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Through The Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2)
Compilation album by The Rolling Stones
Released	12 September 1969
Recorded	8 August 1963 - June 1969
Genre	Rock
Length	42:30 (UK) 38:23 (US)
Label	Decca (UK) London/ABKCO (US)
Producer	Andrew Loog Oldham, The Rolling Stones and Jimmy Miller
Professional reviews
All Music Guide (UK) link All Music Guide (US) link Rolling Stone link
The Rolling Stones chronology
Beggars Banquet (1968) Through The Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2) (1969) Let It Bleed (1969)

Through The Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2) is The Rolling Stones' second official compilation album, released in 1969 shortly following Brian Jones's departure from the group and subsequent death. The name of the album is a play on a line from the KJV translation of I Corinthians 13: "For now we see through a glass, darkly, but then face to face: . . .", but it is more likely the Stones intended an homage to Ingmar Bergman and his 1961 film Through a Glass Darkly.

In September, Through The Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2) - dedicated to Jones - appeared with a limited edition octagonal-shaped album cover. Because their first compilation had been released in separate UK and US formats (with the Aftermath-era material appearing only on the UK edition), the American edition included hit singles from that period.

The UK tracklist included the more obscure "You Better Move On", from The Rolling Stones' self-titled 1964 debut EP and "Sittin' On A Fence", an Aftermath outtake originally released in 1967 on the US-compiled Flowers album. In addition to those songs, many tracks, notably single-only releases, were collected for the first time on a UK Rolling Stones album: "Let's Spend the Night Together", "Ruby Tuesday", "We Love You", "Dandelion" and "Honky Tonk Women".

Both versions of Through The Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2) proved to be popular releases, reaching #2 in the UK and US with enduring sales.

In August 2002 the US edition of Through The Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2) was reissued in a new remastered CD and SACD digipak by ABKCO Records. The UK counterpart is currently out of print.

Contents 1 Track listings 1.1 UK release 1.1.1 Side A 1.1.2 Side B 1.2 US release 1.2.1 Side A 1.2.2 Side B 2 Charts

All songs by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, except where noted.

1. "Jumpin' Jack Flash" – 3:40
   • Originally released as a single in May 1968
2. "Mother's Little Helper" – 2:45
3. "2000 Light Years from Home" – 4:45
4. "Let's Spend the Night Together" – 3:36
   • Originally released as a single in January 1967
5. "You Better Move On" (Arthur Alexander) – 2:39
   • Originally released on the 1964 EP The Rolling Stones
6. "We Love You" – 4:22
   • Originally released as a single in August 1967

1. "Street Fighting Man" – 3:15
2. "She's a Rainbow" – 4:11
3. "Ruby Tuesday" – 3:16
   • Originally released as a single in January 1967
4. "Dandelion" – 3:32
   • Originally released as a single in August 1967
5. "Sittin' On A Fence" – 3:02
   • Originally released on the American-compiled Flowers album in July 1967
6. "Honky Tonk Women" – 3:00
   • Originally released as a single in July 1969

1. "Paint It, Black" – 3:20
2. "Ruby Tuesday" – 3:12
3. "She's a Rainbow" – 4:35
4. "Jumpin' Jack Flash" – 3:40
5. "Mother's Little Helper" – 2:40
6. "Let's Spend the Night Together" – 3:29

1. "Honky Tonk Women" – 3:03
2. "Dandelion" – 3:56
3. "2000 Light Years from Home" – 4:45
4. "Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?" – 2:33
5. "Street Fighting Man" – 3:10

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1969 1970	UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart	2 7
1969 1970	Billboard Pop Albums Billboard Pop Albums	2 28

Single

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1969	"Honky Tonk Women"	UK Top 50 Singles	1
1969	"Honky Tonk Women"	The Billboard Hot 100	1

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Members	Mick Jagger • Keith Richards • Charlie Watts • Ron Wood Brian Jones • Bill Wyman • Mick Taylor • Ian Stewart
See also	Chuck Leavell • Darryl Jones • Dick Taylor • Andrew Loog Oldham • Allen Klein • Nicky Hopkins • Bobby Keys • Jimmy Miller • Jim Price • Billy Preston
UK studio albums 1964-1967	The Rolling Stones • The Rolling Stones No. 2 • Out of Our Heads • Aftermath • Between the Buttons
US studio albums 1964-1967	England's Newest Hitmakers • 12 X 5 • The Rolling Stones, Now! • Out of Our Heads • December's Children (And Everybody's) • Aftermath • Between the Buttons
Studio albums 1967-present	Their Satanic Majesties Request • Beggars Banquet • Let It Bleed • Sticky Fingers • Exile on Main St. • Goats Head Soup • It's Only Rock'n Roll • Black and Blue • Some Girls • Emotional Rescue • Tattoo You • Undercover • Dirty Work • Steel Wheels • Voodoo Lounge • Bridges to Babylon • A Bigger Bang
UK EPs	The Rolling Stones • Five by Five • got LIVE if you want it!
Live albums	Got Live if You Want It! • Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! The Rolling Stones in Concert • Love You Live • "Still Life" (American Concert 1981) • Flashpoint • Stripped • No Security • Live Licks
Compilations	Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) • Flowers (US) • Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2) • Made in the Shade • Sucking in the Seventies • Rewind (1971-1984) • Jump Back: The Best of The Rolling Stones • Forty Licks • Rarities 1971-2003 • Rolled Gold+: The Very Best of the Rolling Stones
Post-contract ABKCO albums	Hot Rocks 1964-1971 • More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies) • Metamorphosis • Singles Collection: The London Years • The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus • Singles 1963-1965 • Singles 1965-1967 • Singles 1968-1971
Miscellaneous albums	Jamming with Edward • Brussels Affair
Tours	American Tour 1969 • European Tour '70 • UK Tour '71 • American Tour '72 • Pacific Tour '73 • European Tour '73 • Tour of the Americas '75 • Tour of Europe '76 • US Tour '78 •American Tour '81 • European Tour '82 • Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle Tour • Voodoo Lounge Tour • Bridges to Babylon Tour • No Security Tour • Licks Tour • A Bigger Bang Tour
Related articles	Discography • The Glimmer Twins • Jagger/Richards • Nanker Phelge • Rolling Stones Records • Rock and Roll Circus • Altamont Free Concert • Rolling Stones Mobile Studio
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