Hot Rocks

The special edition Japanese package features the high-fidelity SHM-CD format. SHM-CD (Super High Material CD) is fully compatible with all CD players. Utilizing a polycarbonate material developed for LCD screens, the enhanced transparency of the SHM-CD yields greater clarity, depth, and definition of sound, bringing a superior quality listening experience to the consumer. This Iconic Rock collection is a must-have release by 'world's greatest rock and roll band'...!! Originally released in 1971, this indispensable 21-track collection features five UK number one singles - "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction," "Jumpin' Jack Flash," "Get Off Of My Cloud," "Honky Tonk Women," and "Paint It, Black." Hot Rocks offers a thrilling overview of seven tumultuous, trailblazing and innovative years of Stones' hits and also their developing musical styles and their public image. Alongside the singles are key album tracks and B-sides that would become Fan Favourites to this day "Play With Fire," "Under My Thumb," "Street Fighting Man," "Gimme Shelter," and more.

This two-LP set is both a lot more and a bit less than what it seems. It is seven years' worth of mostly very high-charting -- and all influential and important -- songs, leaving out some singles in favor of well-known album tracks, and in the process, giving an overview not just of the Rolling Stones' hits but of their evolving image. One hears them change from loud R&B-inspired rockers covering others' songs ("Time Is on My Side") into originators in their own right ("Satisfaction"); then into tastemakers and style-setters with a particularly decadent air ("Get Off of My Cloud," "19th Nervous Breakdown"), and finally into self-actualized rebel-poets ("Jumpin' Jack Flash," "Midnight Rambler") and Shaman-like symbols of chaos. On its initial release, Hot Rocks sold well, not only as a unique compilation but also as a panorama of the '60s. The only flaw was that it didn't give a good look at the Stones' full musical history, ignoring their early blues and psychedelic eras. There are also some anomalies in Hot Rocks' history for the collector -- the very first pressings included an outtake of "Brown Sugar" featuring Eric Clapton that was promptly replaced. This is an exciting assembly of material. ~ Bruce Eder

コレ持ってれば60’ｓストーンズ知った気になれる！！72年発売の超強力ベスト盤。 大体においてストｰンズはアルバム未収録のシングルが多くて、編集盤でしか聴けない曲がいっぱいなんですが今作は2枚組だけあって、そのら辺のトコロをしっかり収録しまくってます。代表曲が目一杯聴きたいというアナタにこそオススメ！！ (C)DaKaRa