The Rolling Stones announce details of their previously unreleased 1989 concert film Steel Wheels Live – Atlantic City, New Jersey. This latest release from the band’s archives via Eagle Rock Entertainment has been restored, remixed and remastered and will be available on multiple formats from September 25.
Additionally, a double A-sided 10” picture disc of “Rock and a Hard Place” (Live from Atlantic City) and “Almost Hear You Sigh” (Live from Tokyo Dome) will be released for Record Store Day’s second drop date of the year, on September 26. This format will be exclusive to independent record stores all over the world.
Their first tour hitting the US since 1981, Steel Wheels was famously one of their longest, and most ambitious, setlists. 2 ½ hours deep, The Rolling Stones not only played their hits, but dared to roll out several new songs from the then-newly released Steel Wheels album. Power-packed renditions of “Terrifying”, “Sad Sad Sad”, “Mixed Emotions”, “Rock and a Hard Place”, and “Can’t Be Seen” sizzle between “Jumping Jack Flash”, “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”, “You Can’t Always Get What You Want”, and “Gimme Shelter”. This was a statement – The Rolling Stones revisiting their vast body of work while confidently showcasing where they were going and the broad spectrums of music they’ve explored over their career.
“I would hate to come out with something that’s not startling” Mick Jagger stated about the launch of the 1989/90 Steel Wheels Tour. The Rolling Stones delivered on that promise in this Atlantic City Convention Center tour stop in December ‘89.
A highlight of this particular tour stop was the band being joined by special guests: Guns N’ Roses’ Axl Rose and Izzy Stradlin accompany the Stones for the first-ever live performance of “Salt Of The Earth”, from their 1968 Beggars Banquet album. Eric Clapton brings his slow blues burn to “Little Red Rooster”, and joins the Stones in backing up one of their idols, blues legend John Lee Hooker, on “Boogie Chillen”.
All in all, Steel Wheels Live is a living testament to The Rolling Stones’ incomparable live shows.
Steel Wheels Live will be released as a special limited 6-disc version, which includes the Atlantic City performance on DVD, SD-Blu-ray, 2CD, a DVD of their Steel Wheels tour performance at the famed Tokyo Dome, as well as Steel Wheels Rare Reels, a CD featuring tracks which didn’t feature on the core tour setlist. Also available in limited 180gm 4LP coloured vinyl, 4LP black vinyl, DVD, SD Blu-ray, DVD + 2CD, SD Blu-ray + 2CD and digital formats.
VISUAL FORMATS
Intro
Start Me Up
Bitch
Sad Sad Sad
Undercover Of The Night
Harlem Shuffle
Tumbling Dice
Miss You
Terrifying
Ruby Tuesday
Salt Of The Earth (featuring Axl Rose & Izzy Stradlin)
Rock And A Hard Place
Mixed Emotions
Honky Tonk Women
Midnight Rambler
You Can’t Always Get What You Want
Little Red Rooster (featuring Eric Clapton)
Boogie Chillen (featuring Eric Clapton & John Lee Hooker)
Can’t Be Seen
Happy
Paint It Black
2,000 Light Years From Home
Sympathy For The Devil
Gimme Shelter
It’s Only Rock n Roll (But I Like It)
Brown Sugar
(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
Jumpin’ Jack Flash
AUDIO FORMATS
2CD – Tracklist
Intro
Start Me Up
Bitch
Sad Sad Sad
Undercover Of The Night
Harlem Shuffle
Tumbling Dice
Miss You
Terrifying
Ruby Tuesday
Salt Of The Earth (featuring Axl Rose & Izzy Stradlin)
Rock And A Hard Place
Mixed Emotions
Honky Tonk Women
Midnight Rambler
You Can’t Always Get What You Want
Little Red Rooster (featuring Eric Clapton)
Boogie Chillen (featuring Eric Clapton & John Lee Hooker)
Can’t Be Seen
Happy
Paint It Black
2,000 Light Years From Home
Sympathy For The Devil
Gimme Shelter
It’s Only Rock n Roll (But I Like It)
Brown Sugar
(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
Jumpin’ Jack Flash
4LP – Tracklist:
Side A
Intro
Start Me Up
Bitch
Sad Sad Sad
Undercover Of The Night
Harlem Shuffle
Side B
Tumbling Dice
Miss You
Terrifying
Ruby Tuesday
Side C
Salt Of The Earth (featuring Axl Rose & Izzy Stradlin)
Rock And A Hard Place
Mixed Emotions
Side D
Honky Tonk Women
Midnight Rambler
Side E
You Can’t Always Get What You Want
Little Red Rooster (featuring Eric Clapton)
Boogie Chillen (featuring Eric Clapton & John Lee Hooker)
Side F
Can’t Be Seen
Happy
Paint It Black
Side G
2,000 Light Years From Home
Sympathy For The Devil
Gimme Shelter
Side H
It’s Only Rock n Roll (But I Like It)
Brown Sugar
(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
Jumpin’ Jack Flash
Special 6-disc version also includes:
TOKYO DOME DVD – TRACKLIST
Intro
Start Me Up
Bitch
Sad Sad Sad
Harlem Shuffle
Tumbling Dice
Miss You
Ruby Tuesday
Almost Hear You Sigh
Rock And A Hard Place
Mixed Emotions
Honky Tonk Women
Midnight Rambler
You Can’t Always Get What You Want
Can’t Be Seen
Happy
Paint It Black
2,000 Light Years From Home
Sympathy For The Devil
Gimme Shelter
It’s Only Rock’n’Roll (But I Like It)
Brown Sugar
(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
Jumpin’ Jack Flash
STEEL WHEELS RARE REELS CD – TRACKLIST:
Play with Fire (CNE Stadium, Toronto, On 03/09/89)
Dead Flowers (CNE Stadium, Toronto, On 03/09/89)
Almost Hear You Sigh (Wembley Stadium, London 06/07/90)
I Just Want to Make Love to You (Wembley Stadium, London 06/07/90)
Street Fighting Man (Wembley Stadium, London 06/07/90)
