ROLLING STONES - TATTOO YOU ALTERNATIVE COVER Vinyl LP

After bum-rushing the '80s with EMOTIONAL RESCUE, the Stones released TATTOO YOU, the second half of a potent one-two album punch that showed the band asserting themselves as they entered their third decade of music-making. Essentially made up of songs dating as far back as 1972 sessions for GOATS HEAD SOUP, the Stones' 1981 release is still a potent slab of swagger and sass.

"Hang Fire" is a tight two-minute and twenty second redefinition of surf music, and "Start Me Up" is classic Stones, replete with Jagger's sexual braggadocio and Keith's patented "Honky Tonk Women"-style riffs. The bluesy shuffle that is "Black Limousine" is only surpassed by the cocky "Little T & A," sung by an endearingly raspy Keith Richards. Most impressive on TATTOO YOU is the wistful "Waiting On A Friend," featuring jazz giant Sonny Rollins wailing away on his saxophone as the song fades out.

Tracks:

LP 1

1. Start Me Up (Remastered 2021)

2. Hang Fire (Remastered 2021)

3. Slave (Remastered 2021)

4. Little T&A (Remastered 2021)

5. Black Limousine (Remastered 2021)

6. Neighbours (Remastered 2021)

7. Worried About You (Remastered 2021)

8. Tops (Remastered 2021)

9. Heaven (Remastered 2021)

10. No Use In Crying (Remastered 2021)

11. Waiting On A Friend (Remastered 2021)

LP 2 - LOST & FOUND RARITIES

1. Living In the Heart of Love

2. Fiji Jim

3. Troubles A' Comin'

4. Shame, Shame, Shame

5. Drift Away

6. It's A Lie

7. Come To The Ball

8. Fast Talking, Slow Walking

9. Start Me Up (Early Version)

Label: Polydor