The Rolling Stones recorded a surprisingly polished version of Otis Redding’s ‘I’ve Got Dreams to Remember’ in 1982. So why did this soulful performance remain unreleased for decades?
An unreleased 1978 Stones recording, a haunting performance, and lyrics that suddenly sound very different knowing what Keith Richards was facing at the time.
‘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.
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.
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.
‘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.
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 left ‘Desperate Man’ off Bridges to Babylon, but this gritty 1997 outtake raises an intriguing question: what else did they leave behind?
Keith Richards turned a joke about Charlie Watts’ clothes into ‘Alteration Boogie’, an unreleased 1993 Stones outtake with a surprisingly hilarious backstory.
Before it became the ‘She Was Hot’ everyone knows, The Rolling Stones took the song somewhere unexpected—and the unreleased 1982 version changes the picture completely.
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