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  ARHSDLP001Long Player  £38.00
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  Double Vinyl

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Universal

Rolling Stones

Exile on Main Street Half Speed Mastering

Abbey Road Half Speed Remasters. A slew of classic albums are reissued on 180 Gram vinyl, with replica first-pressing packaging and stunning half-speed remastering, undertaken at the legendary Abbey Road Studios in London. Further care has been taken to create packaging that adheres to the same high standards, from giving each album its own individual obi strip, down to creating detailed artwork reproduction. 'Exile On Main St' comes with 12 original postcard inserts taken by Norman Seef, art director for the original 1972 pressing of the album. Still inspired by their 'Sticky Fingers' recording sessions in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, 'Exile on Main Street' found the Rolling Stones sounding more like a southern fried juke-joint band than ever before. That 'Exile on Main Street' was recorded in a basement is no surprise, either - much of it sounds as if it was recorded live at a gospel revival, with a final mix that gives nohierarchy to specific instruments. The result is a swampy, most exhilarating chunk of rock and roll euphoria. 'Exile on Main Street' sharpens the country, blues, and gospel tendencies the Stones began exploring in the late '60s on albums like 'Beggar's Banquet'. Here, armed with an assortment of backing musicians and vocalists, the band virtually inhabits the spirit of each style, distilling the whole to a ragged, soulful perfection.from the escalating, horn-driven vamps of 'Rocks Off' through the back porch singalong 'Sweet Virginia' to the mean blues stomp of 'Ventilator Blues' and the church-like strains of 'Shine a Light', 'Exile on Main Street's double-album length plays like a weary, boozed-up sermon on the very meaning of rock music. This is the closest the band ever came to religion, and it still has the power to convert.