With the cyclical release of a collection of incredibly marketable Rolling Stones hits in bloom, the band has – once again – targeted a new generation of Stones fans. This isn’t a band decision at play here…more a brand decision. Grrr, the previous collection of Stones‘ hits was released in 2012 “marking” an anniversary. And now, an updated collection is being released to maintain the b[r]and both in recognition factor and in wallets.
As noted in our Wednesday post, On April 19, a selected 36 track ‘best of’ will be released, this one entitled Honk. It consists of post-Abkco songs up through the Stones’ last release, Blue & Lonesome. Nevertheless, this set still isn’t absolutely complete with some noticeable exclusions. But, I’m betting in the years to come, perhaps in the band’s 60th Anniversary, a COMPLETE ALL-HITS INCLUDED package will be released AND is likely already being smoothed out.
Honk is widely planned for Deluxe 3CD and 3LP sets as is sketched out. A truncated 2CD package without the live disc will be made available for those with no use for latter day live offerings, especially with guest vocalists. (“Wild Horses” with Florence Welch is heard below.)
Honk – The Rolling Stones
CD1
01 Start Me Up
02 Brown Sugar
03 Rocks Off
04 Miss You
05 Tumbling Dice
06 Just Your Fool
07 Wild Horses
08 Fool to Cry
09 Angie
10 Beast of Burden
11 Hot Stuff
12 It”s Only Rock’n’Roll (But I Like It)
13 Rock and a Hard Place
14 Doom and Gloom
15 Love is Strong
16 Mixed Emotions
17 Don’t Stop
18 Ride’ Em On Down
CD2
01 Bitch
02 Harlem Shuffle
03 Hate to See You Go
04 Rough Justice
05 Happy
06 Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)
07 One More Shot
08 Respectable
09 You Got Me Rocking
10 Rain Fall Down
11 Dancing With Mr D
12 Undercover (Of The Night)
13 Emotional Rescue
14 Waiting on a Friend
15 Saint of Me
16 Out of Control
17 Streets of Love
18 Out of Tears
CD3 (Deluxe Edition Live)
01 Get Off of My Cloud
02 Dancing With Mr D
03 Beast of Burden (with Ed Sheeran)
04 She’s a Rainbow
05 Wild Horses (with Florence Welch)
06 Let’s Spend the Night Together
07 Dead Flowers (with Brad Paisley)
08 Shine A Light
09 Under My Thumb
10 Bitch (with Dave Grohl)