Metamorphosis (The Rolling Stones album) Metamorphosis (The Rolling Stones album) Metamorphosis is the third compilation album of The Rolling Stones music released by former manager Allen Klein's ABKCO Records (who usurped control of the band's Decca/London material in 1970) after the band's departure from Decca and Klein. Released in 1975, "Metamorphosis" centres on outtakes and alternate versions of well-known songs recorded from 1964 to 1970. After the release of "Hot Rocks 1964–1971" in 1971, an album titled "Necrophilia" was compiled for release as the follow-up, with the aid of Andrew Loog Oldham, featuring many previously unreleased (or, more accurately, discarded) outtakes from the Rolling Stones'
The Rolling Stones: An Illustrated Record The Rolling Stones: An Illustrated Record The Rolling Stones: An Illustrated Record is a 1976 book by music journalist Roy Carr, published by Harmony Books. The book contains an extensive discography of record releases by the Rolling Stones up to that time (the latest being "Black and Blue"), with critical reviews of each release by Carr. Sidebars give a concurrent history of the band, with press clippings, quotes, and photos from each phase of the Stones’ career, including their (at that time) infrequent solo activities. The book follows the British releases of the Rolling Stones’ records, including ABKCO’s notoriously ill