In 1988 Keith Richards released his first ever solo album, Talk Is Cheap, a brooding, bluesy masterclass in everything good about rock ‘n roll. In celebration of its 30th anniversary, a reissue of the album has just been released including, CD, LP, digital, Deluxe Box Set, and a very limited Super Deluxe Box. Check It out HERE.
And, if that wasn’t cool enough, now Richards has released this new video for this previously unreleased blues shuffle, “Big Town Playboy” – a bonus track from the Talk Is Cheap reissue. Watch it below:
With Keith’s husky voice at the helm, the effortlessly timeless, blues shuffle and saloon piano in “Big Town Playboy” will transport you the deepest, darkest corners of a smoky New Orleans Voodoo Bar. With its elegant balance of necromantic imagery and tastefully suggestive shadow play, this video is a testament to someone who knows every ingredient for rock ‘n’ roll brimming with sex and swagger.
“Big Town Playboy” was recorded during the same sessions that spawned Talk Is Cheap, and features former Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor and Rock Hall-inducted blues pianist and Johnnie Johnson.
Talk Is Cheap was Richard’s first solo album and he is celebrating the 30th anniversary with an expanded edition of the record. “This album holds up,” Richards previously said of the reissue. “I’ve been listening to it and not through the mists of nostalgia either because it doesn’t affect me that way. This is more than the sum of its parts. I really admire it. We were having fun and you can hear it.” [via Rolling Stone]
In addition to standard CD and vinyl versions, the 30th-anniversary reissue, just released on March 29th, is available as a deluxe box set with an 80-page book featuring a new interview with Richards. A “super deluxe” box set that comes in a case that replaces Richards’ guitar case made by the Fender Custom Shop and takes two weeks to create.
Order yours HERE!
Listen to Talk Is Cheap (2019 Remaster) [Deluxe Version] on Spotify:
Listen to Talk Is Cheap (2019 Remaster) [Deluxe Version] on Apple Music:
