Saturday, May 13, 2023 3pm ET: Time Machine Number One Album 1981: Feature LP: Rolling Stones – Tattoo You (1981) 2021 Remaster

Tattoo You is the 16th British and 18th American studio album by the English rock band the Rolling Stones, released on August 24, 1981 by Rolling Stones Records. The album is mostly composed of studio outtakes recorded during the 1970s, and contains one of the band’s most well-known songs, “Start Me Up”, which hit number two on the US Billboard singles charts.

A combination of touring obligations and personal feuding between band members made it difficult to arrange dedicated recording sessions for the band’s follow-up to 1980’s Emotional Rescue. As a result, the band’s production team combed through unused recordings from prior sessions, some dating back almost a decade. While a few of the songs were used essentially as-is in their original form, most of these earlier recordings were not complete, consisting of song fragments requiring much work. Studio time was booked throughout 1980 and 1981 and band members came in when available to finish off the tracks.

The credited members of the Rolling Stones for the album were vocalist Mick Jagger, guitarists Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood, bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts, though two tracks feature former Stones guitarist Mick Taylor. Keyboardists Nicky Hopkins, Billy Preston and Ian Stewart also appear on the album.

The album proved to be both a critical and commercial success upon release, reaching the top of the US Billboard 200. To date, it is the final Rolling Stones album to reach the top position of the US charts, thus concluding the band’s string of eight consecutive number-one albums there, dating back to 1971’s Sticky Fingers. In 1989, it was ranked No. 34 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 100 greatest albums of the 1980s. In 2003, the album was ranked number 211 on Rolling Stone’s list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, then re-ranked number 213 in the 2012 revised list. Peter Corriston, who was responsible for the album cover’s concept origination, art direction and design, won a Grammy Award in the category of Best Album Package.

A remastered 40th-anniversary edition of the album was released on October 22, 2021. It features nine previously unreleased tracks and a 1982 concert at Wembley Stadium.

1. “Start Me Up” 3:31
2. “Hang Fire” 2:20
3. “Slave” 4:55
4. “Little T&A” 3:23
5. “Black Limousine” 3:32
6. “Neighbours” 3:31
7. “Worried About You” 5:16
8. “Tops” 3:45
9. “Heaven” 4:21
10. “No Use in Crying” 3:24
11. “Waiting on a Friend” 4:34
12. “Living in the Heart of Love” 4:13
13. “Fiji Jim” 4:01
14. “Troubles a’ Comin’” 4:16
15. “Shame Shame Shame” 4:14
16. “Drift Away” 4:07
17. “It’s a Lie” 4:57
18. “Come to the Ball” 3:41
19. “Fast Talking, Slow Walking” 5:40
20. “Start Me Up” (Early Version) 4:40

Mick Jagger – lead vocals (all but 4), backing vocals (all but 5); electric guitar (9 & 10); percussion (track 9)
Keith Richards – electric guitar (all but 9), backing vocals (1–4, 6, 7 & 10); lead vocals and bass guitar (track 4)
Ronnie Wood – electric guitar (all but 3, 7–9 & 11), backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 6 & 10)
Bill Wyman – bass guitar (all but 4); guitars, synthesizer and percussion (track 9)
Charlie Watts – drums
Mick Taylor – electric guitar (8 & 11)
Nicky Hopkins – piano (8, 10 & 11); organ (10)
Ian Stewart – piano (2 & 4–6)
Billy Preston – keyboards (3 & 7)
Wayne Perkins – electric lead guitar (7)
Ollie E. Brown – percussion (3 & 7)
Pete Townshend – backing vocals (3)
Sonny Rollins – saxophone (3, 6 & 11)
Jimmy Miller – percussion (8)
Michael Carabello – cowbell (1); conga (3); güiro, claves, cabasa and conga (11)
Chris Kimsey – electric piano (9)
Barry Sage – handclaps (1)
Sugar Blue – harmonica (5)

Friday, April 28, 2023 12pm ET: The Rock Show

Rock Show featuring Green Day, Ozzy Osbourne, Sammy Hagar, Bad Company, XTC, Aerosmith, Tom Petty, Scorpions, Billy Gibbons, Soul Asylum, Genesis, Rolling Stones and many more.

Friday 2/17/23 2am ET: Feature Live LP: Rolling Stones – Grrr Live (2023)

Grrr Live! is a live album and concert film by the English rock band the Rolling Stones, released on February 10, 2023. It was recorded on December 15, 2012 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey as part of the band’s 50 & Counting tour, in support of the GRRR! compilation released that year. It was originally broadcast as the pay-per-view 2012 concert film One More Shot: The Rolling Stones Live before being remixed and re-edited. The concert features guest appearances from Lady Gaga, John Mayer, Gary Clark Jr.. the Black Keys, Bruce Springsteen and former Stones guitarist Mick Taylor. Aside from its digital release, the album was released in four physical formats: 3×LP, 2×CD+Blu-ray, 2×CD+DVD and 2×CD.

1. “Get Off of My Cloud” 3:53
2. “The Last Time” 4:14
3. “It’s Only Rock ‘n Roll (But I Like It)” 4:37
4. “Paint It Black” 5:06
5. “Gimme Shelter” (featuring Lady Gaga) 7:04
6. “Wild Horses” 5:48
7. “I’m Going Down” (featuring John Mayer and Gary Clark Jr.) 6:32
8. “Dead Flowers” 5:01
9. “Who Do You Love?” (featuring the Black Keys) 4:19
10. “Doom and Gloom” 4:34
11. “One More Shot” 3:44
12. “Miss You” 6:59
13. “Honky Tonk Women” 4:32
14. “Band Introductions” 4:28
15. “Before They Make Me Run” 4:22
16. “Happy” 4:08
17. “Midnight Rambler” (featuring Mick Taylor) 12:02
18. “Start Me Up” 4:39
19. “Tumbling Dice” (featuring Bruce Springsteen) 4:53
20. “Brown Sugar” 5:24
21. “Sympathy for the Devil” 7:04
22. “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” (featuring the Choir of Trinity Wall Street) 8:50
23. “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” 5:47
24. “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” 6:59

Monday 12/19/22 8am ET: Classic Greatest Hits LP: Rolling Stones – Metamorphosis (1975)

Metamorphosis is the third compilation album of the Rolling Stones music released by former manager Allen Klein’s ABKCO Records (who usurped control of the band’s Decca/London material in 1970) after the band’s departure from Decca and Klein. Released June 6, 1975, Metamorphosis centres on outtakes and alternate versions of well-known songs recorded from 1964 to 1970.

“Out of Time” 3:22 Recorded 27–30 April 1966
“Don’t Lie to Me” 2:00 Recorded on 10 June 1964
“Some Things Just Stick in Your Mind” 2:25 Recorded on 13 February 1964
“Each and Everyday of the Year” 2:48 Recorded in early September 1964
“Heart of Stone” 3:47 1964
“I’d Much Rather Be with the Boys” 2:11 Recorded in February 24–28, 1965 at Decca Studios, West Hampstead
“(Walkin’ Thru The) Sleepy City” 2:51 Recorded in early September 1964
“We’re Wastin’ Time” 2:42 Recorded in early September 1964
“Try a Little Harder” 2:17 Recorded on 13 February 1964
“I Don’t Know Why” 3:01 Recorded on 3 July 1969
“If You Let Me” 3:17 Recorded on 3–11 August 1966
“Jiving Sister Fanny” 2:45 Recorded in June 1969
“Downtown Suzie” 3:52 Recorded on 23 April 1969
“Family” 4:05 Recorded on 28 June 1968
“Memo from Turner” 2:45 Recorded on 17 November 1968
“I’m Going Down” 2:52 Recorded primarily in the fall of 1969

Friday 12/2/22 10pm ET: Feature LP: Rolling Stones – Steel Wheels (1989)

Steel Wheels is the 19th British and 21st American studio album by the English rock band the Rolling Stones. Released on August 19, 1989, it was the final album of new material the band would record for Columbia Records.

Heralded as a major comeback upon its release, the project is notable for the patching up of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards’ relationship, a reversion to a more classic style of music and the launching of the band’s biggest world tour to date. It is also long-time bassist Bill Wyman’s final full-length studio album with the Stones, preceding the announcement of his departure in January 1993. Wyman’s final tenure with the band would be on two studio tracks for 1991’s Flashpoint. It was also the first album not to feature former member and frequent contributor on piano Ian Stewart, who died shortly before the release of their previous album Dirty Work. It was produced by Richards and Jagger along with Chris Kimsey, who had previously produced 1983’s Undercover.

After the relative disappointment of their prior two albums, Steel Wheels was a hit, reaching multi-platinum status in the United States, reaching top-five status in numerous markets around the world, and spawning two hit singles: “Mixed Emotions,” which peaked at number one in Canada and number five in the United States, and “Rock and a Hard Place,” the band’s last top-40 U.S. hit. Critics were generally lukewarm on the album, exemplified by Stephen Thomas Erlewine: “It doesn’t make for a great Stones album, but it’s not bad, and it feels like a comeback.”

1. “Sad Sad Sad” 3:35
2. “Mixed Emotions” 4:38
3. “Terrifying” 4:53
4. “Hold On to Your Hat” 3:32
5. “Hearts for Sale” 4:40
6. “Blinded by Love” 4:37
7. “Rock and a Hard Place” 5:25
8. “Can’t Be Seen” 4:09
9. “Almost Hear You Sigh” 4:37
10. “Continental Drift” 5:14
11. “Break the Spell” 3:06
12. “Slipping Away” 4:29

Mick Jagger – lead and backing vocals, electric and acoustic guitars; harmonica, percussion, keyboards on “Continental Drift”
Keith Richards – electric, acoustic and classical guitar, backing vocals; lead vocals on “Can’t Be Seen” and “Slipping Away”; bicycle spokes on “Continental Drift”
Ronnie Wood – electric and acoustic guitar, bass guitar and acoustic bass, backing vocals, dobro
Bill Wyman – bass guitar
Charlie Watts – drums

Chuck Leavell – organ, piano, keyboards
Matt Clifford – electric and acoustic piano, clavinet, harmonium, percussion programming, strings
Sarah Dash – backing vocals
Lisa Fischer – backing vocals
Bernard Fowler – backing vocals
Luis Jardim – percussion
Phil Beer – mandolin, fiddle
The Kick Horns – brass
Roddy Lorimer – trumpet
The Master Musicians of Jajouka led by Bachir Attar Farafina – African-Moroccan instruments
Sonia Morgan – backing vocals
Tessa Niles – backing vocals

Wednesday 11/2/22 12am ET: Feature Live LP: Rolling Stones – Love You Live (1977)

Love You Live is a double live album by The Rolling Stones, released in 1977. It is drawn from Tour of the Americas shows in the US in the summer of 1975, Tour of Europe shows in 1976 and performances from the El Mocambo nightclub concert venue in Toronto in 1977. It is the band’s third official full-length live release and is dedicated to the memory of audio engineer Keith Harwood, who died in a drug-induced car accident shortly before the album’s release.

“Intro: Excerpt from Fanfare for the Common Man” – 1:24
“Honky Tonk Women” – 3:19
“If You Can’t Rock Me”/”Get Off of My Cloud” – 5:00
“Happy” – 2:55
“Hot Stuff” – 4:35
“Star Star” – 4:10
“Tumbling Dice” – 4:00
“Fingerprint File” – 5:17
“You Gotta Move” – 4:19
“You Can’t Always Get What You Want” – 7:42
“Mannish Boy” – 6:28
“Crackin’ Up” – 5:40
“Little Red Rooster” – 4:39
“Around and Around” – 4:09
“It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll (But I Like It)” – 4:31
“Brown Sugar” – 3:11
“Jumpin’ Jack Flash” – 4:03
“Sympathy for the Devil” – 7:51

Tuesday 9/20/22 11pm ET: Feature LP: Rolling Stones – Beggars Banquet (1968)

Beggars Banquet is the 7th British and 9th American studio album by the English rock band the Rolling Stones, released on December 6, 1968 by Decca Records in the United Kingdom and London Records in the United States. It was the first Rolling Stones album produced by Jimmy Miller, whose production work formed a key aspect of the group’s sound throughout the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Brian Jones, the band’s founder and early leader, had become increasingly unreliable in the studio due to his drug use, and it was the last Rolling Stones album to be released during his lifetime, though he also contributed to two songs on their next album Let It Bleed, which was released after his death. (Jones did, however, contribute to the group’s hit song “Jumpin’ Jack Flash”, which was part of the same sessions, and released in May 1968.) Nearly all rhythm and lead guitar parts were recorded by Keith Richards, the Rolling Stones’ other guitarist and the primary songwriting partner of their lead singer Mick Jagger; together the two wrote all but one of the tracks on the album. Rounding out the instrumentation were bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts, though all members contributed on a variety of instruments. As with most albums of the period, frequent collaborator Nicky Hopkins played piano on many of the tracks.

Beggars Banquet marked a change in direction for the band following the psychedelic pop of their previous two albums, Between the Buttons and Their Satanic Majesties Request. Styles such as roots rock and a return to the blues rock sound that had marked early Stones recordings dominate the record, and the album is among the most instrumentally experimental of the band’s career, as they use Latin beats and instruments like the claves alongside South Asian sounds from the tanpura, tabla and shehnai, and African music-influenced conga rhythms.

Beggars Banquet was a top-ten album in many markets, including a number 5 position in the US—where it has been certified platinum—and a number 3 position in the band’s native UK. It received a highly favorable response from music critics, who deemed it a return to the band’s best sound. While the album lacked a “hit single” at the time of its release, songs such as “Sympathy for the Devil” and “Street Fighting Man” became rock radio staples for decades to come. One of their most acclaimed albums, it is considered the beginning of the band’s enduring reputation as the “Greatest Rock ‘n’ Roll Band in the World”. The album has appeared on many lists of the greatest albums of all time, including by Rolling Stone, and it was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.

1. “Sympathy for the Devil” 6:18
2. “No Expectations” 3:56
3. “Dear Doctor” 3:28
4. “Parachute Woman” 2:20
5. “Jigsaw Puzzle” 6:06
6. “Street Fighting Man” 3:16
7. “Prodigal Son” 2:51
8. “Stray Cat Blues” 4:38
9. “Factory Girl” 2:09
10. “Salt of the Earth” 4:48

Mick Jagger – lead vocals (all tracks), backing vocals (“Dear Doctor”), harmonica (“Parachute Woman”), maracas (“Street Fighting Man”, “Stray Cat Blues”)
Keith Richards – electric guitars, acoustic guitars, slide guitar (“Salt of the Earth”, “Jigsaw Puzzle”), bass guitar (“Sympathy for the Devil”, “Street Fighting Man”, “Stray Cat Blues”), backing vocals (“Sympathy for the Devil”, “Dear Doctor”, “Salt of the Earth”), opening lead vocals (“Salt of the Earth”)
Brian Jones – slide guitar (“No Expectations”), acoustic guitar (“Sympathy For The Devil”, “Parachute Woman”), harmonica (“Dear Doctor”, “Parachute Woman”, “Prodigal Son”), Mellotron (“Jigsaw Puzzle”, “Stray Cat Blues”), sitar (“Street Fighting Man”), tambura (“Street Fighting Man”), backing vocals (“Sympathy for the Devil”)
Bill Wyman – bass guitar, double bass (“Dear Doctor”), backing vocals (“Sympathy for the Devil”), shekere (“Sympathy for the Devil”), maracas (“Sympathy for the Devil”)
Charlie Watts – drums, claves (“No Expectations”), tambourine (“Dear Doctor”), tabla (“Factory Girl”), backing vocals (“Sympathy for the Devil”)
Nicky Hopkins – piano (“Sympathy for the Devil”, “No Expectations”, “Dear Doctor”, “Jigsaw Puzzle”, “Street Fighting Man”, “Stray Cat Blues”, “Salt of the Earth”), Mellotron, Farfisa organ (“No Expectations”)
Rocky Dzidzornu – congas (“Sympathy for the Devil”, “Stray Cat Blues”, “Factory Girl”)
Ric Grech – fiddle (“Factory Girl”)
Dave Mason – shehnai (“Street Fighting Man”)
Jimmy Miller – backing vocals (“Sympathy for the Devil”)
Watts Street Gospel Choir – backing vocals (“Salt of the Earth”)
Anita Pallenberg, Marianne Faithfull – backing vocals (“Sympathy for the Devil”)

Sunday 8/14/22 3pm ET: Feature LP: Rolling Stones – Made In The Shade (1975)

Made in the Shade, released in 1975, is the third official compilation album by the Rolling Stones, and the first under their Atlantic Records contract. It covers material from Sticky Fingers (1971), Exile on Main St. (1972), Goats Head Soup (1973) and It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll (1974).

“Brown Sugar” – 3:48
“Tumbling Dice” – 3:45
“Happy” – 3:04
“Dance Little Sister” – 4:11
“Wild Horses” – 5:42
“Angie” – 4:33
“Bitch” – 3:38
“It’s Only Rock’n Roll (But I Like It)” – 5:07
“Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)” – 3:26
“Rip This Joint” – 2:22

Mick Jagger – vocals
Keith Richards – electric and acoustic guitars; bass guitar and vocals on “Happy”
Mick Taylor – electric, acoustic and slide guitar (1, 4-10); bass guitar on “Tumbling Dice”
Bill Wyman – bass guitar
Charlie Watts – drums

Friday 7/15/22 1am ET: Live Track Show

Tonight:

Kenny Loggins, Supertramp, Dave Matthews Band, Elton John, Kelly Clarkson, Honeydrippers, Bon Jovi, Sha Na Na, Chuck Berry, Disturbed Featuring Myles Kennedy, UFO, Doors, Rolling Stones, Los Lonely boys with Ronnie Milsap, Bonnie Raitt, Metallica with the San Francisco Symphony, Van Morrison, Duran Duran, Fleetwood Mac, Peter Frampton, Grand Funk, Scorpions

Wednesday 7/13/22 1am ET: Live Track Show

Tonight:

Paul McCartney & Wings, Jethro Tull, Bon Jovi, Al Stewart, John Fogerty, Foreigner, Doobie Brothers, Eric Clapton, Elton John, Neil Young, Ozzy Osbourne, Queen, Rolling Stones, Mavis Staples, Journey, Robert Plant, Joe Cocker, Sly & The Family Stone, Nick Lowe, Nils Lofgren, Eagles, Def Leppard

Friday 7/8/22 1am ET: Live Track Show

Tonight: Live music from

Keb’ Mo’, John Denver, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Who, Rolling Stones, Eagles, Supertramp, Firehouse, Peter Frampton, Tom Petty, Def Leppard, Stevie Nicks, Kiss, Billy Joel, Queen Featuring Elton John, Pat Benatar, Eagles, Cheap Trick, Eric Clapton, Bruce Springsteen, Roger Waters, Bee Gees, Barenaked Ladies, Ike & Tina Turner

Wednesday 7/6/22 1am ET: Live Track Show

Tonight:

Cheap Trick, Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac, Everything But The Girl, Specials, Jimi Hendrix, Elton John, Journey, Neil Young, Heart, Korn, Def Leppard, Metallica, Roy Orbison, Radiohead, Who, Harry Chapin, Carole King, Sara Bareilles, Nils Lofgren, Steve Winwood, Eagles, Rolling Stones with Ike and Tina Turner, Doobie Brothers, Queen

Friday 7/1/22 1am ET: Live Track Show

Tonight we feature:

Paul McCartney & Wings, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Mariah Carey, Three Dog Night, Paul Young, Elton John, John Mellencamp, REM, Billy Joel, Doobie Brothers, Michael Jackson, Rolling Stones, Richie Sambora, Joe Cocker, Neil Young, Santana, UFO, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Dave Matthews Band, Jason Mraz

Wednesday 6/22/22 1am ET: Live Track Show

Tonight we feature:

Elton John, Roy Orbison, Cheap Trick, Eric Clapton, Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets, Jimmy Buffett, Paul McCartney & Wings, Ike & Tina Turner, Alanis Morissette, Jason Mraz, Pat Benatar, Bon Jovi, Michael Stanley Band, Supertramp, Who, Pink Floyd, Rolling Stones, Blondie, David Byrne, Phil Collins, Def Leppard, Foreigner, Jimi Hendrix and Creedence Clearwater Revival.

Wednesday 6/15/22 10pm ET: Feature LP: Rolling Stones – Some Girls (1978)

Some Girls is the 14th British and 16th American studio album by the English rock band the Rolling Stones, released on June 9, 1978 on Rolling Stones Records. By 1976, the Rolling Stones’ popularity was in decline as the music industry was dominated by disco and newer rock bands. In addition, the punk rock movement was an emerging cultural force in the UK. The band had also failed to produce a critically acclaimed album since 1972’s Exile on Main St. Mick Jagger is generally regarded as the principal creative force behind Some Girls, with him taking influence by dance music, most notably disco, during the recording of the album.

It was the first album to feature guitarist Ronnie Wood as a full-time member; Wood had contributed to some tracks on the band’s prior two albums, It’s Only Rock ‘n Roll (1974) and Black and Blue (1976). With a stable line-up in place for the first time in several years, the album marked a return to basics for the Rolling Stones and did not feature many guest musicians, unlike many of their prior albums. Notable contributions to the album, however, come from blues harmonica player Sugar Blue on “Miss You” and “Some Girls”.

Rebounding from the relative critical disappointment of Black and Blue, Some Girls reached No. 2 on the UK Albums Chart and No. 1 on the US Billboard 200. It became the band’s top-selling album in the US, having been certified by the RIAA for selling six million copies sold by 2000. It was a major critical success, becoming the only Rolling Stones album to be nominated for a Grammy Award in the Album of the Year category. Many reviewers called it a classic return to form and their best album since Exile on Main St.

Several hit singles emerged from the album which would become rock radio staples for decades, including “Beast of Burden” (US No. 8), “Shattered” (US No. 31), “Respectable” (UK No. 23), highlighted by “Miss You”, which reached No. 1 in the US and No. 3 in the UK. In 2003, Some Girls was included in Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

1. “Miss You” 4:48
2. “When the Whip Comes Down” 4:20
3. “Just My Imagination” 4:38
4. “Some Girls” 4:36
5. “Lies” 3:11
6. “Far Away Eyes” 4:24
7. “Respectable” 3:06
8. “Before They Make Me Run” 3:25
9. “Beast of Burden” 4:25
10. “Shattered” 3:48
11. “Claudine” 3:42
12. “So Young” 3:18
13. “Do You Think I Really Care?” 4:22
14. “When You’re Gone” 3:51
15. “No Spare Parts” 4:30

Mick Jagger – lead vocals (all but 8), backing vocals (1–3, 6, 8–10), electric guitar (1–5, 7), piano (6), percussion (10)
Keith Richards – electric guitar (all tracks), backing vocals (1–3, 6, 8–10), acoustic guitar (4, 6, 8, 9), bass guitar (4, 8), piano (6), lead vocals (8)
Ronnie Wood – electric guitar (all but 6), backing vocals (1–3, 6, 8, 10), pedal steel (2, 6, 10), acoustic guitar (4, 9), bass guitar (10), bass drum (10)
Bill Wyman – bass guitar (1–3, 5–7, 9), synthesiser (4)
Charlie Watts – drums (all tracks)
Sugar Blue – harmonica (1, 4)
Ian McLagan – electric piano (1), organ (3)
Mel Collins – saxophone (1)
Simon Kirke – congas (10)

Ian Stewart – bonus tracks: piano on “Claudine”, “So Young”, “Do You Think I Really Care?”, “Tallahassee Lassie”, “You Win Again”, and “Petrol Blues”
Chuck Leavell – bonus tracks: piano solo on “So Young”
Don Was – bonus tracks: bass guitar on “Don’t Be a Stranger”; handclaps on “Tallahassee Lassie”
John Fogerty – bonus tracks: handclaps on “Tallahassee Lassie”
Matt Clifford – bonus tracks: percussion on “Don’t Be a Stranger”
Sugar Blue – bonus tracks: harmonica on “Don’t Be a Stranger” and “We Had It All”