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   Peter J Ross  posted:   
   > On 2025-12-21, Will Dockery  wrote:   
   > > Peter J Ross  posted:   
   > >> On 2025-12-20, Will Dockery  wrote:   
   >   
   > >> > And, as mentioned earlier, one of the greatest Rolling Stones albums,   
   > >> > released in the Summer of 1975 at the height of my Stones fandom, was   
   > >> > "Metamorphosis":   
   > >> >   
   > >> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metamorphosis_(Rolling_Stones_album)   
   > >>   
   > >> It's a pathetic jumble of feeble out-takes, released without the band's   
   > >> approval in order to cash in on their fame.   
   > >   
   > > Still better than most rock and roll of the era.   
   >   
   > Still worse than any other album attributed to the Rolling Stones.   
      
   Okay, I'll grant you that, PJR.   
      
   But a fascinating glimpse behind the curtain in 1975.   
      
   > >> "One must pity the artists for this minor humiliation..." - /Rolling   
   > >> Stone/   
   > >   
   > > Rolling Stone Magazine often gets it wrong.   
   >   
   > Not this time.   
      
   Okay, it was basically an official bootleg, but damn, it's the Rolling Stones,   
   worth hearing in any form in my opinion.   
      
   > >> > So I can see how the confusion comes in, with so many relatively   
   > >> > recent works using that spelling for a title.   
   > >>   
   > >> with abysmal taste in music   
   > >   
   > > What?   
   > >   
   > > You're a Brit with no love for the Rolling Stones, PJR?   
   >   
   > I'm an admirer of the Rolling Stones. I'm not an admirer of trash they   
   > discarded.   
      
   There's still some really good tracks on that album, although it has that   
   "Basement Tapes" vibe.   
      
   Bill Wyman on a rare solo track.   
      
   A great alternate take of "Memo From Turner."   
      
   The Stevie Wonder cover they were recording (as of legend has it) the very   
   night Brian Jones passed away in what the coroner called "Death by   
   Misadventure."   
      
   Not the best of the Rolling Stones but a treasure trove for the fans of summer   
   1975, and I was there.   
      
   😏   
      
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