It's Vancouver--start of the '72 tour--and look at the configuration--Richards and Taylor are swapped--all of this person's images from the show, which seem to cover a good deal of it, have them set this way.

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and this shot has Mick and Keith reversed at the mic

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am i being too analyical?



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No, intersting observation!
I haven't got a clue about why they swapped but i do find it interesting.

Cheers,
Wuudy

could it be that the negative/foto is reversed

prob not as the Gretsch on charlies drums seems to properly read from left to right

no reverse--look at the guitars--everyone's playing righty and wyman is to he right--the guitarists are definitely swapped

i have never seen this--from 69-73--all those photos--weird, huh?

...you'll find more about this within this thread (very interesting btw)...
http://www.iorr.org/talk/read.php?1,726441,page=1



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Anyone knows the answer?? Interesting thread

Maybe Bill ate beans, and Keith wanted to be as far away as possible?

you guys are too good

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Koen
Maybe Bill ate beans, and Keith wanted to be as far away as possible?

That was it for sure.
I have an article from a Vancouver paper called

"Its a Gas Gas Gas - Stones swap sides for a show"

No idea why they swapped but it's really very interesting indeed.
Koen, I'd say you're very close to a solution there^^! ><

Maybe the roadies set up the amps in a wrong way and it was too late to change it...

That looks plain wrong. Keith must be to the right.

JumpingKentFlash

i wonder--is this the only time this ever happened?

In one of the photos Keith is also using the same fender Mick Taylor would use in the It's Only Rock and ROll Video.

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In one of the photos Keith is also using the same fender Mick Taylor would use in the It's Only Rock and ROll Video.

That's true. we also talked about it on this thread:
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to which Greenblues had already posted a link.

I'm left, you're right, she's gone?

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i wonder--is this the only time this ever happened?

The 1968 NME Poll Winners concert had them in unusual stage positions, or do you you mean in 72?



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HM--from 1969 on