Mindless Records

Mindless Records issues the solo work of Keith Richards. Since 2009 I have worked on a variety of projects, serving in multiple capacities: A&R, reissue producer, product manager, producer, and more. These are the titles I have been part of.

The album was originally released in October 1992, four years after Talk Is Cheap and features the much-loved X-Pensive Winos: drummer and long-time collaborator Steve Jordan (who recently drummed with the Rolling Stones on their 2021 No Filter Tour of the US), guitarist Waddy Wachtel, bassist Charley Drayton, keyboard player Ivan Neville, singer Sarah Dash and backing vocalist’s Bernard Fowler and Babi Floyd.

The captivating 10-tracks on Main Offender include the electric singles ‘Wicked As It Seems’, ‘Eileen’ and ‘Hate It When You Leave’. The album was produced by Keith Richards, Waddy Wachtel and Steve Jordan. The bonus live album was mixed and produced by Jordan as well.

Keith says:

“This is the second time around & the Winos are kind of developing—and if I can keep those guys together for as long as I can, it’s one of the best bands in the world. It’s a very intriguing band and the potential is only just starting to show itself.

If I hadn’t have taken the Winos on the road, this record would probably have been totally different than it is.

I tried to avoid making too much sense on this record because to me that ambiguity and mystery, and a little provocation to make you think, is something far more powerful and more important than just wagging your finger and saying, ‘I know what he’s saying don’t do this, do that.’ If you’re a musician, silence is your canvas and you never want to fill-in the whole thing because then you’ve just covered it all…

One of the most interesting parts about music is where you don’t play.”

The new, super-deluxe Main Offender boxset includes an exclusive collector’s case, housing a removable, hand-numbered print of the original, uncropped album cover portrait. Inside is a unique Art-Book with the album pressed on Smoke-Coloured vinyl.

The Main Offender LP & CD are newly remastered under the supervision of original producer & X-Pensive Wino, Steve Jordan. The exclusive Winos Live in London ’92 album puts you right in the pit at the show with previously unreleased versions of “Eileen”, “Hate It When you Leave”, “Happy”, and more.

Package contains:

• 180g Smoke Colored LP & CD of the fully remastered Main Offender album

• Previously unreleased Winos Live In London ‘92 on 180g double LP & CD

• All audio remastering overseen by original producer and X-Pensive Wino Steve Jordan

• 88-page, leather-bound book with never-before-seen photos and Keith’s handwritten lyrics

• Main Offender tour guitar pick, bumper sticker, promotional posters, & more!

Also available in 2CD Mediabook, Limited 1LP Red 180g Vinyl, 1LP Black 180g Vinyl, 1CD Digipak and digital formats.

Available here

Main Offender : 999, Wicked As It Seems, Eileen, Words Of Wonder, Yap Yap, Bodytalks, Hate It When You Leave, Runnin’ Too Deep, Will But You Won’t, Demon

Winos Live In London ‘92 :Take It So Hard, 999, Wicked As It Seems, How I Wish, Gimme Shelter, Hate It When You Leave, Before They Make Me Run, Eileen, Will But You Won’t, Bodytalks, Happy, Whip It Up

Keith had assembled the core of this band throughout 1987 and ’88 during the Talk Is Cheap sessions. For this first ever live solo Keith Richards tour, the stellar line-up was a who’s who of the finest musicians on the planet: guitarist Waddy Wachtel (Everly Brothers, Fleetwood Mac, Linda Ronstandt, Stevie Nicks), drummer Steve Jordan (long time Keith collaborator), bassist Charley Drayton,  keyboard player Ivan Neville (Rolling Stones collaborator), singer Sarah Dash, and on saxophone, the inimitable, late great, long time Rolling Stones sideman Bobby Keys.

Live At The Hollywood Palladium comes as a special deluxe box set, presented in a matching folio, wrapped in a black cotton replica of the tour shirt sold that night, complete with a satin VIP pass on top, also including an impeccable all-new essay ‘The Loosest Tight Band You’ve Ever Heard’ by renowned rock writer David Fricke. It comes as a reissue after the original album was released due to popularity of the bootlegs.

Tracklisting: Take It So Hard, How I Wish, I Could Have Stood You Up, Too Rude, Make No Mistake, Time Is On My Side, Big Enough, Whip It Up, Locked Away, Struggle, Happy, Connection, Rockawhile, I Wanna Be Your Man (Box Set and Digital Only), Little T&A (Box Set and Digital Only), You Don’t Move Me (Box Set and Digital Only)

Super Deluxe Box Set: 

• The remastered album on 2 180g LPs

• 10” vinyl of 3 unreleased bonus tracks (I Wanna Be Your Man, Little T&A, You Don’t Move Me) *Exclusive to this box set only*

• Remastered CD of original album

• DVD of original concert film *Exclusive to this box set only* 

• 40 page, hardback book with David Fricke essay featuring a new interview with Keith, plus extensive rare and unseen photos from Keith’s archives

Reproductions of archival materials from the tour including:

• Tour press release

• Keith’s handwritten setlist

• Hand-drawn band dressing room sign

• Tour itinerary

• Press photos

• Ticket stub

• VIP & backstage passes

• Keith’s custom Hollywood Palladium plectrum

• Promotional wine label & bag given away at the show . . . and more!

Other formats available include:

• 1CD remastered album

• 2LP 180g remastered album

• 2LP 180g Limited Edition Red remastered album

• Digital

Hinds, former leader of ska group the Dominoes, died in 2005. “He [was] a diamond,” Richards said. “When you hear his voice, you just get a nice warm glow. He was always incredibly attuned to what was going on around him, and he would calm other brothers down if they were getting too jumpy, or stop a fight from going on if he had to.” But Hinds was also a remarkable singer. And in the year before he died, Richards had once again been recording their collaborations, preparing for a possible release.

Now, those tapes will see the light of day. “It was very organic” Richards explained. “Justin would just say, ‘OK, let’s take up a beat’, and he would start chanting, with the drums going. We’d start in the afternoon and go ’til 11 or 12 o’clock at night.”; Nothing was planned, Richards said. “You can’t get artsy with the tracks or anything. It is what it is. I realised early on that this was the way I wanted to record this band. They’ve got to feel free just to do it, and that’s it.”

The result is a world away from the Stones’ blues rock. “[Wingless Angels] play deliberately at just slightly under heart rate,” Richards said. “The drumming goes deeper than your bones. It’s marrow music.”“ – The Guardian, June 2010.