ROLLING STONES - CD
THE COMPLETE FOXES IN THE BOXES

LABEL:
Mayflower 262-3
SOURCE:
Disc One, Tracks 1,2: Compact Point, Nassau 22 Jan.-12 Feb.79; Track 3-8: Pathe Marconi St. Boulange Billancourt 21 Jun.-19 Oct.79; Track 9: Pathe Marconi St. Boulange Billancourt 11 Oct.-mid Dec. 80, Tracks 10-12: Long View Farm, North Brookfield 25-28 May 81, Tracks 13-18: Pathe Marconi St. Boulange Billancourt 1-19 Dec.82. Disc Two, Track 1: Pathe Marconi St. Boulange Billancourt mid Nov.-27 Nov.82, Track 2: Pathe Marconi St. Boulange Billancourt 1-19 Dec.82, Track 3: Pathe Marconi St. Boulange Billancourt 30 Jan.-12 Mar.83, Track 4: The Hit Factory, New York 20 Jan. 83, Track 5: Pathe Marconi St. Boulange Billancourt 22 Jan.-22 Feb.85, Tracks 6-13: Pathe Marconi St. Boulange Billancourt 5 Apr.-17 June 85.
FORMAT:
2 picture cds
RUNNING TIME:
77.57/74.35
SOUND/SOURCE:
Soundboard Stereo, except for Disc One, Tracks 10-12, Dsc Two, Track 1: Soundboard mono
PACKAGING:
Double Slimline Jewel case
 


***image2***


SOUND 10 / PACKAGING 8.5 / PERFORMANCE 10

 
TRACK LIST:

Disc One: 1. Let’s Go Steady Again, 2. I Think I’m Going Mad, 3. Indian Girl, 4. Emotional Rescue, 5. No Use In Crying, 6. Where The Boys Go, 7. Summer Romance, 8. We Had It All, 9. Neighbours, 10. All I Have To Do Is Dream #1 , 11. All I Have To Do Is Dream #2, 12. Piano Instrumental, 13. I Tried To Talk Her Into It, 14. Keep It Cool #1, 15. Keep It Cool #2, 16. Can’t Find Love #1, 17. Can’t Find Love #2, 18. Eliza Upchink.

Disc Two: 1. High School Girl, 2. Stop That, 3. Undercover Of The Night, 4. She Was Hot, 5. Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever, 6. I Can’t See No One Else, 7. Talk Is Cheap, 8. What Am I Gonna Do With Your Love, 9. Stick It Where It Hurts, 10. Can’t Cut The Mustard #1, 11. Can’t Cut The Mustard #2, 12. Can’t Cut The Mustard #3, 14. Victor Hugo.

 
REVIEW:

This is great collection of outtakes recorded on a particular period of the Stones mid-life development, a crucial crossroad the band had been able to bypass (do not forget that in a few months they will lose Ian Stewart) in order to keep on staying the Greatest Rock Band in the World; however it is pretty unrealistic to think these songs were given to a major label executive to determine their creativity for a new contract sign up, as explained by the JEMS Archive guys, most likely these are sessions recorded and transferred by some sound engineer for a different purpose which ended up in the same box, for our pleasure of course. This series of outtakes is titled Foxes In The Boxes in homage to its source: boxes of in-house cassette tapes, and it is also a rhyming nod to the bootleg Static In the Attic (Midnight Beat), which mined the same sessions for kindred material and to which we believe Foxes makes a worthy companion. This is the complete set according to Mayflower and presents the unreleased studio sessions from the Rolling Stones from Emotional Rescue, Undercover and Dirty Work sessions plus something from Keith Richards Long View Farm circa 1981 in the best possible quality, even High School Girl doesn’t sound dull as it used to. Track by track:

Let’s Go Steady Again is a cover of the Sam Cooke song that was the B-side of Only Sixteen from 1959. It features a wonderful Keith Richards lead vocal. It was misnamed Let’s Go Steady on the source tape; this is an Emotional Rescue outtake from Compass Point Studios from late January or early February 1979. Kristi Kimsey (producer Chris Kimsey s wife) is on backing vocals. This sounds a more complete take of the known outtake with the background piano better audible. Indian Girl, this version is shorter than any previously known version in circulation. The spoken line “Mr. Gringo, My Father He Ain’t No Che Guevara” is missing and the take also features fewer horn overdubs. I Think I’m Going Mad was listed on the tape under the slightly different title Think I'm Going Mad, it is yet another edit of an early version, which already has the saxophone in the intro but is still lacking the piano overdub. Several small changes in the first verse before the line “All The Highs And Lows Don t Mean A Thing To Me, Don’t Give a Damn”. Emotional Rescue is again a shorter take than any previously known version; it has a distinctive and somewhat strange mix with much more guitar, keyboards and backing vocals and also features an echoey percussion effect at the start not heard on any other mix. No Use In Crying is yet another new, shorter version compared to what s in circulation. This is an edit of an early mix before the piano overdub was added, with the organ upfront and the line Come on Sugar that was moved earlier in the song because some of the falsetto vocals have been cut. Where The Boys Go, this take has a different lead vocal from Mick on a version that has the male background vocals already in place, but not the girls chorus at the end; the guitar solo is also unedited unlike the version present on the album.
Summer Romance is another alternate lead vocal on an uncirculated take that lacks the third guitar which normally begins in at 0:06. We Had It All is a well-known (to bootleg lovers) cover of the Troy Seals and Don Fritts song, first released by Waylon Jennings in 1973; this version has different lead vocal in comparison to the released version, but seemingly it is the same take as the other previously bootlegged versions of the song. We Had It Allis is a well-known (to bootleg lovers) cover of the Troy Seals and Don Fritts song, first released by Waylon Jennings in 1973; this version has different lead vocal in comparison to the released version, but seemingly it is the same take as the other previously bootlegged versions of the song. Neighbours, listed on the source tape under the slightly different title Neighbor, this is a monitor mix with early guide vocals and is the first take of Neighbours to circulate intact from the Emotional Rescue sessions as all other versions, released or unreleased, come from different takes overdubbed and edited during the Tattoo You sessions.  
All I Have To Do Is Dream is a cover version of the old Everly Brothers classic from 1958, performed by Keith Richards on his piano at Longview Farm, North Brookfield, Massachusetts in late May 1981 before the beginning of the US Tour rehearsals. This is the previously uncirculated full take, including its false start. Piano Instrumental, a bit more Keef tickling the ivories from the same session that seems the introduction to Apartment No.9.

Tried to Talk Her Into It, this Undercover sessions outtake has been previously bootlegged (e.g. on the Outsider Bird Records LP Chain Saw Massacre), but the quality from this source tape is a definite upgrade; the rhythmic development of the song reminds of Claudine.
Keep It Cool, this is a monitor mix of a long, jazzy Undercover sessions outtake. Also known as Keep It Cool Part 1, but could as well be a song aptly titled Jazz Pt.1 that as well as Pt.2 was documented in the same session. Can't Find Love 1, this is a fragment of an Undercover sessions outtake, cut out from a much longer version of the song, this bit is likely the essence or part of the song which the Stones liked and wound up on this tape for reference purposes.
Can’t Find Love 2, here is another fragment as above, but listed specifically as a bridge idea.
Eliza: Also known as Eliza Upchink (which is how Bill Wyman lists the title of this track in his second Stones book) and sometimes misnamed as Back On The Streets Again when it reappeared in the Dirty Work songwriting sessions, this however is the complete take with its boogie guitars leading and a background rhythm reminder of another well-known outtake, Fiji Jim.
Disc Two opens with High School Girl: this appears to be a demo recording or song writing exploration track featuring only Mick Jagger (who also plays guitar) and Charlie Watts on drums, but some have argued that it is Keith Richards on guitar and Jagger on drums (does he know how to sing while playing drums?).
Stop That: an unlisted fragment on the tape, this Undercover outtake already circulates in complete form, but in inferior quality (often misnamed Chain Saw Rocker). Undercover Of The Night, is a different, shorter mix, especially the opening of the song, which is totally unique in respect to the other mixes in circulation.
She Was Hot: this is a keyboard-heavy long mix, very similar to the version first leaked on WYSP FM Philadelphia in 1983 and later uploaded to the It’s Only Rock 'n Roll Stones internet forum some time ago, but lacking the double-tracked vocals found on that one and longer instrumental bridges, which presumably makes it an earlier mix of the alternate take. Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever, the Stones started the Dirty Work sessions by warming up with some cover versions, and this Four Tops song (written by Stevie Wonder and Ivy Jo Hunter) is one of the few to circulate so far; this version being an upgrade of the existing take. While Mick’s vocals are a touch soft, overall this is a fine and at times enchanting performance, not to mention it being a song that could have made a great Stones track. Talk Is Cheap, over 11 minutes long this song is in the vein of Keith s Dirty Work’s contribution, Sleep Tonight. The single guitar suggests Ron Wood is probably playing bass. Richards never finished this ballad, but the title stuck and was used on his first solo album in 1988; this recording has lower frequencies a bit distorted at times.
What Am I Supposed To Do is an early version of What Am I Gonna Do With Your Love, a long, 15+ minute jam around the title phrase, performed by The Podiums, the pseudo band consisting of Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, Bobby Womack and Don Covay formed as yet another way to kill time when Jagger was not around during the Paris sessions. One of two Podiums tracks to surface from the Dirty Work sessions (the other being Sending Out Invitations).
Stick It Where It Hurts is most likely a Ronnie Wood composition, as he sings the guide vocals. The title phrase offers the only words which can be clearly made out.
Can’t Cut The Mustard 1-2, these are early versions of Had It With You, though the eventual title phrase is not yet present. Some singing by Ronnie Wood again (together with Richards) and funnily he is the first to sing Had It With You on take 2, he co-wrote the music to the song and a delicious piano by Ian Stewart. These takes have already been circulating, but these are upgrades and include some studio chatter. Can’t Cut The Mustard 3, this is a fragment of a third take, but this stays instrumental and gets abandoned after half a minute.
Victor Hugo is an absolutely fascinating fly-on-the-wall track; presumably pissed off about Jagger missing sessions and abandoning the Stones, Richards improvises a nasty set of lyrics about his band mate, going so far as to refer to him by the derisive nickname, Brenda. Victor Hugo showcases Keef at his vitriolic and profanity-laced best; it seems the title has nothing to do with the writer but to a club: Why don’t you go to the Victor Hugo, say the lyrics…

What is fascinating about these monitor mixes is that, after the first track, Mick departed and Keith took over, which explains the appearance of songs like Talk Is Cheap which would become the title of Richards 1988 solo album. As we learned from his autobiography Life, the tension between Mick and Keith was running high at the time because of Mick’s then budding solo career. Scheduling conflicts between Mick supporting She’s The Boss and recording the new Stones album caused a rift and explain why he is not present here on the rest of the tracks. But Mick’s absence is what makes these recordings especially compelling, as we get to hear Keith leading the Stones through his material, venting frustrations with Mick in the process, especially on the final song. Packaging is good with fantastic photos that grace front, back and inner covers, but unfortunately this label has the habit of presenting wrong information on sessions dates, is it so hard to copy the right ones?


The best toys are the ones that are both educational and multi-purposeful.
Great Toys For Tots


Don't miss our new Top Vinyl List of the Departed
you’ll find something to tickle your fancy and your ears

 

ROLLING STONES

Latest Reviews

OUTTAKES
THE COMPLETE FOXES IN THE BOXES
RIP THIS JOINT EUROPEAN TOUR 1973
EUROPE 1973
EMOTIONAL RESCUE: THE OUTTAKES
TWISTING BY THE POOL
STAR STAR LIVE IN LONDON 1973
PRODIGAL SONS
OLYMPIA 2003
KICK OFF!

 

Dec 25, 2024 - 2:02:38 PM

Reviews Home 
 
  ARTIST R
  ROLLING STONES
Reviews Home 
 
  ARTIST A
 
  ARTIST B
 
  ARTIST C
 
  ARTIST D
 
  ARTIST E
 
  ARTIST F
 
  ARTIST G
 
  ARTIST H
 
  ARTIST I
 
  ARTIST J
 
  ARTIST K
 
  ARTIST L
 
  ARTIST M
 
  ARTIST N
 
  ARTIST O
 
  ARTIST P
 
  ARTIST Q
 
  ARTIST R
 
  ARTIST S
 
  ARTIST T
 
  ARTIST U
 
  ARTIST V
 
  ARTIST W
 
  ARTIST X
 
  ARTIST Y
 
  ARTIST Z

Copyright© HotWacks.com