The Best Days (compact disc box set)

~ Release by The Rolling Stones (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

The Best Days features on 8 compact discs legendary radio live recordings from the 60s, 70s and 80s plus one "unplugged" CD

Please note: This low budget package reissued a few years later (before 2025, most probably 2023) as a 8 CD set titled simply
"The Rolling Stones" (Eagle Eyes EEE-82283).

Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout: LM 11669 - ROLLING STONES - THE BEST DAYS - CD1
Matrix / Runout: LM 11669 - ROLLING STONES - THE BEST DAYS - CD2
Matrix / Runout: LM 11669 - ROLLING STONES - THE BEST DAYS - CD3
Matrix / Runout: LM 11669 - ROLLING STONES - THE BEST DAYS - CD4
Matrix / Runout: LM 11669 - ROLLING STONES - THE BEST DAYS - CD4
Matrix / Runout: LM 11669 - ROLLING STONES - THE BEST DAYS - CD6
Matrix / Runout: LM 11669 - ROLLING STONES - THE BEST DAYS - CD7
Matrix / Runout: LM 11669 - ROLLING STONES - THE BEST DAYS - CD8

Annotation last modified on 2025-09-14 12:01 UTC.

Tracklist

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1▼CD: 1969
#TitleRatingLength
1Jumping Jack Flash
recording of:
Jumpin’ Jack Flash
written in:
West Sussex, England, United Kingdom
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”) and Westminster Music Ltd.
3:13
2Carol
recording of:
Carol
lyricist and composer:
Chuck Berry
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Jewel Music Inc. and Jewel Music Publishing Co. Ltd. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
3:21
3Sympathy for the Devil
recording of:
Sympathy for the Devil
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”), Essex Music International and Westminster Music Ltd.
5:30
4Stray Cat Blues
recording of:
Stray Cat Blues
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
3:28
5Prodigal Son
3:31
6You Gotta Move
recording of:
You Got to Move
writer:
Reverend Gary Davis and Mississippi Fred McDowell
publisher:
Chandos Music Company and Tradition Music Co.
2:08
7Love in Vain
4:51
8I'm Free
recording of:
I’m Free
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”)
5:13
9Under My Thumb
recording of:
Under My Thumb
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”), Westminster Music Ltd., 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)
2:55
10Midnight Rambler
recording of:
Midnight Rambler
written in:
Positano, Salerno, Campania, Italy
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”)
6:17
11Live With Me
recording of:
Live With Me
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
3:00
12Live With Me
recording of:
Live With Me
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
3:46
13Satisfaction
5:20
14Honky Tonk Women
recording of:
Honky Tonk Women
written in:
Mato Grosso, Brazil (in 1968-12)
writer:
Mick Jagger (in 1968-12) and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist) (in 1968-12)
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”) and Westminster Music Ltd.
3:50
15Honky Tonk Women
live recording of:
Honky Tonk Women
written in:
Mato Grosso, Brazil (in 1968-12)
writer:
Mick Jagger (in 1968-12) and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist) (in 1968-12)
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”) and Westminster Music Ltd.
3:48
2▼CD: 1969
#TitleRatingLength
1Carol
recording of:
Carol
lyricist and composer:
Chuck Berry
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Jewel Music Inc. and Jewel Music Publishing Co. Ltd. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
3:23
2Sympathy for the Devil
recording of:
Sympathy for the Devil
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”), Essex Music International and Westminster Music Ltd.
7:28
3Stray Cat Blues
recording of:
Stray Cat Blues
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
3:23
4Love in Vain
4:37
5Prodigal Son
2:36
6You Gotta Move
recording of:
You Got to Move
writer:
Reverend Gary Davis and Mississippi Fred McDowell
publisher:
Chandos Music Company and Tradition Music Co.
2:01
7Under My Thumb
recording of:
Under My Thumb
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”), Westminster Music Ltd., 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)
6:21
8Midnight Rambler
live recording of:
Midnight Rambler
written in:
Positano, Salerno, Campania, Italy
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”)
8:47
9Live With Me
recording of:
Live With Me
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
2:54
10Little Queenie
recording of:
Little Queenie
lyricist and composer:
Chuck Berry
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher)
3:58
11Satisfaction
5:16
12Street Fighting Man
recording of:
Street Fighting Man
writer:
Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist) and Mick Jagger (from 1968-05 until 1968-06)
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”)
3:46
3▼CD: 1978
#TitleRatingLength
1Let It Rock
recording of:
Let It Rock
lyricist and composer:
Chuck Berry
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Arc Music Corporation (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Isalee Music Publishing Company
2:11
2All Down the Line
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”)
3:57
3Honky Tonk Woman
recording of:
Honky Tonk Women
written in:
Mato Grosso, Brazil (in 1968-12)
writer:
Mick Jagger (in 1968-12) and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist) (in 1968-12)
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”) and Westminster Music Ltd.
53:40
4Star Star
recording of:
Star Star
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
3:54
5When the Whip Comes Down
recording of:
When the Whip Comes Down
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
4:57
6Lies
recording of:
Lies
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
4:21
7Miss You
recording of:
Miss You
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
7:40
8Beast of Burden
recording of:
Beast of Burden
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
publisher:
Colgems-EMI Music Co. (publisher)
6:08
4▼CD: 1978
#TitleRatingLength
1Just My Imagination
6:45
2Shattered
recording of:
Shattered
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
4:55
3Love in Vain
5:16
4Tumbling Dice
recording of:
Tumbling Dice
written in:
France
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Promopub. B.V. and Schaltone B.V. (in 1977)
5:16
5Happy
recording of:
Happy
written in:
France
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
publisher:
Colgems-EMI Music Inc.
3:07
6Sweet Little Sixteen
recording of:
Sweet Little Sixteen
lyricist and composer:
Chuck Berry
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Fermata do Brasil, Isalee Music Publishing Co. (Chuck Berry’s music publishing company), Isalee Music Publishing Company and Jewel Music Publishing Co. Ltd. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
3:41
7Brown Sugar
engineer:
Glyn Johns
producer:
Jimmy Miller (producer for Rolling Stones/Nirvana etc)
mixer:
Jimmy Johnson (guitar, producer, Muscle Shoals rhythm section)
acoustic guitar and guitar:
Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
bass guitar:
Bill Wyman
drums (drum set):
Charlie Watts (drummer in The Rolling Stones)
guitar:
Mick Taylor
percussion:
Mick Jagger
piano:
Ian Stewart (piano/keyboard, Rolling Stones member)
saxophone:
Bobby Keys (American saxophonist)
vocals:
Mick Jagger
recorded at:
Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Sheffield, Alabama, United States and Olympic Studios (1966–2009) in Barnes, Richmond upon Thames, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 490)
recording of:
Brown Sugar (in 1969-12)
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”) and Westminster Music Ltd.
43:51
8Jumping Jack Flash
recording of:
Jumpin’ Jack Flash
written in:
West Sussex, England, United Kingdom
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”) and Westminster Music Ltd.
6:11
5▼CD: 1981
#TitleRatingLength
1Under My Thumb
recording of:
Under My Thumb
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”), Westminster Music Ltd., 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)
3:39
2When the Whip Comes Down
recording of:
When the Whip Comes Down
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
4:40
3Let's Spend the Night Together
live recording of:
Let’s Spend the Night Together
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”)
3:47
4Shattered
recording of:
Shattered
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
4:07
5Neighbours
producer:
The Glimmer Twins (production name for Mick Jagger & Keith Richards)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Promotone B.V. (not for release label use!) (in 2012)
recording of:
Neighbours
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
33:31
6Black Limousine
live recording of:
Black Limousine
writer:
Mick Jagger, Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist) and Ronnie Wood (UK guitarist, member of The Rolling Stones, also goes by Ron Wood)
is based on:
You Don’t Have to Go
3:09
7Just My Imagination
8:05
8Twenty Flight Rock
live recording of:
Twenty Flight Rock
writer:
Eddie Cochran (US rock and roll musician active in 1950s) and Ned Fairchild
1:48
9Going to a Go Go
recording of:
Going to a Go‐Go
writer:
Warren “Pete” Moore, Smokey Robinson, Bobby Rogers and Marvin Tarplin
publisher:
EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher) and Jobete Music (appears also as: Jobete Msc.)
3:16
10Let Me Go
recording of:
Let Me Go
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
3:54
11Time Is on My Side
recording of:
Time Is on My Side
additional lyricist:
Jimmy Norman
composer:
Norman Meade
publisher:
Rittenhouse Music Corp., TRO Essex Music Ltd. and 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)
version of:
Time Is on My Side (original version, only lyrics are “Time Is on My Side” and “You’ll Come Runnin’ Back”)
3:31
12Beast of Burden
recording of:
Beast of Burden
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
publisher:
Colgems-EMI Music Co. (publisher)
6:56
13Waiting on a Friend
recording of:
Waiting on a Friend
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
5:16
14Let It Bleed
recording of:
Let It Bleed
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
6:23
6▼CD: 1981
#TitleRatingLength
1You Can't Always Get What You Want
recording of:
You Can’t Always Get What You Want
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”), 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)
9:29
2Little T & A
live recording of:
Little T&A
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
3:00
3Tumbling Dice
recording of:
Tumbling Dice
written in:
France
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Promopub. B.V. and Schaltone B.V. (in 1977)
4:24
4She's So Cold
recording of:
She’s So Cold
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
3:25
5Hang Fire
recording of:
Hang Fire
lyricist and composer:
Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
arranger:
Mick Jagger
2:32
6Miss You
recording of:
Miss You
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
7:14
7Honky Tonk Women
recording of:
Honky Tonk Women
written in:
Mato Grosso, Brazil (in 1968-12)
writer:
Mick Jagger (in 1968-12) and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist) (in 1968-12)
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”) and Westminster Music Ltd.
3:34
8Brown Sugar
recording of:
Brown Sugar
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”) and Westminster Music Ltd.
4:00
9Start Me Up
recording of:
Start Me Up
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
4:18
10Jumping Jack Flash
recording of:
Jumpin’ Jack Flash
written in:
West Sussex, England, United Kingdom
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”) and Westminster Music Ltd.
8:14
11Satisfaction
6:46
12Star Spangled Banner
live recording of:
The Star‐Spangled Banner
anthem of:
United States (from 1931-03-03 to present)
lyricist:
Francis Scott Key (in 1814-09)
composer:
John Stafford Smith (in 1780)
is based on:
The Anacreontic Song
2:22
7▼CD: 1973
#TitleRatingLength
1Brown Sugar
live recording of:
Brown Sugar
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”) and Westminster Music Ltd.
3:43
2Bitch
recording of:
Bitch
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”), WESTMINSTER MUSIC (ABKCO), 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)
4:09
3Rocks Off
recording of:
Rocks Off
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
publisher:
Colgems-EMI Music Inc.
3:44
4Gimme Shelter
recording of:
Gimme Shelter
written in:
Mayfair, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1968)
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist) (in 1968)
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”) and Westminster Music Ltd.
4:39
5Happy
recording of:
Happy
written in:
France
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
publisher:
Colgems-EMI Music Inc.
2:44
6Tumbling Dice
recording of:
Tumbling Dice
written in:
France
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Promopub. B.V. and Schaltone B.V. (in 1977)
4:02
7Love in Vain
5:10
8Sweet Virginia
recording of:
Sweet Virginia
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”)
3:58
9You Can't Always Get What You Want
recording of:
You Can’t Always Get What You Want
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”), 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)
6:53
10Honky Tonk Women
recording of:
Honky Tonk Women
written in:
Mato Grosso, Brazil (in 1968-12)
writer:
Mick Jagger (in 1968-12) and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist) (in 1968-12)
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”) and Westminster Music Ltd.
3:03
11All Down the Line
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”)
3:46
12Midnight Rambler
live recording of:
Midnight Rambler
written in:
Positano, Salerno, Campania, Italy
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”)
9:18
13Little Queenie
recording of:
Little Queenie
lyricist and composer:
Chuck Berry
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher)
3:21
14Rip This Joint
recording of:
Rip This Joint
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
publisher:
Colgems-EMI Music Inc.
2:08
15Jumping Jack Flash
recording of:
Jumpin’ Jack Flash
written in:
West Sussex, England, United Kingdom
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”) and Westminster Music Ltd.
3:28
16Street Fighting Man
recording of:
Street Fighting Man
writer:
Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist) and Mick Jagger (from 1968-05 until 1968-06)
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”)
3:47
8▼CD: Unplugged
#TitleRatingLength
1Dear Doctor
recording of:
Dear Doctor
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
3:14
2You Got the Silver
recording of:
You Got the Silver
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
2:42
3Family
recording of:
Family
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
4:08
4No Expectations
recording of:
No Expectations
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”) and Gideon Music (publisher)
2:23
5Sister Morphine
recording of:
Sister Morphine
writer:
Marianne Faithfull, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”)
5:23
6Blood Red Wine
5:13
7Country Honk
recording of:
Country Honk
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
version of:
Honky Tonk Women
2:58
8You Can't Always Get What You
recording of:
You Can’t Always Get What You Want
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”), 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)
6:35
9You've Got to Move
recording of:
You Got to Move
writer:
Reverend Gary Davis and Mississippi Fred McDowell
publisher:
Chandos Music Company and Tradition Music Co.
2:27
10Wild Horses
recording of:
Wild Horses
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”)
5:23
11All Down the Line
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”)
4:17
12Dead Flowers
recording of:
Dead Flowers
writer:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”)
4:01
13Angie
recording of:
Angie
written in:
Vevey, Vaud (Canton of Vaud), Switzerland (in 1969-04)
writer:
Mick Jagger (in 1969-04) and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist) (in 1969-04)
publisher:
Westminster Music Ltd.
4:28