Did the Hackney Diamonds Sessions Yield a Second Album’s Worth of Unreleased Tracks?

Yes — the Stones went into the Hackney Diamonds sessions with something like 23 songs in various states of completion, and only 12 made the final cut. That means a whole other album’s worth of material is sitting in the vault, including tracks featuring Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder that didn’t make the record.

In interviews after the album’s release, both Mick Jagger and Keith Richards casually confirmed there’s “more than enough” for a follow-up. Richards specifically told Mojo that they’d “got another album in the can” if they wanted, and Jagger didn’t rule out a quick EP or a full LP. No official release has been announced, but the band has a long history of holding onto scraps (see: Metamorphosis, The Lost Tapes) so a Hackney Diamonds outtakes collection feels inevitable. For now, it’s a matter of timing — and whether they want to move fast while the album’s buzz is fresh.