All Wood & Stones

John Batdorf (Artist), James Lee Stanley (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 13, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Beachwood Recordings
• ASIN: B000AQACMA
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #332,680 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Paint It Black

2. Ruby Tuesday

3. Satisfaction

4. Under My Thumb

5. Let's Spend the Night Together

6. Mother's Little Helper

7. Back Street Girl

8. Last Time

9. Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby?

10. 19th Nervous Breakdown

11. As Tears Go By

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars james lee stanley and john batdorf triumph, January 5, 2006

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James Lee Stanley "modest artist" (los angeles, ca) - See all my reviews

This review is from: All Wood & Stones (Audio CD)

well, i have to admit that of all the cd's i've ever recorded this is one of my favorites, so i am biased. and being one of the artists who did the recording makes me even more biased. that being said, give the cd a listen. i've never heard anyone do anything like this to the rolling stones songs. i don't think that anyone ever considers what brilliant songwriters jagger and richards are. every song on this collection is a wonder. the songs are the true stars of the cd. and what john and i did to them to make them our own is only more corroboration that the songs are wonderful. you can't make a silk purse out of a sows ear, as they say. and this is the stones music as pure silk. enjoy and let me know what you think.

james lee stanley

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars All Wood and Stones, December 5, 2005

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Jeanette A. Lundgren (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: All Wood & Stones (Audio CD)

I wasn't a Rolling Stones fan when I was younger; and I'm not a Rolling Stones fan now. However, some of their songs entered my life when I was in my teens and stayed with me, like 'As Tears Go By', and 'Ruby Tuesday' (the latter being the only Rolling Stones recording -a 45 vinyl- I own). One cannot be a part of our muzak-ridden world and not hear a Rolling Stones song somewhere at least once a day. Though I don't personally like the Stones as a band or as celebrities, I will admit that they made a huge contribution to the growth of the music that came out of the 1960's and `70's and 80's, and continuing to present day.

That's one of the reasons why "All Wood and Stones" is wonderful for me, because it takes 11 early hits from the Rolling Stones and makes them accessible to me and others like me. Songs I never would have listened to (heard perhaps, but not "listened to") otherwise. What James Lee Stanley and John Batdorf (currently two of my favorite solo artists) bring to these eleven songs is faultless harmony of voice and guitar, clear distinct guitar notes - sometimes in tandem and sometimes in counterpoint, words I can make sense out of, and really cool acoustic guitar and vocal arrangements that bring something new and accessible to the old songs.

I highly recommend this CD to any- and every- music lover throughout the world ("All Wood and Stones" is available worldwide from Aezra Records) whether you're a Rolling Stones fan or not. I'm fairly sure that everyone will find something to like (if not the whole thing!).

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars So you think you've heard the Stones?, September 14, 2005

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Tim Brough "author and music buff" (Springfield, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: All Wood & Stones (Audio CD)

Be prepared to hear them anew. James Lee Stanley and John Batdorf take eleven songs that you've heard backwards and forwards, strip them bare and breathe life into them. If you think that taking an old school rocker like "19th Nervous Breakdown" or "Satisfaction" down to its skeleton robs it of its vitality, then you need to hear "All Wood And Stones."

Even pared to the essence, the slinky slide guitar from Little Feat's Paul Barrere makes "Satisfaction" instantly recognizable. Same for the extended introduction that opens the album for "Paint It Black." The playing is top notch, and the vocals will make you aware of just how melodic some of the best Jagger/Richards songs truly are.

"All Wood And Stones" is also a reminder that good songs and real musical prowess never fades away. There isn't a bum moment to be found from James Lee Stanley and John Batdorf on this disc, and if factory preset music and lip-synching moppets that can't hold a note have got you down, this disc will give you much musical "Satisfaction."