The Rolling Stones
THE STUDIO ALBUMS VINYL COLLECTION 1971-2016
UNIVERSAL
REVIEWS
Steve Harnell
Re-releases p98 New releases p102 Turntables p112
If The Rolling Stones should have learned anything from their 50-plus years as a going concern, it’s surely that sticking to what you know best isn’t an unpardonable sin. There are shapeshifting artists down the years who’ve successfully hitched a ride on chart fashions and made acclaimed career U-turns in the process (Bowie, Madonna and Damon Albarn among them), but the Stones are not in that category. Evidence of this is in plentiful supply on this enormous 15-album collection that covers their studio output from 1971 onwards. Remastered at half speed at Abbey Road from the original tapes, these 180g heavyweight albums are housed in a sexy lenticular box.