Описание
The Rolling Stones- FLOWERS- SACD- 1967/2002- ABKCO Records- 042288229926- 700 grn
The Restoration Of Original Recordings Used Direct Stream Digital (DSD) Remastering.
US Version.
FLOWERS is the second compilation album by The Rolling Stones, released in June 26, 1967. The group recorded the songs at various studios dating back to 1965. Three of the songs had never been released: "My Girl", "Ride On, Baby" and "Sittin' On A Fence", the first of which was recorded in May 1965 during the sessions for "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction", and the other two of which were recorded in December 1965 during the first lot of Aftermath sessions. The rest of the album tracks either appeared as singles or had been omitted from the American versions of Aftermath and Between The Buttons. The title refers to the album's cover, with flower stems underneath the portrait of each of the band members. Bassist Bill Wyman claims that Mick Jagger and Keith Richards deliberately arranged the stem of Brian Jones's flower so that it had no leaves, as a prank. The portraits are from the British version of Aftermath. FLOWERS is an odd compilation. When it was released in 1967, it wasn't even marketed that way and was somewhat disguised as a new Rolling Stones LP for the Summer Of Love. And in a way it was, since only three of its 12 songs were on U.S. albums at the time. Made up of stray singles, U.K.-only album tracks and previously unreleased cuts, FLOWERS comes together more consistently than other "real" LPs of the era, The Stones' ''Their Satanic Majesties Request'' included. FLOWERS reached number three in the US during the late summer of 1967 and was certified gold. In August 2002 it was remastered and reissued on SACD digipak by ABKCO Records.
PERSONNEL: Mick Jagger – lead vocals, backing vocals, percussion; Keith Richards – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals, double bass, bass guitar; Brian Jones – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboards, bass guitar, koto, dulcimer, recorder; Bill Wyman – bass guitar, backing vocals, organ, percussion, double bass; Charlie Watts – drums, percussion.
FLOWERS was dismissed as a rip-off of sorts by some critics, since it took the patchwork bastardization of British releases for the American audience to extremes, gathering stray tracks from the U.K. versions of Aftermath and Between The Buttons, 1966-1967 singles, and a few outtakes. Judged solely by the music, though, it's rather great. "Lady Jane", "Ruby Tuesday" and "Let's Spend The Night Together" are all classics. The 1966 single "Mother's Little Helper," a Top Ten hit, is also terrific and "Have You Seen Your Mother Baby, Standing In The Shadow?" making its first album appearance, is the early Stones at their most surrealistic and angst-ridden. A lot of the rest of the cuts rate among their most outstanding 1966-1967 work. "Out Of Time" is hit-worthy in its own right, "Backstreet Girl," with its European waltz flavor, is one of the great underrated Stones songs. The same goes for the psychedelic Bo Diddley of "Please Go Home," and the acoustic, pensively sardonic "Sittin' On A Fence," with its strong Appalachian flavor. Almost every track is strong, so if you're serious about your Stones, don't pass this by just because a bunch of people slag it as an exploitative marketing trick (which it is). There's some outstanding material you can't get anywhere else, and the album as a whole plays very well from end to end.
Issued In A Tri Fold Digipak With Transparent Digipak-Disc-Mounts On The Inside Cover.
On CD: Made In EU; On Back Cover: Printed In EU.
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