- The Allen Klein Collection -

1. Out of time
   Out of Time, has a very odd sound to it, as if we are getting a playback of just one channel of the original 2 (or 3?) track mix. This may be the the original Metamorphosis track, but it sounds nothing like it because of the apparent partial mix that appears here. For instance, Mick's vocal has a hollow off-mike quality to it, as if this is a multi-track backing vocal that was never intended to stand alone.
2. Don't lie to me
   
3. Somethings just stick in your mind
4. Each and every day of the year
   Each and Everyday of the Year, contains a trumpeter who plays a mournful backing and occasional solo. Frankly, it's quite out of character for the Stones, because the trumpeter plays material that would have sounded quite at home with Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass.
5. Heart of stone
   Heart of Stone, is quite exciting to listen to, containing a marvelous brief guitar solo at around 2:20 into the track that gives this outtake a different feel from the issued versions. The pace here is slower than the issued versions I recall, bluesier, not as commercial, which explains its burial in the vaults.
6. I'd much rather be with the boys
7. (Walking thru the) Sleepy city
   Walkin' Thru The Sleepy City, has a brief snippet of in-studio warm-up and mutterings. It also has very Phil Spectorish production values with prominent use of chimes, and Stu's piano is mixed up front in this recording, which is a nice bonus.
8. We're wasting time
9. Try a little harder
10. I don't know why
11. If you let me
12. Jiving sister Fanny
    Jiving Sister Fanny, is a quite different (and perhaps earlier) version of the song, the difference being that it is a less dense, less finished recording than what has been previously issued. Mick did not multi-track his vocals on this version, and Keith's guitar (I presume Keith's) is also up front by itself, rather than competing with the multiple guitars I remember from the original.
13. Downtown Suzie
    Downtown Suzie, is a slight step down in audio quality, just as the other boot versions of it have been. But more interestingly, I listened to it to hear the infamous "skip" that would mark it as the same version that has been showing up on various boots. I never heard it (did I miss it?)...which makes me wonder if this is indeed a legit alternate take.
14. Family
15. Memo from Turner
16. I'm going down
    I'm Going Down, is something I don't remember at all, and it is an exciting track from the late '60s with hard-driving Keith guitar, and Bobby Keys-like sax wailing in the background. The track breaks down at the end, amidst studio confusion when a serious mistake is made. A small lost gem found?
17. Heart it
    Hear It, begins the "outtakes" not necessarily associated with Metamorphosis. And this is nothing more than an acoustic guitar and classical strings workout that likely came from the Aranbee Symphony Orchestra sessions.
18. And Mr.Spector and Mr.Pitney came too
19. Andrew's blues
    The oft-booted Mr. Spector and Fuckin' Andrew, appear to be in superior audio quality to previously released versions.
20. Blue turns to grey
21. Have you seen your mother baby standing in the shadow
    Have You Seen Your Mother Baby, is definitely a work piece from the finished track, superior audio quality to the similar pieces on the Invasion Unlimited boot from a couple years back.
22. I know
    I Know, is a mystery to me, one I've never heard before, though perhaps it is familiar to others on this list. The lead vocal is not Mick. Who is it? It would be exciting if someone would tell me it is Charlie or Brian or Bill or Keith, but frankly, it doesn't sound like any of them to me. The track has a very 1964-ish feel to it, and is quite amateurish.