)

Other / Runout (on sides B, C, D, Stamped): Artisan Sound Recorders (logo)

On labels: 

rim text reads: "Rolling Stones Records TM Musidor B.V. Dist. by Atlantic....Rockefeller Plaza......? A Warner Communications Company"

?1972   Musidor N.V.

Produced by Jimmy Miller

On inner sleeves: Shorepak - U.S. Patent No. 3,301,467

On back cover: Rolling Stones Records TM Musidor N.V.

Distributed by Atlantic Recording Corporation, 1841 Broadway, New York, New York 10023

?1972 Musidor N.V.   Printed in U.S.A.

tracklisting

Side A: ROCKS OFF - RIP THIS JOINT

HIP SHAKE - CASINO BOOGIE - TUMBLING DICE

Side B: SWEET VIRGINIA - TORN & FRAYED

BLACK ANGEL - LOVING CUP

Side C: HAPPY - TURD ON THE RUN - VENTILATOR BLUES

JUST WANNA SEE HIS FACE - LET IT LOOSE

Side D: ALL DOWN THE LINE - STOP BREAKING DOWN

SHINE A LIGHT - SOUL SURVIVOR

grading

RECORDS EX but (please, read above description)

SLEEVE NEAR EX but (please, see pictures and read above description)

Greeted with decidedly mixed reviews upon its original release, Exile on Main St. has become 

generally regarded as the Rolling Stones' finest album. Part of the reason why the record was 

initially greeted with hesitant reviews is that it takes a while to assimilate. A sprawling, weary 

double album encompassing rock & roll, blues, soul, and country, Exile doesn't try anything new 

on the surface, but the substance is new. Taking the bleakness that underpinned Let It Bleed and 

Sticky Fingers to an extreme, Exile is a weary record, and not just lyrically. Jagger's vocals are buried 

in the mix, and the music is a series of dark, dense jams, with Keith Richards and Mick Taylor 

spinning off incredible riffs and solos. And the songs continue the breakthroughs of their three 

previous albums. No longer does their country sound forced or kitschy -- it's lived-in and complex, 

just like the group's forays into soul and gospel. While the songs, including the masterpieces 

"Rocks Off," "Tumbling Dice," "Torn and Frayed," "Happy," "Let It Loose," and "Shine a Light," are all terrific, 

they blend together, with only certain lyrics and guitar lines emerging from the murk. It's the kind 

of record that's gripping on the very first listen, but each subsequent listen reveals something new. 

Few other albums, let alone double albums, have been so rich and masterful as Exile on Main St., 

and it stands not only as one of the Stones' best records, 

but sets a remarkably high standard for all of hard rock...(AllMusic)