On March 18th, Keith Richards will celebrate the 30th anniversary of his second album backed by the X-Pensive Winos with the deluxe release of 1992’s Main OffenderNME reported the new collection — featuring a bonus live disc, Winos Live In London ’92, will see release for the first time.

The set will be available on CD and vinyl in limited red, black, and smoke-colored LP’s. The new collection features “an 88-page leather-bound book featuring notes and exclusive photos.”

The X-Pensive Winos featured drummer Steve Jordan, guitarist Waddy Wachtel, bassist Charley Drayton, keyboardist Ivan Neville, singer Sarah Dash, and backing vocalists Bernard Fowler and Babi Floyd.

Keith Richards looked back at ‘Main Offender’ in a statement, which reads:

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 tracklist to the deluxe version of Keith Richards’ ‘Main Offender’:

Main Offender – original album

“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”

FAST FACTS

  • Keith Richards‘ solo debut, Talk Is Cheap, was released on October 3rd, 1988 and peaked at Number 24 on the Billboard 200 album chart.
  • His live album Live At The Hollywood Palladium, December 15, 1988 was released on December 10th, 1991 and failed to chart.
  • Richards’ second studio set, the critically acclaimed Main Offender, was released on October 16th, 1992 but despite the good notices, stalled out at Number 99.
  • In 2010, Richards released his first solo compilation, Vintage Vinos.
  • On September 18th, 2015, Richards released his third solo studio set, Crosseyed Heart. The album reunited the Rolling Stones co-founder with his X-Pensive Winos bandmates — guitarist Waddy Watchel and chief collaborator, drummer Steve JordanSara Dash, and Ivan Neville — along with longtime Rolling Stones associates Blondie Chaplin and Bernard Fowler. Richards duetted with Norah Jones on their co-written ballad “Illusion.” The album peaked at Number 11 on the Billboard 200 album charts.

CHECK IT OUT: Keith Richards’ 2022 lyric video for “How I Wish” from Winos Live In London ’92:

CHECK IT OUT: Keith Richards’ 1992 video for “Eileen”: