MIXED EMOTIONS

Well it finally looks as though ABKCO is doing a few thigs right. THEY DID A FANTASTIC JOB ON THE REMASTERED CD collection. THEY SEEM TO BE CONTINUING THIS RENEWED INTEREST IN presenting the greatest Rock N Roll band in an appropriate light. The packaging of both newly released box sets is superb. Using the original picture sleeves to house each CD single was a fantastic idea. I was also impressed with the quality, unlike previous attempts,this time it was done right. The band sounds and looks great and the CD booklets are also an added treat. However, ABKCO does not know the history of the band very well. They continue to press the wrong versions of songs on their records and CD'S. This trend has been continuing for more than 25 years! It's really amazing that they can never get it straight. To this day they have still failed to issue the TRUE STEREO versions of hits like SATISFACTION and GET OFF MY CLOUD. They claim thay they have,but it's a farse. The only place you can get the TRUE STEREO versions is on import albums and cd's released overseas in the 70's and 80's. In addition, this box set should be entirely in MONO. All singles during the 60's were released in MONO or SIMULATE STEREO which is also a farse! They might also try releasing some outakes of some of the BIG HITS, or maybe some vintage video during the 60's. They are still the only major band from the 60's that does not have some sort of outakes CD or DVD! The bottom line is we love the packaging,but we have these songs 100 times over..LET'S HEAR OR SEE SOMETHING WE'VE NEVER HEARD OR SEEN BEFORE! WHY MUST WE OBTAIN FAN CLUB CDS AND DVD'S TO HEAR AND SEE SOMETHING NEW! WEll as the song says WHAT A SHAME!

OVERKILL-For the diehard only

I've got to listen to 12 cds to get through thirty-three stones songs? Most of them clock in under three minutes! Yeah, great jacket covers and all, but I'm really concerned with the music. I'm surprised they don't include latex gloves so I'll never have to soil the cd jackets with the oils from my fingers! Careful! Okay, I've had my fun, but really, this one is truly for collectors only. I'm a huge fan, not a collector. If you want all the early singles the Stones ever released in one set, get the SINGLES COLLECTION: THE LONDON YEARS instead. It contains all the singles from 1963-1971, plus a few rare gems. The one interesting thing about SINGLES '63-'65 is the inclusion of the three brit EPs. While the actual EPs were never released here, all the songs from the two studio EPs, THE ROLLING STONES and FIVE BY FIVE are available on various U.S. releases (12x5, MORE HOT ROCKS and DECEMBER'S CHILDREN). The third EP, GOT LIVE IF YOU WANT IT (a shameful effort to "catch the boys live"), is no better than the full-length american counterpart. Both are painful to listen to. If you have the early Stones U.S. releases, you'll already have these songs in studio format.

SINGLES 1963-1965 is a neat gimmick with all the original covers, but I'm gonna pass on it.

rock dinasour is wrong.

This box set is amazing. It just rocks and the packaging is cool as hell. the tracks sound great. good re-mastering job. I have a CD changer and just load them all in, and open up a beer. good times.