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Interesting link — can you fix the misspelling of Gered (not "Gerard" ) Mankowitz's name? Please and thank you kindly

done - sorry about that - thank you for the catch - i'd given them the proper spelling and somewhere it got changed



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Thanks for posting. The interview was great!

This book: [iorr.org] ?

yup!

Thanks

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Interesting interview, and I don't remember seeing any of the photos before, either. Thanks!

I wonder if Mick will read the book?

I am getting this book. I have been looking forward to it since Ronnie Schneider announced it.
The cover shot has got to be one of the smoothest pics of Stones. It looks like a staged movie poster.
Also love that funny shot of Ringo with that cigarette holder.
And it is remarkable that it seems understood that in that little plane Mick & Keith get the best two seats. Everyone else is squeezed on the bench. LOL It's good to be the king.

Sub title: "With Proof of Truth" lol

I believe I saw that checkered jacket Jagger is wearing at Exhibitionism yesterday.

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Piece I just wrote on Ronnie Schneider and his cool new book...

[www.huffingtonpost.com]

Looks like a great book. But it better have lots of new photographs/not seen before photographs to be worth the $69 I see on Amazon.

Hope I get to read it.

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Piece I just wrote on Ronnie Schneider and his cool new book...

[www.huffingtonpost.com]

Looks like a great book. But it better have lots of new photographs/not seen before photographs to be worth the $69 I see on Amazon.

Hope I get to read it.

lots of things you've not seen I'm guessing- especially the interesting paper work which includes cool things like production schedules, tour sheets, etc

I put up a sample of what's included...Out of Our Heads the book

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Piece I just wrote on Ronnie Schneider and his cool new book...

[www.huffingtonpost.com]

Looks like a great book. But it better have lots of new photographs/not seen before photographs to be worth the $69 I see on Amazon.

Hope I get to read it.

looks fantastic Ron! thanks for all your hard work sharing your story and archive with us fans. so I ordered the book but Amazon has not shipped yet. Do they have the copies to ship at this point?

Amazon has copies and I can't wait for the fans to see..

I ordered mine and looking forward Your book

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Sounds very ehh . . boring . .

Stones & money go together like love & marriage, horse & carriage. "You can't have one without the other."

(h/t Al and Peggy Bundy)

Yeah, after more than 50 years with the Stones nobody has to tell me.
I was joking . .

Thanx for the Huffington piece,looking forward to this read....

Ordered!
Crossing fingers for speedy delivery

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Piece I just wrote on Ronnie Schneider and his cool new book...

[www.huffingtonpost.com]

Looks like a great book. But it better have lots of new photographs/not seen before photographs to be worth the $69 I see on Amazon.

The book contains lots of content we've not read before, nor seen before. Some are photos; many are archival documents and other artifacts. Half the book is Ron's stories, memories, and anecdotes. The other half is called "Proof of Truth" -- i.e., Appendices; this latter part is sort of like a scrapbook.

This is a book that will be cited often, starting pretty immediately and extending into the future for a very long time as original "primary source" material by those documenting the Stones. It will also be useful and oteworthy to those looking at the bands, events, people, culture of the times (particularly the 1969 Stones tour time period, but also the 1965 and 1966 Stones tours--as well as some interesting glimpses into Japanese Spaghetti Western filmmaking).

Additionally, there are some very fine never-heard Beatles stories and insights into the band at a time when they were transitioning management and their organization from Brian Epstein to Allen Klein, by way of Eastman.

Ron has a perspective of the Stones that hasn't been documented yet. His take on Altamont and Gimme Shelter are distinctly his, and keen readers will find the many details fascinating.

As some of you know, I'm a Stones and musical/cultural history geek. I would any day relish the opportunity to listen to or read material that has not been heard before, over a highly polished slick product. I am one of those Stones' fans who could listen to or watch a video of the Stones tinkering in the studio in 1968 for 4 hours straight, playing the "same thing" over an over. I don't need a lot of analysis. I want the raw real thing straight-up. In this vein, the beauty of this book is in details--not flourishes of poetic prose, not insights into recording techniques, not speculating about the interior lives of the band members, not blow by blow stories of what happened and didn't happen at gigs, not a critical analysis of the role of the Stones in the '60s or of the 1960s.

This is Ron's book about a period of his life. Not an overabundance of narrative or overarching storytelling technique. Just what was going on, from Ron's perspective, at different junctures. Narrative snapshots---first here, then here, then over here. Chronological, cogent, at times amusing, often quite engaging. For Stones' fans who are interested in not only what happened but how it came to be that some of these things happened--like how did they end up in that ricketty plane? more details about why they ended up in Vegas? what went down in Belli's office? details on the European tour--this content is gold.

The writing style tends toward practical and to the point. Ron doesn't spend much time revisiting other books, sources, people's narratives, or telling the "whole" story of, say, a particular concert (although the section of Altamont is quite detailed). His perspective and memories are a great addition to the "literature" of the Stones, in the course of recounting the trajectory of Ron's own professional (and some aspects of his personal) life during 1965, 1966, and 1969-70, and '71. His own story, featuring the Stones, Beatles, and others. Hence, as said, this is pure, original content, could not have come from anyone else--reflecting a unique vantage point excelling in filling in details from a business and legal perspective.

I haven't dove into "Proof of Truth" yet, but anticipating hours and hours of geeky researchy fun. Yes, I'm a librarian and archivist, but I believe it's the Stones fan in me saying that

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it better have lots of new photographs/not seen before photographs to be worth the $69 I see on Amazon.

Well, how much do we spend on Stones tickets, memorabilia, a dinner out, a few lunches...? It's all relative, and this will last longer than 10 Starbucks specialty drinks

-swiss



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The best feeling is when someone Gets It... thank you, Swiss

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Piece I just wrote on Ronnie Schneider and his cool new book...

[www.huffingtonpost.com]

Looks like a great book. But it better have lots of new photographs/not seen before photographs to be worth the $69 I see on Amazon.

The book contains lots of content we've not read before, nor seen before. Some are photos; many are archival documents and other artifacts. Half the book is Ron's stories, memories, and anecdotes. The other half is called "Proof of Truth" -- i.e., Appendices; this latter part is sort of like a scrapbook.

This is a book that will be cited often, starting pretty immediately and extending into the future for a very long time as original "primary source" material by those documenting the Stones. It will also be useful and oteworthy to those looking at the bands, events, people, culture of the times (particularly the 1969 Stones tour time period, but also the 1965 and 1966 Stones tours--as well as some interesting glimpses into Japanese Spaghetti Western filmmaking).

Additionally, there are some very fine never-heard Beatles stories and insights into the band at a time when they were transitioning management and their organization from Brian Epstein to Allen Klein, by way of Eastman.

Ron has a perspective of the Stones that hasn't been documented yet. His take on Altamont and Gimme Shelter are distinctly his, and keen readers will find the many details fascinating.

As some of you know, I'm a Stones and musical/cultural history geek. I would any day relish the opportunity to listen to or read material that has not been heard before, over a highly polished slick product. I am one of those Stones' fans who could listen to or watch a video of the Stones tinkering in the studio in 1968 for 4 hours straight, playing the "same thing" over an over. I don't need a lot of analysis. I want the raw real thing straight-up. In this vein, the beauty of this book is in details--not flourishes of poetic prose, not insights into recording techniques, not speculating about the interior lives of the band members, not blow by blow stories of what happened and didn't happen at gigs, not a critical analysis of the role of the Stones in the '60s or of the 1960s.

This is Ron's book about a period of his life. Not an overabundance of narrative or overarching storytelling technique. Just what was going on, from Ron's perspective, at different junctures. Narrative snapshots---first here, then here, then over here. Chronological, cogent, at times amusing, often quite engaging. For Stones' fans who are interested in not only what happened but how it came to be that some of these things happened--like how did they end up in that ricketty plane? more details about why they ended up in Vegas? what went down in Belli's office? details on the European tour--this content is gold.

The writing style tends toward practical and to the point. Ron doesn't spend much time revisiting other books, sources, people's narratives, or telling the "whole" story of, say, a particular concert (although the section of Altamont is quite detailed). His perspective and memories are a great addition to the "literature" of the Stones, in the course of recounting the trajectory of Ron's own professional (and some aspects of his personal) life during 1965, 1966, and 1969-70, and '71. His own story, featuring the Stones, Beatles, and others. Hence, as said, this is pure, original content, could not have come from anyone else--reflecting a unique vantage point excelling in filling in details from a business and legal perspective.

I haven't dove into "Proof of Truth" yet, but anticipating hours and hours of geeky researchy fun. Yes, I'm a librarian and archivist, but I believe it's the Stones fan in me saying that

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triceratops
it better have lots of new photographs/not seen before photographs to be worth the $69 I see on Amazon.

Well, how much do we spend on Stones tickets, memorabilia, a dinner out, a few lunches...? It's all relative, and this will last longer than 10 Starbucks specialty drinks

-swiss

Congrats, Ron! Looking forward to this one.

A question: Why is Mick Taylor named as a temp? He was a full member surely?

We were starting the tour soon after the death of Brian and it wasn't known if Mick Taylor would mesh for the long run. Jagger told me to consider him a temporary hire for the tour. It was a test run..

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Congrats, Ron! Looking forward to this one.

A question: Why is Mick Taylor named as a temp? He was a full member surely?

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hbwriter
Piece I just wrote on Ronnie Schneider and his cool new book...

[www.huffingtonpost.com]

Looks like a great book. But it better have lots of new photographs/not seen before photographs to be worth the $69 I see on Amazon.

The book contains lots of content we've not read before, nor seen before. Some are photos; many are archival documents and other artifacts. Half the book is Ron's stories, memories, and anecdotes. The other half is called "Proof of Truth" -- i.e., Appendices; this latter part is sort of like a scrapbook.

This is a book that will be cited often, starting pretty immediately and extending into the future for a very long time as original "primary source" material by those documenting the Stones. It will also be useful and oteworthy to those looking at the bands, events, people, culture of the times (particularly the 1969 Stones tour time period, but also the 1965 and 1966 Stones tours--as well as some interesting glimpses into Japanese Spaghetti Western filmmaking).

Additionally, there are some very fine never-heard Beatles stories and insights into the band at a time when they were transitioning management and their organization from Brian Epstein to Allen Klein, by way of Eastman.

Ron has a perspective of the Stones that hasn't been documented yet. His take on Altamont and Gimme Shelter are distinctly his, and keen readers will find the many details fascinating.

As some of you know, I'm a Stones and musical/cultural history geek. I would any day relish the opportunity to listen to or read material that has not been heard before, over a highly polished slick product. I am one of those Stones' fans who could listen to or watch a video of the Stones tinkering in the studio in 1968 for 4 hours straight, playing the "same thing" over an over. I don't need a lot of analysis. I want the raw real thing straight-up. In this vein, the beauty of this book is in details--not flourishes of poetic prose, not insights into recording techniques, not speculating about the interior lives of the band members, not blow by blow stories of what happened and didn't happen at gigs, not a critical analysis of the role of the Stones in the '60s or of the 1960s.

This is Ron's book about a period of his life. Not an overabundance of narrative or overarching storytelling technique. Just what was going on, from Ron's perspective, at different junctures. Narrative snapshots---first here, then here, then over here. Chronological, cogent, at times amusing, often quite engaging. For Stones' fans who are interested in not only what happened but how it came to be that some of these things happened--like how did they end up in that ricketty plane? more details about why they ended up in Vegas? what went down in Belli's office? details on the European tour--this content is gold.

The writing style tends toward practical and to the point. Ron doesn't spend much time revisiting other books, sources, people's narratives, or telling the "whole" story of, say, a particular concert (although the section of Altamont is quite detailed). His perspective and memories are a great addition to the "literature" of the Stones, in the course of recounting the trajectory of Ron's own professional (and some aspects of his personal) life during 1965, 1966, and 1969-70, and '71. His own story, featuring the Stones, Beatles, and others. Hence, as said, this is pure, original content, could not have come from anyone else--reflecting a unique vantage point excelling in filling in details from a business and legal perspective.

I haven't dove into "Proof of Truth" yet, but anticipating hours and hours of geeky researchy fun. Yes, I'm a librarian and archivist, but I believe it's the Stones fan in me saying that

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triceratops
it better have lots of new photographs/not seen before photographs to be worth the $69 I see on Amazon.

Well, how much do we spend on Stones tickets, memorabilia, a dinner out, a few lunches...? It's all relative, and this will last longer than 10 Starbucks specialty drinks

-swiss

Thanks for all this, swiss.
Prompted me to order.. looking forward.

Glad you found it helpful, MisterDDDD!

- swiss

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We were starting the tour soon after the death of Brian and it wasn't known if Mick Taylor would mesh for the long run. Jagger told me to consider him a temporary hire for the tour. It was a test run..

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Congrats, Ron! Looking forward to this one.

A question: Why is Mick Taylor named as a temp? He was a full member surely?

Thanks.

So I ordered the book on the 18th and Amazon has postponed my shipping date until Feb 27th. Hopefully this means the book is selling well and they just need more stock. The suspense is killing me.

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So I ordered the book on the 18th and Amazon has postponed my shipping date until Feb 27th. Hopefully this means the book is selling well and they just need more stock. The suspense is killing me.

Amazon UK has been saying "Not in stock; order now and we'll deliver when available." since it first appeared on their site a few weeks ago and saying it would be released on February 14.
[www.amazon.co.uk]


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

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So I ordered the book on the 18th and Amazon has postponed my shipping date until Feb 27th. Hopefully this means the book is selling well and they just need more stock. The suspense is killing me.

Amazon UK has been saying "Not in stock; order now and we'll deliver when available." since it first appeared on their site a few weeks ago and saying it would be released on February 14.
[www.amazon.co.uk]

Same here, Deltics. I pre-ordered and it never shipped so I actually canceled my order because I thought there was some glitch which occasionally happens with Amazon. Figured I'd wait but after reading the review by swiss (thank you!) I re-ordered and now they tell me "Arriving Wednesday March 1st." Still looking forward to it, whenever.



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Is the main focus and content of the book the 1969 tour?