Hi all, first time post!!

I've been wondering, what you guys here think about the live versions of certain songs in the late 70's? I love the renditions of "Get Off Of My Cloud", "Ain't Too Proud To Beg", "It's Only Rock n' Roll" and "Brown Sugar".

These songs sounded so awesome in Love You Live and Live at L. A. Forum, and the piano fills by Billy Preston were very properly played.

I liked them better in 87-88

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Hi all, first time post!!

I've been wondering, what you guys here think about the live versions of certain songs in the late 70's? I love the renditions of "Get Off Of My Cloud", "Ain't Too Proud To Beg", "It's Only Rock n' Roll" and "Brown Sugar".

These songs sounded so awesome in Love You Live and Live at L. A. Forum, and the piano fills by Billy Preston were very properly played.

I love that raggedy Stones era, it is all part of the Stones lore.

Welcome to IORR

Love how loose they were at this time. Some of the Chuck Berry numbers really rocked!

BS during the tour of 1972 was fantastic. Anyway I like LYL



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middayrambler
Hi all, first time post!!

I've been wondering, what you guys here think about the live versions of certain songs in the late 70's? I love the renditions of "Get Off Of My Cloud", "Ain't Too Proud To Beg", "It's Only Rock n' Roll" and "Brown Sugar".

These songs sounded so awesome in Love You Live and Live at L. A. Forum, and the piano fills by Billy Preston were very properly played.

always loved the version of "It's Only Rock'n'Roll" on Love You Live

The Stones In The Late 70's ?

Dunno - they're 53 now, still a quarter century until then ....

I love the 76 European leg of that tour. The 75 American leg, not as much, but still like it. The 76 shows were really stripped down - I love that sound. If any of the Paris shows ever get a CD/DVD release, they'll be my go to.

The sunshine bores the daylights out of me.

The sound of the guitars on LYL is (and always was) a killer sound! Especially Keith´s open tuned Zemaitis, but also his Telecasters. And Ronnie´s got a killer sound, too, especially on YCAGWYW & You Gotta Move, but also on Tumbling Dice, Hot Stuff and Happy.
They never sounded that before or after.Even 1975 sounds a bit different. I don´t know why, maybe it´s got something to do with (analog tape) compression.

Well, as much as I love the 75/76 tours, I would consider that to be the mid 70s. As for the actual late 70s, that to me is the height of the Rolling Stones. Some Girls, Emotional Rescue (most underrated album by the way), and more than enough outtakes from these sessions for an excellent third or maybe even fourth album. And on top of everything, the late 70s (especially the 1978 tour) was the absolute peak of Bill and Charlie as a rhythm section.

Technically that's the mid 70s, really, since it's 75-76. SOME GIRLS is late 70s and at least LIVE IN TEXAS is absolutely killer. Way mo' better than anything on LOVE YOU LIVE.

From 78 to Dirty Work the band was awful.

Yep, We only got Some Girls and TY

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Yep, We only got Some Girls and TY

Undercover was in there too. Maybe 83 ish. All three great albums. Especially
Tattoo You and Some Girles.

LYL - far too many overdub to be truly indicative of the bands mid-late 70s sound.