There is an exhibition starting tomorrow, 7th April and runs until 5th June, of photos by Terry O'Neill at the Proud Gallery on the Kings Road in Chelsea.
It is entitled 'BREAKING STONES 1963-1965' A band on the brink of superstardom

This is convenient for anyone coming to London for the Saatchi Gallery Exhibitionism as Proud Chelsea is located just a 6 or 7 minute walk along the Kings Road.

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So many Stones exhibits going on at the moment it's difficult to keep track!

I bought the related book.

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I bought the related book.

Thanks - Nice Pics

I went along to the preview party this evening. Plenty of excellent photos on display although many Stones fans may well have seen the majority of them before. I was reminded how lucky I am to be living in London when chatting to some of the people there this evening who were around in Chelsea back in the 60s and 70s. Some colourful characters including one girl I was talking to was telling me how she met Brian a few times and went round to his house in Elm Park Gardens but things didn't progress and the friendship came to an end when he asked her to wash his socks!

she met Brian a few times and went round to his house in Elm Park Gardens but things didn't progress and the friendship came to an end when he asked her to wash his socks!


thanks for that .... mmmmmmm just another soleless relationship .....



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Not forgetting Gered Mankowitz' exhibition also going on right now in Piccadilly.
[www.snapgalleries.com]
Download the brochure: [www.snapgalleries.com]
A good time for a Stones fan to visit London.


"As we say in England, it can get a bit trainspottery"

Thanks for the heads up. I'll have to go and check these out.

If you browse the Proud site, go to Collection,
one can see a cool pic of Jedi Mick



Credits : Dick POLACK

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Not forgetting Gered Mankowitz' exhibition also going on right now in Piccadilly.
[www.snapgalleries.com]
Download the brochure: [www.snapgalleries.com]

The 1965 "US visa" pixare hilarious : minus Brian they all look totally wasted!

Haircuts and fanclubs: backstage with the Rolling Stones – in pictures

Charlie peeing in the sink, Brian fixing his hair and Mick meeting Bo Diddley ... how did the band fill the long hours between stage-time on their 1965 and 1967 tours? Photographer Gered Mankowitz shares his album – and memories


Fans and the promoter’s friends (1965)
‘Signing autographs was a chore the band dealt with before each show with resignation but endless good humour, generosity and kindness’ says Gered Mankowitz of his time with the band on their 1965 and 67 tours


Brian all dressed up with somewhere to go (1967)
‘Here is Brian in all his finery, ready for his performance on Sunday Night at the Palladium’


Brian and Mick checking out gifts and fanmail, Chicago (28 November 1965)
In the principal cities, it was usual practice for several local bands and celebrities to join the bill, and in Chicago, the legendary Blues man Bo Diddley turned up bearing gifts of toffee apples

More pics here: [www.theguardian.com]

Bill Wyman on the Stones, Chelsea & Photography

Bill Wyman looks back at his time with The Rolling Stones and the changing face of the King’s Road as he prepares to launch Around the World in 80 Years: Photographs by Bill Wyman, at Proud Chelsea

Words: Mark Kebble

When preparing for this interview with Bill Wyman, I didn’t know where to start. As he approaches the age of 80, there’s so much to look back over, not all positive. There’s his current battle against cancer – when asked how he’s feeling, he simply says ‘pretty good’ – a contentious break up from the Rolling Stones, and the controversy that swirled around him and his relationship with Mandy Smith back in the 80s.

Then there’s intriguing aspects of his life that may not be so well documented. I love the fact he created his very own metal detector to assist with his love of archaeology, there’s his restaurant empire, and also the fact he is a keen photographer who has exhibited all around the world. The latter is something we will see up close this month when Around the World in 80 Years: Photographs by Bill Wyman opens at Proud Chelsea, which will mark his birthday.

‘It should be nice,’ he remarks on that fact. ‘There should be lots of my friends turning up. The gallery have made a nice choice from my thousands of photographs.’

Perfect timing, too, for Stones fans lamenting the end of the Saatchi Gallery’s special retrospective on 50 years of the band. Wyman has mixed feelings on Exhibitionism. ‘It was a fine portrayal of the present band,’ he says, with the word ‘present’ hanging in the air. ‘I was disappointed there was nothing on Mick Taylor and there could have been more on Brian Jones, the creator of the band.’

It’s tough to detect any bitterness in his answers, but the fact Wyman is marking his 80th birthday with an extraordinarily candid portrait of the band in their early formative years perhaps highlights that he sees his time in the band as one to remember – perhaps not so when he moved on to pastures new. There doesn’t appear time to delve into his Stones’ past – ‘It was a very enjoyable 30 years and something I am proud of,’ is all he says – but maybe his photos speak more than words.

I try my best to photograph a subject while they are occupied doing something else, preferably not looking at the camera. The photography just filled in the years of hanging around between the journeys and the hotel rooms

Around the World in 80 Years shows life on the road with the Stones and catches the band, more often than not, unaware. ‘I try my best to photograph a subject while they are occupied doing something else,’ he says on his style, ‘preferably not looking at the camera. The photography just filled in the years of hanging around between the journeys and the hotel rooms.’

There are some extraordinary pictures in the exhibition: a shot of Ronnie Wood and David Bowie relaxing in LA after Wyman’s solo recording session at The Record Plant; Mick Jagger tasting something rather unpleasant during a recording session in the Bahamas; Keith Richards sporting a black eye, dished out to him by Chuck Berry, reputedly for playing too loudly at the latter’s concert; and a snap that captures how big the band had become, taken backstage before playing to 90,000 fans at the JFK Stadium.

It’s also rather apt that the exhibition is being staged at Proud Chelsea on the King’s Road, given it’s where it all began for Wyman and the Stones. He first met Jagger, Richards and Jones at The Wetherby Arms in 1962, close to where the band shared a flat on Edith Grove, and soon joined as their bassist.

The King’s Road is not what it was in the 60s, but it’s still a great street to walk along, for shopping, restaurants and galleries. It has so much Stones history

‘It’s in a commanding position on the King’s Road,’ he says on Proud Chelsea, ‘which has so much Stones history. The King’s Road is not what it was in the 60s, but it’s still a great street to walk along, for shopping, restaurants and galleries. I do miss the wonder of shops selling classic clothes, where we would shop for stage wear, and great children’s shops like Kids In Gear, where I bought fabulous clothes for my very young son.’

He may be about to celebrate his eighth decade, but Wyman shows no signs of slowing down. He’s about to finish a book, on Chelsea no less, as well as another publication featuring his photos of nature. Looking back, given the highs and lows of his life and career, does he have any regrets? There’s not even a pause. ‘None whatsoever… But I feel I have achieved more personally in the last 20 years since I left the Stones that I ever did while I was in the band.’

The King’s Road’s musical heritage

Bill Wyman meeting the rest of the Rolling Stones at the start of the 60s is just one part of the King’s Road’s extraordinary musical legacy. During that decade it became the renowned centre of mod culture, and soon King’s Road became home to some important pioneers in music. Chelsea Drugstore opened there, followed in the 1970s by Malcolm McLaren’s boutique, Let It Rock (renamed SEX in 1974, and then Seditionaries in 1977).

As time wore on, fashion became more important than music, but still there were notable landmarks from the scene. Number 484 was the HQ of Swan Song Records, owned by Led Zeppelin, and 535 was the home of Cube Records, an independent record label (later becoming part of Elektra Records). A sign of the times, most of these famous buildings are now owned by fast food chains and coffee shops – but the King’s Road’s position in music history remains untouched.

Around the World in 80 Years: Photographs by Bill Wyman will be exhibited at Proud Chelsea from 19 October-27 November 2016

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