When the “hardest rock’n’roll band in the world” released their 13th album in 1976, the Rolling Stones, despite their longevity, had once again reinvented themselves. Your plate, which is strangely undervalued even by mineral collectors Black & Blue begins with a kind of shrug of the shoulders: The pissed-off funk of Hot Stuff invites you to slow down all vital functions on the dance floor. The stones had never managed anything more casual before. There were signs of change: guitarist Mick Taylor left the band in 1974. The very best fretboard stranglers were invited to the audition by Jagger & Co, including Jeff Beck, Peter Frampton and Rory Gallagher. As is well known, the race was run by a certain Ronnie Wood. To this day it is the “child” among weather-active stones.
