What a way to start a show"Jumping jack flash"is as arock and rolling example of how the stones are live,"Shattered "is also perfomed brilliantly,as is "She was hot" and these three set the standadr for the rest of crd one."All down the line "is given a rare airing in public and it still sounds good,particuilarly the horns and piano.Micks London accent sound s strange in the context of the next track"Loving cup"with jack White III,which he sings With a hilarious American accent.
We then go back through the mists of time as "As tears go by"follows aa good interpretation of the Marrianne Faithfull hi,"Some girls "swaggers like it always did..
"Just my imagination"is brilliant,more rocky than The Temptations,bass,brass,and jJaggers voice merge perfectly,glorious version.great guitar solo as well.
"Faraway eyes"again featuring Jaggers American accent
has more great guitar playing on it,the Stones play country,Jagger in brilliant form.
"Champagne and reefer" is the stones at their blistering best,perhaps their best blues tinged song since "Little red rooster" they are joined by Buddy Guy,even Micks Harmonica gets a solo!!!Keef,Ron and Charlie play up a storm in the background.
"Tumbling dice "rolls in next a,always a good song this version doesn't dissapoint.taken at a faster pace than usual its still miles better than Linda Ronstadt's version.
Kieths "you got the Silver "is as shambolic as ever with keef sounding more like Dylan than ever,great slide guitar.
"Connection"brings the first cd to an end,connections and injections what can Keef be alluding to?,keef blesses us all at the end!
Martin Scorsese inroduces is a brief piece of dialogue,and the its into a rip roaring version of "Sympathy for the devil" as menacing and raw as it has always been it still sends shivers down the spine.
"Live with me " featuring Christina Aqualina is perhaps the weak link with her squealing all over it.i have heard better versions,although she does try to keep up with Mick,
"Start me up" is just magic ,try keeping still to this,rough raw and rocking this is what the Stones are all about live.
as is "Brown sugar" has it ever sounded better?
"Satisfaction"follows as the atmosphere continues to get hotter ,Does rock get any better than this? another song from way back when makees its appearance in the shape of "Paint it black"brings back memories of those long hot summers of the sixties when everything was in colour and definately not painted black.
"Little T& A" has keith (nearly )back on vocals ,if you can call them that and it rocks!."I'm Free" continues the cd in much the same way,and finally "Shine a light "brings procedings to an end.
On this showing this band could be around for a long time yet!!!

Like a fine wine The Stones just get better with age. This is another essential album for my ipod. Have not seen the film yet but Scorsese is the man but The Stones are the band pure gold !!!

saw the movie which was great but there are more songs on this cd than in the movie it self so bonus songs ..so order it today

without a doubt the film will catch the rock and roll eliments of a band old enough to be using their bus passes giving youngsters a run for their money as its only rock and roll and they like it as the double album soundtack to the film catches them in their moments of glory while the collabarations with Jack White, christina aguilera and buddy guy on their best tracks just adds to the glamour and pomp.