It's a veryy good book; very well worth grabbing. One can often find a copy for a reasonable price at ebay. Great pictures too

Excellent book. I remember nicking it when I was a hard up student back in 74!

On first openin' musta stared at that suitcase for like an hour....

...But Owwwww YEAH Ya need it ....



ROCKMAN

I got this book as a birthday present from my friends around 1975/76 and I loved it and still do.
Loads of excellent and back then rare pictures in it.

It's a must-have book. I love it.

Was Dalton's book a kind of first 'serious' attempt to write a book about the Stones, even though it is based on individual articles? It is published during their creative peak (71?) - when everything still sounded so current and no nostalgy yet - so it is also valuable in capturing the perspective of the time. A nice 'vibe' in it. I remember it talking about the 'mid'period of the Stones - referring to AFTERMATH and BETWEEN THE BUTTONS, etc. (Wasn't there also a kind of fiction article if the Stones would have performed in 1968????)

I got the book from my local library in the early 80's and I remember reading it very carefully (it might have been the first Stones book I read - or tried to read with my English at the time ). I haven't seen the book ever since - so my memories are quite hazy and vague now... I should get the book hands again.

- Doxa



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Great book!!
Picked it up in '72, still have it!!

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... (Wasn't there also a kind of fiction article if the Stones would have performed in 1968????) ...
- Doxa

Yes, there was and here's the setlist:
Not Fade Away
2120, South Michigan Avenue
Everybody Needs Somebody To Love
The Spider And The Fly
Under My Thumb
Get Off Of My Cloud
Complicated
Out Of Time
Citadel
Goin' Home
Stray Cat Blues
Satisfaction
Sympathy For The Devil

Great book. Mine literally fell apart many years ago.

First of the great Stones books and still one of the best.

Love the page that has portraits each of the Stones year by year.

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First of the great Stones books and still one of the best.

Love the page that has portraits each of the Stones year by year.

i think it was the first book on the stones i read way back when. have in storage somewhere, i think. isn't this the one that has the music tabs for songs up through let it bleed or sticky?

Great book.
A friend brought it home from his first US trip in early 70's.
It's always been one of my fave Stones books!
Unfortunately mine fell apart too many years ago.

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Great book.
A friend brought it home from his first US trip in early 70's.
It's always been one of my fave Stones books!
Unfortunately mine fell apart too many years ago.

hey - now that i think about, so did mine! think we can generate a class-action suit against the publisher? maybe at least get a recall started?

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First of the great Stones books and still one of the best.

Love the page that has portraits each of the Stones year by year.

i think it was the first book on the stones i read way back when. have in storage somewhere, i think. isn't this the one that has the music tabs for songs up through let it bleed or sticky?

Yes, it does, and if I remember right, even "CS Blues" was on it. At least I remember seeing the song first written on the paper, before actually hearing it...

- Doxa



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First of the great Stones books and still one of the best.

Love the page that has portraits each of the Stones year by year.

i think it was the first book on the stones i read way back when. have in storage somewhere, i think. isn't this the one that has the music tabs for songs up through let it bleed or sticky?

Yes, it does, and if I remember right, even "CS Blues" was on it. At least I remember seeing the song first written on the paper, before actually hearing it...

- Doxa

yeah, i think you're right...but if i remember right, and i don't think i do, they didn't quite get the lyrics all right....

Is it the same book?
"Rolling Stones": The First Twenty Years
David Dalton (Author)
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd (9 Nov 1981)

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On first openin' musta stared at that suitcase for like an hour....

...But Owwwww YEAH Ya need it ....

amen - i STILL stare at it

No

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Is it the same book?
"Rolling Stones": The First Twenty Years
David Dalton (Author)
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd (9 Nov 1981)

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No

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Is it the same book?
"Rolling Stones": The First Twenty Years
David Dalton (Author)
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd (9 Nov 1981)

So this one isn't worth to buy?

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Is it the same book?
"Rolling Stones": The First Twenty Years
David Dalton (Author)
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd (9 Nov 1981)

So this one isn't worth to buy?

Yes it is worth buying - features a lot of press clippings and interviews from the 60s and 70s - interesting stuff

I remember buying this taking it home & finding out I had scored tix for 7-14-72...man,what a day !!!Still have the book,mine didn't fall apart...

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Is it the same book?
"Rolling Stones": The First Twenty Years
David Dalton (Author)
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd (9 Nov 1981)

So this one isn't worth to buy?

Yes it is worth buying - features a lot of press clippings and interviews from the 60s and 70s - interesting stuff

Thanks, I have just found it on amazon

Still have my copy..

thanks for this thread--I've long had The First 20 Years and thought that was what people were referring to when they mentioned Dalton. I didn't realize he'd done another one previously! Will have to track it down. First 20 Years is one of my main sources... somewhat out of date now, I suppose.

Hey, cc, could you please shoot me an email? It's no big thing, but there's something I ought to tell you - and I only have your old email address (which there appears to be something strange with)

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thanks for this thread--I've long had The First 20 Years and thought that was what people were referring to when they mentioned Dalton. I didn't realize he'd done another one previously! Will have to track it down. First 20 Years is one of my main sources... somewhat out of date now, I suppose.

A fabulous book. One of the most essential from that era, along with Roy Carr's 'Illustrated Record'. I remember chuckling at the title when I got it, 'The First Twenty Years' and thinking 'he's a bit optimistic!'

I didnt realise Dalton's first book was so old. I have a copy in what I think is still very good condition in my attic. Havent read it in ages.



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Hey, cc, could you please shoot me an email? It's no big thing, but there's something I ought to tell you - and I only have your old email address (which there appears to be something strange with)

done, sir.

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A fabulous book. One of the most essential from that era, along with Roy Carr's 'Illustrated Record'.

that's my other source! Good to know they haven't been supplanted by things like According to the Stones.

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I have the 20 years book (with a yellow cover) and a biography(http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rolling-Stones-David-Dalton/dp/0352300922/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1292965416&sr=8-3)

Is this another book?