the day my life changed - first Stones show - opening night at MSG in NYC -

was the first time you saw them the most memorable for you?

Hate to say this...my first Stones show was on that tour at the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville FL. I was very disappointed, but it wasn't all the Stones fault. Sitting in the sun all day with 80.000 other stoned people waiting for them to go on -- the energy really dissipated. Also I was basing my expectations on films and recordings of the '69 and '72 tours. The show overall was fun but not mind boggling. It was the same when I saw them at MSG in '81 or '82. No intimacy or real energy and frankly they were a few notches down from the Mick Taylor years -- although I dig a lot of their recordings from this period.. But I feel that way about most big shows I've seen with a few exceptions. This is just my take and I am happy for anyone who feels differently!

My love for the Stones is based on their records and some live documents from their prime.



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hbwriter
the day my life changed - first Stones show - opening night at MSG in NYC -

was the first time you saw them the most memorable for you?

I remember them all.....what was so noteable about my first show though -21.5.1976 - which made it stand out, was, I dreamt the whole thing through again in technicolour as though I was there again - from HTW to Sympathy, dancing and all...that same night after I went to bed..........woke up exhausted but totally flying......................for days...........

Nov 27,1969.Made some new friends at the show and the following week,we all got together to see the Doors at the Felt Forum..Also saw the Stones on the 28,but for me the 27,was the best.

"No dope smoking no beer sold after 12 o'clock"



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July, 23, 1978 Anaheim Ca. I'd been waiting 3 long years,What a great show it was!!!!!!!!!!

11/30/81.

We skipped school and my life was changed forever that day.

Pontiac Silverdome:
Iggy Pop
Santana
The Rolling Stones

Cleveland '78. Lousy venue. Last time the Stones were seen as some magical entity that appeared from some far away place called England. An energy level with Jagger I never saw in later concerts. No encore. The end of an era.

To Ropeni : do you still have your tape of the 1975-06-22 show?

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ROPENI
Nov 27,1969.Made some new friends at the show and the following week,we all got together to see the Doors at the Felt Forum..Also saw the Stones on the 28,but for me the 27,was the best.

I have never felt so envious of anyone as I do you! The Doors and the Stones in such short order?!? Talk about seeing my two all time favorite bands!

Second show on the 14 or 15 of October 1973 Rotterdam made my day (have to check my 25 guilders ticked for the exact date)

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To Ropeni : do you still have your tape of the 1975-06-22 show?

Yeah,and still trying to transfer it to my pc.The cassette tape keeps breaking.

"No dope smoking no beer sold after 12 o'clock"

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ROPENI
Nov 27,1969.Made some new friends at the show and the following week,we all got together to see the Doors at the Felt Forum..Also saw the Stones on the 28,but for me the 27,was the best.

I have never felt so envious of anyone as I do you! The Doors and the Stones in such short order?!? Talk about seeing my two all time favorite bands!

Yeah,it was a wonderful time

36 years ago tonight 6/22/75. The Stones started a legendary 6 night stand at Madison Square Garden in NYC. This picture is from the opening show,and the opening song Honky Tonk Women.AMAZING.


"No dope smoking no beer sold after 12 o'clock"

whoo hoo!!!!!

ROPENI's images blow all others away this night - gruen, liebovitz - nobody had his "fan's eye" - bravo, old friend

Thanks Chris

"No dope smoking no beer sold after 12 o'clock"

June 14, 1975. Cleveland Municipal Stadium.

Vitalie's Madmen - Tower of Power - J. Geils Band and

The Rolling Stones

"Take all the pain...It's yours anyway"

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24FPS
Cleveland '78. Lousy venue. Last time the Stones were seen as some magical entity that appeared from some far away place called England. An energy level with Jagger I never saw in later concerts. No encore. The end of an era.

same here except mine was in philly 78

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June 14, 1975. Cleveland Municipal Stadium.

Vitalie's Madmen - Tower of Power - J. Geils Band and

The Rolling Stones

I've beeen collecting a long time but only just found this...maybe you'd like it too if you haven't already got it....... [www.iorr.org] ............Discs 5 & 6

Philadelphia, 1969. Seeing the Beatles in 1964 altered me as well. Seeing the Faces in London in 1971 had a profound effect.

i remember getting that program on the street in front of MSG in '75 - and seeing the shot from '72 on the cover and thinking "i'm part of it now - at 13 years old my eyes will be virgin no more - after tonight i will have seen them - that face on the program that in just a couple of years had become so iconic to me - he's in this building tonight - and somehow, some way, i'm here too"

My dad wouldn't let me go in 81, something about being too young......and for years, I couldn't pass by the Astrodome with a deep sense of regret.
But in 89, I finally saw them. There's just nothing like the first time.

awesome memories

Hi hbwriter. I first saw them a few days ahead of you in Toronto way back in June 1975. The whole city was pulsing with Stones' music and energy. We were from a small town in the Maritimes and were lucky to score $12 tickets - great seats too at the Maple Leaf Gardens.

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Hi hbwriter. I first saw them a few days ahead of you in Toronto way back in June 1975. The whole city was pulsing with Stones' music and energy. We were from a small town in the Maritimes and were lucky to score $12 tickets - great seats too at the Maple Leaf Gardens.

R--if i might ask - how old were ya on that day?

"still trying to transfer it to my pc.The cassette tape keeps breaking"

Maybe you could join a site like this one [www.thetradersden.org] and get in touch with a specialist who'll transfer it for you. It's pretty common practice now.

Some "transferers" even now how to bake tapes to bring them to life!

July 23, 1975 in Chicago a concert i will always remember

July 25th 1972. First show. I was just a young kid who got lucky and scored tickets with a neighbor's older daughter (and no...I didn't score with her). We were dropped off outside the Garden and all I can remember is that it felt like I had entered an Alice-In-Wonderland world of glamour, danger, sex, and incredible carnal energy...but I don't remember anything specific because I was simply too young and overwhelmed with the simple act of being there...it was all a blur.

So I really consider my first Stones concert to be 3 years later in their Tour Of The Americas...and it started with the commotion caused by their promotional announcement of the tour in early May on the streets of New York. Rumors of this hit my High School and soon the rush was on to get tickets...it was almost impossible to find one, although 6 concerts (a record at the time) were announced for MSG in New York. Through a little help from my friends, luck, persistence and nights parked outside ticket offices I scored tickets for the 22nd and 26th of June, 1975. Nosebleed seats...but what the f*ck...

I felt like I had won the keys to the Kingdom.

LOVING these posts - they all tap into the magic of the moment

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dcba
"still trying to transfer it to my pc.The cassette tape keeps breaking"

Maybe you could join a site like this one [www.thetradersden.org] and get in touch with a specialist who'll transfer it for you. It's pretty common practice now.

Some "transferers" even now how to bake tapes to bring them to life!

Thanks dcba,will give it a shot.

"No dope smoking no beer sold after 12 o'clock"

Registration is free and open (unlike Dimeadozen which has a "numerus clausus" ) and TTD has a great forum which can be very helpful.

Good luck Ropeni, I really like that June 22 show.



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