The Rolling Stones – Bridges To Bremen (Live) (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 02:19:18 minutes | 1,71 GB | Genre: Rock
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Long available as a much-sought-after bootleg, this legendary concert from the Bridges to Babylon tour was finally made commercially available. Recorded at Bremen’s Weserstadion on September 2, 1998 and fully remastered, it sees the Stones at the height of their powers before an adoring crowd, tearing through a selection of their greatest hits as well as tracks from the then-current Bridges to Babylon album. ~ John D. Buchanan

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The Rolling Stones – Bridges To Babylon (Remastered) (1997/2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:02:26 minutes | 786 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Polydor Records

Half Speed ReMasters HiRes Re-Issue: Bridges to Babylon is the 21st British and 23rd American studio album by British rock band the Rolling Stones, released by Virgin Records on 29 September 1997.

Unlike the prior several albums, which the production and songwriting team of vocalist Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards had co-produced alongside a single producer, the group brought in an eclectic mix of superstar producers, including the Dust Brothers, Don Was, and Rob Fraboni among others. Similarly, a wide array of guest musicians appeared on each of the tracks alongside band members Jagger, Richards, Ronnie Wood (guitar) and Charlie Watts (drums). The sprawling album features a wide range of genres, including the Stones-standard blues rock, sample-laden hip hop and rap. The band was once again not on speaking terms during the recording of the album, with Jagger and Richards each recording their parts separately and rarely appearing in the studio together. They had, however, repaired their relationship well enough to embark on a wildly successful tour to support the album.

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The Rolling Stones – Blue & Lonesome (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 42:42 minutes | 891 MB | Genre: Blues Rock
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American blues has long been part of the Stones’ DNA, and Blue & Lonesome is a greasy, grimy tribute to their blues heroes. Deep cuts by the likes of Jimmy Reed, Howlin’ Wolf, Magic Sam, and Little Walter are delivered with soulful reverence, showing that even rock ‘n’ roll legends are still just music fans at heart.

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The Rolling Stones – Black and Blue (Remastered) (1976/2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 41:27 minutes | 486 MB | Genre: Classic Rock
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Half Speed ReMasters HiRes Re-Issue: Black and Blue is the 13th British and 15th American studio album by the band the Rolling Stones, released in 1976.

This album was the first recorded after former guitarist Mick Taylor quit in December 1974. As he had done the previous time the Stones were between second guitarists in 1968, Keith Richards recorded the bulk of the guitar parts himself, though the album recording sessions also served as an audition for Taylor’s replacement. Richards said of the album that it was used for “rehearsing guitar players, that’s what that one was about.” Numerous guitarists showed up to auditions; those who appeared on the album were Wayne Perkins, Harvey Mandel, and Ronnie Wood. Wood had previously contributed to the title track from the It’s Only Rock ‘n Roll album, and would become a full-time member of the Stones in 1976. The Stones rhythm section of bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts appear on nearly all tracks, and frequent collaborators Nicky Hopkins and Billy Preston play keyboards on most of the album, with percussionist Ollie E. Brown also appearing on about half of the tracks. The album was the second to be self-produced, credited to “The Glimmer Twins”, a pseudonym used by Jagger and Richards for their roles as producers.

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The Rolling Stones – Between The Buttons (US Version) (1967/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 38:47 minutes | 757 MB | Genre: Rock
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Between the Buttons is the fifth British and seventh American studio album by the English rock band the Rolling Stones, released on January 20, 1967 in the UK and February 11 in the US as the follow-up to Aftermath. It was the beginning of the Stones’ brief foray into psychedelia. The American and British versions contained slightly different track listings. In 2012, the American version of Between the Buttons, which included “Let’s Spend the Night Together” and “Ruby Tuesday”, was ranked number 357 on Rolling Stone magazine’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

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The Rolling Stones – Between The Buttons (UK Version) (1967/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/176,4 kHz | Time – 38:42 minutes | 1,22 GB | Genre: Rock
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Between the Buttons is the 5th British and 7th American studio album by the English rock band the Rolling Stones, released on 20 January 1967 in the UK and on 11 February in the US as the follow-up to Aftermath. It reflected the Stones’ brief foray into psychedelia and baroque pop balladry during the era.

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The Rolling Stones – Beggars Banquet (50th Anniversary Edition) (1968/2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 39:46 minutes | 1,90 GB | Genre: Rock
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Beggars Banquet has long been a landmark album in The Rolling Stones’ history, signalling the beginning of what is considered their most prolific album era as well as indicating the end of the original line up’s work together.

Recorded between March and July of 1968 at Olympic Sound Studios in London, mixed at Sunset Sound in Los Angeles, Beggars Banquet was the first Stones album produced by Jimmy Miller, and marks the start of what is considered their most prolific album era. Opening with the iconic hit “Sympathy For The Devil,” the album features many of The Stones’ most memorable tracks, including “Street Fighting Man,” “No Expectations,” and “Parachute Woman”. Beggars Banquet (50th Anniversary Edition) is housed in an overwrap of the “inoffensive” wedding invitation art, which was initially issued as a replacement cover when the original intended album art was rejected. The landmark album has been newly mastered by Grammy Award winning engineer Bob Ludwig and will be available on all formats.

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The Rolling Stones – A Little Bang (Bigger Bang Tour EP) (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 24:42 minutes | 306 MB | Genre: Rock
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A Bigger Bang was a worldwide concert tour by the Rolling Stones which took place between August 2005 and August 2007, in support of their album A Bigger Bang. At the time, it was the highest grossing tour of all time, earning $558,255,524. It has since been surpassed by U2’s 2009 to 2011 U2 360 Tour,[3] placing second as of 2019.

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The Rolling Stones – A Bigger Bang (Remastered) (2005/2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:04:20 minutes | 763 MB | Genre: Classic Rock
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Half Speed ReMasters HiRes Re-Issue: A Bigger Bang is the 22nd British and 24th American studio album by the Rolling Stones, released on Virgin Records in September 2005. A Bigger Bang is an ambitious, wide-ranging collection of hard-hitting, high-powered rock and blues songs. Running a full sixteen tracks, it is the band’s longest new album since 1972’s Exile on Main Street. Key cuts include ‘Streets Of Love’, ‘Rough Justice’ and ‘Back Of My Hand’, a raw, rough-edged new song in the classic Rolling Stones blues style. A Bigger Bang was produced by Don Was and The Glimmer Twins.

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The Rolling Stones – A Bigger Bang – Live on Copacabana Beach (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:53:53 minutes | 1,38 GB | Genre: Rock
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The Rolling Stones’ February 2006 gig in Rio de Janeiro is the focus of the band’s next live album/concert film A Bigger Bang: Live on Copacabana Beach.

While the majority of the gig featured as part of the 2007 four-DVD collection The Biggest Bang, the “remixed, re-edited and remastered” reissue of the concert includes four tracks excised from the original DVD: “Tumbling Dice”, “Oh No, Not You Again”, “This Place Is Empty”, and “Sympathy for the Devil.”

A Bigger Bang: Live On Copacabana Beach will be released in a multitude of formats – Blu-ray/two-CD, three-LP, a deluxe two-CD/two-DVD, and more – on July 9th. Yhe live album is available to preorder now.

The Copacabana Beach show was a free concert, resulting in what was reportedly one of the largest crowds ever. “Not that we’re unused to playing some of the biggest shows in the world, but I must say Rio did take the cake,” Keith Richards said of the show in a statement.

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