Hello again. This month I bring you a double album that will remind you of the Rolling Stones return tour after almost a decade without concerts.Although it is a great live album, I prefer the previous "Still Life", partly because it meant Bill Wyman's goodbye to the group and that takes away points. But let's know something about this great album now expanded.
Flashpoint is a live album by the Rolling Stones, their first live album by the group since 1982's Still Life. The album was recorded in 1989 and 1990 on the Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle Tour and released in April 1991.Recorded across North America, Europe and Japan, It is also the first Rolling Stones release of the 1990s and, unlike previous live sets, includes two new studio tracks: "Highwire" and "Sex Drive"; the former was released as a single earlier in 1991 and was a comment on the Gulf War.
This album was The Rolling Stones' final release
under their contract with Sony Music, the band signed a new lucrative long-term
worldwide deal with Virgin Records in 1991, with the exception of Bill Wyman.
After 30 years with the band, the 55-year-old Wyman decided that he had other interests he wanted to pursue and felt that, considering the size of the recently completed Steel Wheels project and tour, it was fitting to bow out at that time. Although he would not officially announce his departure until January 1993 – bit.ly/rS-fp during the interim the rest of the band had repeatedly asked him to reconsider – he had talked about leaving the band for at least ten years.Here I bring you the complete and reconstructed album, in the correct order, with all the selected songs from the world tour released to date on CD, LP or Cassette but not on Video or DVD. This is another story. I also inlude a discarded desingn for the album cover.
Part 1:
1.(Intro) Continental Drift – 1:40
2.Start Me Up – 3:59
(26
November 1989; Memorial Stadium; Clemson, South Carolina)
3.Sad Sad Sad – 3:28
(19
December 1989; Atlantic City Convention Center; Atlantic City, New Jersey)
4.Undercover of the Night – 4:13
(19
December 1989; Atlantic City Convention Center; Atlantic City, New Jersey)
5 .Harlem
Shuffle – 4:20
(27
February 1990; Korakuen Dome; Tokyo, Japan)
6.Tumbling
Dice – 4:12
(24
August 1990; Wembley Stadium; London, England)
7.Miss
You – 5:54
(25
November 1989; Gator Bowl; Jacksonville, Florida)
8.Ruby Tuesday – 3:29
(27
February 1990; Tokyo Dome; Tokyo, Japan)
9.Play with Fire – 3:18
(26
November 1989; Memorial Stadium; Clemson, South Carolina)
10.Factory Girl – 2:39
(6 July
1990; Wembley Stadium; London, England)
11.Rock and a Hard Place – 4:52
(25
November 1989; Gator Bowl; Jacksonville, Florida)
12.You Can't Always Get What You Want – 7:10
(25
November 1989; Gator Bowl; Jacksonville, Florida)
13.I Just
Want to Make Love to You – 4:05
(6 July
1990; Wembley Stadium; London, England)
14.Can´t
Be Seen – 4:11
(26
November 1989; Memorial Stadium; Clemson, South Carolina)
Part 2:
1.Little Red Rooster – 5:07
(19
December 1989; Atlantic City Convention Center; Atlantic City, New Jersey)
2.Paint It Black – 3:57
(13 June
1990; Olympic Stadium; Barcelona, Spain)
3.2000 Lights Years From Home – 3:13
(13 June
1990; Olympic Stadium; Barcelona, Spain)
4.Sympathy For The Devil – 5:22
(26
February 1990; Korakuen Dome; Tokyo, Japan)
5.Gimmie
Shelter – 6:32
(26
February 1990; Korakuen Dome; Tokyo, Japan)
6.Street
Fighting Man – 3:41
(25
August 1990; Wembley Stadium; London, England)
7.Brown Sugar – 4:05
(28 July
1990; Stadio Delle Alpi; Turin, Italy)
8.Jumping Jack Flash – 5:01
(27
February 1990; Korakuen Dome; Tokyo, Japan)
9.(I Can´t Get No) Satisfaction – 6:08
(26
November 1989; Memorial Stadium; Clemson, South Carolina)
10.Highwire – 4:46
(Full
Length version)
11.Sex
Drive – 6:00
(Club
mix)
Bonus
track :
12.Winning
Ugly VI – 7:53
(London
mix))
From "Ruby Tuesday" U.K. CDsgl.
All songs
by Jagger/ Richards
except: 5A by (Bob Relf, Ernest Nelson); 13A & 1B
by (Dixon)
Flashpoint was recorded using binaural recording. This gives the effect that the concert audience is behind the home listener.
OK Guys!.., that´s all for now, see you with more and better.
