The Rolling Stones left ‘Desperate Man’ off Bridges to Babylon, but this gritty 1997 outtake raises an intriguing question: what else did they leave behind?
The Rolling Stones’ Unreleased ‘Desperate Man’: A Gritty 1997 Track
The Rolling Stones’ ‘The Dog’: The Unreleased 1982 Track
The Rolling Stones recorded ‘The Dog’ during the 1982 Undercover sessions—but this Jagger-Richards track never made the album. So what happened to it?
The Rolling Stones and the Unreleased ‘What Am I Living For?’ (1978)
An unreleased 1978 Stones recording, a haunting performance, and lyrics that suddenly sound very different knowing what Keith Richards was facing at the time.
The Rolling Stones’ ‘Slow Down and Stop’: The Unreleased 1973 Rarity
‘Slow Down and Stop’ never made the album, but this strange 1973 Stones instrumental offers a fascinating glimpse into the loose, spontaneous It’s Only Rock’n Roll sessions.
The Rolling Stones’ ‘Dear Doctor’ Take 1: The Lost 1968 Version
Before ‘Dear Doctor’ became a Beggars Banquet favorite, The Rolling Stones recorded this raw Take 1—with darker humor, Nicky Hopkins and a very different feel.
The Rolling Stones’ ‘Sway’ (1970): The Alternate Mix You Never Heard
An alternate ‘Sway’ from 1970 offers a different glimpse into the Rolling Stones’ creative process—and raises the question: what else is hiding in the vaults?
The Rolling Stones’ ‘Blues With a Feeling’, the Unreleased Little Walter Cover from 1978
Recorded during the Some Girls sessions, ‘Blues With a Feeling’ finds the Stones digging into Little Walter’s blues—then inexplicably leaving this gritty performance unreleased.
The Rolling Stones’ ‘Cried Out’ (2002): The Song That Became ‘Laugh, I Nearly Died’
Before ‘Laugh, I Nearly Died’, there was ‘Cried Out’—an unreleased 2002 Stones track that reveals how the song took shape behind the scenes.
The Rolling Stones’ ‘Cookin’ Up’: The Unreleased 1982 Rocker
‘Cookin’ Up’ is one of the Rolling Stones’ hidden 1982 rockers, with boogie piano, buried Mick Jagger vocals and enough swagger to make you wonder why it stayed unreleased.
The Rolling Stones’ ‘Alteration Boogie’: Keith Richards’ Funny 1993 Outtake
Keith Richards turned a joke about Charlie Watts’ clothes into ‘Alteration Boogie’, an unreleased 1993 Stones outtake with a surprisingly hilarious backstory.
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