STONES COLLECTOR'S CORNER/NEWS
05/12/13:

Andrew Oldham did his first Rolling Stones Songbook in 1966 and it sold quite well. Fans always puzzled if members of the Stones played on one or the other track. Later The Verve famously sampled a part of The Last Time for their big hit Bitter Sweet Symphony. Now Oldham saucily covers The Verve's track (apart from 11 Stones-songs)! But this time I wouldn't expect Stones-members being among the "Friends". Available here .

CD by The Andrew Oldham Orchestra And Friends 'Play The Rolling Stones Songbook Vol. 2' (Gold Lake Records GLAO03262013).

05/05/13:

Bill Wyman compiled a very nice book, consisting of private photos, handwritten comments, memorabilia and (most notable for collectors) two accompanying discs (CD & 10" picture disc) including five previously unreleased demos from the 80's. Unfortunately the book is very high priced... Available here .

Book with CD & 10" picture disc-EP by Bill Wyman 'Bill Wyman's Scrapbook' (Concert Live Ltd., ISBN 978-0-9571697-1-5).

04/28/13:

Pete Fornatale, a NYC radio personality (who recently died), carried together a big variety of interview bits, stories and photos of the Stones 50-years history or as the title boasts: myths & stories from half a century of The Rolling Stones. Softcover, 280 pages, quite a nice read. Available here .

Book by Pete Fornatale 'Rolling Stones 50 Licks' (Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4088-3382-7).

04/21/13:

Check your local record shop for a Record Day re-release of the 1964-EP Five By Five. The front and backcover had some minor changes, but nevertheless it's a nice facsimile of the legendary EP, which was recorded entirely at Chess.

EP by The Rolling Stones 'Five By Five' (Abkco Music & Records 018771893615).

04/14/13:

Ernst Hofacker's song-by-song reference book was just released in its fourth revised and updated edition. Hofacker's book is most up to date again (last entry is Crossfire Hurricane-DVD from January 2013) and very well researched. A must have for German native speakers. Softcover, 430 pages plus 16 pages of photos. Available here .

Book by Ernst Hofacker 'Confessin' The Blues - Das Gesamtwerk 1963 - 2013' (Bosworth Edition. ISBN 978-3-86543-765-5).

04/07/13:

This new re-release of The Blues Band's 1982 live-album Bye Bye Blues includes three more bonus tracks, one of them (Spoonful) with Ian Stewart on piano (and Alexis Korner on vocals). All in all Stu is on five tracks on the album. Available here .

2 CD's by The Blues Band 'Live - Bye Bye Blues' (Repertoire Records REPUK 1152).

03/31/13:

The Writing Twins strike again! The new book by German collectors/authors Olaf Boehme & Gerd Coordes is a fantastic collection of eyewitness reports, press clippings, photos and memorabilia from the concerts in West-Germany, Austria and Switzerland between 1965 - 1967. A must have for all German-speaking fans and a nice supplement for every fan's book collection. Hardcover, 222 pages incl. more than 300 of photos and images. Available here (via "contact"-link).

Book by Olaf Boehme & Gerd Coordes 'Die Rolling Stones 1965 - 1967' (Edition Olaf Boehme, Putzkau, Germany. ISBN 978-3-00-041255-4).

03/24/13:

A very nice new book comes from Portugal with lots of great unseen photos from the five Portuguese concerts 1990 - 2007. Also lots of clippings, info and comments from musicians, companions and fans (covering the whole 50 years), but you have to speak Portuguese to fully appreciate this too. Hardcover, 248 pages. Available here.

Book by Rolando Rebelo 'Rolling Stones em Portugal' (Zebra Publicacoes, Lisbon. ISBN 978-989-8391-28-5).

03/17/13:

This US release of Ronnie Wood/Bo Diddley's Live At The Ritz-album omits three songs from the original Japan-release, but substitutes those with three new ones, incl. two of them (Diddley Daddy & Mona) with RW on guitar. Available here.

CD by Bo Diddley & Ron Wood 'Live At The Ritz' (Immortal IMA 105010).

03/10/13:

Jo Wood wrote a very honest autobiography which, of course, has its focus on her 32 years on the side of Ronnie. Although the main subject is not about the music, but more about partnership, family, debauchery and their overall life in the Rolling Stones-bubble, I really enjoyed this read. Hardcover, 316 pages (plus 16 pages of unseen pictures). Available here.

Book by Jo Wood 'Hey Jo' (HarperCollins Publishers, London. ISBN 978-0-00-745846-2).

03/02/13:

If you are interested in the business side of the Stones, this is the book to read. Prince Rupert was the Stones' financial adviser since 1968 and about two thirds of his autobiography deal with these matters. (264 pages plus 16 pages of pictures). Available here.

Book by Prince Rupert Loewenstein 'A Prince Among Stones' (Bloomsbury Publishing, ISBN 978-1-4088-3279-0).

02/24/13:

Another Keith Richards/Tom Waits-collaboration can be found on this new compilation of pirate ballads, sea songs and chanteys. They are doing the old traditional Shenandoah. Available here.

2 CD's by Various Artists 'Son Of Rogues Gallery' (Anti Records ANTI-86904-2, -US).

02/17/13:

This nice new coffeetable-photobook includes many well-known (iconic) pictures of Keith Richards and also some rare and unseen ones. Hardcover, 208 pages. Available here.

Book by Bill Milkowski 'Keith Richards - A Rock 'n' Roll Life' (White Star Publishers. ISBN 978-88-544-0645-2).

02/09/13:

The filmed performance was previously only available on VCD. Now out for the first time on DVD is the Rockpalast-gig which Ronnie Lane played in March 1980 with Ian Stewart on piano (Stu is on all tracks but Debris). (Also re-released was the audio on CD). Available here.

DVD by Ronnie Lane Band 'Live At Rockpalast 1980' (MIG 90547 DVD, -Germany).

02/02/13:

This limited edition/high-priced photobook was just released in France. Only 1000 copies of this oversized (19 x 27 inches!) coffeetable book are said to be made. 96 pages, 395€. Available here.

Book by Christophe Geudin (and others) 'The Rolling Stones Live - 50th Anniversary' (Original Editions, -France. ISBN 979-1092043013).

01/26/13:

A new book from Germany focuses on KR's playing, his guitars and his amps. I'm not an expert in these technical subjects, but the book reads quite well (one of the co-authors is the well-known German guitarist Carl Carlton and one of the interviewees is KR's guitar-tech Johnny Starbuck). Softcover, 176 pages, many photos, in German. Available here.

Book by Lars Thieleke (+6) 'Guitar Heroes - Keith Richards' (PPV Medien, Germany. ISBN 978-3-941531-94-9).

01/18/13:

In March 2012 Keith Richards co-produced (together with Don Was) this new doo-wop album by Aaron Neville during a five-day session at NYC's Electric Ladyland Studios. He also plays guitar on all 12 tracks. Available here.

CD by Aaron Neville 'My True Story' (Blue Note Records 509996 23489 2 8).

01/12/13:

Bill Wyman in person showed up in 1982 to mime to the playback of his then new single A New Fashion on German ARD TV's Musikladen. (His backing band consisted of Terry Taylor and Kenney Jones). Now available officially on this nice compilation-DVD. Available here.

DVD by Various Artists 'Das beste aus dem Musikladen - Folge 3' (Sony Music Entertainment 88765 40994 9, -Germany).

01/05/13:

Rush-released shortly before X-mas in Japan (and this month also available in the rest of the world) is the DVD of Crossfire Hurricane. The Japanese version is the one with most bonus-tracks: it has 3 (great) tracks from Münster'65 (instead of just two tracks like in other countries' editions) and also two unique messages/announcements (from MJ&KR/the RS) which aren't available anywhere else. Available here.

DVD by The Rolling Stones 'Crossfire Hurricane' (Columbia Music Entertainment VQBD-10117, - Japan).