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..........they forced me ta do it MILKY....

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hbwriter
I was in that studio recently and can line up exactly where they sat, stood, etc - it's interesting - very little has changed

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Its funny to think that: in 1979, I was in the 6th grade. In my school library there was a book called Rock, Pop and Soul, basically a biographical encyclopedia of popular music. The Stones had just started to creep into my consciousness and I looked them up in the book. It had the standard bio up to that point, and the photo accompanying their brief chapter was of Jagger on stage in 72...it was in color so I remember that blue jumpsuit and the painted stage and Jagger looking wild. But to me, there was something so 'old' about the photo - I had not yet read the Stones mythology, so it just seemed like something from a time warp....like everything did when your 13. This was right after Some Girls, so the photo was my first impression of mythical Stones, although it didn't seem mythical at the time, just 'old', like from another time. Its weird to think that more than 30 years later, that tour, that costume, that stage and all the photos documenting it...are so alive and timeless. These pics take me back to how my 13-year old self saw them for the first time and how they've become larger than life.

a really cool comment - i thoroughly enjoyed that

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stupidguy2
Its funny to think that: in 1979, I was in the 6th grade. In my school library there was a book called Rock, Pop and Soul, basically a biographical encyclopedia of popular music. The Stones had just started to creep into my consciousness and I looked them up in the book. It had the standard bio up to that point, and the photo accompanying their brief chapter was of Jagger on stage in 72...it was in color so I remember that blue jumpsuit and the painted stage and Jagger looking wild. But to me, there was something so 'old' about the photo - I had not yet read the Stones mythology, so it just seemed like something from a time warp....like everything did when your 13. This was right after Some Girls, so the photo was my first impression of mythical Stones, although it didn't seem mythical at the time, just 'old', like from another time. Its weird to think that more than 30 years later, that tour, that costume, that stage and all the photos documenting it...are so alive and timeless. These pics take me back to how my 13-year old self saw them for the first time and how they've become larger than life.

a really cool comment - i thoroughly enjoyed that

Me too, I can totally relate to that. One's earliest impressions and experiences of hearing, seeing and reading about a band can so far from one's later perceptions, though you never really forget those moments. Thanks again for the anecdote!

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kleermaker
You rookies actually never have experienced the real Rolling Stones experience. That means: in real time and certainly not in the late 70ties. It's compensated by the fact that you're still relatively young.

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hbwriter
I was in that studio recently and can line up exactly where they sat, stood, etc - it's interesting - very little has changed

What studio is it? Olympic?

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Promoman
I just got back from Budapest. The book is promoted on billboards all over the city.
Everywhere I looked I saw the Tongue logo book cover.

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cn854
Great book!!!!! I'm a BIG Taylor fan and I thought MT's hair was too long for these two hotel shots to be taken on the 1972 tour, 1979 is probably right. Can't say that I think Rose Taylor was a "stunner", nice legs but what happened to the rest.....LOL From looking at these pics though, Taylor was certainly a big part of the band and was NOT an outsider like many think he was, he was in there thick as thieves.

Now for Eathen Russell to come out with his 1972 STP tour book

The one shot that shows Jagger and the rose pedals on the stage is labeled them performing HONKY TONK WOMAN but I'm sure they were preforming SFM. Love the shot of the chick with the big jugs in the hot pants outfit, holding the rose pedal bowl...

Didn't they perform HTW as an encore at a couple of shows? It would make sense for the petals to be there if they did....

Cheers

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memphiscats
Nice article from the WSJ. The book sounds like a must have. Thanks for sharing.