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The Rolling Stones playing in California in October 2016 (KEVIN WINTER) \u00b7 KEVIN WINTER\/GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA\/Getty Images via AFP <\/p>\n The Rolling Stones playing in California in October 2016 (KEVIN WINTER) \u00b7 KEVIN WINTER\/GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA\/Getty Images via AFP <\/p>\n
The Rolling Stones have mysteriously released a new limited edition single on vinyl only, under the band name The Cockroaches, further fueling speculation the British rockers are poised to drop a 25th studio album.<\/p>\n
The track — called “Rough and Twisted” — went on sale Saturday, reportedly in extremely limited numbers in selected independent record stores around the world.<\/p>\n
Sounds of the Universe, in London’s Soho, was the only place in the British capital to receive the coveted records, which were sold in a plain white sleeve without any reference to the Stones.<\/p>\n
The store — located in the same building where the legendary band held its first rehearsals — got just 14 copies to sell, according to Angela Scott, whose partner owns the record retailer and who was working there Saturday.<\/p>\n
The Stones’ record label Universal Music “called us on Friday and told us that they had some records for us and could we sell them on Saturday,” she told AFP.<\/p>\n
“They told someone here maybe that it was the Rolling Stones and they’re called the Cockroaches,” Scott explained.<\/p>\n
“They said it was because of the building being the Rolling Stones’ building — that’s how we were selected.”<\/p>\n
Scott noted the label insisted the record had to be sold for exactly \u00a310.07 ($13.54).<\/p>\n
“They didn’t explain but one of the fans in the queue said he reckons that it might be the release date of the album.”<\/p>\n
The 14 copies in London sold out instantly, after some fans got wind of the release and queued up in advance.<\/p>\n
“One of the guys had queued from three o’clock in the morning,” noted Scott, even though the store does not open until 10 am on Saturday.<\/p>\n
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– ’64 & counting’ –<\/p>\n
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The first 14 in line had “all finished buying them by five past 10” but one was willing to play the new track in-store.<\/p>\n
“All of the people that queued were all able to hear it and that was a moment for them. They loved it. They were all very happy,” she recounted.<\/p>\n
“Then we had to put a sign up that said ‘Cockroaches sold out’, because obviously everyone was turning up and disappointed.”<\/p>\n
Saturday’s limited sale followed days of teasing the release online on a newly-created Cockroaches Instagram page and website and, in London at least, through posters featuring a QR code linking back to the website.<\/p>\n
One video featured on the Instagram channel included\u00a0a caption that read “64 & counting” — an apparent reference to the number of years since the Rolling Stones\u00a0were\u00a0founded.<\/p>\n
The Cockroaches is an alias that\u00a0lead singer Mick Jagger, fellow founding bandmate Keith Richards and bass guitarist Ronnie Wood have used in the past to play secret shows.<\/p>\n
The band released their first album in 18 years in late 2023, with “Hackney Diamonds” topping the album charts in more than a dozen countries and earning some critical acclaim.<\/p>\n
The new record appeared to be following suit, with The Daily Telegraph’s chief music critic Neil McCormick saying the band were “back with a pile-driving blues stomp”.<\/p>\n
Fan Harry, 21, who works at a Rolling Stones clothing store also in London’s Soho district, welcomed the snippets of the new material that he had heard, calling it “very old school”.<\/p>\n
“It’s a lot of really old blues-style playing,” he told AFP. “I definitely think fans will enjoy it.”<\/p>\n
However, some appear willing to part with the new record, with several appearing for sale on eBay and one listed for a minimum of nearly $600.<\/p>\n
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