Edit (early ver.2) for headphones, April 2021. This is an early studio take of the "Metamorphosis" version of "Heart Of Stone". It has no pedal steel guitar and no additional female backing vocals. The "Metamorphosis" version is 3.47, this version is 4.14, at the end it has 27 seconds of more lyrics: "Heart of stone, heart of stone darling, oh yeah, that's what I told you, yeah, (stand by me?), heart of stone, yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah, oh yeah".
Now that's some lyrics, isn't it? Shakespeare might as well pack it in...
Though the "Metamorphosis" version is often referred to as version 2, it actually was recorded earlier (21–23 July 1964) than version 1, recorded October 1964, that we know as the December 1964 single, released on the albums "The Rolling Stones, Now!", "Big Hits (High Tide And Green Grass)", "Hot Rocks 1964-1971", "30 Greatest Hits", "Singles Collection: The London Years", "GRRR!" and probably another four and a half thousand of other compilation albums. For one may as well state that The Rolling Stones are the Compilation Albums Kings!
Source file of this edit is song nr.15 of cd 3 of the 13 cd limited deluxe edition bootleg set "Collector Treasures 1961-1967" by Wonderland Records, catalogue number SF-6167. The song is listed as "15. Heart Of Stone I (MJ/KR) - J.Page and/or McLaughlin guitar".
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