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Do any of your Rolling Stones recordings bring "Satisfaction"?

Before I became a snobby audiophile I loved the Rolling Stones.  But as my system grew and I discovered all kinds of sounds in recordings (CD as well as Vinyl) that I had never heard before and the openness and depth of soundstage that was a wonder, I never had that same Wow moment with the Stones recordings.  Actually the best sound I have found came from the Hot Rocks double LP.  Has anyone else had a better experience with their recordings?  Having gone through so many remasters, nothing seems to have changed.  Sticky Fingers should be something better than we get.  The opening riff of Brown Sugar has always seemed so muddy.  My rant, any thoughts?

udog
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geoffkait
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The ones that got a lot of air play early 60s sounded terrific. One assumes they were 45s.
udog OP
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Skyscraper, you and I are on the same page. I used to skip school senior year and ride over to the ocean with a buddy playing Let It Bleed on an 8 track.  I still hope to hear it in all its glory.  I have had moments of bliss with it, but not consistently.  Maybe it was due to an altered state.
Thanks for all the discussion.  If nothing else I'm digging out all of my Stones catalog and have found a pristine Some Girls which will be on the TT tonight. 
Michael Green, I'm starting to think about my system as well.  On other threads I've considered the power of my amp and whether it is up to what some Stones recordings require.
BTW found a podcast Sound Opinion that discusses the making of Exile.  Pretty good.
I'll be checking out the recordings again and simply enjoying the music.  Thanks
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scalar9
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Most of the classic-era Stones releases were issued on R2R as well. If you’ve listened to any (Let it Bleed, for instance), you won’t question their sound quality.
monkeygod
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Hell yeah. “Street Fighting Man”. Any version, any source. 
tirebiter
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Yet another vote for "Get yer Ya Ya's Out"....far and away the best recording I have in my RS collection and think a lot of that has to do with the fact that it was a live recording. I always thought the digital RS albums were poor and found that vinyl on a decent system made them at least tolerable.
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