A Bit Too Much of a Good Thing

"Hot Rocks Vol. 2" collects all of the Stones' best early tracks that didn't make it onto Vol. 1. While a number of these selections are near-essential ("Not Fade Away," "The Last Time," "I'm Free"), this collection is weighed down by tedious selections from the band's pseudo-psychedelic period, along with interesting but unessential early blues outtakes.

To get the great early tracks left off of Vol. 1, most listeners would be better served by "Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass)."

For those tired of FM radio cuts

If you want Brown Sugar, Satisfaction, Street Fighting Man, etc., then buy the first Hot Rocks or just listen to the radio. If you want some equally great older songs that you don't hear as often then this is a choice collection of eclectic, roots, blues, rock and roll songs every bit as memorable in its own way and as easy to sing along with as the first Hot Rocks.

The Stones Collectors Set

This is very much a Stones collectors album. Although it has few big hits, it completes the bulk of their well known early catalog for collectors. None of the songs on More Hot Rocks appear on the first Hot Rocks 1964-1971 album. In Addition, there are no songs on the first set of compilation albums [Big Hits (High Tide & Green Grass) and Through The Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2)] that are not included on the second set of compilation albums (Hot Rocks and More Hot Rocks).

This is the version of More Hot Rocks (Big Hits And Fazed Cookies) that was originally released in the U.S. on Dec 1, 1972 but was withheld from the UK until 1990 due to a lawsuit. The early Stones London Records catalog (which was their old American record company) issued both Hot Rocks and More Hot Rocks during 1972 while at the same time the British company (Decca) released a series of compilation albums in the UK (Gimme Shelter, Milestones, Rock `n' Rolling Stones, and No Stone Unturned). None of the UK albums were released on CD. The Stones former manager Allen Klein's company ABCKO acquired the Stones' catalog after Klein became their manager in 1965. The resulting legal battles produced releases that the Stones opposed (they took out full page adds asking fans not to buy them), including the controversial Metamorphosis releases (which are now available on CD for the 1st time ever). But the sad fact is that the Stones lost control of their great early material.

The album includes 6 songs that had not appeared on an American album before (Come On, Bye Bye Johnny, I Can't Be Satisfied, Long Long While, Money, What To Do, and Poision Ivy. In addition a remix of Child Of The Moon (the B side of Jumpin' Jack Flash) was released for the first time on any album.

This US version collects the well known songs from their singles, albums, and the songs not previously released in the US or only as single B sides from 1964-1967. The songs are not on the album in the order they were released in the U.S. Those that were only released as album cuts are noted. Those that had not previously been released are marked with #.
#6-7-63 Come On (UK single - their 1st release)
#1-10-64 Money (from the UK EP The Rolling Stones)
#1-10-64 Poison Ivy (from the UK EP The Rolling Stones)
#1-10-64 Bye Bye Johnny (from the UK EP The Rolling Stones)
3-6-64 Not Fade Away (also on Big Hits (High Tide & Green Grass)))
6-12-64 Tell Me (also on Big Hits (High Tide & Green Grass))
7-24-64 It's All Over Now (also on Big Hits (High Tide & Green Grass))
7-24-64 Good Times, Bad Times (B side of It's All Over Now) (also on Big Hits (High Tide & Green Grass))
#1-15-65 I Can't Be Satisfied (from the UK album Rolling Stones No. 2)
3-12-65 The Last Time (also on Big Hits (High Tide & Green Grass)
7-14-65 Sittin' On A Fence (from the album Flowers)
7-24-65 I'm Free (B side of Get Off Of My Cloud)
#5-13-66 Long Long While (from the UK B side of Paint It, Black)
7-1-66 Lady Jane (from the album Aftermath)
7-1-66 What To Do (from the album Aftermath)
9-23-66 Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In The Shadow? (also on Through The Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2))
12-9-66 Fortune Teller (from the album Got Live If You Want It! - with live overdub removed)
7-14-67 Out Of Time (from the album Flowers)
8-18-67 Dandelion (also on Through The Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2))
8-18-67 We Love You (single released as A side, B side was Dandelion)
12-22-67 She's A Rainbow (also on Through The Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2))
12-22-67 2000 Light Years From Home (B side of She's A Rainbow) (also on Through The Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2))
5-24-68 Child Of The Moon (B side of Jumpin' Jack Flash)
8-30-68 No Expectations (B side of Street Fighting Man)
12-5-69 Let It Bleed (from the album Let It Bleed)