Rock and a Hard Place

~ Recording by The Rolling Stones

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.7Rock and a Hard Place5:25The Rolling StonesSteel Wheels (Made in Austria, Price Code: CB 821, MASTERED BY DADC AUSTRIA)The Rolling StonesAlbum
  • XE1989-08-28
Rolling Stones Records465752 2
1.7Rock and a Hard Place5:25The Rolling StonesSteel Wheels (Digital Audio Disc Corp. pressing)The Rolling StonesAlbum
  • US1989-10-19
Rolling Stones RecordsCK 45333
1.7Rock and a Hard Place5:25The Rolling StonesSteel WheelsRolling StonesAlbum
  • CA1989-10-29
Rolling Stones RecordsCK 45333
1.7Rock and a Hard Place5:25The Rolling StonesSteel Wheels (Pitman Pressing)Rolling StonesAlbum
  • US1989-10-29
Rolling Stones RecordsCK 45333
1.7Rock and a Hard Place5:25The Rolling StonesSteel WheelsThe Rolling StonesAlbum
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)465752 2
1.7Rock and a Hard Place5:25The Rolling StonesSteel WheelsThe Rolling StonesAlbum
Rolling Stones RecordsCBS 465752-1
1.7Rock and a Hard Place5:25The Rolling StonesSteel Wheels (made in Austria)The Rolling StonesAlbum
Rolling Stones Records465752 2
1.7Rock and a Hard Place5:25The Rolling StonesSteel WheelsThe Rolling StonesAlbum
Rolling Stones Records465752 2
14.7Rock and a Hard Place?:??The Rolling StonesCollection: 1971–1989The Rolling StonesAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1990-06-08
  • XE1990-06
Rolling Stones Records, CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)466 918 2, 466918 2
1.7Rock and a Hard Place5:25The Rolling StonesSteel WheelsThe Rolling StonesAlbum
  • JP1994-08-31
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)VJCP-25121
1.7Rock and a Hard Place5:25The Rolling StonesSteel WheelsThe Rolling StonesAlbum
Rolling Stones Records, Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)7243-8-39647-2-7
1.7Rock and a Hard Place5:25The Rolling StonesSteel Wheels (Remastered)The Rolling StonesAlbum
Rolling Stones Records, Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)7243 8 39647 2 7, 7243 8 39647-2-7, CDV 2742
1.97Rock and a Hard Place5:25The Rolling Stones100 Hits Long Live Rock ’n’ RollVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
RMG RecordsRMG 1382 MP3
1.7Rock and a Hard Place5:25The Rolling StonesSteel WheelsThe Rolling StonesAlbum
  • AR2009-07-14
Polydor (British label, see annotation)2701567
1.7Rock and a Hard Place5:25The Rolling StonesSteel Wheels (Remastered)The Rolling StonesAlbum
  • XE2009-07-17
Polydor (British label, see annotation), Rolling Stones Records0602527015675
1.7Rock and a Hard Place5:25The Rolling StonesSteel WheelsThe Rolling StonesAlbum
Polydor (British label, see annotation)0602527015675
1.7Rock and a Hard Place5:25The Rolling StonesSteel WheelsThe Rolling StonesAlbum
Rolling Stones RecordsB001291502
1.7Rock and a Hard Place5:25The Rolling StonesSteel WheelsThe Rolling StonesAlbum
Rolling Stones Records, UMe (imprint of Universal Music Enterprises)B0012915-02
1.7Rock and a Hard Place5:25The Rolling StonesSteel WheelsThe Rolling StonesAlbum
  • JP2010-06-30
Polydor (British label, see annotation)UICY-94581
11.7Rock and a Hard Place5:25The Rolling StonesThe Rolling Stones RemastersThe Rolling StonesAlbum + Compilation
  • -2010
Polydor (British label, see annotation)602527396002
1.7Rock and a Hard Place5:25The Rolling StonesSteel Wheels (mastered for iTunes)The Rolling StonesAlbum
  • GB2013-06-17
  • US2013-06-17
1.7Rock and a Hard Place5:26The Rolling StonesSteel WheelsThe Rolling StonesAlbum
  • JP2015-12-02
Polydor (British label, see annotation)UICY-40162
20.7Rock and a Hard Place5:25The Rolling StonesThe Rolling Stones Collection (Mondadori)The Rolling StonesAlbum + Compilation
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A.[none]
12.7Rock and a Hard Place5:25The Rolling StonesStudio Albums Vinyl Collection 1971–2016 (180g, Half-Speed Mastering)The Rolling StonesAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2018-06-15
  • US2018-06-15
Polydor (British label, see annotation), Rolling Stones Records, Universal Music Group International (manages UMG’s offices in most countries outside of North America)602557974867
32.7Rock and a Hard Place5:25The Rolling StonesStudio Albums Vinyl Collection 1971–2016The Rolling StonesAlbum + Compilation
  • -2018
Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”)
1.7Rock and a Hard Place5:22Rolling StonesSteel WheelsRolling StonesAlbum
  • -2020-06-26
Rolling Stones Records0602508773310, V3012
1.7Rock and a Hard Place5:26The Rolling StonesSteel WheelsThe Rolling StonesAlbum
  • JP2020-12-04
Rolling Stones RecordsUICY-79250
1.7Rock and a Hard Place5:25The Rolling StonesSteel Wheels (with "Nice Price" sticker on the front)The Rolling StonesAlbum
Rolling Stones Records465752 2
1.7Rock and a Hard Place5:24The Rolling StonesSteel Wheels (remastered 2009)The Rolling StonesAlbum
Polydor (British label, see annotation)
Bootleg
2.1Rock and a Hard Place5:25The Rolling StonesGreatest Hits, Part 2The Rolling StonesAlbum + Compilation
Star Mark (Russian bootleg production)19263-1, 19263-2

Relationships

recording engineer:Christopher Marc Potter (UK producer/mixer, Z Management, worked with The Verve and Richard Ashcroft)
producer:The Glimmer Twins (production name for Mick Jagger & Keith Richards)
Chris Kimsey
mixer:Michael Brauer (engineer)
lead vocals:Mick Jagger (The Rolling Stones)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Promotone B.V. (not for release label use!) (in 2012)
recorded at:AIR Studios Montserrat in Saint Peter, Montserrat
mixed at:Olympic Studios (1966–2009) in Barnes, Richmond upon Thames, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:Rock and a Hard Place

Related works

Rock and a Hard Place

writer:Mick Jagger (The Rolling Stones)
Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)