Forty Licks (Spec) [Box set, Limited Edition, Original recording remastered, Special Edition]

The Rolling Stones | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 1, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Box set, Limited Edition, Original recording remastered, Special Edition
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: Virgin Records Us
• ASIN: B00006JIA3
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #150,238 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Street Fighting Man

2. Gimme Shelter

3. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

4. The Last Time

5. Jumpin Jack Flash

6. You Can't Always Get What you Want

7. 19th Nervous Breakdown

8. Under My Thumb

9. Not Fade Away

10. Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby

See all 20 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Start Me Up

2. Brown Sugar

3. Miss You

4. Beast Of Burden

5. Don't Stop (new)

6. Happy

7. Angie

8. You Got Me Rocking

9. Shattered

10. Fool To Cry

See all 20 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

47 of 53 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Need 65 Licks +, October 19, 2002

By 

Richard R. Carlton (Ada, MI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Forty Licks (Spec) (Audio CD)

This is the collector's edition, which comes in a large white box with a tongue that changes color. I liked the huge book with the photographs and the large poster of the original band with Bryan. It's worth the extra expense for any real Stones fan. But what really matters is the music....so here we go:

40 Licks was released worldwide on October 1, 2002. Obviously, there are 40 tracks including 4 new ones (the single Don't Stop, Stealing My Heart, Keys To Your Love, and Keith's Losing My Touch). This one is the 22nd compilation album the Stones have released. It is the 19th compilation in the UK and the 9th in the US. There are lots of opinions about what should and should have been included/left off (there are *25* single releases that were not included). Remember, if anyone ever releases the entire Stones catalog as a box set it will have to be packaged in a trunk that comes with a dolly to get it out of the store. Since everybody knows the songs anyway, how about if I list what is on it from when for you?

These songs are the most popular from the Rolling Stones Records releases. Here are the original US and UK release dates of each song (US release and re-release dates were often different during this period):

3-6-64 Not Fade Away
7-24-64 It's All Over Now
3-12-65 The Last Time
6-4-65 (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
9-24-65 Get Off Of My Cloud
2-11-66 19th Nervous Breakdown
5-6-66 Paint It, Black
7-1-66 Mother's Little Helper
7-1-66 Under My Thumb (not a single, from album Aftermath)
9-23-66 Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In The Shadow?
1-13-67 Let's Spend The Night Together
1-13-67 Ruby Tuesday
12-22-67 She's A Rainbow
5-31-68 Jumpin' Jack Flash
8-30-68 Street Fighting Man
12-6-68 Sympathy For The Devil (not a single, from album Beggar's Banquet)
7-3-69 Honky Tonk Woman
12-5-69 Gimme Shelter (not a single, from album Let It Bleed)
12-5-69 You Can't Always Get What You Want (not a single, from album Let It Bleed)
4-16-71, 5-7-71, & 6-29-84 Brown Sugar
4-23-71 & 6-11-71 Wild Horses (on Sticky Fingers - not released as a single)
4-14-72 Tumbling Dice
5-12-72 Happy (on Exile On Main Street - not released as a single)
8-21-73 Angie
7-26-74 It's Only Rock `n' Roll
4-16-78 Fool To Cry
11-28-78 Shattered
5-19-78 Miss You
8-29-78 & 6-1-82 Beast Of Burden
6-20-80 Emotional Rescue
8-14-81 & 2-11-83 Start Me Up
11-1-83 Undercover Of The Night
8-17-89 Mixed Emotions
7-5-94 Love Is Strong
9-94 You Got Me Rocking
97 Anybody Seen My Baby?
10-1-02 Don't Stop (new)
10-1-02 Stealing My Heart (new)
10-1-02 Keys To Your Love (new)
10-1-02 Losing My Touch (new)

Here are the *25* single releases that are NOT on the album: Saint Of Me, Out Of Contol, Like A Rolling Stone, I Go Wild, Out Of Tears, Sex Drive, Highwire, Terrifying, Almost Hear You Sigh,, One Hit (To The Body), She Was Hot, Time Is On My Side, Going To A Go Go, If I Was A Dancer, Out Of Time, I Don't Know Why, Sad Day, Hot Stuff, Respectable, Waiting On A Friend, Harlem Shuffle, Rock And A Hard Place, Heart Of Stone, As Tears Go By, Tell Me, Dandelion

This information comes from "It's Only Rock And Roll: The Ultimate Guide To The Rolling Stones" by Karnbach and Bernson and from my own collection.

22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Should Have Been A Four CD Set, October 8, 2002

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Roger Cleven (Snoqualmie, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Forty Licks (Spec) (Audio CD)

This release could have easily been a four disc set. There are far too many songs not included that should be there. In addition, I think the packaging in the 12x12 limited edition set leaves a lot to be desired. You get a skimpy 12x12 booklet and a decent poster. Instead of housing the two CD's in jewel cases, they slide into two slots in the bottom of the box. What were they thinking?

If I were to do it again, I'd go for the standard issue.

15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nearly Perfect, October 3, 2002

By 

Mookie "star of TV's Manimal" (Indianapolis) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Forty Licks (Spec) (Audio CD)

Until now, the Rolling Stones really didn't have a CD on the market that I was interested in. I'm a casual fan who enjoys their well-known songs, but never heard enough consistency in their more recent recordings to buy any of them. The Stones have had several hits discs, most of them covering specific time periods in their long career. In addition, they have a box set on the market which covers roughly the first half of the band's history. So what's a casual fan to do? Should I illegally download all the tracks I want? Many bands and record companies are fighting back against piracy by doing exactly what the Stones have done: Release a greatest hits package that covers all the really important stuff (without getting too obscure) and sell it for less than $25. Box sets are nice for fanatical completists. One-disc hits CDs are great for fringe listeners. But the current trend is toward stuff like FORTY LICKS.
So what's great about it? Thirty-six of the tracks here are proven winners. Most have withstood the test of many years and are the very definition of the term "classic rock". In addition, there are four new cuts which range from new classic ("Don't Stop") to good ("Keys To Your Love"). The songs have been digitally remastered and sound incredible.
The negatives are few, but they do exist. If I had to pick the 36 absolute best Stones' songs, "Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby?" "You Got Me Rocking" and "Love Is Strong" would be left in the discard pile with "Harlem Shuffle". On the other hand, I wouldn't even consider leaving off "Waiting On A Friend", "Rock And A Hard Place", or "Hang Fire". I might even be talked into adding "She's So Cold". But hey, everybody's going to have their own opinion on what's represented or not, that's just mine. Lastly, there are two versions of this CD. The standard version is a 2-disc set in a clear 2-disc jewel case with a booklet featuring pictures and personnel info for each track. The "Limited Collectors Edition" version takes the standard version and wraps it lovingly in a cardboard sleeve with the exact same cover (front and back) as the CD inside. Fantastic if you're a cardboard collector, I guess, but I was hoping for something a bit more special.
All told, you'd be hard pressed to find a better Rolling Stones package. A must-have for any rock fan.