The Rolling Stones To Issue 50th Anniversary Best Of

added 04 September 2012 at 17.31

Grrr! will be a 50-track celebration of the band's career, featuring a fancy 3D "augmented reality" cover...

The Rolling Stones are to celebrate their 50th anniversary with a new compilation spanning their entire career.

The band, who played their first show as The Rolling Stones back in 1962, will release Grrr! on November 13.

The collection will come as a 50-track3CD set, a deluxe edition of the same triple pack in a limited edition box featuring a book and postcards, a box set of five vinyl 12"s, or as a "super deluxe" box, with 4CDS, 80 tracks, a 7" single, book and a poster.

And if that isn't enough, the artwork features a new "3D augmented reality" design. By downloading the free uView app, fans can take a look at the artwork and enjoy exclusive 3D animation leap forth from the sleeve art. Xfm tried it earlier and it scared us all, look:

 

Tagged as The Rolling Stones, Albums, Compilations

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