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Rarities 1971-2003
Compilation album by The Rolling Stones
Released	21 November 2005
Recorded	1971 - 2003
Genre	Rock
Length	79:30
Label	Virgin
Producer(s)	Don Was and The Glimmer Twins, Jimmy Miller, and Chris Kimsey
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A Bigger Bang (2005)	Rarities 1971-2003 (2005)

Rarities 1971-2003 is a compilation album by The Rolling Stones that was released in 2005 worldwide by Virgin Records - as well as by the coffee-chain Starbucks in North America - and features a selection of supposedly rare and obscure material recorded between 1971 and 2003.

Consisting primarily of B-Sides and live recordings, Rarities 1971-2003 marks the first time these recordings have been made available on an official stand-alone release by The Rolling Stones, after years of demand.

Nevertheless, fans have had mixed feelings over the album, with many complaining many of these songs were already found in previous live/compilation albums. In addition, subtly changed remixes of less popular 1980s singles such as "Harlem Shuffle" and "Mixed Emotions" were also slotted in in the place of other more deserving material.

Several genuine, first-tier rarities (mostly B-sides) were included, such as "Fancyman Blues", "Anyway You Look At It", "Wish I'd Never Met You", "Through the Lonely Nights", and the band's live rendition of "Let It Rock" from 1971, but the rest of the album was considered to be padded out with questionable material that made Rarities 1971-2003 seem to many fans and critics like a missed opportunity, partially designed to please hardcore fans and partially a piece of product for the Starbucks market.

Heavily-bootlegged rarities such as "Blood Red Wine" and "Claudine" still remain in the vaults, along with quality outtakes from famous album sessions such as Beggars Banquet and entire live shows from the Stones early 1970s peak. Also missing are the B-sides from Voodoo Lounge and the song, "Cook Cook Blues" from Steel Wheels. In the liner notes, lead singer Mick Jagger acknowledges the band's discretion at re-releasing what they consider to be lesser songs, hence, a partial explanation for some of the songs in absence on Rarities 1971-2003. It should be noted that although the cover photo is evidently from the late 1970's, it only squeezes in the quartet lineup of the band and does not feature bassist Bill Wyman, who was probably cropped out of the shot.

Rarities 1971-2003 managed a #76 peak in the US.

All songs by Jagger/Richards, except where noted.

1. "Fancyman Blues" – 4:48
   • B-Side to "Mixed Emotions" in 1989
2. "Tumbling Dice (Live)" – 4:02
   • Live track originally intended to be included on Stripped in 1995
3. "Wild Horses (Live Stripped Version)" – 5:10
   • Originally appeared on Stripped in 1995
4. "Beast of Burden (Live)" – 5:04
   • Live version that originally appeared as the B-Side to "Going to a Go-Go" in 1982 - recorded live at the "Rosemont Horizon", Chicago, 25 november 1981
5. "Anyway You Look at It" – 4:20
   • B-Side to "Saint of Me" in 1998
6. "If I Was a Dancer (Dance Pt. 2)" (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards/Ron Wood) – 5:50
   • An Emotional Rescue outtake that originally appeared on 1981's Sucking in the Seventies compilation, reissued in 2005
7. "Miss You (Dance Version)" – 7:32
   • Extended Remix
8. "Wish I'd Never Met You" – 4:39
   • B-Side to "Terrifying" in 1990
9. "I Just Wanna Make Love to You (Live)" (Willie Dixon) – 3:55
   • Originally appeared as one of the tracks of the B-Side of the Maxi-Single Highwire in 1991, recorded live at the "Wembley Stadium" on 6 july 1990
10. "Mixed Emotions (12" Version)" – 6:12
    • Extended Remix
11. "Through The Lonely Nights" – 4:12
    • Recorded during the Goats Head Soup sessions, this song first appeared as the B-Side to "It's Only Rock'n Roll (But I Like It)" in 1974
12. "Live With Me (Live)" – 3:47
    • B-side of Wild Horses-single
13. "Let It Rock (Live)" (Chuck Berry) – 2:46
    • A live recording that was originally released as the B-Side of "Brown Sugar" in 1971 in the UK only, recorded live at the University of Leeds, 13 march 1971
14. "Harlem Shuffle (NY Mix)" (Bob Relf/Ernest Nelson) – 5:48
    • Extended Remix. This version has been edited; the original 12" release ran – 6:35 minutes.
15. "Mannish Boy (Live)" (McKinley Morganfield/Ellas McDaniel/Mel London) – 4:28
    • Live recording from Love You Live
16. "Thru and Thru (Live)" – 6:39
    • Recorded live January 2003 at a Madison Square Garden performance featured on the DVD set Four Flicks

• Mick Jagger - vocals
• Keith Richards - guitars, vocals
• Mick Taylor - guitars
• Ron Wood - guitar, bass guitar, drums, vocals
• Bill Wyman - bass
• Charlie Watts - drums

Album

Year	Chart	Position
2005 2006	The Billboard 200 The Billboard 200	76 182

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