The Rolling Stones "Hot Rocks 1964-1971" LONDON 820 140-1 2XLPs g/fold 1990
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The Rolling Stones ? "Hot Rocks - The Greatest Hits 1964-1971" London Records ?– 820 140-1 2 × Vinyl, LP, Compilation, released in 1990.
Both vinyls appear to have been lightly played and are in great shape. The gate-fold sleeve shows minimal signs of wear and is also in great shape. The spine is completely legible. Both albums are housed in their original black inner sleeves. Matrix/Run Out Side 1 ; 8201411A-2U-1-1 Matrix/Run Out Side 2 ; 8201411B-2U-1-1 Matrix/Run Out Side 3 ; 8201421A-2U-1-1 Matrix/Run Out Side 4 ; 8201421B-2U-1-1
"Hot Rocks 1964–1971" is the first compilation album of Rolling Stones music released by former manager Allen Klein's ABKCO Records (who gained control of the band's Decca/London material in 1970) after the band's departure from Decca and Klein. Released in late 1971, it proved to be The Rolling Stones' biggest-selling release of their career and an enduring and popular retrospective.
After reportedly having been duped by Klein to unknowingly sign over the recording copyrights to all of their material from 1963 to 1970, The Rolling Stones left Decca and formed their own label, Rolling Stones Records, with a new distributor. They recorded "Sticky Fingers" throughout 1970, releasing it the following spring. Although Klein—and now ABKCO—no longer had The Rolling Stones as clients, their fruitful catalogue was ripe for the picking and, thus, "Hot Rocks 1964–1971" was quickly compiled as a double album greatest hits package.
While the album carries most of the band's biggest hits during their first decade, it does drop a few of them to include standout tracks such as "Play With Fire", "Under My Thumb" and "Gimme Shelter" giving listeners a more well-rounded impression of The Rolling Stones' music in this era. Although "Brown Sugar" and "Wild Horses" are a part of "Sticky Fingers", those two songs are co-owned by the band and Allen Klein because The Rolling Stones recorded the songs while they were still under contract to Decca.
"Hot Rocks 1964–1971" was released without input by The Rolling Stones (as was "More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies)"). The album has spent 262 weeks on the US Billboard 200 chart and peaked at #4. After selling in excess of twelve million copies, it was certified twelve times platinum. It has ended up as their best-selling album. The UK release was delayed for many years, coming out on 21 May 1990, to coincide with the Urban Jungle Tour, reaching No. 3.
Robert Christgau rated the album a B-, writing "If you don't like the Stones, this might serve as a sampler... Look, here's how it works. Except for "Satanic Majesties", which isn't represented here, all of their '60s studio albums are musts."
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