Posted on 05/13/2009 12:53:12 PM PDT by pissant
It was in the Sixties that the Rolling Stones first found global fame – but a magnificent new clutch of re-releases from the Seventies confirms it was then that Mick, Keef and the boys struck artistic gold.
Universal Music recently announced the imminent release of "14 remastered classic albums" from the Rolling Stones. It is a laughable claim. They may well be The Greatest Rock And Roll Band In The World (a title they conferred upon themselves when introducing live shows in the late Sixties), but I don't know if anyone but the most rabid fan could name more than a handful of Stones albums still worth listening to in their entirety, particularly when the list of the latest reissues excludes their Sixties heyday.
Yet, the imminent first batch of re-releases from the Seventies (Sticky Fingers, Goats Head Soup, It's Only Rock N Roll and Black and Blue) serve as a potent reminder of exactly why the Stones have endured. For a golden period, they released a series of albums almost untouchable in the pop pantheon as examples of free-flowing, high-spirited, elegantly extemporised blues, country and rock and roll. And, it was the replacement of the increasingly dysfunctional multi-instrumentalist Brian Jones with lyrical, technically audacious, young guitarist Mick Taylor (19 when he joined) that resulted in that golden period.
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Traffic “Live in Santa Monica” I think
You tube is fairly liberal with the older artists. They (old rock and roll) don’t care so much about copyrights and are just happy to have the exposure
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You tube is fairly liberal with the older artists. They (old rock and roll) don’t care so much about copyrights and are just happy to have the exposure
Yeah, I've been surprised at the stuff I have been able to find there. I love it! I think enforcement probably falls to the copyright holders -- with youtube deleting them when they receive a complaint. Some musicians' managers must do a better job of policing the website than others.
Her hair was star-worthy though.
She was hotter than a chicken pot pie.
Many older artists and their management don’t mind the copyright violations on you tube. They want the exposure and need the exposure
Plus most people aren’t going to download and steal stuff off you tube. It can be done but.....
Jenny Agutter was in that. I met her briefly
Exile on Main St. is one of the BEST albums ever.
A little known chestnut, Metamorphosis is superb also.
The great travesty of Logans Run, they had both those women on set, and gave the part that had a nude scene to the brunette. I mean you know, she’s not bad, but she’s no Farrah.
In the mid 70’s there was a battle going on between Zeppelin and the Stones. For us kids Zeppelin won out....nothing beat ‘Stairway to Heaven’ for long, sweaty slow dances.
I have Metamorphosis on vinyl.
Until Freebird showed up, anyway.
Me too!
Ditto! I didn’t care for the stones disco flavor they tried in the late 70s.
Heard Sympathy for the Devil today at lunch. Almost blew out my trucks speakers. One of my favorites.
That clip pretty much settles the discussion so far as I'm concerned.
My understanding is that the main reason the Stones never allowed the release of R 'n' R Circus back in the day was because The Who jammed them up so bad.
"I went to go see a movie about the future called 'Logan's Run', and there ain't no n*ggers in it. I said 'Well white folks ain't planning for us to be here!'" - Richard Pryor
Had I been a teen in the 60’s I would have been more of a Stones fan than a Beatles fan..
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