ROLLED GOLD PLUS - Rolling Stones

WHAT a perfect way to introduce a whole new generation to theself-proclaimed "Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World" with aslightly updated version of the best of Rolling Stones, originally released in 1975, in Rolled Gold Plus.

With 24 tracks on CD1 and 16 on CD2, the list includes some of the Stones best hits including Satisfaction (1965) which must be known in every corner of the planet.

Other hits include Tell Me (1964), Heart OfStone (1965), Mother's Little Helper (1966), Dandelion (1967), No Expectations (1968), Let It Bleed (1969), You Can't Always Get What YouWant (1969) and Wild Horses (1971).

The album takes you from the raw early covers of old standards such as It's All Over Now (1964) through the glorious psychedelic pop of She's ARainbow (1967) to the more robust rock of Gimme Shelter (1969), and Sympathy For The Devil (1968) that invented what is now known as trance music.

This is chance to see the song-writing partnership of Mick Jagger andKeith Richards develop and grow, to take flight and to drag half theworld's population, at least the younger half, out to glory in its power.

Together with stoned-faced Charlie Watts on drums and Bill Wyman on bass, they provided the steadiest beat and strongest foundation of all rockbands in music history.

Need some Stones in your life? Start right here. – NST 17/02/2008