Thursday, February 25, 2010
OUT OF EXILE: The deluxe version of UMG’s much-anticipated Exile on Main Street reissue, hitting May 18, will contain 10 never-before-heard tracks, including “Plundered My Soul,” “Dancing in the Light,” “Following the River” and “Pass the Wine,” plus alternate versions of “Soul Survivor” and “Loving Cup.” “I went back in the archives and dug out a load of things,” Mick Jagger told Rolling Stone. “I added some percussion and some vocals. Keith put guitar on one or two.” Jagger wrote fresh lyrics for “Following the River,” but other than some light revisions to the other songs, “I really wanted to leave them pretty much as they were,” Keith Richards says. “I didn’t want to interfere with the Bible, you know. They still had that great basement sound.” Check out RS’s original review of this all-time classic. (2/25a)