THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Monday, July 11, 1994 TAG: 9407090053
SECTION: DAILY BREAK PAGE: E3 EDITION: FINAL
LENGTH: Short : 40 lines
WHEN THE Rolling Stones sign with a new label, they take a large chunk of their catalog with them. Part of the Stones' appeal for a company such as Virgin Records, whose $45 million deal with the band commences with this week's ``Voodoo Lounge,'' is the stack of albums they released on their own Rolling Stones imprint beginning in 1971.
Virgin is making the most of its investment by issuing collectors-edition versions of the eight studio LPs from that year's ``Sticky Fingers'' to 1981's ``Tattoo You.'' Remastered for better sound than the often-flawed Columbia CDs of the same material that came out in the '80s, these also feature scale replicas of the original artwork. That means a working zipper for ``Sticky Fingers,'' postcards with ``Exile on Main St.,'' a poster wrapped around ``Emotional Rescue.''
(They didn't risk reproducing ``Some Girls' '' first-run sleeve, though. The unauthorized use of faces like Lucille Ball's and Raquel Welch's drew a number of lawsuit threats in 1978.)
The special packages list for $17.98. Standard editions of the eight discs, with the new remasterings, as well as of ``Undercover,'' ``Dirty Work'' and ``Steel Wheels,'' will debut July 26. There's no word yet on when the era's in-concert sets (``Love You Live,'' ``Still Life,'' ``Flashpoint'') or any best-of packages might join them on Virgin.
- Rickey Wright ILLUSTRATION: Photo
Eight studio LPs by the Rolling Stones from 1971's ``Sticky
Fingers'' to 1981's ``Tattoo You'' have been remastered for
collector's edition CDs.
by CNB