(Mick Jagger, Mick Taylor and Keith Richards goofing with guest musicians in front of Villa Nellcote)
Just got back from purchasing, that’s right, purchasing, the newly remastered version of Exile on Main St. (I’m about to pop in the bonus disc. Wow, alternate versions of both Loving Cup and Soul Survivor). As mentioned previously, I’ve been looking forward to this thing with equal doses of curiosity and dread (no harm done, says Pitchfork, who score it a perfect 10), but, echoing Mr. Laner, what I’m really waiting for comes out June 22nd, the BBC’s making-of-the-album doc, The Stones In Exile.
Judging here by Mick’s grin at Cannes (and despite his periodic downplaying of the album’s signficance), he’s definitely pleased with the end product. As the mythology behind Exile taps into so many things I’m particularly resonant to beyond the Stones themselves—Los Angeles, the eye of Robert Frank, notions of, well, “exile”— I’m sure I’ll be, ahem, happy, too.
What follows is a stellar clip off Exile, the Stones’ cover of Slim Harpo‘s Shake Your Hips. Recorded in Montreaux in ‘72, various versions of this have been floating around online, but this one’s looking sharp!
More on Exile:
The Rolling Stones shine a light on ‘Exile on Main St.’ reissue
Rolling Stones set to top British album charts for first time in 16 years
Cannes Film Festival 2010: Stephen Kijak rolls with ‘Stones in Exile’
Sympathy for the tongue: an interview with the logo of wealth and taste
Rolling Stones bonus track: Following The River