The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street

This super deluxe package includes two CDs with 10 bonus tracks as well as the double LP and a 30-minute documentary DVD with footage from Cocksucker Blues, Ladies and Gentlemen...the Rolling Stones and Stones In Exile and a 50-page collector's book with photos from the Exile era.

Universal Music Group is pleased to announce the re-release of The Rolling Stones' album Exile On Main Street with an additional 10 never-before-heard tracks (included on new CD version). Upon its release more than three decades ago, Exile On Main Street innovatively wove varying musical genres, instruments and even artists into a compelling rhythmic masterpiece. This new compilation features 10 tracks originally recorded during the Exile era and only recently discovered while working on the reissue project. The unearthed tracks which include such titles as "Plundered My Soul," "Dancing In The Light," "Following The River" and "Pass The Wine" have undergone a unique evolution, while staying true to the essence of the 1972 album. Alternate versions of "Soul Survivor" and "Loving Cup" also are a part of the Exile bonus materials.

The original 18-track double-album was recorded in various stages at multiple locations, including Olympic Studios in London, Keith Richards' mansion Nellcote in France and in Los Angeles where the literal "Main Street" influenced the album title. These atypical circumstances surrounding the recording process greatly affected the album's outcome which was highly reflective and influenced by the sociopolitical turbulence that marked the late '60s and early '70s. The Stones nixed the influences of a flower-child era and directed their creative process with edgier, excessive, "more is more" approach of the '70s. Exile reveals a sprawling mix of genres with undertones of blues, country, R&B and gospel mixed with lyrics that fervently demand for release and liberation.