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J Mascis

THE ROLLING STONES

Exile On Main St ROLLING STONES RECORDS, 1972

I remember my mom giving me money to go grocery shopping and I stopped at the record store first and bought – took that off the top and then spent the rest of the money on food. And, yeah, I still listen to it. I like that it’s kinda murky-sounding, there’s something magical about it. I didn’t really know anything about [the legend of its making] as a kid. It was just the record itself, the sound. They seemed to be taking off, from surviving the ’60s and then suddenly jumping into something that I really liked.

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