Rarities 1971–2003

Rarities 1971–2003
Compilation album by The Rolling Stones
Released 21 November 2005
Recorded 1971–2003
Genre Rock
Length 79:30
Language English
Label Virgin
Producer The Glimmer Twins, Chris Kimsey, Jimmy Miller, and Don Was
The Rolling Stones compilations chronology
Singles 1968–1971
(2005)		 Rarities 1971–2003
(2005)		 Rolled Gold+: The Very Best of the Rolling Stones
(2007)

Rarities 1971–2003 is a compilation album by The Rolling Stones that was released in 2005 worldwide by Virgin Records - as well as by the coffee-chain Starbucks in North America - and features a selection of rare and obscure material recorded between 1971 and 2003. The album peaked at #76 on the Billboard chart (Billboard Dec 10, 2005, p. 52).

Several B-sides were included, such as "Fancy Man Blues", "Anyway You Look at It", "Wish I'd Never Met You", "Through the Lonely Nights", and the band's live rendition of "Let It Rock" from 1971.

In the liner notes, lead singer Mick Jagger acknowledges the band's discretion at re-releasing what they consider to be lesser songs, hence, a partial explanation for some of the songs in absence on Rarities 1971–2003.

Although the cover image is from 1978 (from the music video for "Respectable") it only shows the current four members of the band and does not feature bassist Bill Wyman, who was removed from the picture; the original color image can be seen in the booklet from Forty Licks, showing him standing in the back behind Jagger and Richards.

Contents

Track listing

All songs by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, except where noted.

  1. "Fancy Man Blues" – 4:48
  2. "Tumbling Dice" (Live) – 4:02
    • Live track originally intended to be included on Stripped in 1995; recorded live at the "Olympia theater", Paris, 1995
  3. "Wild Horses" (Live Stripped Version) – 5:10
    • Originally appeared on Stripped
  4. "Beast of Burden" (Live) – 5:04
    • Live version that originally appeared as the B-side to "Going to a Go-Go" in 1982; recorded live at the "Rosemont Horizon", Chicago, 25 November 1981
  5. "Anyway You Look at It" – 4:20
  6. "If I Was a Dancer (Dance Pt. 2)" (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards/Ronnie Wood) – 5:50
  7. "Miss You" (Dance Version) – 7:32
    • "Special Disco Version" from 1978 originally ran 8:36; this version has been edited.
  8. "Wish I'd Never Met You" – 4:39
    • B-side to "Terrifying" in 1990
  9. "I Just Wanna Make Love to You" (Live) (Willie Dixon) – 3:55
    • Originally appeared as one of the tracks of the B-side of the Maxi-Single "Highwire" in 1991, recorded live at the Wembley Stadium on 6 July 1990
  10. "Mixed Emotions" (12" Version) – 6:12
  11. "Through the Lonely Nights" – 4:12
  12. "Live with Me" (Live) – 3:47
  13. "Let It Rock" (Live) (Chuck Berry) – 2:46
    • Originally released as an additional track on the B-side of "Brown Sugar" from 1971 in the UK only, recorded live at the University of Leeds, 13 March 1971
  14. "Harlem Shuffle" (NY Mix) (Bob Relf, Ernest Nelson) – 5:48
    • Extended Remix. This version has been edited; the original 12" release ran 6:35.
  15. "Mannish Boy" (Live) (McKinley Morganfield/Ellas McDaniel/Mel London) – 4:28
  16. "Thru and Thru" (Live) – 6:39
    • Recorded live January 2003 at a Madison Square Garden performance featured on the DVD set Four Flicks

Personnel

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Reviews

Chart positions

Album
Year Chart Position
2005 The Billboard 200 76
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