The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street [CD]

THE ROLLING STONES ICONIC EXILE ON MAIN STREET TO BE RELEASED WITH NEVER-BEFORE-HEARD TRACKS Album Launch to Coincide With New Documentary Stones In Exile Universal Music Group is pleased to announce the re-release of The Rolling Stones album Exile on Main Street with an additional 10 never-before-heard tracks. Regarded as one of the greatest albums in rock n roll history and one of the most defining of the Stones catalogue Exile will be available May 17 2010 in the U.K. and May 18 2010 in the US. Upon its release more than three decades ago Exile on Main Street innovatively wove varying musical genres instruments and even artists into a compelling rhythmic masterpiece. This new compilation features 10 tracks originally recorded during the Exile era and only recently discovered while working on the reissue project. The unearthed tracks which include such titles as Plundered My Soul Dancing in the Light Following the River and Pass The Wine have undergone a unique evolution while staying true to the essence of the 1972 album. Alternate versions of Soul Survivor and Loving Cup also are a part of the Exile bonus materials. As a complement to the release of Exile on Main Street a documentary Stones in Exile has just been completed for fans to view on US Network television and through BBC Worldwide internationally. The documentary features rare never-before-seen archival film photos and interviews as well as new conversations with the band and the artists they influence. Produced by Oscar -winning filmmaker John Battsek and directed by Stephen Kijak who is known for award-winning work on Cinemania and Scott Walker 30 Century Man Stones in Exile offers an uncommon glimpse into the lives of the band as they created one of the greatest albums of all time. The original 18-track double-album was recorded in various stages at multiple locations including Olympic Studios in London Keith Richards mansion Nellcote in France and in Los Angeles where the literal Main Street influenced the album title. These atypical circumstances surrounding the recording process greatly affected the albums outcome which was highly reflective and influenced by the sociopolitical turbulence that marked the late 60s and early 70s. The Stones nixed the influences of a flower-child era and directed their creative process with the edgier excessive more is more approach of the 70s. Exile reveals a sprawling mix of genres with undertones of blues country RB and gospel mixed with lyrics that fervently demand for release and liberation. The album pulled together an electric array of talent including Dr. John the late Billy Preston and pianist Nicky Hopkins. Guitarist Mick Taylor who replaced Brian Jones in the band shortly before Jones died in 1969 is a magnificent blues player who brought an intensity and elegance to these epic tracks. At times these musicians and others lived on the recording studio premises with the band creating an extremely open and creative collaboration for the album. The albums riveting portrait of artists pushed by the times by themselves to the very limits of their creativity has provided inspiration to every musical generation that has come along since Exile was released in 1972 said author Anthony DeCurtis. Every song on Exile on Main Street is elevated by its relationship to the music that comes before and after it. The albums irresistible power is unlikely to diminish any time soon. Exile on Main Street will be available in two CD formats the original 18 track release a deluxe CD edition with the 10 special bonus tracks and a super deluxe package that also includes vinyl a 30-minute documentary DVD with footage from Cocksucker Blues Ladies and Gentlemen the Rolling Stones and Stones in Exile and a 50-page collectors book with photos from the Exile era. The 10 unreleased tracks were produced by Jimmy Miller The Glimmer Twins and Don Was.