The Second Coming - Electric Light Orchestra Discography (1970-1971 + Retcons)

Here's another Second Coming post from me, this time focusing on the sons of the Beatles, the Electric Light Orchestra! This one is a bit more different as not only am I adding new albums, I'm also making some retcons from the first draft. We'll come back to that in a bit, but for now, here's the three new albums by ELO, beginning with...

The Electric Light Orchestra (December 4, 1970)

Side A (22:48)

1. Looking On - 7:48 (Looking On)

2. Turkish Tram Conductor Blues - 4:38 (Looking On)

3. What? - 6:42 (Looking On)

4. When Alice Comes Back to the Farm - 3:40 (Looking On)

Side B (22:13)

5. Open Up Said the World at the Door - 7:10 (Looking On)

6. Mr. Radio - 5:04

7. First Movement (Jumping Biz) - 3:00

8. 10538 Overture - 5:32

9. The Duke of Edinburgh’s Lettuce - 1:27 (Looking On)

This is actually the Move's third album Looking On, which is practically an ELO album in all but name, but with "Brontosaurus" and "Feel Too Good" removed and replaced with three tracks that ended up on ELO's debut album from OTL. I think it's reasonable as said album first began recording in 1970, around the same time as Looking On. For this scenario, ELO forms outright upon Jeff Lynne's entry into the Move, signing onto Apple Records at the same time, while the remaining members of the Move such as Carl Wayne and Rick Price carry on without Lynne, Roy Wood and Bev Bevan. Richard Tandy and Bill Hunt also become ELO members in 1971.

Message from the Country (June 4, 1971)

Side A (19:44)

1. Message from the Country - 4:45

2. Ella James - 3:11

3. No Time - 3:38

4. Don’t Mess Me Up - 3:07

5. Until Your Mama’s Gone - 5:03

Side B (20:21)

6. It Wasn’t My Idea to Dance - 5:28

7. The Minister - 4:27

8. Ben Crawley Steel Company - 3:02

9. The Words of Aaron - 5:25

10. My Marge - 1:59

Besides the change of band name on the cover, nothing about Message from the Country has changed whatsoever. ELO were on their way to stardom from this point on.

No Answer (December 3, 1971)

Side A (22:48)

1. Tonight - 3:15 (Message from the Country)

2. Look at Me Now - 3:17

3 Down on the Bay - 4:14 (Message from the Country)

4. Nellie Takes Her Bow - 5:59

5. The Battle of Marston Moor (July 2nd 1644) - 6:03

Side B (23:18)

6. Chinatown - 3:06 (Message from the Country)

7. Do Ya - 4:03 (Message from the Country)

8. California Man - 3:35 (Message from the Country)

9. Manhattan Rumble (49th Street Massacre) - 4:22

10. Queen of the Hours - 3:22

11. Whisper in the Night - 4:50

No Answer was the name of ELO's debut album in America after a bit of miscommunication regarding the album's name; I couldn't come up with another title for this album, so I decided to keep it as a placeholder for now. This album compiles the leftover tracks from their OTL debut along with five bonus tracks included on the reissue of Message from the Country, including the 1971 version of "Do Ya", which eventually ended up on A New World Record in 1976.

So those are the first three albums by ELO for The Second Coming. 1972's The Lost Planet and 1973's Hocus Pocus both remain unaltered from the original draft. The albums from 1974-1977, however...

The Falcons of Eldorado (September 28, 1974)

Side A (22:53)

1. Overture/Eddy’s Rock - 6:36 (Eldorado/Introducing Eddy and the Falcons; edit)

2. Can’t Get It Out of My Head - 4:21 (Eldorado)

3. Brand New 88 - 3:23 (Introducing Eddy and the Falcons)

4. You Got Me Runnin’ - 3:15 (Introducing Eddy and the Falcons)

5. Boy Blue - 5:18 (Eldorado)

Side B (22:32)

6. Are You Ready to Rock - 2:31 (Introducing Eddy and the Falcons)

7. This is the Story of My Love (Baby) - 5:46 (Introducing Eddy and the Falcons)

8. Laredo Tornado - 5:29 (Eldorado)

9. Poor Boy (The Greenwood) - 2:57 (Eldorado)

10. We’re Gonna Rock ‘n’ Roll Tonight - 5:49 (Introducing Eddy and the Falcons)

Side C (20:52)

11. Dark City/Rock and Roll Winter - 5:51 (Eldorado/Introducing Eddy and the Falcons)

12. Nobody’s Child - 3:40 (Eldorado)

13. Illusions in G Major - 2:36 (Eldorado)

14. Everyday I Wonder - 5:21 (Introducing Eddy and the Falcons)

15. Crazy Jeans - 3:24 (Introducing Eddy and the Falcons)

Side D (20:25)

16. Mister Kingdom - 5:50 (Eldorado)

17. I Dun Lotsa Cryin’ Over You - 3:23 (Introducing Eddy and the Falcons)

18. Come Back Karen - 4:32 (Introducing Eddy and the Falcons)

19. Eldorado - 6:40 (Eldorado; edit)

And this is where the retcons begin to take place; in retrospect, I wasn't particularly happy with how both The Falcons of Eldorado and Face the Music ended up. The tracks that were included from Introducing Eddy and the Falcons were spread out over both of them, when really, they should all be a part of the same album. And so, I decided that the tracks from both Eldorado and Introducing Eddy and the Falcons would all be part of the same album, making The Falcons of Eldorado a double. In turn, this makes this the final album to feature Roy Wood as a member of ELO, afterward starting his own side projects, having previously done so while as a member, before fading into the background.

After that, 1975's Face the Music is released as it was per OTL, as is 1976's A New World Record, but with "Surrender" replacing "Do Ya" and having its position swapped around with "Above the Clouds". Likewise, 1977's Out of the Blue retains the original double album track listing.

Light Years (September 15, 1978)

Side A (23:38)

1. Ball Park Incident - 3:42 (Wizzard Brew)

2. Momma - 7:03 (ELO 2)

3. Roll Over Beethoven - 7:52 (ELO 2; edit)

4. See My Baby Jive - 5:01 (Wizzard Brew)

Side B (23:50)

5. Showdown - 4:09 (On the Third Day)

6. Daybreaker - 3:34 (On the Third Day)

7. Rattlesnake Roll - 4:02 (Mustard)

8. Indiana Rainbow - 3:53 (Mustard)

9. Latitude 88 North - 3:24 (Out of the Blue)

10. I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday - 4:48 (Wizzard Brew)

As several tracks have been moved back onto the regular albums, Light Years now becomes a single album featuring ten non-album tracks, ending with "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday". Afterward, ELO's discography happens as it did up to 1983 per the original draft, albeit the track listing to 1980's All Over the World is now as follows:

All Over the World (August 1, 1980)

Side A: Songs from Xanadu (22:46)

1. I'm Alive - 3:46 (Xanadu)

2. The Fall - 3:34 (Xanadu)

3. Don't Walk Away - 4:48 (Xanadu)

4. All Over the World - 4:04 (Xanadu)

5. Drum Dreams - 3:06 (Xanadu)

6. Xanadu [w/ Olivia Newton-John] - 3:28 (Xanadu)

Side B: 1972-1979 Outtakes (23:42)

7. Baby, I Apologize - 3:43 (ELO 2)

8. Bluebird is Dead - 4:24 (On the Third Day)

9. Everyone's Born to Die - 3:43 (On the Third Day)

10. Doin’ That Crazy Thing - 3:25 (non-album single)

11. Goin’ Down to Rio - 3:45 (non-album single)

12. The Quick and the Daft - 1:49 (Out of the Blue)

13. Little Town Flirt - 2:53 (Discovery)

So Side A now focuses on the tracks that were recorded for Xanadu, including the title track featuring the recently deceased Olivia Newton-John, and Side B features outtakes from 1972 to 1979, including a solo Jeff Lynne single from 1977.

What happens after 1983?

I could see ELO continuing past Secret Messages, and they still remain attached to Apple Records right into the 2010s. They would probably take a hiatus in the late 1980s due to Jeff Lynne's focus on the Traveling Wilburys, but they make a comeback in the early 1990s with Eric Troyer as their new keyboardist and joint lead vocalist, effectively butterflying away ELO Part II and The Orchestra. Songs from both projects, however, become official ELO songs. Their post-1983 albums are as follows:

Balance of Power (1986)

Armchair Theatre (1991)

Moment of Truth (1994)

Zoom (2001)

Light Years II (2006; compilation album)

No Rewind (2010)

2015's Alone in the Universe and 2019's From Out of Nowhere are unchanged from OTL, except they're now credited to ELO. This brings ELO's discography up to twenty albums, twenty-two if both Light Years albums are counted, compared to OTL's fourteen (fifteen if Xanadu is counted).

The Second Coming - Pink Floyd Discography + Roger Waters Solo (1967 - 2006)

Our next band to get an upgraded discography for The Second Coming is none other than Pink Floyd! In addition, there will also be upgrades to Roger Waters' initial solo career.

Originally, I had Syd Barrett stay with the band until 1972, before recording for The Dark Side of the Moon even started. After that, he started his own band with David Bowie, Kevin Ayers, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop and Robert Wyatt known as Hunky Dory. They were active until Syd Barrett's death in 1977, and broke up the following year after completing Wish You Were Here, a collaboration with Pink Floyd. That was very much influenced from Auran's Gummaumma timeline from 2019 when she did something similar with the concept, only the group formed in 1977, the same year of Barrett's death in that timeline. I liked the idea behind it for when I did the first Strawberry Peppers story, but in hindsight, a lot of things required plenty of suspension of disbelief and it came off as rather messy. Instead, I've decided to drop the Hunky Dory subplot altogether, but the concept will not go unused.

Projection (May 5, 1967)

Side A (20:28)

1. Lucy Leave - 2:53 (1965: Their First Recordings)

2. Arnold Layne - 2:57 (The Early Singles)

3. Double O Bo - 2:56 (1965: Their First Recordings)

4. Remember Me - 2:45 (1965: Their First Recordings)

5. Walk with Me Sydney - 3:11 (1965: Their First Recordings)

6. Butterfly - 2:59 (1965: Their First Recordings)

7. Candy and a Currant Bun - 2:47 (The Early Singles)

Side B (19:56)

8. Interstellar Overdrive - 16:49 (Tonite Lets All Make Love in London)

9. I’m a King Bee - 3:07 (1965: Their First Recordings)

This pre-Piper album, utilizing pre-Floyd recordings, was originally posted as part of chapter three in February 2019, albeit now with the inclusion of "Double O Bo" and "I'm a King Bee" to bring the album up to forty minutes. I moved the latter track to close out side B to mark a juxtaposition between the lengthy jam of "Interstellar Overdrive" and a three-minute cover, akin to "Revolution 9" and "Good Night" on the Beatles' White Album.

The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (October 27, 1967)

Side A (19:26)

1. See Emily Play - 2:54 (The Early Singles)

2. Lucifer Sam - 3:07

3. Matilda’s Mother - 3:08

4. Flaming - 2:46

5. Pow R. Toc H. - 4:26

6. Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk - 3:05

Side B (20:12)

7. Astronomy Domine - 4:12

8. Remember a Day - 4:33 (A Saucerful of Secrets)

9. The Gnome - 2:13

10. Chapter 24 - 3:42

11. The Scarecrow - 2:11

12. Bike - 3:21

Originally posted as part of chapter four in March 2019, nothing as changed about the track listing, other than reverting the album cover back to the original.

The Massed Gadgets of Hercules (July 12, 1968)

Side A (20:02)

1. Vegetable Man - 2:30 (The Syd Barrett Tapes)

2. Apples and Oranges - 3:08 (The Early Singles)

3. Corporal Clegg - 4:13 (A Saucerful of Secrets)

4. Golden Hair/Paintbox - 5:43 (The Madcap Laughs/The Early Singles; edit)

5. Scream Thy Last Scream - 4:28 (The Syd Barrett Tapes)

Side B (20:22)

6. Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun - 5:28 (A Saucerful of Secrets)

7. In the Beechwoods - 4:43 (The Early Years 1965-1972)

8. Julia Dream - 2:35 (The Early Singles)

9. See-Saw - 4:36 (A Saucerful of Secrets)

10. Jugband Blues - 3:00 (A Saucerful of Secrets)

Originally titled Scream Thy Last Scream along with a different album cover and posted as part of chapter 10 in April 2019; once again, the track listing remains unaltered from three years ago. The new album title was the original name for A Saucerful of Secrets. This is Pink Floyd's only album with the lineup of Syd Barrett, Roger Waters, Nick Mason, Richard Wright and David Gilmour; as mentioned above, Barrett leaves the group just before the album comes out, and they will carry on as a quartet for almost a decade.

The Man and the Journey (June 13, 1969)

Side A (21:32)

1. Daybreak [Grantchester Meadows] - 7:26 (Ummagumma)

2. Work [Sysyphus Part 3] - 1:49 (Ummagumma)

3. Teatime [Sysyphus Part 4] - 6:59 (Ummagumma)

4. Afternoon [Biding My Time] - 5:18 (Relics)

Side B (22:55)

5. Doing It! [The Grand Vizier’s Garden Party Part 2] - 7:06 (Ummagumma)

6. Sleeping [Quicksilver] - 7:13 (More)

7. Nightmare [Cymbaline] - 4:50 (More)

8. Labyrinth [It Would Be So Nice] - 3:46 (The Early Singles)

Side C (20:10)

9. The Beginning [Green is the Color] - 2:58 (More)

10. Beset by Creatures of the Deep [Careful with That Axe, Eugene] - 5:54 (The Early Singles)

11. The Narrow Way [Part 3] - 5:51 (Ummagumma)

12. The Pink Jungle [Main Theme] - 5:27 (More)

Side D (22:14)

13. The Labyrinths of Auximines [Let There Be More Light] - 5:38 (A Saucerful of Secrets)

14. Footsteps/Doors [Embryo] - 4:39 (Works)

15. Behold the Temple of Light [Something Else/Syncopated Pandemonium] - 7:04 (A Saucerful of Secrets)

16. The End of the Beginning [Storm Signal/Celestial Voices] - 4:53 (A Saucerful of Secrets)

Originally posted as part of chapter 12 in May 2019, the original track listing contained a couple of Syd Barrett tracks based upon the assumption that he stayed with the Floyd until the early 1970s. Again, it's described in detail above. Sides A and B are The Man portion of the album and sides C and D make up The Journey; all tracks crossfade into one another to make four continuous sides of music.

Nothing changes about the 1970-1973 albums (Atom Heart Mother, Meddle, Obscured by Clouds, The Dark Side of the Moon), for they are released per OTL.

Paranoid Delusions (September 12, 1975)

Side A (25:36)

1. Four Notes [Parts I-III] - 8:42 (Wish You Were Here; edit)

2. You’ve Got to Be Crazy [Dogs] - 16:54 (Animals; edit)

Side B (26:21)

3. Shine On, You Crazy Diamond [Parts IV-VII] - 9:54 (Wish You Were Here; edit)

4. Raving and Drooling [Sheep] - 10:06 (Animals; edit)

5. The Farewell March [Parts VIII & IX] - 6:21 (Wish You Were Here; edit)

Now here's where things diverge from the original draft of Strawberry Peppers; the follow-up to The Dark Side of the Moon is based around the songs written and performed during 1974. This album was inspired from The Reconstructor's take on the concept as well as ChargedSpaceStation's 1975 and 1976 albums by Projection from the alternate Pink Floyd timeline of the same name. Akin to the latter, I've split the "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" suite into three sections and then inserted the two lengthy Animals tracks in between, using the official studio versions rather than the versions used from The Extraction Tapes. Regarding "Shine On", I've cross-faded parts V and VI into one another with a one minute overlap, meaning that the entire, uninterrupted suite runs at just below 25 minutes. This is quite possibly the most unique take on this approach I think anyone's ever done!

And for those of you who are curious, "Wish You Were Here" (the six-minute version from Experience) is released as a non-album single that November with a shortened version of "Shine On, You Crazy Diamond" as its B-side. The remaining tracks from both Wish You Were Here and Animals do eventually come out as Roger Waters solo tracks.

The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking (January 21, 1977)

Side A (19:37)

1. Apparently They Were Traveling Abroad - 3:12

2. Running Shoes - 4:08

3. Arabs with Knives and West German Skies - 2:17

4. For the First Time Today, Part 2 - 2:02

5. Sexual Revolution - 4:49

6. The Remains of Our Love - 3:09

Side B (22:32)

7. Go Fishing - 6:59

8. For the First Time Today, Part 1 - 1:38

9. Dunroamin, Duncarin, Dunlivin - 3:03

10. The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking, Part 10 - 4:36

11. Every Stranger’s Eyes - 4:48

12. The Moment of Clarity - 1:28

Originally posted as a part of chapter 51 in June 2020; nothing has changed about the album in terms of track listing, and once again, I envision the concept being developed earlier in 1976. This is also the last album in which Roger Waters is a member, as he quits following the In the Flesh Tour. How does the Floyd survive without him? Well...

Mihalis (November 30, 1979)

Side A (25:35)

1. Mihalis - 5:46 (David Gilmour)

2. Against the Odds - 3:57 (Wet Dream)

3. Cat Cruise - 5:14 (Wet Dream)

4. Siam - 4:48 (Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports)

5. So Far Away - 5:50 (David Gilmour)

Side B (23:01)

6. Mediterranean C - 3:52 (Wet Dream)

7. Do Ya? - 4:36 (Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports)

8. Raise My Rent - 5:33 (David Gilmour)

9. No Way - 5:32 (David Gilmour)

10. Pink’s Song - 3:28 (Wet Dream)

Originally posted as a part of chapter 63 in November 2020; again, this is where things diverge from the original Strawberry Peppers. Both the old track listing and the new one share six songs between them, and this one, along with the next three, take influence from another of ChargedSpaceStation's old Pink Floyd timelines, So You Think You Can Tell..., but each track listing is altered based upon the order of the solo albums from OTL. This is Pink Floyd's first album with Rick Wills on bass guitar and Snowy White on guitar, as well as Robert Wyatt providing drums, percussion and vocals on a few songs, adding more of a jazz-influenced sound to the band.

In addition to the album, Pink Floyd releases a cover of Unicorn's "There's No Way Out of Here" (the band associated with David Gilmour from 1973) as a non-album single in August 1979.

The Wall (Roger Waters and the Bleeding Hearts Band; May 9, 1980)

Side A (23:20)

1. When the Tigers Broke Free - 2:11 (Echoes)

2. In the Flesh (Behind These Cold Eyes) - 3:10

3. The Thin Ice - 2:23

4. Another Brick in the Wall (Reminiscing) - 2:01

5. Goodbye Blue Sky - 2:38

6. The Happiest Days of Our Lives - 1:21

7. Another Brick in the Wall (Education) - 4:02

8. Mother - 5:34

Side B (23:55)

9. Welcome to the Machine - 6:32 (Wish You Were Here)

10. Young Lust - 4:01 (album/single hybrid)

11. One of My Turns - 3:38

12. Don’t Leave Me Now - 4:00

13. What Shall We Do Now? - 3:17 (The Wall Film Soundtrack)

14. Another Brick in the Wall (Drugs) - 1:08

15. Goodbye Cruel World - 1:19

Side C (24:56)

16. Hey You - 4:55

17. Is There Anybody Out There? - 2:46

18. Nobody Home - 3:32

19. Vera - 1:17

20. Bring the Boys Back Home - 1:19

21. The Final Cut - 4:41 (The Final Cut)

22. Comfortably Numb - 6:26

Side D (24:18)

23. Who’s Sorry Now? (The Show Must Go On) - 2:10

24. In the Flesh (Isn’t This Where We Came In?) - 4:16

25. Run Like Hell - 4:24

26. Waiting for the Worms - 3:59

27. Stop - 0:35

28. The Trial by Puppet - 4:58

29. Outside the Wall (It’s Never Too Late) - 3:04

30. The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot (Postlude) - 0:52 (Vera Lynn single)

In general, the revised track listing follows that of what I had originally posted for chapter 63, as well as the original notes for my personal mix of The Wall, give or take a few seconds each song. Among some of the changes I've made include "What Shall We Do Now?" ending sooner, with the TV smashing sounds happening as soon as Roger Waters sings the word "wall", and "Outside the Wall" being a completely different mix; it's now the official album version transitioning into the original demo, giving The Wall a more hopeful yet bittersweet ending. As an addition, I've included a snippet of "The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot" as a postlude, a reference to the track "Vera" and the film adaptation. Imagine a wholly new recording with the Beach Boys providing vocals, and that's the new conclusion to The Wall.

Fictitious Sports (November 20, 1981)

Side A (22:44)

1. Short and Sweet - 5:30 (David Gilmour)

2. Mad Yannis Dance - 3:19 (Wet Dream)

3. I Was Wrong - 4:12 (Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports)

4. It’s Deafinitely - 4:27 (David Gilmour)

5. Hot River - 5:16 (Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports)

Side B (24:43)

6. Holiday - 6:11 (Wet Dream)

7. I’m a Mineralist - 6:16 (Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports)

8. Summer Elegy - 4:53 (Wet Dream)

9. Waves - 4:19 (Wet Dream)

10. I Can’t Breathe Anymore - 3:04 (David Gilmour)

Originally posted as a part of chapter 70 in April 2021; in a sense, Mihalis and Fictitious Sports could be considered sister albums, almost like Pink Floyd's very own Rubber Soul and Revolver, given that all of the tracks come from the same three OTL albums. Again, some tracks - "Short and Sweet", "It's Deafinitely", "Summer Elegy" and "I'm a Mineralist" - were originally on Mihalis, before being replaced by "Raise My Rent", "No Way" and "Pink's Song", with "Do Ya?" being pulled from the original version of About Face. More on that in a bit, but first...

Spare Bricks (Roger Waters; July 16, 1982)

Side A (24:07)

1. In the Flesh [Movie Version] - 3:04 (The Wall Film Soundtrack)

2. When the Tigers Broke Free [Full Length] - 3:16 (The Final Cut)

3. Have a Cigar - 5:08 (Wish You Were Here)

4. Another Brick in the Wall (Drugs) [Movie Version] - 1:12 (The Wall Film Soundtrack)

5. The Last Few Bricks - 11:27 (The Complete Another Brick in The Wall suite)

Side B (22:48)

6. Three Different Ones - 11:28 (Animals)

7. Bring the Boys Back Home [Movie Version] - 1:19 (The Wall Film Soundtrack)

8. Mother [Movie Version] - 6:35 (The Wall Film Soundtrack)

9. Pigs on the Wing - 3:26 (Animals; 8-track version)

Originally posted as part of chapter 72 in May 2021 sans the Animals tracks; the idea behind Spare Bricks hasn't changed much. The movie versions of "Bring the Boys Back Home" and "Mother" ended up respectively swapping places with "Have a Cigar" and "The Last Few Bricks", and for side B, I included both "Three Different Ones" and the 8-track version of "Pigs on the Wing" to flesh out the track listing a little. As neither of those tracks ended up on Paranoid Delusions, I didn't want to waste them, so they ended up here instead. They fit pretty well lyrically if I do say so myself.

About Face (November 18, 1983)

Side A (24:43)

1. Born Again Cretin - 3:10 (Nothing Can Stop Us)

2. Love on the Air - 4:19 (About Face)

3. Private Person - 3:36 (Identity)

4. Cry from the Street - 5:13 (David Gilmour)

5. Eyes of a Gypsy - 4:13 (Identity)

6. Yolanda - 4:12 (Mid-Eighties)

Side B (23:53)

7. All Lovers are Deranged - 3:14 (About Face)

8. Boo to You Too - 3:26 (Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports)

9. Drop In from the Top - 3:25 (Wet Dream)

10. Cruise - 4:40 (About Face)

11. Amber and the Amberines - 4:11 (Mid-Eighties)

12. Funky Deux - 4:57 (Wet Dream)

Originally posted as a part of chapter 75 in July 2021; the new track listing has differs quite a lot from the original, and makes for quite possibly the album that's the most all over the place for Pink Floyd. I mean, seriously, you've got collaborations with Pete Townshend, Eric Stewart and Dave Harris, as well as Robert Wyatt contributing his only songs (that weren't by Nick Mason and Carla Bley) for the band. I wanted to go for songs that hadn't been released as part of an album by Robert Wyatt as I didn't want to interfere much with his solo discography. I see Robert leaving the band shortly following the album's release, likely as a response to some of the backlash it would've gotten at the time. This is also the last album to contain tracks that originated from the late 70s solo projects (Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports was recorded in 1979).

Nothing has changed about Roger Waters' The Post War Dream; you can read more about it in chapter 77, posted August 2021. After that point, beginning with 1987's Radio K.A.O.S., Waters' solo career carries on per OTL, save for one moment which we'll come to later.

Identity (April 8, 1985)

Side A (21:26)

1. Until We Sleep - 5:15 (About Face)

2. How Do You Do It - 4:45 (Identity)

3. Lie for a Lie - 3:16 (Profiles)

4. Blue Light - 4:35 (About Face)

5. Out of the Blue - 3:35 (About Face)

Side B (24:05)

6. Confusion - 4:17 (Identity)

7. You Know I'm Right - 5:06 (About Face)

8. Let's Get Metaphysical - 4:09 (About Face)

9. Seems We Were Dreaming - 4:57 (Identity)

10. Near the End - 5:36 (About Face)

Originally posted as a part of chapter 78 in August 2021; the track listing mostly follows that of David Gilmour's About Face solo album with the gaps being filled in for those that were included in the fictional About Face ("Murder" is never written as John Lennon didn't die in 1980). I could see this being Pink Floyd's most successful album of the decade, albeit still not without its critics at the time. And this was where Pink Floyd's story more or less concluded in the original Strawberry Peppers, but since then, they've put out three more albums, starting with...

Learning to Fly (September 7, 1987)

Side A (15:37)

1. Signs of Life - 4:24 (A Momentary Lapse of Reason)

2. Learning to Fly - 4:52 (A Momentary Lapse of Reason)

3. Voices - 6:21 (Identity)

Side B (12:46)

4. The Dogs of War - 6:10 (A Momentary Lapse of Reason)

5. Strange Rhythm - 6:36 (Identity)

Side B (16:23)

6. Cuts Like a Diamond - 5:36 (Identity)

7. One Slip - 5:05 (A Momentary Lapse of Reason)

8. On the Turning Away - 5:42 (A Momentary Lapse of Reason)

Side D (14:26)

9. By Touching - 5:39 (Identity)

10. Sorrow - 8:47 (A Momentary Lapse of Reason)

This was perhaps the most difficult alternate album for me to put together for Pink Floyd, as I was unsure as to whether or not I wanted to cut any songs. Regrettably, I ended up having to remove the "Yet Another Movie/Round and Round" and "A New Machine/Terminal Frost" suites; from what I've read online in a few lists ranking every Pink Floyd song, they didn't rate particularly high, which influenced my decision to cut them. However, I could see them as being part of a David Gilmour extended play released around that time so nothing comes off as wasted. I'm also not too pleased with how short side B is; I'd like to include a Nick Mason/Rick Fenn track from that time period to bring it up to snuff. Maybe something from the White of the Eye soundtrack that sounds the most Floydish?

Nothing is different about The Division Bell from 1994, so we'll be doing a time skip to the next decade.

On an Island (March 6, 2006)

1. Castellorizon - 3:54

2. On an Island - 6:47

3. The Blue - 5:26

4. To Kill the Child - 3:31 (To Kill the Child/Leaving Beirut single)

5. Take a Breath - 5:46

6. Red Sky at Night - 2:51

7. This Heaven - 4:24

8. Then I Close My Eyes - 5:26

9. Flickering Flame - 6:45 (Flickering Flame: The Solo Years Volume 1)

10. Smile - 4:03

11. A Pocketful of Stones - 6:17

12. Hello (I Love You) - 6:16 (Soundtrack of The Last Mimzy)

13. Where We Start - 6:45

Total length: 68:11

So here it is, folks; the very last Pink Floyd album for The Second Coming. It also marks Roger Waters' return to the band after being separated from them for over twenty years, barring a brief reunion at Live Aid in 1985. I've looked at any solo recordings Roger did for the first half of the 2000s, and I included them onto the official On an Island track listing based upon a timeline made by Dan Martin had Roger Waters stayed following The Final Cut. In many ways, it's a pretty bittersweet album for Pink Floyd as it's the final time the classic lineup played together prior to Richard Wright's death in 2008. The Endless River becomes a solo album by Wright, completed posthumously by the rest of the band and released in 2009, and then the Floyd breaks up for good.

After that, the timeline for Pink Floyd more or less diverges back to how they were in OTL, albeit the band members are on much friendlier terms with one another, all thanks to Roger quitting in 1977 rather than staying and eventually forcing his concepts upon the others. That, and the others insisting upon compromising with Paranoid Delusions two years earlier. Still, one has to wonder what might have happened had Roger stayed on...

The Second Coming - Crosby, Stills and Nash Discography (1967-1980)

Another discography for The Second Coming approaches! This time, we're focusing on the supergroup Crosby, Stills and Nash... but no Neil Young, sadly. The idea of the supergroup remaining a trio and Neil not joining permanently (or at least semi-permanently) was inspired from The Reconstructor's take on Neil Young and Crazy Horse's second album that wasn't, as well as his original take on Neil's discography of the 1970s. (Since then, he's made three new albums, and I bet that one day, he'll post a re-revised discography of Shakey in the 70s... if Archives Vol. 3 ever comes out, given Neil's fickleness.) Consider this post the other side of the coin, if you will, as well as what might have happened if CSN had put out more albums in spite of their clashing egos.

(And for those who are wondering, yes, solo projects still happen, but that could be another post altogether. Maybe.)

Mind Gardens (July 3, 1967)

Side A (18:39)

1. For What It's Worth - 2:40 (Buffalo Springfield)

2. Stop Right There - 2:28 (Evolution)

3. Renaissance Fair - 1:51 (Younger Than Yesterday)

4. On a Carousel - 3:07 (Reflections)

5. Pretty Girl Why - 2:24 (Last Time Around)

6. Everybody's Been Burned - 3:05 (Younger Than Yesterday)

7. Lullaby to Tim - 3:04 (Evolution)

Side B (18:01)

8. Mind Gardens - 3:28 (Younger Than Yesterday)

9. Everydays - 2:38 (Buffalo Springfield Again)

10. Carrie Anne - 2:55 (Reflections)

11. Bluebird - 9:00 (Buffalo Springfield compilation album)

Originally posted back in March 2020, this is one of two albums that answer the question of what might have happened had Crosby, Stills and Nash formed earlier. Tensions break out in the Byrds and the Hollies earlier than OTL, and Buffalo Springfield barely holds together to record their only album, breaking up before it even comes out. Originally, "Pretty Girl Why" was track three, but I pushed it back as I didn't want an extensive gap between two Stephen Stills songs. The release of this album would feel rather timely for the summer of love, right up there with the Beatles' Merseyside and the Beach Boys' Smile.

Stampede (March 11, 1968)

Side A (16:08)

1. Lady Friend - 2:36 (The Original Singles: 1967-1969, Volume 2)

2. Special Care - 3:30 (Last Time Around)

3. Maker - 2:52 (Butterfly)

4. Four Days Gone - 2:53 (Last Time Around)

5. Postcard - 2:17 (Butterfly)

6. Dolphin's Smile - 2:00 (The Notorious Byrd Brothers)

Side B (15:26)

7. Hung Upside Down - 3:24 (Buffalo Springfield Again)

8. King Midas in Reverse - 3:07 (Reflections)

9. Rock and Roll Woman - 2:44 (Buffalo Springfield Again)

10. Triad - 3:29 (The Notorious Byrd Brothers)

11. Butterfly - 2:42 (Butterfly)

The other pre-1969 album by Crosby, Stills and Nash; I left the track listing as is from the original post. By then, the trio has polished up their sound enough to prepare for a one-two punch of great albums...

Crosby, Stills & Nash (May 29, 1969)

Side A (20:25)

1. Suite: Judy Blue Eyes - 7:25

2. Marrakesh Express - 2:39

3. Guinnevere - 4:40

4. You Don't Have to Cry - 2:45

5. Pre-Road Downs - 2:56

Side B (20:22)

6. Wooden Ships - 5:29

7. Lady of the Island - 2:39

8. Helplessly Hoping - 2:41

9. Long Time Gone - 4:17

10. 49 Bye-Byes - 5:16

Now the group's third album, and their first under Apple Records, it is their most successful up to this point. The track listing just simply can't be tampered with in any way.

Déjà Vu (March 11, 1970)

Side A (19:16)

1. Carry On - 4:26

2. Teach Your Children - 2:53

3. Almost Cut My Hair - 4:31

4. Horses Through a Rainstorm - 3:32 (outtake)

5. Woodstock - 3:54

Side B (17:41)

6. Déjà Vu - 4:12

7. Our House - 2:59

8. 4 + 20 - 2:06

9. The Lee Shore - 6:03 (outtake)

10. Everybody I Love You - 2:21

Neil Young's two songs, "Helpless" and "Country Girl", ended up being moved to After the Gold Rush along with the non-album track "Ohio". So instead, I replaced them with a track each from Nash ("Horses Through a Rainstorm") and Crosby ("The Lee Shore"), both of which can be found on disc three of the 50th anniversary edition. Overall, it feels more balanced as far as lead vocals are concerned, although it does make you wonder why Stills got four vocals while the others got two each. In addition to the altered track listing, I changed up the cover image to show one that features the trio during that time period.

3-Way Street (April 7, 1971)

Side A (21:08)

1. Love the One You're With - 3:04 (Stephen Stills)

2. Music is Love - 3:16 (If I Could Only Remember My Name)

3. Right Between the Eyes - 2:20 (4 Way Street)

4. We Are Not Helpless - 4:20 (Stephen Stills)

5. I Used to Be a King - 4:45 (Songs for Beginners)

6. Laughing - 3:23 (4 Way Street)

Side B (20:29)

7. Sit Yourself Down - 3:05 (Stephen Stills)

8. Man in the Mirror - 2:22 (CSN box set)

9. Traction in the Rain - 3:40 (If I Could Only Remember My Name)

10. Black Queen - 5:26 (Stephen Stills)*

11. Chicago (We Can Change the World) - 3:55 (Songs for Beginners)*

12. Find the Cost of Freedom - 2:01 (So Far)

Even when they weren't working as a group, Crosby, Stills and Nash still seemed to find the time to collaborate on each others' solo projects, most notably "Love the One You're With", which could've been a great single by the trio. Graham Nash's "Right Between the Eyes" was performed by CSNY for the live album 4 Way Street, but it remained unreleased in studio form until 2009's Reflections. Likewise, I'd chosen to use the live versions of "Laughing" from 4 Way Street and "Man in the Mirror" from the CSN box set from 1991, both with the audience noises removed, for variety's sake.

I know that there are live versions of "Black Queen" and "Chicago" from 4 Way Street, but they contain crowd noises during the performance, so I resorted to using the studio versions instead. Ideally, I'd like to use the vocals from the live versions with the instrumentation of the studio version to make a faux-CSN studio performance. But despite that issue, I really do like the configuration of this album, possibly one of my favorites I've ever done, and it almost sounds like it was meant to be. Try it out!

So Far (August 20, 1973)

Side A (21:06)

1. Blackbird - 2:33 (CSN box set)

2. Everybody's Talkin' - 3:14 (Crosby, Stills & Nash, 2006 bonus track)

3. How Have You Been - 3:44 (Déjà Vu: 50th Anniversary, demo)

4. Question Why - 2:02 (Déjà Vu: 50th Anniversary, demo)

5. Song With No Words (Tree With No Leaves) - 3:14 (Déjà Vu: 50th Anniversary, demo)

6. Every Day We Live - 3:18 (Déjà Vu: 50th Anniversary, outtake)

7. Sleep Song - 3:01 (Déjà Vu: 50th Anniversary, demo)

Side B (20:51)

8. What Are Their Names - 4:09 (If I Could Only Remember My Name)

9. Better Days - 3:47 (Songs for Beginners)

10. Go Back Home - 5:54 (Stephen Stills)

11. Orléans - 1:56 (If I Could Only Remember My Name)

12. I’d Swear There Was Somebody Here - 1:19 (If I Could Only Remember My Name)

13. Urge for Going - 3:46 (CSN box set)

A compilation of outtakes recorded between 1969 and 1971 that didn't make the previous three albums. Not much to say other than it serves as a stop-gap release before their next studio album. Speaking of which...

As I Come of Age (September 20, 1974)

Side A (19:13)

1. See the Changes - 2:44 (CSN box set)

2. Prison Song - 3:10 (Wild Tales)*

3. Tamalpais High - 3:29 (If I Could Only Remember My Name)

4. My Angel - 2:25 (Stills)*

5. Little Blind Fish - 2:37 (unreleased)

6. And So It Goes - 4:48 (Wild Tales)

Side B (19:06)

7. First Things First - 2:10 (Stills)

8. Military Madness - 2:50 (Songs for Beginners)*

9. As I Come of Age - 2:33 (Stills)

10. Homeward Through the Haze - 4:20 (CSN box set)

11. Grave Concern - 2:45 (Wild Tales)*

12. Myth of Sisyphus - 4:28 (Stills)*

The mythical Human Highway album, only it's performed by a trio instead. "Prison Song", "My Angel", "Military Madness" (let's assume it was a 1971 outtake revisited for the sessions; likewise with "Tamalpais High"), "Grave Concern" and "Myth of Sisyphus" were all performed by CSNY during the Doom Tour of 1974, so like I suggested with a couple of tracks on 3-Way Street, see if you can take the backing music of the studio tracks and mix them with the live vocals to make a faux full group performance in the studio. It's a pretty similar method that soniclovenoize used for his revisit of Human Highway.

Wind on the Water (June 25, 1976)

Side A (19:37)

1. Carry Me - 3:35 (Wind on the Water)*

2. Make Love to You - 5:10 (Long May You Run)

3. Time After Time - 2:32 (Whistling Down the Wire)*

4. Fieldworker - 2:47 (Wind on the Water)*

5. To the Last Whale - 5:33 (Wind on the Water)

Side B (20:10)

6. J.B.'s Blues - 2:41 (Whistling Down the Wire)

7. Black Coral - 4:26 (Carry On)

8. Taken at All - 2:54 (CSN box set)

9. Foolish Man - 4:29 (Whistling Down the Wire)

10. Guardian Angel - 5:40 (Long May You Run)

Based upon the third and final attempt at bringing Human Highway to record, Wind on the Water takes seven songs by Crosby and Nash that were auditioned for the project, as well as three of Stills' songs from Long May You Run to complete the transition to their "yacht rock" years. "Carry Me", "Time After Time" and "Fieldworker" were all performed live in 1974, but again, imagine the studio tracks with the live vocals each, and tracks like "To the Last Whale" and "Guardian Angel" were also tried out at the end of 1974, making them honorary CSN tracks.

Yacht Folks (June 17, 1977)

Side A (22:28)

1. Shadow Captain - 4:32

2. 12/8 Blues (All the Same) - 3:41 (Long May You Run)

3. Carried Away - 2:29

4. Fair Game - 3:30

5. Anything at All - 3:01

6. Cathedral - 5:15

Side B (22:07)

7. Dark Star - 4:43

8. Just a Song Before I Go - 2:12

9. Run from Tears - 4:09

10. Cold Rain - 2:32

11. In My Dreams - 5:10

12. I Give You Give Blind - 3:21

Besides replacing "See the Changes" (already featured on As I Come of Age) with the last remaining Stephen Stills track from Long May You Run, nothing about Yacht Folks has changed apart from the album title. From this point onward, albums are released on a far more sporadic basis.

Thoroughfare Gap (July 11, 1980)

Side A (20:30)

1. Drive My Car (Needed to Ride) - 3:50 (CSN box set)

2. Tomorrow is Another Day - 4:05 (Daylight Again)

3. Barrel of Pain (Half-Life) - 4:44 (CSN box set)

4. Thoroughfare Gap - 3:31 (Thoroughfare Gap)

5. Out on the Island - 4:20 (Earth & Sky)

Side B (21:22)

6. Feel Your Love (Tears in the Light) - 4:28 (Daylight Again)

7. Love Has Come - 3:27 (Earth & Sky)

8. Distances - 3:36 (Oh Yes I Can)

9. Helicopter Song - 2:47 (Earth & Sky)

10. Dear Mr. Fantasy - 7:04 (CSN box set)

Nothing's really changed about this album since it was first written about in November 2020. I don't know if I mentioned this, but I gave the opening track "Drive My Car" the subtitle "Needed to Ride" to avoid confusion with the Beatles song of the same name. Likewise, I did so with "Feel Your Love" as "Tears in the Light" so it wouldn't be confused for the song of the same name on American Dream.

Speaking of which, this is where I'll be stopping (for now) with the CSN album discography, barring 1982's Daylight Again, which is once again unchanged from OTL, as I don't know where to go next with them after said album. After that, in OTL, they put out four more albums between 1988 and 1999, two of which were with Neil Young, but they couldn't live up to the albums that had come out before, especially not Crosby, Stills & Nash and Déjà Vu. Much of this has to do with ego clashes and trying to sound "hip" with modern audiences, and it comes across as sad.

And what's the deciding factor in where to take the group next? David Crosby. In the 1980s, Crosby was in the middle of a crack addiction that nearly cost him his life and led to his arrest, eventually leading him to sober up as a promise to Neil Young, his ultimatum for rejoining the group to record American Dream (and we all know how well that went).

So the question now is, where should I go with Crosby, Stills and Nash after Daylight Again? Either they carry on into the 90s and break up in 2016 (the likely cut off date as they've not performed as a group since 2015), or Crosby dies in the 1980s due to his drug problem and Stills and Nash break up, unwilling to continue as a duo. No matter what, the trio would've broken up anyway as Crosby is known for being extremely difficult to work with, even without the drugs, and not to mention his rather vocal opinions on certain things. It'll be interesting to hear what you have to say about this matter at hand.

Denny Laine's "Time to Hide" - A Wings Compilation

I originally wasn't going to write this post up, but I was kind of struggling with what to do in order to fill up the monthly post quota, but suddenly, this idea had come to me and I knew I had to write about it. Hopefully this will do while I plan out the next Second Coming discography.

As many of us Beatlemaniacs know, Denny Laine is practically the guy in Wings that wasn't Paul McCartney, and after they broke up in 1981, he's pretty much faded into obscurity. Which is a shame, really, because he's put out some good music before (i.e. the Moody Blues), during and after Wings, which is pretty much part of the reason I made this album. The purpose behind this album is to highlight Denny Laine's vocals in Wings, as he usually had either one or two per album; he didn't have any in Wild Life, and his planned vocal spots for Red Rose Speedway ended up on the cutting room floor until 2018, although "I Lie Around" was released as the B-side to "Live and Let Die" in 1973.

Time to Hide: 1972-1978

Side A (25:22)

1. Say You Don't Mind - 3:08 (1972 live performance; unreleased)

2. I Lie Around - 5:01 (Red Rose Speedway)

3. The Note You Never Wrote - 4:21 (Wings at the Speed of Sound)

4. Send Me the Heart - 3:35 (Japanese Tears; 1974 outtake)

5. Again and Again and Again - 3:34 (Back to the Egg)

6. Children Children - 2:20 (London Town)

7. I Would Only Smile - 3:23 (Red Rose Speedway)

Side B (24:49)

8. Spirits of Ancient Egypt - 3:04 (Wings Over America; edit)

9. No Words - 2:35 (Band on the Run)

10. Time to Hide - 4:32 (Wings at the Speed of Sound)

11. Deliver Your Children - 4:17 (London Town)

12. Picasso's Last Words - 5:49 (Band on the Run)

13. Weep for Love - 4:32 (Japanese Tears; 1978 outtake)

The opening track, "Say You Don't Mind", was originally written in 1967 after quitting the Moody Blues and released as a single that same year, eventually being recorded by Colin Blunstone in 1972. Wings performed it live during 1972 and 1973, but it was never officially recorded by them or even included on Wings Over Europe in 2018, which is a great shame. My edit of a live recording that I found crossfades into the cold opening of "I Lie Around", which was originally started by Paul in 1970 during the Ram sessions. This makes for a great one-two punch of an opener, explaining a part of Denny's pre-Wings career and following that with one of the first songs recorded with him.

Following that is "The Note You Never Wrote", the second track written for Denny by Paul and Linda, and is known for being the track that follows from "Let 'Em In" off of Wings at the Speed of Sound. Next up is another outtake, "Send Me the Heart", recorded during the sessions for the "Junior's Farm" single, but seemingly left aside in favor of "Sally G", not even appearing as a bonus track on Venus and Mars. It was eventually released on Japanese Tears, Denny's solo album from 1980, as was his re-recording was "Say You Don't Mind". Track five is "Again and Again and Again", making for a nice little juxtaposition as a punk rocker following upon the country flavor of "Send Me the Heart".

The first side concludes with "Children and Children" from London Town and "I Would Only Smile", sourced from the 2018 remaster of Red Rose Speedway; the former being a co-write with Paul McCartney like "Send Me the Heart". Thus far, Denny's written (or co-written) five tracks, with two being given to him. The third McCartney-penned track, "Spirits of Ancient Egypt", kicks off the second side, and comes from Wings Over America, mainly as the Venus and Mars studio version crossfades out of the reprise, which is rather frustrating. Of course, the live version sounds pretty similar, possibly more atmospheric, and I cut the track down to a similar three-minute length.

Next on the track listing is "No Words", Denny's first official co-writing credit to an album, and is said to have been written prior to the Band on the Run sessions. Following that is the title track, "Time to Hide", which is possibly Denny's greatest song to date, and it fades out right at the end before the transition leading to "Must Do Something About It" from Speed of Sound. "Deliver Your Children", said to have started being written in 1975, comes next, followed by the penultimate track, "Picasso's Last Words (Drink to Me)", the fourth and final track by Paul and Linda, as well as the third co-lead vocal between Paul and Denny, the other two being "I Lie Around" and "No Words". The album concludes with "Weep for Love", an outtake from Back to the Egg; why that was excluded, I'll never understand.

Overall, this makes for a great listen, painting a much stronger picture of Denny Laine's contributions to Wings, even though they were mostly a Paul McCartney project in all but name. I'd have put the songs in chronological order, but that felt rather boring and there would've been a three-minute difference between the two sides, so I arranged the tracks mostly based upon where they appeared on the albums, and then filling in the gaps with what was leftover. But if you'd rather play them in chronological order, you could probably cut "Say You Don't Mind" and still have a solid collection of songs. Try it out!

The Second Coming - The Rolling Stones Discography (1968-1976)

Keeping up with my seemingly usual "one post per month" quota, here's yet another band discography for Strawberry Peppers: The Second Coming, focusing on The Rolling Stones. A criticism with the original discography of the David Bowie era of the Stones (1969-1976) was that it was incredibly unrealistic that he'd be given a lot of album space from the get-go. I mean, if you look at the early years of the Beatles, George Harrison didn't really emerge as a songwriter until 1965, save for "Don't Bother Me" on With the Beatles, so it left me wondering how to fix that up. Hopefully this revised discography will be more to your liking.

Before we begin, however, and for those of you who are wondering about David Bowie's solo discography:

• "Letter to Hermione" and "Janine" are both donated to the Rolling Stones, and "Conversation Piece" ends up in the middle of the second side of his 1969 eponymous album.
• 1984 is able to be released as he originally intended before came out with Diamond Dogs instead, per Albums Back from the Dead. I might change that up if expectations seem unrealistic, but one can dream, right?
• The Gouster comes out instead of Young Americans, and "Fame" and "Across the Universe" are released as a standalone single with John Lennon.
• The Man Who Sold the World, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, Aladdin Sane, Pin Ups and Station to Station are unaltered from OTL.

And now, the Rolling Stones discography, post-1967!

Who Killed Christopher Robin? (September 6, 1968)

Side A (22:22)

1. Sympathy for the Devil - 6:18 (Beggars Banquet)

2. No Expectations - 3:56 (Beggars Banquet)

3. Citadel - 2:50 (Their Satanic Majesties Request)

4. In Another Land - 3:15 (Their Satanic Majesties Request)

5. Parachute Woman - 2:20 (Beggars Banquet)

6. Jumpin' Jack Flash - 3:43 (GRRR!)

Side B (23:40)

7. Street Fighting Man - 3:16 (Beggars Banquet)

8. The Lantern - 4:24 (Their Satanic Majesties Request)

9. Stray Cat Blues - 4:38 (Beggars Banquet)

10. Factory Girl - 2:09 (Beggars Banquet)

11. 2000 Man - 3:07 (Their Satanic Majesties Request)

12. Jigsaw Puzzle - 6:06 (Beggars Banquet)

Originally, it was dubbed Lazarus of England, and I liked the original playlist fine, but one of my biggest regrets was excluding "Street Fighting Man", one of the band's most political songs. This revised playlist puts more emphasis on Beggars Banquet as I think it's likely that, following the aborted sessions for Their Satanic Majesties Request, the Stones start from scratch but salvage a few tracks (that is, those that weren't released as singles) for their comeback album. This is their last album to have any involvement from Brian Jones.

Let It Bleed (December 5, 1969)

Side A (19:57)

1. Gimme Shelter - 4:31

2. Janine - 3:25 (Space Oddity)

3. Honky Tonk Women - 3:02 (GRRR!)

4. Live with Me - 3:33

5. Let It Bleed - 5:26

Side B (21:23)

6. Midnight Rambler - 6:52

7. You Got the Silver - 2:51

8. Monkey Man - 4:12

9. You Can't Always Get What You Want - 7:28

One rule that I'm establishing for these albums is to eliminate cover songs as I believe they should've put more emphasis on originals like they did for Could You Walk on the Water? and Aftermath. However, covers could still happen as B-sides. In place of "Love in Vain" is David Bowie's "Janine", and "Honky Tonk Women" is the single version rather than the country version. One minute shorter than the official version, but still solid overall.

Sticky Fingers (November 27, 1970)

Side A (23:07)

1. Brown Sugar - 3:48

2. Sway - 3:50

3. Wild Horses - 5:42

4. Can't You Hear Me Knocking - 7:14

5. Letter to Hermione - 2:33 (Space Oddity)

Side B (23:02)

6. Bitch - 3:38

7. I Got the Blues - 3:54

8. Sister Morphine - 5:31

9. Dead Flowers - 4:03

10. Moonlight Mile - 5:56

Besides releasing the album earlier and replacing "You Gotta Move", nothing about Sticky Fingers has changed. A near-perfect album from start to finish.

Tropical Disease (December 17, 1971)

Side A (24:53)

1. All Down the Line - 3:49 (Exile on Main Street)

2. 100 Years Ago - 3:59 (Goats Head Soup)

3. Changes - 3:37 (Hunky Dory)

4. Let It Loose - 5:16 (Exile on Main Street)

5. Sweet Virginia - 4:27 (Exile on Main Street)

6. Tumbling Dice - 3:45 (Exile on Main Street)

Side B (23:56)

7. Life on Mars? - 3:43 (Hunky Dory)

8. Loving Cup - 4:25 (Exile on Main Street)

9. Sweet Black Angel - 2:54 (Exile on Main Street)

10. Queen Bitch - 3:18 (Hunky Dory)

11. Shine a Light - 4:14 (Exile on Main Street)

12. The Bewlay Brothers - 5:22 (Hunky Dory)

Tropical Disease was a working title for Exile on Main Street, and the track listing is based upon that by The Reconstructor, but with "Silver Train" and "Hide Your Love" held back for the next album (see below) and the removal of "Shake Your Hips" and "Stop Breaking Down". All of these changes were made to accommodate four David Bowie tracks.

Exile on Main Street (August 11, 1972)

Side A (22:46)

1. Rocks Off - 4:31

2. Rip This Joint - 2:22

3. Eight Line Poem - 2:55 (Hunky Dory)

4. Torn and Frayed - 4:17

5. Casino Boogie - 3:33

6. Quicksand - 5:08 (Hunky Dory)

Side B (24:26)

7. Happy - 3:04

8. Silver Train - 4:27 (Goats Head Soup)

9. Andy Warhol - 3:08 (Hunky Dory; edit)

10. Turd on the Run - 2:36

11. Hide Your Love - 4:12 (Goats Head Soup)

12. Velvet Goldmine - 3:10 (Re:Call 1)

13. Soul Survivor - 3:49

Again, I follow what The Reconstructor did with his single Exile on Main Street album, albeit by excluding the bonus tracks from the 2010 reissue as well as "Ventilator Blues" (a co-write with Mick Taylor), and even throwing in "Velvet Goldmine", one of David Bowie's most popular tracks despite not appearing on an album. Since it was recorded in 1971, I think it fits well.

Goats Head Soup (August 31, 1973)

Side A (26:43)

1. Dancing with Mr. D - 4:53

2. Tops - 3:45 (Tattoo You)

3. Song for Bob Dylan - 4:12 (Hunky Dory)

4. Coming Down Again - 5:54

5. Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) - 3:26

6. Angie - 4:33

Side B (26:05)

7. Oh! You Pretty Things - 3:12 (Hunky Dory)

8. Winter - 5:30

9. Can You Hear the Music - 5:31

10. Kooks - 2:53 (Hunky Dory)

11. Star Star - 4:25

12. Waiting on a Friend - 4:34 (Tattoo You)

As Goats Head Soup was robbed of a few tracks, I filled the gaps with a couple of outtakes that were eventually included on Tattoo You along with the leftover tracks from Hunky Dory. The resulting album runs at six minutes longer than OTL, but still works pretty well.

Diamond Dogs (October 18, 1974)

Side A (14:49)

1. If You Can't Rock Me - 3:46 (It's Only Rock 'n Roll)

2. Diamond Dogs - 5:56 (Diamond Dogs)

3. It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It) - 5:07 (It's Only Rock 'n Roll)

Side B (15:44)

4. Till the Next Goodbye - 4:37 (It's Only Rock 'n Roll)

5. Time Waits for No One - 6:37 (It's Only Rock 'n Roll)

6. Rebel Rebel - 4:30 (Diamond Dogs)

Side C (13:08)

7. Luxury - 5:00 (It's Only Rock 'n Roll)

8. Rock 'n' Roll with Me - 3:57 (Diamond Dogs)

9. Dance Little Sister - 4:11 (It's Only Rock 'n Roll)

Side D (15:32)

10. If You Really Want to Be My Friend - 6:16 (It's Only Rock 'n Roll)

11. Short and Curlies - 2:43 (It's Only Rock 'n Roll)

12. Fingerprint File - 6:33 (It's Only Rock 'n Roll)

The official It's Only Rock 'n Roll is quite a lengthy album at 48 minutes, and even if we cut "Ain't Too Proud to Beg", a few songs are still pretty long, running at least five minutes. Including leftover tracks from Diamond Dogs that didn't make 1984, it causes the album to run at about an hour, which is why I made it a double album rather than a single. Depending on reaction, I may revert to leaving OTL's Diamond Dogs as is and replace the three tracks with holdovers from Hunky Dory (namely "Life on Mars", "The Bewlay Brothers" and "Velvet Goldmine") that I included on Tropical Disease and Exile on Main Street, and then replace those with a few 1971-1972 outtakes. Ideally, I'd like the 1971-1976 albums to have around two or three David Bowie tracks each. Speaking of which...

Red and Black Blues (April 13, 1976)

Side A (28:12)

1. Hot Stuff - 5:20 (Black and Blue)

2. Hand of Fate - 4:28 (Black and Blue)

3. Slave - 6:33 (Tattoo You)

4. Win - 4:44 (Young Americans)

5. Memory Motel - 7:07 (Black and Blue)

Side B (25:37)

6. Hey Negrita - 4:59 (Black and Blue)

7. Worried About You - 5:16 (Tattoo You)

8. Fascination - 5:45 (Young Americans)

9. Fool to Cry - 5:03 (Black and Blue)

10. Crazy Mama - 4:34 (Black and Blue)

The Rolling Stones' only album as a sextet, and their first with Ronnie Wood. "Cherry Oh Baby" and "Melody" have been left aside in favor of the later-released "Slave" and "Worried About You", along with a couple of leftovers from Young Americans.

What happens next?

With David Bowie's solo career in full swing, along with the release of Station to Station and his controversial persona the Thin White Duke, he had been planning for a while to depart the Rolling Stones, especially with the arrival of Ronnie Wood. But then, tragedy struck on May 19, 1976, when Keith Richards was involved in a car crash on the M1 under the influence of cocaine and LSD. He was pronounced dead on the scene. Rumors circulated that David Bowie had left because of Richards' death, but he and the surviving members of the Rolling Stones have denied this claim. However, Bill Wyman would leave the group due to his grief, and it would be years before he re-entered the spotlight.

Come 1977, David Bowie would put out his first post-Rolling Stones album Low, the first in what would be called the Berlin trilogy. Meanwhile, Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood would form a new group dubbed the Phoenixes, which also included Jimmy Page from Led Zeppelin (who had broken up following Robert Plant's death from a car accident in 1975) and Terry Kath and Robert Lamm from Chicago (who had broken up due to a mix of burnout and creative differences in 1974). The Phoenixes would put out their first album in 1978, dubbed Rise from the Ashes.