Rarities 1971–2003

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Rarities 1971–2003 is a compilation album by The Rolling Stones that was released in 2005 worldwide by Virgin Records - as well as by the coffee-chain Starbucks in North America - and features a selection of rare and obscure material recorded between 1971 and 2003. The album peaked at #76 on the Billboard chart.

Several B-sides were included, such as "Fancy Man Blues", "Anyway You Look at It", "Wish I'd Never Met You", "Through the Lonely Nights", and the band's live rendition of "Let It Rock" from 1971.

In the liner notes, lead singer Mick Jagger acknowledges the band's discretion at re-releasing what they consider to be lesser songs, hence, a partial explanation for some of the songs in absence on Rarities 1971–2003. Although the cover image is from 1978 (from the music video for "Respectable") it only shows the current four members of the band and does not feature bassist Bill Wyman, who was removed from the picture; the original color image can be seen in the booklet from Forty Licks, showing him standing in the back behind Jagger and Richards.

Track listing

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

1. "Fancy Man Blues" – 4:48
   • B-side to "Mixed Emotions" in 1989
2. "Tumbling Dice" (Live) – 4:02
   • Live track originally intended to be included on Stripped in 1995
3. "Wild Horses" (Live Stripped Version) – 5:10
   • Originally appeared on Stripped
4. "Beast of Burden" (Live) – 5:04
   • Live version that originally appeared as the B-side to "Going to a Go-Go" in 1982; recorded live at the "Rosemont Horizon", Chicago, 25 November 1981
5. "Anyway You Look at It" – 4:20
   • B-side to "Saint of Me" in 1998
6. "If I Was a Dancer (Dance Pt. 2)" (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards/Ronnie Wood) – 5:50
   • An Emotional Rescue outtake that originally appeared on 1981's Sucking in the Seventies
7. "Miss You" (Dance Version) – 7:32
   • "Special Disco Version" from 1978 originally ran 8:36; this version has been edited.
8. "Wish I'd Never Met You" – 4:39
   • B-side to "Terrifying" in 1990
9. "I Just Wanna Make Love to You" (Live) (Willie Dixon) – 3:55
   • Originally appeared as one of the tracks of the B-side of the Maxi-Single "Highwire" in 1991, recorded live at the Wembley Stadium on 6 July 1990
10. "Mixed Emotions" (12" Version) – 6:12
11. "Through the Lonely Nights" – 4:12
    • B-side to "It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)" in 1974
12. "Live with Me" (Live) – 3:47
    • B-side of "Wild Horses" single from 1996
13. "Let It Rock" (Live) (Chuck Berry) – 2:46
    • Originally released as an additional track on the B-side of "Brown Sugar" from 1971 in the UK only, recorded live at the University of Leeds, 13 March 1971
14. "Harlem Shuffle" (NY Mix) (Bob Relf, Ernest Nelson) – 5:48
    • Extended Remix. This version has been edited; the original 12" release ran 6:35.
15. "Mannish Boy" (Live) (McKinley Morganfield/Ellas McDaniel/Mel London) – 4:28
    • Live recording from Love You Live / edit from Sucking in the Seventies
16. "Thru and Thru" (Live) – 6:39
    • Recorded live January 2003 at a Madison Square Garden performance featured on the DVD set Four Flicks

Personnel

The Rolling Stones

• Mick Jagger – vocals
• Keith Richards – guitars and vocals
• Charlie Watts – drums
• Ronnie Wood – guitar, bass guitar, drums, and vocals, except on "Through the Lonely Nights" and "Let It Rock"
• Bill Wyman – bass guitar, except on Tumbling Dice (live), Wild Horses (live), Saint Of Me, and "Thru and Thru (live)"
• Mick Taylor - guitars on "Through the Lonely Nights" and "Let It Rock"

Additional musicians

• Ian Stewart - piano on "Through the Lonely Nights" and "Mannish Boy"
• Billy Preston - electric piano and vocals on on "Mannish Boy"

Chart positions

Album

Year	Chart	Position
2005	The Billboard 200	76