Forty Licks

A great place to start. Flawless compilation.

I must admit that I was NEVER a Rolling Stones fan!But The Beatles - I loved! They always looked nice, dressed nice and always looked happy;and I loved their music! I saw them live in NZ and currently have all their LP's, CD's,DVD's and movies PLUS all those of Paul McCartney and George Harrison!But The Rolling Stones, in my opinion, never really looked nice or dressed nice and neverreally looked happy! (I believe that if Brian Epstein had managed and presented them, as hedid with The Beatles, then they would have been MUCH MORE popular than they were!)And their music - well the only song I really identified them with was "I Can't Get NoSatisfaction" and to me that was quite 'mediocre' and I never purchased a single item of theirmusic until 40 YEARS LATER!And then, about 7 years ago, I had the radio on and heard a catchy little tune which Iremembered from the 60's but had rarely heard since then! I decided I needed it in my musiclibrary and waited to catch the tile and the artist! The song was "She's A Rainbow" and thegroup, to my surprise, was The Rolling Stones!!! I had always thought their music to berather raucous and rocky, but this tune was certainly not that!!I then purchased a Rolling Stone double LP with "She's A Rainbow" on it, and from time to timeover the last 5 or 6 years would play "She's A Rainbow" over and over a few times, more or less ignoring the rest of the tunes, as nothing else really appealed to me! Then a fewmonths ago I figured that I should get a CD with tune on it, as it would be much easier toplay the track over and over compared to an LP!! This is when I went to my favorite websiteto find a suitable CD and at a reasonable price! I settled on "FORTY LICKS" and have been veryhappy with the purchase! I have played the CD right through a number of times, and thoughShe's A Rainbow is still my favorite, there are lots of other tracks that I am reallyenjoying!! The music is certainly NOT all rocky and raucous, as I had expected, and, ifanything, even LESS SO THAN THE BEATLES!I would highly recommend this set, even if, like me, you are not a Rolling Stone fan, I'msure you will find something you like, if you are interested 60's style rock music.I considerate it worth buying just for the track She's A rainbow" but there are many otherballad style tracks and 60's style rock music WELL WORTH LISTENING TO !!!!!

exactly what it say on the tin

Amazing songs by an amazing band

I only had really old Stones albums. This covers everything & I love it! 5/5

A+

A great album with some great tracks on it. And one duff one. The dull " losing my touch". I would have liked to see the album rounded of featuring the man who started it all "Brian Jones" without whom there would be no "Rolling Stones. I suggest "little red rooster or i wanna be your man for brians superb bottleneck guitar.

Excellent quality, thanks.