The Rolling Stones Announce Black and Blue Box Set with Rare Tracks and Live Shows

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  • November 10, 2025
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The Rolling Stones are set to reissue their 1976 album Black and Blue in a super deluxe 4CD + Blu-Ray edition, arriving November 8, 2025. This expanded release not only presents a fresh remix of the original record but also digs deep into the vaults, offering fans unheard outtakes, jams, and full live shows from the era.

The project features a 2025 Steven Wilson remix of the album, unreleased studio sessions, and two complete concerts recorded at London’s Earls Court in May 1976. It also includes a Blu-Ray with restored footage of their Paris performance at Les Abattoirs that same year.

Full Track Listing

Disc 1: Black and Blue – Steven Wilson Remix 2025

  1. Hot Stuff
  2. Hand of Fate
  3. Cherry Oh Baby
  4. Memory Motel
  5. Hey Negrita (Inspiration by Ron Wood)
  6. Melody (Inspiration by Billy Preston)
  7. Fool to Cry
  8. Crazy Mama

Disc 2: Outtakes & Jams

  1. I Love Ladies
  2. Shame, Shame, Shame
  3. Chuck Berry Style Jam (with Harvey Mandel)
  4. Blues Jam (with Jeff Beck)
  5. Rotterdam Jam (with Jeff Beck & Robert A. Johnson)
  6. Freeway Jam (with Jeff Beck)

Disc 3: Live at Earls Court 1976

  1. Honky Tonk Women
  2. If You Can’t Rock Me / Get Off My Cloud
  3. Hand of Fate
  4. Hey Negrita (Inspiration by Ron Wood)
  5. Ain’t Too Proud to Beg
  6. Fool to Cry
  7. Hot Stuff
  8. Star Star (Starfucker)
  9. You Gotta Move
  10. You Can’t Always Get What You Want
  11. Band Intro
  12. Happy
  13. Tumbling Dice
  14. Nothing from Nothing
  15. Outa-Space

Disc 4: Live at Earls Court 1976 (continued)

  1. Midnight Rambler
  2. It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll (But I Like It)
  3. Brown Sugar
  4. Jumpin’ Jack Flash
  5. Street Fighting Man
  6. Sympathy for the Devil

Blu-Ray Disc

  • Black and Blue (Steven Wilson Remix 2025)
  • Les Rolling Stones Aux Abattoirs, Paris — June 1976 (TV broadcast)
    • Band Intro
    • Honky Tonk Women
    • Hand of Fate
    • Fool to Cry
    • Hot Stuff
    • Star Star
    • You Gotta Move
    • You Can’t Always Get What You Want
    • Band Introductions
    • Happy
    • Outa-Space
    • Jumpin’ Jack Flash
    • Street Fighting Man
  • Live at Earls Court 1976 (full performance)

A Legacy Revisited

Originally recorded during a period of transition, Black and Blue captured the Stones experimenting with funk, reggae, and soul influences while auditioning guitarists who might fill Taylor’s shoes. Keith Richards once described it as “a rehearsal with the red light on.” Nearly five decades later, this reissue allows fans to hear that evolution in greater detail, from raw studio jams with Jeff Beck to the swagger of their live shows.

For longtime fans and new listeners alike, this box set is both a time capsule and a celebration of a band unwilling to slow down.

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