Singles Collection: The London Years

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Singles Collection: The London Years
Box set by The Rolling Stones
Released	15 August 1989
Recorded	May 1963 - February 1970
Genre	Rock, blues, psychedelic rock
Length	185:45
Label	ABKCO
Producer	Andrew Loog Oldham Eric Easton The Rolling Stones Jimmy Miller
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Metamorphosis (1975) Singles Collection: The London Years (1989) The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus (1996)

Singles Collection: The London Years is a compilation album of Rolling Stones music released by former manager Allen Klein's ABKCO Records (who usurped control of the band's Decca/London material in 1970) after the band's departure from Decca and Klein. Released in 1989, Singles Collection: The London Years is a triple album of every Rolling Stones single - and their B-Sides - mostly in their original mono mixes (at least as of the 2002 reissue), in both the UK and US encompassing their entire era with Decca Records in England and London Records in America - hence the album's title. The only omissions are "Natural Magic" (a Ry Cooder instrumental, released as the B-side to "Memo From Turner"), "Let It Rock" (released in the UK on the "Brown Sugar" single) and "Sway" (b-side to "Wild Horses").

With a range from 1963 to 1971, the set begins with their very first UK single, Chuck Berry's "Come On", and runs to Sticky Fingers' "Brown Sugar" and "Wild Horses" (which Allen Klein shares release rights with The Rolling Stones).

The set was released at a timely juncture, just a couple of weeks before The Rolling Stones' comeback album Steel Wheels was due for release after a significant break, and months following their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Going platinum, the album reached #91 in the US.

In August 2002, Singles Collection: The London Years was issued in a new remastered CD and SACD digipak by ABKCO Records.

In 2007 E-Street Band guitarist, DJ, and music historian Steven Van Zandt placedSingles Collection: The London Years #1 on his list of the most essential albums of all time.

Track listing

All songs by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, except where noted.

Disc one

1. "Come On" (Chuck Berry) – 1:48
2. "I Want to Be Loved" (Willie Dixon) – 1:52
3. "I Wanna Be Your Man" (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) – 1:43
4. "Stoned" (Nanker Phelge) – 2:09
5. "Not Fade Away" (Charles Hardin/Norman Petty) – 1:47
6. "Little by Little" (Nanker Phelge/Phil Spector) – 2:39
7. "It's All Over Now" (Bobby Womack/Shirley Jean Womack) – 3:27
8. "Good Times, Bad Times" – 2:31
9. "Tell Me" – 2:47 / 3:48 (2002 reissue)
10. "I Just Want to Make Love to You" (Willie Dixon) – 2:17
11. "Time Is on My Side" (Norman Meade) – 2:59 / 2:53 (2002 reissue)
    • Re-recorded version with guitar intro on original release.
    • Organ version on 2002 reissue. The original single version cut at Regent Studios in London
12. "Congratulations" – 2:28
13. "Little Red Rooster" (Willie Dixon) – 3:05
14. "Off the Hook" – 2:34
15. "Heart of Stone" – 2:45
16. "What a Shame" – 3:03
17. "The Last Time" – 3:42
18. "Play With Fire" (Nanker Phelge) – 2:14
19. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" – 3:43
20. "The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man" (Nanker Phelge) – 3:08
21. "The Spider and the Fly" – 3:38
22. "Get Off of My Cloud" – 2:54
23. "I'm Free" – 2:24
24. "The Singer Not the Song" – 2:22
25. "As Tears Go By" (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards/Andrew Loog Oldham) – 2:45

Disc two

1. "Gotta Get Away" – 2:07
2. "19th Nervous Breakdown" – 3:56
3. "Sad Day" – 3:01
4. "Paint It, Black" – 3:44
5. "Stupid Girl" – 2:55
6. "Long Long While" – 3:01
7. "Mother's Little Helper" – 2:45
8. "Lady Jane" – 3:10
9. "Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?" – 2:34
10. "Who's Driving Your Plane?" – 3:14
11. "Let's Spend the Night Together" – 3:26
12. "Ruby Tuesday" – 3:13
13. "We Love You" – 4:36
14. "Dandelion" – 3:48
15. "She's a Rainbow" – 4:11
16. "2000 Light Years from Home" – 4:44
17. "In Another Land" (Bill Wyman) – 2:53
18. "The Lantern" – 4:26
    • A different mix from the album version, with more lead guitar parts.
19. "Jumpin' Jack Flash" – 3:38
20. "Child of the Moon" – 3:12

Disc three

1. "Street Fighting Man" – 3:09
2. "No Expectations" – 3:55
3. "Surprise, Surprise" – 2:30
4. "Honky Tonk Women" – 3:00
   • Stereo mix, not the original 1969 single mix
5. "You Can't Always Get What You Want" – 4:49
6. "Memo from Turner" – 4:06
   • Released as a Mick Jagger solo single in November 1970
7. "Brown Sugar" – 3:49
8. "Wild Horses" – 5:42
9. "I Don't Know Why" (Stevie Wonder/Paul Riser/Don Hunter/Lula Hardaway) – 3:01
10. "Try a Little Harder" – 2:17
11. "Out of Time" – 3:22
12. "Jiving Sister Fanny" – 3:20
13. "Sympathy for the Devil" – 6:17
    • Released on a single b-side in 1976 (a-side "Honky Tonk Women")

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