Rolled Gold: The Very Best of the Rolling Stones

Not to be confused with Rold Gold.

Rolled Gold: The Very Best of the Rolling Stones is a compilation album by the Rolling Stones released without the band's authorisation by its former label Decca Records in 1975. It is a double album that reached No. 7 on the UK chart and was a strong seller over the years.

Rolled Gold: The Very Best of the Rolling Stones
Greatest hits album by the Rolling Stones
Released	14 November 1975[1]
Recorded	May 1963 – November 1969
Genre	Rock
Length	97:44
Label	Decca
Producer	Andrew Loog Oldham, Jimmy Miller, The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones chronology
Metamorphosis (1975) Rolled Gold: The Very Best of the Rolling Stones (1975) Black and Blue (1976)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Release date	Length
1.	"Come On"	Chuck Berry	June 1963	1:50
2.	"I Wanna Be Your Man"	Lennon-McCartney	November 1963	1:43
3.	"Not Fade Away"	Norman Petty/Buddy Holly	February 1964	1:49
4.	"Carol"	Berry	June 1964	2:35
5.	"It's All Over Now"	Bobby Womack/Shirley Womack	June 1964	3:20
6.	"Little Red Rooster"	Willie Dixon	November 1964	3:01
7.	"Time Is on My Side"	Norman Meade/Jimmy Norman	September 1964	2:50
8.	"The Last Time"		February 1965	3:25
9.	"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"		May 1965	3:45
Total length:				24:18

All tracks are written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards except where noted

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Release date	Length
1.	"Get Off of My Cloud"		September 1965	2:55
2.	"19th Nervous Breakdown"		February 1966	3:55
3.	"As Tears Go By"	Jagger/Richards/Andrew Loog Oldham	December 1965	2:33
4.	"Under My Thumb"		April 1966	3:42
5.	"Lady Jane"		June 1966	3:06
6.	"Out of Time"		April 1966	5:15
7.	"Paint It Black"		May 1966	3:15
Total length:				25:25

Side three

No.	Title	Release date	Length
1.	"Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?"	September 1966	2:33
2.	"Let's Spend the Night Together"	January 1967	3:15
3.	"Ruby Tuesday"	January 1967	3:12
4.	"Yesterday's Papers"	January 1967	2:04
5.	"We Love You"	August 1967	4:39
6.	"She's a Rainbow"	December 1967	4:35
7.	"Jumpin' Jack Flash"	May 1968	3:40
Total length:			23:58

Side four

No.	Title	Release date	Length
1.	"Honky Tonk Women"	July 1969	3:00
2.	"Sympathy for the Devil"	December 1968	6:25
3.	"Street Fighting Man"	August 1968	3:16
4.	"Midnight Rambler"	December 1969	6:52
5.	"Gimme Shelter"	December 1969	4:30
Total length:			24:03

Rolled Gold+: The Very Best of the Rolling Stones (2007 edition)

Rolled Gold+: The Very Best of the Rolling Stones
Greatest hits album by the Rolling Stones
Released	12 November 2007
Recorded	May 1963 – April 1971
Genre	Pop, Rock
Length	147:09
Label	UMTV
Producer	Eric Easton, Andrew Loog Oldham, The Rolling Stones, Jimmy Miller
The Rolling Stones chronology
Rarities 1971–2003 (2005) Rolled Gold+: The Very Best of the Rolling Stones (2007) Shine a Light (2008)

In 2007, the original collection was expanded to 40 songs from the original's 28 tracks. Released in the UK on 12 November 2007, it is an expanded rerelease of the original 1975 collection which reached No. 7 on the UK chart. The set debuted at No. 26 on the UK chart on 18 November 2007.^{[citation needed]} It had sold over 125,000 copies by April 2008, according to Music Week.^[3]

The album is available in double CD, quadruple vinyl LP, and USB flash drive editions;^[4] the USB edition was the first album to be released in the UK in this format.^{[citation needed]} It is also available via digital download. Cover design by Alex Trochut.

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]

Revised track listing

Disc one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Release date	Length
1.	"Come On"	Berry	June 1963	1:49
2.	"I Wanna Be Your Man"	Lennon-McCartney	November 1963	1:44
3.	"Not Fade Away"	Petty/Hardin	February 1964	1:48
4.	"Carol"	Berry	June 1964	1:48
5.	"Tell Me"		June 1964	3:49
6.	"It's All Over Now"	Womack/Womack	June 1964	3:27
7.	"Little Red Rooster"	Dixon	November 1964	3:07
8.	"Heart of Stone"		December 1964	2:51
9.	"Time Is on My Side"	Meade/Norman	September 1964	2:59
10.	"The Last Time"		February 1965	3:42
11.	"Play with Fire"	Nanker Phelge	February 1965	2:13
12.	"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"		May 1965	3:44
13.	"Get Off of My Cloud"		September 1965	2:55
14.	"I'm Free"		September 1965	2:24
15.	"As Tears Go By"	Jagger/Richards/Oldham	December 1965	2:46
16.	"Lady Jane"		June 1966	3:09
17.	"Paint It Black"		May 1966	3:24
18.	"Mother's Little Helper"		July 1966	2:46
19.	"19th Nervous Breakdown"		February 1966	3:59
20.	"Under My Thumb"		April 1966	3:43
21.	"Out of Time"		April 1966	5:37
22.	"Yesterday's Papers"		January 1967	2:05
23.	"Let's Spend the Night Together"		January 1967	3:37
24.	"Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?"		September 1966	2:34
Total length:				1:02:41

All tracks are written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards except where noted

Disc two

No.	Title	Release date	Length
1.	"Ruby Tuesday"	January 1967	3:15
2.	"Dandelion"	August 1967	3:32
3.	"She's a Rainbow"	December 1967	4:14
4.	"We Love You"	August 1967	4:24
5.	"2000 Light Years from Home"	December 1967	4:47
6.	"Jumpin' Jack Flash"	May 1968	3:43
7.	"Street Fighting Man"	August 1968	3:15
8.	"Sympathy for the Devil"	December 1968	6:20
9.	"No Expectations"	December 1968	3:56
10.	"Let It Bleed"	December 1969	5:28
11.	"Midnight Rambler"	December 1969	6:55
12.	"Gimme Shelter"	December 1969	4:33
13.	"You Can't Always Get What You Want"	December 1969	7:28
14.	"Brown Sugar"	April 1971	3:50
15.	"Honky Tonk Women"	July 1969	3:01
16.	"Wild Horses"	June 1971	5:42
Total length:			1:14:23

Songs that are on the 2007 collection, but were not on the 1975 collection are:

1. "Tell Me"
2. "Heart of Stone"
3. "Play with Fire"
4. "I'm Free"
5. "Mother's Little Helper"
6. "Dandelion"
7. "2000 Light Years from Home"
8. "No Expectations"
9. "Let It Bleed"
10. "You Can't Always Get What You Want"
11. "Brown Sugar"
12. "Wild Horses"

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for Rolled Gold Chart (1975–2010) Peak position Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[6] 13 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[7] 98 Italian Albums (FIMI)[8] 98 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[9] 10 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[10] 27 UK Albums (OCC)[11] 7

Weekly chart performance for Rolled Gold+ Chart (2007–10) Peak position Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[12] 66 Italian Albums (FIMI)[13] 68 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[14] 30 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[15] 48 UK Albums (OCC)[16] 26

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for Rolled Gold

Chart (1976)	Position
UK Albums (OCC)[17]	48

Certifications and sales

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[18]	Gold	100,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. "BPI".
2. Rolled Gold: The Very Best of the Rolling Stones at AllMusic
3. "Music Upfront - 12.04.08". Music Week. 12 April 2008. p. 41.
4. Perrone, Pierre. Rolled Gold+: The Very Best of the Rolling Stones (2007 edition) CD booklet.
5. AllMusic Review
6. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
7. "Offiziellecharts.de – The Rolling Stones – Rolled Gold" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
8. "Italiancharts.com – The Rolling Stones – Rolled Gold". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
9. "Charts.nz – The Rolling Stones – Rolled Gold". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
10. "Swedishcharts.com – The Rolling Stones – Rolled Gold". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
11. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
12. "Dutchcharts.nl – The Rolling Stones – Rolled Gold +" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
13. "Italiancharts.com – The Rolling Stones – Rolled Gold +". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
14. "Norwegiancharts.com – The Rolling Stones – Rolled Gold +". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
15. "Swisscharts.com – The Rolling Stones – Rolled Gold +". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
16. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
17. "Top 50 Albums of 1976" (PDF). Music Week. 25 December 1976. p. 14. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 March 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021 – via worldradiohistory.com.
18. "British album certifications – Rolling Stones – Rolled Gold". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 30 November 2021.

External links

• The Rolling Stones: Rolled Gold+ at Sleevage