The Rolling Stones - Forty Licks [Remastered] (CD 2006)

i love this album, i bought this album for my husband in 1999, different cover same songs, he lent it to someone n never got it back n sadly really misses it so ive replaced it for him for fathers day !!! fab album xxx

THIS CD THE ROLLING STONES -FORTY LICKS WAS ADVERTISED ON T.V AND SEEING I ONLY HAD THE ROLLING STONES ON VYNIL I DECIEDED I WANTED TO UP-DATE SO I LOOKED ON E-BAY AND YES THERE IT WAS AND A TRUE ORIGINAL NOT A COPY FOR £6.00 AND A GREAT QUICK SUPPLY FROM A TOP E-BAY SUPPLIER. REVIEW FROM phill.196

I decided to buy this CD as I really wanted a comprehensive Rolling Stones CD. The CD is in fantastic condition and arrived very quickly. It is one of the best CD's I have purchased from another Ebay member.

As teenagers in the 60's we usually aligned ourselves with either The Beatles or The Stones, rarely both. I was definitely in the former camp, although there was always something appealing about those deadly rivals (as seen through our eyes), despite their output being of an altogether different style. Consequently, my collection over the years, from original 45's, EP's and LP's through to the latest CD reissues, is bulging with Beatles’ titles but very few examples from The Stones. OK, I admit it, there were none! So, this was a chance to right that wrong with a collection that unbelievably spans five decades and apparently includes just about every hit song they produced. I would argue that The Stones did not consistently hit the heights over that period, whereas the Fab Four's discography includes very few turkeys (we'll forget Yellow Submarine ever existed). Having said that, the Richmond Rockers, as a group, have endured up to the present day, and are still touring of course, whereas the Merseysiders’ called it a day relatively early on although it seems their music is destined to survive forever.

All this was reinforced for me was as I ploughed through Forty Licks; a wonderful nostalgia trip, some great tracks but some that are less so, with production levels very suspect in places and Jagger's vocals totally drowned out. However, at bargain price this catch-all album can be classed as nothing less than excellent and for me has filled a gaping hole in my collection.

I bought this as a fathers day present for my dad, as he is a fan of "The Stones" but didnt have any CDs of them, only Vinyls. As we had just got a new car, with a cd player, i thought this would be the perfect gift for him. The next time i was in the car with him was on holiday to Croyde, Devon. So we listened to it on the journey, and i found i quite liked it too! So i borrowed it and put it on my MP3 player, so it wasn't just a gift for him, but for me too!
This shows that this is a good CD for people of all ages.
Thanks eBay!