Live in the Shadow, See Through the Shadow

This is a must hear for even a casual Stones fan, and for all the bootlegs I have from this band, it's probably the most essential. The background to this set comes from the accompanying nfo file: Necrophilia- How this title was even granted a catalog number - AB4224 - is a mystery. However the never-released album from 1971-1972, the planned follow-up to Hot Rocks was pressed on a few acetates, some of which were sold, and....surfaced on bootleg CD after a while. Much like the legendary unreleased 1966 Stones LP Could You Walk On Water?, this set was to have featured 15 previously-unreleased tracks including alternate takes or different mixes of "Have You Seen Your Mother Baby" "Heart of Stone", "Out of Time" and "Pay Your Dues" - the original version of "Street Fighting Man". Apparently Andrew Loog Oldham and Allen Klein had a major disagreement on the track selection - more specifically on the extremely vulgar "Andrew's Blues". It would have been unprecedented at the time for such a song to be released to the public, but not as far-fetched an idea by the 1980's if you consider that "Lonesome Schoolboy Blues" [aka: Cocksucker Blues] was included for a limited time in an official 1984 German albums boxed set. This title would be replaced by the friendlier More Hot Rocks but fans fear not, as nine of these selections later appeared in the 1975 LP Metamorphosis. Not surprisingly, "Andrew's Blues" has since become a popular bootleg track. As on that latter bootleg, several of the songs features Jagger, Richards and studio musicians, and not the other Stones members. Quality is perfect and artwork is included. I personally loved "Have You Seen Your Mother" which I understand hasn't been played live by the band since 1966 (?!) yet I recall from a 90s doc on the Stones that it's one of Mick's favourite Stones songs. Download this immediately particularly if you haven't heard Metamorphosis.

01 Out OF Time

02 Don't Lie To Me

03 Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In The Shadow

04 Think

05 Hear It

06 Something Just Stuck In Your Mind

07 Aftermath

08 I'd Rather Be With THe Boys

09 Andrew's Blues

10 Pay Your Dues

11 Let the Good Times Roll

12 Heart of Stone

13 Each & Every Day of the Year

14 (Walkin' THru The) Sleepy City

15 Try a Little Harder

16 Blue Turns to Grey

17 We're Wasting Time