Singles Collection: The London Years

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Singles Collection: The London Years is a compilation album of Rolling Stones music released by former manager Allen Klein's ABKCO Records (who usurped control of the band's Decca/London material in 1970) after the band's departure from Decca and Klein. Released in 1989, Singles Collection: The London Years is a triple album of every Rolling Stones single - and their B-Sides - mostly in their original mono mixes (at least as of the 2002 reissue), in both the UK and US encompassing their entire era with Decca Records in England and London Records in America - hence the album's title.

With a range from 1963 to 1971, the set begins with their very first UK single, Chuck Berry's "Come On", and runs to Sticky Fingers' "Brown Sugar" and "Wild Horses" (which Allen Klein shares release rights with The Rolling Stones).

The set was released at a timely juncture, just a couple of weeks before The Rolling Stones' comeback album Steel Wheels was due for release after a significant break, and months following their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Going platinum, the album reached #91 in the US.

In August 2002, Singles Collection: The London Years was issued in a new remastered CD and SACD digipak by ABKCO Records.

Track listing

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

Disc one

1. "Come On" (Chuck Berry) – 1:48
2. "I Want to Be Loved" (Willie Dixon) – 1:52
3. "I Wanna Be Your Man" (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) – 1:43
4. "Stoned" (Nanker Phelge) – 2:09
5. "Not Fade Away" (Charles Hardin/Norman Petty) – 1:47
6. "Little By Little" (Nanker Phelge/Phil Spector) – 2:39
7. "It's All Over Now" (Bobby Womack/Shirley Jean Womack) – 3:27
8. "Good Times, Bad Times" – 2:31
9. "Tell Me" – 3:47
10. "I Just Want to Make Love to You" (Willie Dixon) – 2:17
11. "Time Is on My Side" (Norman Meade) – 2:53
    • organ version cut at Regent Studios in London, not the better-known (and arguably superior) version cut at Chess Records in Chicago
12. "Congratulations" – 2:28
13. "Little Red Rooster" (Willie Dixon) – 3:05
14. "Off the Hook" – 2:34
15. "Heart of Stone" – 2:45
16. "What a Shame" – 3:03
17. "The Last Time" – 3:42
18. "Play With Fire" (Nanker Phelge) – 2:14
19. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" – 3:43
20. "The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man" (Nanker Phelge) – 3:08
21. "The Spider and the Fly" – 3:38
22. "Get Off of My Cloud" – 2:54
23. "I'm Free" – 2:24
24. "The Singer Not the Song" – 2:22
25. "As Tears Go By" (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards/Andrew Loog Oldham) – 2:45

Disc two

1. "Gotta Get Away" – 2:07
2. "19th Nervous Breakdown" – 3:56
3. "Sad Day" – 3:01
4. "Paint It, Black" – 3:44
5. "Stupid Girl" – 2:55
6. "Long, Long While" – 3:01
7. "Mother's Little Helper" – 2:45
8. "Lady Jane" – 3:10
9. "Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?" – 2:34
10. "Who's Driving Your Plane?" – 3:14
11. "Let's Spend the Night Together" – 3:26
12. "Ruby Tuesday" – 3:13
13. "We Love You" – 4:36
14. "Dandelion" – 3:48
15. "She's a Rainbow" – 4:11
16. "2000 Light Years From Home" – 4:44
17. "In Another Land" (Bill Wyman) – 2:53
18. "The Lantern" – 4:26
19. "Jumpin' Jack Flash" – 3:38
20. "Child of the Moon" – 3:12

Disc three

1. "Street Fighting Man" – 3:09
2. "No Expectations" – 3:55
3. "Surprise, Surprise" – 2:30
4. "Honky Tonk Women" – 3:00
5. "You Can't Always Get What You Want" – 4:49
6. "Memo From Turner" – 3:06
   • Released as a Mick Jagger solo single in November 1970
7. "Brown Sugar" – 3:49
8. "Wild Horses" – 5:42
9. "I Don't Know Why" (Stevie Wonder/Paul Riser/Don Hunter/Lula Hardaway) – 3:01
10. "Try a Little Harder" – 2:17
11. "Out of Time" – 3:22
12. "Jiving Sister Fanny" – 3:20
13. "Sympathy for the Devil" – 6:17

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1989 1990	The Billboard 200 The Billboard 200	91 121