Through The Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2)

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This second greatest hits collection serves up the band's classic mid- '60s period, capped off by the death of Brian Jones for whom this collection is dedicated. Having made their breakthrough with hits that challenged the status quo, the Stones were in no mood to calm down. The insistent chaos of "Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?" "Jumping Jack Flash," and "Street Fighting Man" display the Stones at their most powerful, while "Dandelion" and "She's a Rainbow" are the Stones succeeding with psychedelia. "Paint It, Black" and "Ruby Tuesday" strike a perfect balance. A decent introduction to an essential period of Stones music. --Rob O'Connor --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Tracks:

Paint It, Black
Ruby Tuesday
She's a Rainbow
Jumpin' Jack Flash
Mother's Little Helper
Let's Spend the Night Together
Honky Tonk Women
Dandelion
2000 Light Years from Home
Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby Standing in the Shadow?
Street Fighting Man

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This second greatest hits collection serves up the band's classic mid- '60s period, capped off by the death of Brian Jones for whom this collection is dedicated. Having made their breakthrough with hits that challenged the status quo, the Stones were in no mood to calm down. The insistent chaos of "Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?" "Jumping Jack Flash," and "Street Fighting Man" display the Stones at their most powerful, while "Dandelion" and "She's a Rainbow" are the Stones succeeding with psychedelia. "Paint It, Black" and "Ruby Tuesday" strike a perfect balance. A decent introduction to an essential period of Stones music. --Rob O'Connor

Album Description

This Super Audio Compact Disc (SACD) recording offers high-resolution sound and is playable on both standard CD players and SACD-compatible devices.

Album Description

Full Title - Through The Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2). Remastered reissue of 1969 compilation, suitable for standard & 'Super Audio' CD players. Digipak.

Customer Reviews:

essential!.......2007-06-15

The Stones in the 60s....awesome classic rock and roll. If you don't feel like spending forty bucks on the extensive Hot Rocks and More Hot Rocks collections then this is the one to go with. Every single song is a winner!

An essential Stones "best of".......2006-09-23

If you're new to the Stones then this would be a good place to start. After listening to this you'll be ready to listen to some of their other later 60's albums to hear some deeper cuts.

Remaster Worth It.......2006-03-11

Another reviewer, "exileonmainst" has questioned the value in the remastering on the Stones' ABKCO releases. Take it from me, since I actually own this CD. I replaced my old cds with the new remasters, and I can assure you that the remastered versions are FAR SUPERIOR to the old releases, and I do not own an SACD compatable cd player. ABKCO's previous releases have been remixed, making the track less muddy sounding at high volume. The level of clarity is amazing, and the mixes have been opened up to allow for a fuller sound. Definately worth the price of the new CD.

Review for Rolling Stones Big Hits vol2.......2006-02-01

This record is one I love best.I had it in vinil (L.P.).Some of the tracks like Honky Tonky Woman and Street Fighting man are not available in the others R.S. compact dics.Besides this record has another layer for super audio c.d. which is very good.

Speak of me as you find.......2005-11-15

When I was about 13 years old I purchased this lp. It was packaged in an octogon cutout jacket. I'll bet it's worth a fortune today. I have no idea what happened to it. This CD is a great trip down memory lane and it also serves up the great singles Jumpin' Jack Flash and Honky Tonk Women. Since I already owned Jump Back I decided to pick this up along with High Tide and Green Grass Volume I. I already own the SACD releases of Let It Bleed and Begger's Banquet so I don't really need the Hot Rocks set. I think this is a better way to go because it "frames" the era.

Enough of that. Through the Past Darkly is almost perfect. The SACD sound is truly amazing, you REALLY will hear things that were previously buried in the lack of fidelity of the Lp release and the original Analog to Digital CD release.

The track selection is great save for one. I'd forgotten how truly ridiculous She's a Rainbow sounds. I just have to laugh at it. The background vocals actually remind of of some of the vocals from Zappa's We're Only in it for the Money. - you know, the vocal tracks where Zappa would speed up Ray Collins voice? It sounds like a bunch of stoned munchkins! This was psychodelic? Oh brother! At first I cringed and winced but then just decided to just laugh at it. It's good fun.

Ruby Tuesday is a very nice treat on this release. You can actually hear the horse hair of the cello bow moving across the strings! Even on a plain ol' CD player!

If you don't own Beggar's Banquet you can hear the terrific Street Fighting Man mix here. I just love that wild ending with the strings, sitar, and the pentatonic piano notes floating above it all. And the drum on the intro to this song... Charlie Watts must be playing the biggest bass drum available. It sounds massive! Ba-Boom!

All of these tracks will sound fresh and new, Mother's Little Helper, Paint it Black, Have You Seen Your Mother? Let's Spend the Night Together - I really am hearing all kinds of new things in the mix. At times it's as if you are standing right in the middle of the session. I love it.

If you want a very good late 60's Stone Collection , this is it. Again, I would go with the SACD releases of High Tide and Green Grass and Through the Past Darkly rather than Hotrocks. Why? Because once you hear these you are going to run right out and buy Beggar's Banquet and Let it Bleed which are must have Stones releases.

Go for it!

Postscript: Ok. I admit it. Two weeks later and She's a Rainbow sounds great, even with the stoned munchkins singing the ooo-la-la-la ooo-la-la-la-laaaaaa in the background. She's a Rainbow is actually a very interesting artifact of the late 60's!

Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits, Vol. 2)

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The U.S. Version Rules!
Differences Between This U.S. Release And The U.K. Release
THE ORIGINAL STORY
Through The Past, Darker
Forget HOT ROCKS

Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits, Vol. 2)
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Manufacturer: Abkco
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Tracks:

Paint It, Black
Ruby Tuesday
She's A Rainbow
Jumpin' Jack Flash
Mother's Little Helper
Let's Spend The Night Together
Honky Tonk Women
Dandelion
2000 Light Years From Home
Have You Seen Your Mother Baby, Standing In The Shadow?
Street Fighting Man

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Customer Reviews:

The U.S. Version Rules!.......2005-09-28

Back in the day we never considered this anything but another Stones album, and not a boring hits album. Most of the songs were available nowhere else. Through the Past Darkly in its U.S. version just burns the house down. The toned down Euro vynl just isn't the same without Paint it Black & Have You seen Your Mother Baby, Standing in the Shadow?! That combo of songs on the cracked glass octagonal bright blue album is magic, and anything else just isn't the same. The Original Stereo mix on a virgin vintage original London vynl lp is the best sounding too! I'm just not too excited about remixes and bonus cuts; this piece of perfection is best left alone. If you must have a cd; burn it from clean vynl!

Differences Between This U.S. Release And The U.K. Release.......2002-09-08

This is the remastered September 12, 1969 - U.S. London release that was dedicated to Brian Jones. This US version covered their American hits from 1966-1969. Here are the songs on this album, in the order they were released as singles in the U.S.:
5-6-66 Paint It, Black
7-1-66 Mother's Little Helper
9-23-66 Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In The Shadow?
1-13-67 Ruby Tuesday
1-13-67 Let's Spend The Night Together (B side of Ruby Tuesday)
8-18-67 Dandelion
12-22-67 She's A Rainbow
12-22-67 2000 Light Years From Home (B side of She's A Rainbow)
5-31-68 Jumpin' Jack Flash
8-30-68 Street Fighting Man
7-3-69 Honky Tonk Woman

For some reason the album did not include the US single release of In Another Land or We Love You (the B side of Dandelion).

All the songs on this album are different from those that appear on the 1st compilation album Big Hits (High Tide & Green Grass).

This album is different from the album released by U.K. Decca the same day. There were 2 tracks that were not included on each release. Here are the differences:
U.S. London release included:
.....Paint It, Black
.....Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In The Shadow?
U.K. Decca release included:
.....We Love You
.....You Better Move On

At the time of the release, it was the only album that included the following tracks:
In the U.S.:
.....Jumpin' Jack Flash
.....Mother's Little Helper
.....Dandelion
.....Honky Tonk Women
.....Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In The Shadow?
In the U.K.:
.....Jumpin' Jack Flash
.....Let's Spend The Night Together
.....We Love You
.....Ruby Tuesday
.....Dandelion
.....Sittin' On A Fence
.....Honky Tonk Women

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.

THE ORIGINAL STORY.......2002-04-08

A lot of confused or too young reviewers around. This is truly one of the best records you can buy if you want the Stones rolling with powerful raw songs, and sophisticated exercises that certainly were very progressive at the time and still are deligthful now. WHAT IS THIS DVD THEN ? IT IS NOT a DVD of an original vinyl, and neither a recopilation of songs now made from several old records.
The reviewer from Warsaw got it rigth. In september 1969 I bought a strange vinyl record, my first adventure in the Stones, which came in a strange octogonal casing, and had the picture you get in the CD now. Almost all the songs you get in this CD were there, in the original record by Decca (which by the way I lost in the 80's. Anybody out there can help?).
So then if you love the Stones, get the record straigth. Then buy this DVD. It is an outstanding representation of the classic Stones...................

Through The Past, Darker.......2002-04-04

Essential for anybody who, like me, listened to the vinyl Decca version, and admired it's strange octagonal sleeve. I don't remember whether it was actually the first Stones record I listened to, but it sure was the first I had in my hands. I'd give it 5 stars if only there were the original line-up of songs with tongue-in-cheek lyrical "You Better Move On" and splendid "We Love You" and "Sitting On The Fence" instead of "Paint It, Black" and "Have You Seen Your Mother...". In the Decca version the band's portfolio sounded more versatile. It is a shame there's no collector's item state-of-art compact disc replica of that one! Thus, the past grows darker and darker.

Forget HOT ROCKS.......2001-12-11

Get Big Hits (High Tides and Green Grass) and Thru The Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol II).

Thru the Past... has "She's A Rinbow" and "Dandelion" AND "Jumping Jack Flash" and "Honky Tonk Women".

Tracks:

Paint It, Black
Ruby Tuesday
She's a Rainbow
Jumpin' Jack Flash
Mother's Little Helper
Let's Spend the Night Together
Honky Tonk Woman
Dandelion
2000 Light Years from Home
Have You Seen Your Mother Baby, Standing in the Shadow?
Street Fighting Man

Album Details

Japanese Limited Edition Issue of the Dsd Mastered Album Classic in a Deluxe, Miniaturized LP Sleeve Replica of the Original Vinyl Album Artwork.

Customer Reviews:

Interesting if you're a fan of Stones history.......2007-01-07

Though all the songs here can be found on various other Stones collections- "Hot Rocks" and "Forty Licks" to name two- this hits compilation is particularly interesting because it was the last to arrive while original member and resident musical genius Brian Jones was still alive ("Darkly" came out in May '69; he drowned in July). The cover and inner sleeve photos were taken beneath London Bridge, Star Cross, and Jones, already distant from the band due to drug problems and Keith Richards stealing his girlfriend, was ordered to attend the shoot or risk being fired. It was a true turning point in their career. Everyone looks haggard, shaggy, riding high on their new hit "Honky Tonk Women" and wondering if they'd ever shed their corrupt manager and tour the US again. If they only knew...

11 of Their Best and Brightest Now Remastered and Repackaged!.......2006-04-05

This mlps, gatefold design version of the second part of their greatest hits collection, "Big Hits", this album is subtitled "Big Hits Vol.2)and is by far the better album. The sound quality is fantastic as our Japanese friends have yet again done a brilliant remastering job. The 11 tracks here include gems like "Paint It Black", "Ruby Tuesday", "Jumpin' Jack Flash", "Let's Spend the Night Together", "Honky Tonk Women", "Dandelion" and "Street Fighting Man", all of which would be on any greatest hits compilation of the band in any era. The octagonal shape of the cover, though is a little irritating as the paper insert that includes the English and Japanese lyrics sticks out when you put them together but overall, a good package as the great sound more than makes up for this little "flaw". Recommended.

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Through the Past Darkly-Big Hits 2

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000KJTK7A
Release Date: 2007-01-30

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Early Gems

Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits, Vol. 2)
The Rolling Stones
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00006RT51
Release Date: 2006-08-22

Tracks:

Paint It Black
Ruby Tuesday
She's a Rainbow
Jumpin' Jack Flash
Mother's Little Helper
Let's Spend the Night Together
Honky Tonk Women
Dandelion
2000 Light Years from Home
Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?
Street Fighting Man

Customer Reviews:

Early Gems.......2007-07-19

This 1967 album was the Stones' second hits collection and reflects the styles and times of the middle sixties. It is heavy with their brand of psychedelia in shimmering masterpieces like Dandelion, She's A Rainbow and Paint It Black. Also the poetic Ruby Tuesday, of which the most memorable cover version is probably that of Melanie Safka.

Talking of covers, David Bowie's interpretation of Let's Spend The Night on his Aladdin Sane album is a noble effort but doesn't come close to the original. The most raucous moments of the album occur in the classic rock numbers Jumpin' Jack Flash and Honky Tonk Women, while 2000 Light Years From Home has a spacey, atmospheric feel.

Street Fighting Man with its menacing air reflects the times as it was inspired by the student riots of the 60's, while Have You Seen Your Mother Baby is a soulful power ballad with a devastating hook. Mother's Little Helper is a topical song about the abuse of prescription medicines and contains the classic lines: "Doctor please, some more of these/Outside the door, she takes four more ..."

Most of these tracks were subsequently included on the two Hot Rocks collections but this album remains a worthwhile purchase since every song here is a masterpiece and the sequence is just perfect. The early music of the Stones sounds better and better as the decades pass.

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Seduction Through the Past...darkly
sleep chamber
Manufacturer: funfundvierzig
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000R0ENXI

Product Description

10 tracks: 1. Snakebite (Original Demo Version) 2. Babes Ov Babylon ('92 Version Remake) 3. Light Pours Out Ov Me (Remix) 4. Great & Secret Show (Unreleased) 5. Red Panties (Alternate Version) 6. Animal Magnetism (Alternate Version) 7. Blue Eyez, Blue Sheets (Unreleased) 8. Catwoman (Live at Manray 8/13/94) [Live] 9. Salome (Live at the Limelight 10/18/94) [Live] 10. Infatuation (Live at the Middle East 10/31/94) [Live]

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Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits, Vol. 2)
The Rolling Stones
Manufacturer: Universal
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000EU1L0E
Release Date: 2006-04-17

Tracks:

Paint It, Black
Ruby Tuesday
She's a Rainbow
Jumpin' Jack Flash
Mother's Little Helper
Let's Spend the Night Together
Honky Tonk Woman
Dandelion
2000 Light Years from Home
Have You Seen Your Mother Baby, Standing in the Shadow?
Street Fighting Man

Album Description

European paper sleeve pressing. Part of Abkco's `Rolling Stones Remastered Series'. Includes an `Inaugural Edition' Certificate! Universal. 2006.

Album Details

This Strictly Limited Edition Series Exactly Replicates the Original 1960s Vinyl Sleeves. The CDs Feature the Acclaimed Dsd-mastered Audio - Remastered from the Original Master Tapes for the First Time.

Through The Past Darkly + 8 Bonus Tracks

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Through The Past Darkly + 8 Bonus Tracks
The Rolling Stones
Manufacturer: CD Maxium
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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This is a special edition Russian import cd. It has all 12 tracks from the original album plus an additional 8 bonus tracks (20 songs total). Please see the above photo of the back cover for a list of songs. There is also a mini-poster included with this cd.

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