Half-speed cut at Abbey Road by Miles Showell, The Rolling Stones are adding three previously unreleased songs to an expanded version of Goats Head Soup.
The deluxe two-disc CD and vinyl editions of the storied 1973 album will be released on 4 September. They will include 10 rarities and alternative mixes, including the previously unreleased tracks Scarlet,All the Rage and the project's lead single, Criss Cross. Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page contributes guitar to Scarlet, which also features Rick Gretch of Blind Faith on bass.
"I really feel close to this album, and I really put all I had into it,"Mick Jagger said in a statement announcing the new set's release. "I guess it comes across that I'm more into the songs." Eight of Goats Head Soup's original 10 songs were recorded in one four-week recording session in Jamaica with producer Jimmy Miller, which Keith Richards notes "was one of the few places that would let us all in" at the time.
This major new presentation of another landmark in the Stones’ unparalleled history is introduced with the release of the first previously unreleased track, Criss Cross. The percussive, energetic number is accompanied by an official video, which you can see below.
The Rolling Stones - Criss Cross
Miles Showell cut all four albums on his customised Neumann lathe with the main album being half-speed mastered. The videos for Dancing With Mr. D., Silver Train and Angie feature alongside an exclusive 100-page book with photographs, essays by writers Ian McCann, Nick Kent and Daryl Easlea and reproductions of three 1973 tour posters.
Half-speed cut by Miles Showell at Abbey Road - you can purchase from the Abbey Road Shop here or see the full collection below.
