Anyone else let down by the Rolling Stones' Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out?

I saw the movie Gimme Shelter and even though a guy did get killed in the end, I really liked the concert footage. So I bought this CD because it's the same era and it's hailed as a classic. I have to say, it doesn't feel all that exciting. It's not bad but it's a letdown. Anyone else feel that way?

 

Not I.

I this album.

 

listen to it on vinyl. It's a different experience.

 

Excuse me, my ya-yas are out, gotta stick 'em back in.

 

One of the greatest albums ever made.

I love every minute of it.

 

I like it and I thinks it's their best live recording. Recently, I played Love You Live after Ya-Ya's and LYL sounded lame in comparison.

 

I like it a lot but I have a review of it written by Jon Landau for Rolling Stone back in the day where he panned it.
In the same book which is a collection of his writings is a very positive review of Between the Buttons and a pretty negative one of Sticky Fingers!

 

I'm not a huge fan, but primarily because the first recorded live versions I heard of most of the Ya Ya's cuts were on the 1972 unreleased Decca live album boot, and they're more raw and immediate (the way I prefer my Stones) than those on the officially-released record.

 

Just curious ....... how big of a Rolling Stones fan are you? This is without question their best live album ever, & one of the great live albums of all time, by anyone.

If you don't like "Ya Ya's", I don't suggest you dig too deeply into their catalog, 'cause this is near the very top of the heap!!!

 

I've loved this album from my mid teens to me as it just sums up the Stones appeal - Jaggers vocals and Keith and Bill on the axes - taking you through the cream of the late sixties song book. Let down? Brought out the fan in me.

"Think I've bust a button on my trousers.Hope they don't fall down. You don't want them to fall down now do you?"

 

As far as I'm concerned it's indespensable.

 

It's not a soundtrack to the movie,

 

After hearing an earlier, unvarnished mix/edit of it, my love of the official version has waned. It's clear to me that Keith Richards was envious of Mick Taylor's ability, and many of Mick's best solos were left on the cutting room floor. You'll notice that there has never been an official live document of the Mick Taylor era that shows his prowess. Taylor's playing on Ya-Ya's is non-existent compared to the reality of the tour, based on the audience recordings, the movie soundtrack, et al.

It's an extremely overdubbed and misleading document. But then again, most of the Stones official live albums are.

That being said, I love the Stones and have seen them over a dozen times over the years. But they totally blew it when they drove Taylor away.

 

Turn it up LOUD!!!

If I'm let down nowadays (I've had it since release) it is that the disc is too short. I'd like to see a an expanded boxed set from the tour. .

 

If you could pick on something, maybe Jagger's vocals are a little weak in spots, but the band is sharp as razor blades from beginning to end.

 

I honestly would like to get more feedback about this poster's opinion. Is Keith Richards the type of man who would be envious of his lead guitarist's prowess? So much that he would leave Mick Taylor's best work on the cutting room floor?

 

I was always disappointed to find out years later that it wasn't totally live; it had overdubs.
When I was a kid I thought it was a real "live" album, warts and all...

 

It's pretty obvious it's not a soundtrack. In any case it's tamer and less raw than GS or the boots I found on the web. Midnight Rambler is still great but I don't think this is THE definitive live album critics made it out to be. It's probably their best official live album but that isn't saying much because most of their live albums suck. BTW, I have everything by the Stones up to and including Exile and after that I have Some Girls, Black and Blue and a compilation.

 

with all the great music out there I`m always wishing more unreleased material is released

 

Yes.

 

Get the Gimme Shelter DVD, it has a better mix than the edited, overdubbed Ya Ya's album. The DVD has more of a concert vibe going for it but you'll have to get Ya Ya's for Midnight Rambler which didn't make it onto film.

 

Yes!

 

Paint it Black.... Paint it Black, Devils

I was not disappointed by the album. I would like to hear more Mick Taylor performances from that era--he's a badass.

 

And your source for this is ......... ???