Rolling Stones 'Sticky Fingers' Reissue Features an Alternate Version of "Bitch"

Next month will bring the deluxe reissue of the 1971 classic Rolling Stones LP, Sticky Fingers, along with previously unheard, alternate studio renditions of the albums' tracks--some of which have already been leaked--including the extended version of "B-tch."

With almost entirely altered lyrics and a saxophone breakdown, the song Stones fans know and love has been released as a more ragged studio version. In the newest cut of the track, Mick Jagger replaces his indications of slobbering "like a Pavlov dog" and mentions of "horse-meat pie" for lonely emotions and feeling "so stoned" and "so satisfied" notes Rolling Stone.

This deviating track was recorded synchronously with the original album version at Jagger's home in Stargroves in October of 1970, reports Spin. The June 9 Sticky Fingers reissue will incorporate a rendition of "Brown Sugar" with the musical assistance of Eric Clapton, an acoustic rendition of "Wild Horses," an alternative version of "Dead Flowers" and a captivating, riff-filled version of "Can't You Hear Me Knocking," all of which are considered to be Stones staples.

All recorded at London's Roundhouse venue in 1971, "Live With Me," "Stray Cat Blues," "Love in Vain," "Midnight Rambler" and "Honky Tonk Woman" will be included on the deluxe edition of Sticky Fingers. A DVD containing video footage of the Stones performing "B-tch" and "Midnight Rambler" comes with the purchase. A super deluxe edition, complete with a limited-edition album cover from Spain, will involve ten songs recorded from a Leeds concert and will be available in CD and LP formats although it will be lacking bonus tracks.

In early April, Jagger teased Rolling Stone by considering playing Sticky Fingers in its entirety for the upcoming U.S. stadium tour, but realized "It's a really great album, but it has a lot of slow songs," he said. "Normally in a show we'd just do one or two ballads. Sticky Fingers has about five slow songs. I'm just worried that it might be problematic in stadiums. Maybe we'd play it and everyone would say, 'Great,' but maybe they'll get restless and start going to get drinks."

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