53 YEARS OF THE ROLLING STONES CLASSIC “STICKY FINGERS”

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The Rolling Stones They released their classic album on this day in 1971 “Sticky Fingers” in it United Kingdom, an album of special importance in their career because, in addition to its musical quality, it was the band’s first release on their own label through Atlantic Records.

The cover was designed by Andy Warhol, who was paid $15,000 for his work. The LP sleeve featured a close-up of a pair of jeans with a real zipper. Although it is supposed to be Mick jagger, The crotch photographed for the cover was actually that of the actor Joe Dallesandro. The cover was conceived by Warhol, who gave the entire polaroid image to the designer Craig Brown. The first idea came from the album “Big Bamboo” of Cheech and Chong. The brilliant logo of the language also appeared, the work of John Pasche, who kept in mind the language of the Hindu goddess Kali.

A cover that was censored in our country to put a full color one of some disgusting sticky fingers coming out of a can, also the work of Pasche and Phil Jude.A cover highly sought after by collectors from all over the world since it was exclusive to Spain. Also the song was removed “Sister Morphine” to replace it with a version of “Let It Rock” of Chuck Berry.

Apart from its good and extremely controversial packaging, the album, as it was released in the early 70s, is a marvel with great rock songs. (“Bitch”, “Brown Sugar”), balads (“Sister Morphine”, “Wild Horses”, “Sway”), country (“Dead Flowers”), soul (“I Got The Blues”), blues (“I Gotta Move”), warmer almost “santanero” motifs (“Can You Hear Me Knocking?”), even oriental exoticism such as that of the extraordinary “Moonlight Mile.”

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It was one of the milestones of the Rolling Stones and the tandem Jagger-Richards, one of their most complete and celebrated albums and the second of four consecutive No. 1 albums in Britain (of “Let It Bleed” to “Goat’s Head Soup”). 1969-1973 was the band’s moment of greatest commercial splendor.

In USA That moment was longer, it lasted the entire decade of the 70s. From “Sticky Fingers” in 1971 until “Tattoo You” From 1981, every single one of the Stones’ studio albums was No. 1. A total of 8 consecutive.

A few years ago “Sticky Fingers” had a fantastic expanded deluxe reissue on two discs: the album as is remastered and an extra CD with unreleased songs, alternative takes and live performances.

Things like the alternative version of “Brown Sugar” with Eric Clapton; unreleased performances of “Bitch” and “Dead Flowers,” an acoustic version of “Wild Horses,” and five songs recorded live in The Roundhouse in 1971 including “Honky Tonk Women” and “Midnight Rambler.”

There was also one deluxe edition box set that added to those two discs a DVD with songs from the famous Stones show at the Marquee Club he March 26, 1971, also a 72-page hardcover book and four postcards of the group.

But the main course was the Super Deluxe Edition with the two CDs and DVDs mentioned in addition to an official version of the pirate “Get Yer Leeds Lungs Out!” a 13-song CD with the Stones’ audio recording of their concert in Leeds in March 1971, shortly before their “exile” materialized in France.