Client: The Rolling Stones

Recorded throughout 1979, first in Nassau, Bahamas (Compass Point), then Paris (Pathe Marconi), with some end-of-year overdubbing at Electric Lady Studios in New York City, Emotional Rescue was the first Rolling Stones album recorded following Keith Richards‘ exoneration from a Toronto drugs charge that could have landed him in jail for years. Fresh from the revitalisation of Some Girls, Richards and Mick Jagger led the Stones through dozens of new songs, picking only ten for the album’s final cut.

Notable Mention:  Listen as Mick shouts out the cross streets for Electric Lady Studios in the opening lines of the album’s lead track, “Dance (Part 1).”

Released in April 1976 and recorded partially at Electric Lady Studios, Black and Blue is The Rolling Stones first studio album with Ronnie Wood as the replacement for Mick Taylor.  It was their 15th studio release in the US.  The album reached No. 2 in the UK and No. 1 in the US for an uninterrupted four-weeks, where it obtained platinum sales.  “Fool to Cry”, a worldwide Top 10 hit, was released as its lead single.

Notable Mention: The album was promoted with a controversial billboard on Sunset Blvd., which depicted model, Anita Russell, bound by Mick Jagger under the phrase “I’m Black and Blue from the Rolling Stones — and I love it!”  The billboard was removed after protests by feminist groups, all widely covered by the press.

Recorded and mixed in-part at Electric Lady Studios in late 1977 and early 1978, Some Girls marks the group’s 16th American studio release. Carrying such heavy hitters as “Shattered,” “Miss You,” and “Beast of Burden,” Some Girls is The Rolling Stones’ best selling studio album to date, with RIAA certification of 6x Multi-Platinum.  The album was reissued in 2011 and included 12 previously unreleased songs, for which Keith Richards returned to Electric Lady Studios to record overdubs with producer Don Was.