The Rolling Stones - The Black Box [2000]

Eu sei, é apenas rock’n’roll, mas eu gosto, ainda mais quando os Rolling Stones vêm assim embalados em quatro CDs recheados de raridades, outtakes, alternates e inéditas. Um bootleg precioso colocado no mercado pelo afamado selo Yellow Dog que lançou esse box emprestando o nome de uma caixa de três LPs lançada em 1978. No entanto, poucas são as faixas em comum entre os dois lançamentos.

Segundo a lenda, a primeira Black Box nasceu de uma seleção de músicas feita por Bill Wyman na época da coletânea Metamorphosis (1975) e mais uma série de faixas que geraram dois discos pelo selo bootleg Rolling Stones Vinyl Product (RSVP, não tem ligação com a banda), o terceiro era uma cópia de um antigo lançamento do Trade Mark of Quality, provavelmente o mais conhecido selo pirata da era do vinil. O título The Black Box foi criado porque os Lps vinham sem rótulos, embalados apenas numa caixa preta. Entre as faixas que compunham o primeiro lançamento estavam: “Bright Lights Big City”, “Cops and Robbers”, “I'd Much Rather Be With The Boys”, “Little Red Rooster” (Live), “Down The Road Apiece” (Live), “Don't Lie To Me”, “If You Let Me”, “Godzi”, “Panama Powder Room”, “Gold Painted Nails”, “Fannie Mae” e “Down In The Bottom”. Esta informação consta no livro "The Rolling Stones An Illustrated Record” escrito por Roy Carr em 1976. Eu gostaria de ter postado também essa caixa, mas... “You Can't Always Get What You Want”!

Em 1994, a Yellow Dog lançou em uma caixa preta, três CDs com gravações tão preciosas quanto o lançamento homônimo anterior, mas com faixas diferentes. Essa caixa foi re-lançada em 2000 como Millenium Edition, trazendo um CD bônus e acompanhada de um livreto que lista os títulos das canções e suas respectivas datas de gravação. Fotos impressas no próprio CD exibem ótimos momentos do início da banda. O primeiro CD deste set passa pelos anos iniciais da banda com uma retrospectiva composta por takes alternativos e inéditos com excelente qualidade de som, e é exatamente esse lançamento que estou postando aqui para o deleite de vocês. É para dançar, cantar, pular, deitar e rolar. Oh Yeah!
Agradecimentos especiais a Bernardo Gregori pelo auxílio na tradução.

The Rolling Stones - The Black Box

I know it’s only rock’n’roll, but I like it, especially when The Rolling Stones themselves come fancily wrapped in a set of four CDs filled with rarities, outtakes, alternates and some of them never released before. A precious bootleg was put for sale by the renowned label Yellow Dog that borrowed this very name from a three LP box supplied in 1978. However, both products have only a few tracks in common.

According to the legend, the first Black Box has been conceived from a pre-selection authored by Bill Wyman at the time the compilation Metamorphosis was released (1975) in addition to a series of tracks which produced two records signed by the bootleg label Rolling Stones Vinyl Product (RSVP – which has nothing to do wit the band); whereas the third one was a copy of an old release made by Trade Mark of Quality, probably the best-known bootleg label of the vinyl era. The title The Black Box has been minted due to the fact that the LPs came without a printed label, merely packed in a black box. Among the tracks found in the first release were: "Bright Lights Big City", "Cops and Robbers", "I'd Much Rather Be With The Boys", "Little Red Rooster" (Live), "Down The Road Apiece" (Live), "Don't Lie To Me", "If You Let Me", "Godzi", "Panama Powder Room", "Gold Painted Nails", "Fannie Mae" e "Down In The Bottom". This piece of information is part of the book "The Rolling Stones, An Illustrated Record" written by Roy Carr in 1976. I would love to have posted this box as well, but, as you know… “You can’t always get what you want”!

In 1994, the Yellow Dog released three CDs – also in a black box – containing recordings as precious as the ones in the previous homonymous one; however the tracks were not the same. This Box was re-launched in the year 2000 as the Millennium Edition, which brought a bonus CD jointly with a booklet containing the song titles and recording dates respectively. Photos of excellent moments of the band in their early days have been directly printed on the CD. In this set, the first CD travels along their early years through a retrospective made of alternative as well as unreleased takes and which have outstanding sound quality. This is exactly what I’m posting here for your delight. It’s been made to dance, sing along, jump, rock and roll. Oh Yeah!
By Woody with informations founded in the Rollingstonesnet.com . Tanslation by Bernardo Gregori.

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