Exile on Main St.

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Tracklist

1▶12" Vinyl

2▼12" Vinyl
#	Title	Rating	Length
C1	Happy producer: Jimmy Miller (producer for Rolling Stones/Nirvana etc) bass and lead vocals: Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist) drums (drum set): Jimmy Miller (producer for Rolling Stones/Nirvana etc) guest piano: Nicky Hopkins (pianist and organist) percussion and saxophone: Bobby Keys (American saxophonist) trombone and trumpet: Jim Price (horn session musician) phonographic copyright (℗) by: Promotone B.V. (not for release label use!) (in 2012) recording of: Happy written in: France writer: Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist) publisher: Colgems-EMI Music Inc.	3.65	3:00
C2	Turd on the Run producer: Jimmy Miller (producer for Rolling Stones/Nirvana etc) double bass [bass uprite]: Bill Plummer harmonica: Mick Jagger phonographic copyright (℗) by: Promotone B.V. (not for release label use!) (in 2012) recording of: Turd on the Run writer: Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist) publisher: Colgems-EMI Music Inc.	3.95	2:33
C3	Ventilator Blues producer: Jimmy Miller (producer for Rolling Stones/Nirvana etc) phonographic copyright (℗) by: Promotone B.V. (not for release label use!) (in 2012) recording of: Ventilator Blues writer: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist) and Mick Taylor publisher: Colgems-EMI Music Inc.	3.85	3:20
C4	I Just Want to See His Face producer: Jimmy Miller (producer for Rolling Stones/Nirvana etc) piano: Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist) background vocals: Clydie King, Jerry Kirkland (backing vocalist with Rolling Stones) and Vennetta phonographic copyright (℗) by: Promotone B.V. (not for release label use!) (in 2012) recording of: I Just Want to See His Face writer: Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist) publisher: Colgems-EMI Music Inc.	3.2	3:15
C5	Let It Loose producer: Jimmy Miller (producer for Rolling Stones/Nirvana etc) background vocals: Shirley Goodman, Joe Green (Atlanta rapper), Clydie King, Tami Lynn, Mac Rebennack (New Orleans blues pianist, singer and songwriter) and Venetta phonographic copyright (℗) by: Promotone B.V. (not for release label use!) (in 2012) recording of: Let It Loose writer: Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist) publisher: Colgems-EMI Music Inc.	4.25	5:17
D1	All Down the Line producer: Jimmy Miller (producer for Rolling Stones/Nirvana etc) double bass [standup bass]: Bill Plummer percussion: Jimmy Miller (producer for Rolling Stones/Nirvana etc) background vocals: Kathi McDonald phonographic copyright (℗) by: Promotone B.V. (not for release label use!) (in 2012) recording of: All Down the Line writer: Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist) publisher: ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”)	4.35	3:50
D2	Stop Breaking Down producer: Jimmy Miller (producer for Rolling Stones/Nirvana etc) guitar and harmonica [harp]: Mick Jagger arranger: The Rolling Stones phonographic copyright (℗) by: Promotone B.V. (not for release label use!) (in 2012) cover recording of: Stop Breaking Down Blues lyricist and composer: Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend) publisher: MPCA King of Spades	3.8	4:34
D3	Shine a Light phonographic copyright (℗) by: Promotone B.V. (not for release label use!) (in 2012) remasters: Shine a Light (original studio mix) by The Rolling Stones recording of: Shine a Light writer: Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist) publisher: ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”), Promopub. B.V., Westminster Music, ティー・アール・オー・エセックス・ジャパン A事業部 (TRO Essex Japan, A-Division) and 日本アブコ音楽出版 (ABKCO Japan Publishing)		4:15
D4	Soul Survivor producer: Jimmy Miller (producer for Rolling Stones/Nirvana etc) bass: Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist) phonographic copyright (℗) by: Promotone B.V. (not for release label use!) (in 2012) recording of: Soul Survivor writer: Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist) publisher: Colgems-EMI Music Inc.	3.45	3:50

Credits

Release

manufactured in:	Germany
printed in:	Germany

photography:	Robert Frank (photographer) (task: cover)
graphic design:	Norman Seeff John Van Hamersveld (photographer and designer)

rights society:	GEMA (German rights society; do not use this as a label or work publisher!)
distributed by:	Atlantic Recording Corporation (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US)
printed by:	Druckhaus Maack KG (German printing company)

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/16869771 [info]

Release group

included in:	A Bigger Bang World Tour 2005–2006 Special Edition Collection: 1971–1989 In Studio: Greatest Albums From the ’70s to ’00s Studio Albums Vinyl Collection 1971–2016 The Rolling Stones Collection (Mondadori)

part of:

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Pitchfork: The 100 Best Albums of the 1970s (number: 11) (order: 11)
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33⅓ (number: 18) (order: 18)
The Guardian 100 Best Albums Ever (number: 25) (order: 25)
Apple Music: 100 Best Albums (number: 53) (order: 53)
Billboard Decade End Chart: Billboard 200 (1970s) (number: 66) (order: 66)
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (2005 edition) (number: 269) (order: 269)

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/30303 [info]
reviews:	https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/w2f9 [info]
other databases:	https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the_rolling_stones/exile_on_main_st_/ [info] https://www.musik-sammler.de/album/42941/ [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000191639 [info]
Wikidata:	Q217248 [info]

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Barcode:: [none]
Format:: 2×12" Vinyl
Length:: 1:06:21

Additional details

Type:: Album
Packaging:: Gatefold Cover
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

Labels

Rolling Stones Records
COC 69100

Release events

Germany
1972

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