No Stone Unturned | |
Type: | compilation |
Artist: | The Rolling Stones |
Cover: | No Stone Unturned.jpg |
Released: | 5 October 1973 |
Recorded: | 1963–68 |
Genre: | Rock |
Label: | Decca |
Producer: | Andrew Loog Oldham |
Chronology: | The Rolling Stones compilations |
Prev Title: | Goats Head Soup |
Prev Year: | 1973 |
Next Title: | It's Only Rock 'n Roll |
Next Year: | 1974 |
No Stone Unturned is a compilation album by The Rolling Stones released in 1973. Eight of the twelve tracks had been previously released on single b-sides in the United Kingdom, and the rest had been released on EPs.
The song "Sad Day" was released as a single from the album.[1]
Neither the album or the single "Sad Day" were released with consent from the band, who had lost control over their pre-1971 catalog when they terminated their contract with Decca Records. Decca would continue to release such unauthorized albums over the next several decades.
All songs composed by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards except as noted.
No Stone Unturned Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 | |
Type: | Compilation |
Artist: | the Rolling Stones |
Recorded: | 1963 – 1970 |
Genre: | Rock |
Label: | ABKCO |
Producer: | Andrew Loog Oldham, The Rolling Stones, Jimmy Miller |
In 2013, ABKCO included No Stone Unturned Vol. 1 and No Stone Unturned Vol. 2 in their comprehensive iTunes digital release The Rolling Stones 1963-1971.[2] As that release focused on the UK album configurations, the two volumes included 43 "singles, B sides and more"[3] not included in the original UK studio albums and EPs, including many of their biggest hits, which were often contained in their US album counterparts, e.g. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" on Out of Our Heads, "Paint It Black" on Aftermath and "Let's Spend the Night Together" on Between the Buttons.
The digital release of No Stone Unturned was designed in a similar fashion to The Beatles' Past Masters compilations: to supplement the band's UK albums and EPs to make a "Complete Collection Box Set"[4] of the entire studio output of the band owned by ABKCO. Thus, four songs from the 1973 release were not included because they didn't meet this criterion:
No Stone Unturned Vol. 1 and No Stone Unturned Vol. 2 were later released separately on the 7digital service.[5] [6] [7] Similar to Hot Rocks 1964-1971, the collection ends with "Brown Sugar" and "Wild Horses" since ABKCO holds dual copyright ownership in conjunction with The Rolling Stones for those two songs.
All songs by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, except where noted.