RARE-ROLLING STONES - BRIDGES TO BABYLON - DOUBLE LP- UK VIRGIN V2840*EXCELLENT*
£
58
$
76
Favourite Auctions
To save auctions to your favourites, please login
If you don't have an account, please register
Description
Bridges to Babylon is the 21st British and 23rd American studio album by British rock band The Rolling Stones, released by Virgin Records on 29 September 1997. It was their last full-length release of new songs until 2005's A Bigger Bang. Released as a double album on vinyl and a single CD, the album was supported by the year-long worldwide Bridges to Babylon Tour that met with much success.
Once the Rolling Stones picked Stefan Sagmeister to be the album's art director, Jagger told him to seek inspiration from Babylonian art exhibited at the British Museum. Sagmeister was most impressed by a Lamassu sculpture, featuring a lion with a human head and beard, and commissioned artist Kevin Murphy to paint a similar Assyrian lion in an attack stance. The first million units of Bridges to Babylon were encased in a special manufactured filigree slipcase, that gave the impression that the lion was embedded into the design. The desert background of the cover was extended throughout the booklet, featuring ruins that were the basis for the Bridges to Babylon Tour stage design.
Bridges to Babylon, containing an unprecedented three solo vocals by Richards, was released to mixed reviews. It reached No. 6 in the UK, No. 2 in France and No. 3 in the US, where it was certified platinum by the RIAA in November 1997.[10] As of January 2010, Bridges to Babylon has sold 1.1 million copies in the U.S.[11] Further singles "Saint of Me" and concert staple "Out of Control" were also minor hits.
The Stones had become a touring phenomenon by this point. The Bridges to Babylon Tour in 1997 consisted of 108 shows, with an elaborate stage design Jagger aimed to make similar to U2's PopMart Tour.[1]
In 2009, Bridges to Babylon was remastered and reissued by Universal Music.
All tracks written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, except where noted.
No. Title Length 1. "Flip the Switch" 3:28 2. "Anybody Seen My Baby?" (writers: Jagger, Richards, k.d. lang, Ben Mink) 4:31 3. "Low Down" 4:26 4. "Already Over Me" 5:24 5. "Gunface" 5:02 6. "You Don't Have to Mean It" 3:44 7. "Out of Control" 4:43 8. "Saint of Me" 5:15 9. "Might as Well Get Juiced" 5:23 10. "Always Suffering" 4:43 11. "Too Tight" 3:33 12. "Thief in the Night" (writers: Jagger, Richards, Pierre de Beauport) 5:15 13. "How Can I Stop" 6:53I HAVE BEEN COLLECTING VINYL RECORDS FOR THE LAST FOUR DECADES AND HAVE A GREAT INTEREST IN ALL GENRE : ROCK/BLUES/JAZZ MAINLY FROM 60'S/70'S/80'S SADLY I MUST DOWNSIZE TO CREATE MORE SPACE AND SO I AM REDUCING MY COLLECTION OVER THE COMING WEEKS. ALL MY RECORDS HAVE BEEN KEPT IN ALUMINIUM BOXES TO RETAIN THEIR FRESHNESS AND WILL BE POSTED IN STRONG EDGE PROTECTIVE RECORD MAILERS Royal Mail FIRST CLASS SIGNED FOR RECORDS WILL BE SEPARATED FROM THEIR COVERS, WRAPPED IN BUBBLE WRAP AND TAPED TO ENSURE WATER TIGHTNESS I WILL BE LISTING PINK FLOYD, FLEETWOOD MAC, SAVOY BROWN, FAIRPORT CONVENTION, BLACK SABBATH, CREEDENCE C R, CANNED HEAT, GRACE SLICK and some West Coast bands, JETHRO TULL, MILES DAVIS, COLTRANE AND MANY MORE.
UK POSTING ONLY
FURTHER NOTE ON PACKAGING AND POSTING: I have been asked whether I would bundle albums to reduce postage costs. I use strong edge protective record mailers with bubble wrap that cost about £1.50 each package plus postage. I believe these will take up to 5 single LP's without too much strain. The only additional cost will be increased postage, which I will advise after the bidding process finishes. Thank you and good luck.
price rating
![VIVIZ [SUMMER VIBE] 2nd Mini Album 2 Ver SET 2CD+POSTER+2 Photo Book+10 Card+etc](https://www.popsike.org/php/thumbnail.php?url=https://www.popsike.pics/pix/20220624/165546250459.jpg)
