The Rolling Stones are set to release their iconic 1976 album, Black and Blue, with a Super Deluxe Box Set this November. Nearly five decades after its original release, the band announced the new reissue of the album, due out Nov. 14.
Black and Blue was originally released in April 1976, and will now return this fall with a remixed and expanded edition across multiple formats, according to a release. The upcoming reissue will be available as a 5LP vinyl box set and a 4CD box set.
Both editions include a Blu-ray disc, a hundred-page hardback book and a replica tour poster. A limited-edition 5LP version on exclusive black and blue marbled vinyl will also be available via select online retailers, alongside streamlined 2-disc and 1-disc formats on both vinyl and CD. Additionally, a limited edition 1LP zoetrope vinyl will also be released.
Pre-order Black and Blue (2025) here.
The album is the Stones’ 13 studio album after former guitarist Mick Taylor departed. He was then replaced by Ronnie Wood.
The recording sessions served as auditions with guitar greats Harvey Mandel, Wayne Perkins, Jeff Beck and Robert A. Johnson all contributing, per a release.
“Right then, this is where I’m meant to be,” Wood said of joining the band in 1976.
Black and Blue — the second to be self-produced — went No. 2 in May 1976, and featured singles like “Hot Stuff,” “Hand of Fate,” “Fool to Cry” and “Melody” with Billy Preston. The upcoming reissue is set to include a six-track disc of previously unreleased recordings, including “I Love Ladies,” the Jagger and Richards composition, and “Shame, Shame, Shame,” a take on Shirley & Company. Four additional instrumental tracks will also be included.
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This is fun news! Hearing unreleased music from the Stones is always great.