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You can't even imagine the sensation this book created when it came out! People relied on the rock press for information about bands and musicians and this book blew the lid off the Stones, even following Altamont. Of course, it was soon to be followed by the scurrilous details of the accidental suicide of Scott Cantrell in Anita's bed.
Bliss was this book ever available in hard cover?
I have looked around and only see paper backs available.
I did take jp.M's advice...Quote
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... Search the US edition ( Morrow quill paperbacks) which contains many photos BY Tony .
...and I bought the Morrow quill version, which took some looking, but I would rather have my books be hard covers... and be first editions... with dust covers... in mint condition... but I cant always get what I want.
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HankM, I can't believe you haven't read the book yet, you're such a Stones fan!
I read it the summer in Utah when I was 14 yrs old, long time ago, it was thrilling to me.
It is kind of a long story... but yeah...
So like Gone with the Wind and Casablanca I will read this book... and after I see/read them 30-60 years later than anyone else... and I am pretty sure they will be as good as everyone has said they were forever... and they usually are
I wouldn't say it's a "good" book, per se, but it's "important," and a must-read
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You can't even imagine the sensation this book created when it came out! People relied on the rock press for information about bands and musicians and this book blew the lid off the Stones, even following Altamont. Of course, it was soon to be followed by the scurrilous details of the accidental suicide of Scott Cantrell in Anita's bed.
Bliss was this book ever available in hard cover?
I have looked around and only see paper backs available.
I did take jp.M's advice...Quote
jp.M
... Search the US edition ( Morrow quill paperbacks) which contains many photos BY Tony .
...and I bought the Morrow quill version, which took some looking, but I would rather have my books be hard covers... and be first editions... with dust covers... in mint condition... but I cant always get what I want.
This one is hardcover, but it is a 2003 edition.
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I haven't seen the 2003 edition and do not know if it was edited or changed, but it is the same book.
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Stone601
I read the book, Up and Down with Rolling Stones, just came out, if I remember well around 1981/2, and then I found him over the top but then reading the biography of Keith, I changed my mind ... at least partially. "Strange" coincidence that the book came out a second time in 2003 with a different title, I was a Keith Richards Drug Dealer published by Blake Publishing.
In 2010 came out a third printing of the book that echoes the original title, but changing it a bit: Up and Down with The Rolling Stones - My Rollercoaster Ride with Keith Richards, This time published by John Blake Publishing.
John Blake is considered the ghost writer of the book.
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I haven't seen the 2003 edition and do not know if it was edited or changed, but it is the same book.
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I bought the book upon its release in 1979. I never saw a hardcover version back then. It looked exactly like this:
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Keith spoke about the book in a 1981 Rolling Stone interview
Keith: "Spanish Tony's book? Let's put it like this: I couldn't plow through it all because my eyes were watering from laughter. But the basic laying out of the story — "He did this, he did that" — is true. Tony didn't really write it. He had some hack from Fleet Street write it; obviously, Tony can hardly write his own name, you know? He was a great guy. I always considered him a friend of mine. I mean, not anymore. But I understand his position: he got into dope, his girlfriend ODed, he went on the skids and . . . it's all this shit, you know? As far as that book's concerned, as far as, like, a particular episode, just the bare facts — yeah, they all happened. But by the time you got to the end, it was like Grimm's Fairy Tales — with emphasis on the grim. It's really all old stuff. You know, there are certain showbiz cliches that always seem to hold true. One is that there's no such thing as bad publicity, and the other is that the show must go on, right?"
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Hilarious the guy actually thought he might join the band
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Hilarious the guy actually thought he might join the band
... but... but... Keith said.... you know.... that one time... He told him...
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Hilarious the guy actually thought he might join the band
... but... but... Keith said.... you know.... that one time... He told him...
Ha! Probably as he handed him a bag of stuff
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Hilarious the guy actually thought he might join the band
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mattleeuk
I am Matt Lee :-) I live in London Bridge, so very close! Just email me on mattleeuk@gmail.com and I would be happy to advise what is of interest / value.
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Call it creative writing, alternative facts, the missing chapter, facts fiction fantasy or what ever... but I stumbled across this last night... I had no idea people thought about some of this so much. And a couple of the comments are interesting too, looking at who posted there (too).
Spanish Tony: The Missing Chapter It is a little known (alternative)fact that when Spanish Tony Sanchez, Rolling Stone Keith Richards former drug dealer, was writing his memoirs for his book, Up and down with the Rolling Stones, certain stories had to be omitted due to the downright explosive nature of the material...... more here
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Call it creative writing, alternative facts, the missing chapter, facts fiction fantasy or what ever... but I stumbled across this last night... I had no idea people thought about some of this so much. And a couple of the comments are interesting too, looking at who posted there (too).
Spanish Tony: The Missing Chapter It is a little known (alternative)fact that when Spanish Tony Sanchez, Rolling Stone Keith Richards former drug dealer, was writing his memoirs for his book, Up and down with the Rolling Stones, certain stories had to be omitted due to the downright explosive nature of the material...... more here
I think this is genuine. I wonder how it surfaced. Very distasteful how he wrote about sleeping with Marianne. In her autobiography, she recalled the episode with shame.
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Yeah, the idea of Tony Sanchez, a strictly low level, borderline hoodlum, making deals with the Kray Twins is probably what made Keith laugh so hard.