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Black And Blue [Super Deluxe] [Box Set]
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  • Summary: The reissue of The Rolling Stones' 1976 album features a new Steven Wilson stereo remix; a disc of outtakes and jams; a 1976 live recording of a performance at London's Earls Court; a previously unreleased live TV recording from Les Abattoirs, Pavillon de Paris on Blu-ray; 100-page hardcoverThe reissue of The Rolling Stones' 1976 album features a new Steven Wilson stereo remix; a disc of outtakes and jams; a 1976 live recording of a performance at London's Earls Court; a previously unreleased live TV recording from Les Abattoirs, Pavillon de Paris on Blu-ray; 100-page hardcover book and a replica poster from the 1976 Paris concert.… Expand
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  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
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  1. Rolling Stone
    Dec 5, 2025
    80
    The album still sounds sharp and lively. Porcupine Tree frontman and remixer to the stars Steven Wilson zhuzhed up the master tapes just enough to let the instrumentation breathe a little more without altering the songs themselves. .... Ultimately, though, the included recordings from the band’s 1976 residency at London’s Earls Court (excerpts of which came out on Love You Live) show why Wood was the perfect choice for the band.
  2. Uncut
    Dec 5, 2025
    80
    [The new remix] is sympathetic and subtly revelatory. .... However, there is one near-unforgivable gaff: on "Hot Stiff", around 2 mins 50, just as Mick comes back after Keith's scribbling wah-wah solo, the new mix inexplicably omits the word "Hot", hitting is only with a mighty - "Stuff!" [Review of the Year, p.41]
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  3. Record Collector
    Dec 5, 2025
    80
    Ultimately. Black And White deserves this bells-and-whistles resuscitation (though collectors may be stretched by Zoetrope and marbleised wax incarnations!). [Christmas 2025, p.129]
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  4. Classic Rock Magazine
    Dec 5, 2025
    70
    Black And Blue is the sound of an enduring rock’n’roll firm updating the business. .... Expanded versions of this reissue include loose workouts with Jeff Beck, who entertained himself on the Meters-like funk of Rotterdam Jam. [Jan 2026, p.84]
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