not in order: "A Brussels Affair" 1973...."Get Your Leeds Lungs Out" 1971....."Handsome Girls" 1978....."Ladies & Gentlemen" soundtrack 1972....."Liver than you'll ever be" 1969 (great plus historical value)

hard to argue with most of that, although I think there are better shows from '72 than whats on the L&G soundtrack and I think the Perth '73 show is probably as good as anything from 1972.

Steel Wheels Japan 1990 (Tokyo 26.2.90) would be in my top five, and there are a lot of great shows since 1978!

handsome girls, Live R and Brussels would definitely be in most people's top 5, I would guess...

Just got Perth73; and recently Brussels too. I also love Out On Bail.
...Please fill in more here for a rookie in the business!!

also, all the great soundboards from the '81 tour!!!!

Voodoo in Argentina and Bridges to Argentina...

i love knebworth 76 also

Paris '65 ("Ici c'est Charles, Charles ne parle pas le Francais..."

Do you like Billy Wyman, Melbourne 1966, complete w/the dress shirt adverts.

Unfortunately, all '67 European tour boots are really hard to hear. I do think they're sensational!

Hyde Park is still one of my favourites, esp. if you've got the whole show. Midnight Rambler and Sympathy have never been played better before or since.

Any 1970 European bootleg -- the band was having some fun!~

Nothing from '71, just because there's nothing beyond what we've got that can tell us what was going on other than splutter, cheers, hum, cheers, &c.

LA#1 from '72 Forum

New York City 25/7/72 #2 -- 'nothing's gonna stop us now'. Watch the colour w0-mins DVD footage of that show and the matinee that day and you'll see soooooo much.

LA 18/1/73 - they really do kick ass and try very hard to pull togehter a great show, despite the inexcusible lack of practice. They sound sloppy and tentative and I just don't understand it.

Brussels 17/10/73 #1 -- nothing can match what all came together on that afternoon. MIck wasn't phoning in THOSE vocals...........

"The wonder of Jimi Hendrix was that he could stand up at all he was so pumped full of drugs." Patsy, Patsy Stone

I much prefer Jagger on Voodoo and Steel Wheels..where you could actually understand him and he wasn't so mush mouth (esp in '81).

yeah, hawaii '66...great raw punk energy and stellar songs!!!!...paris 1970 pure live genius!!!....Jack Daniels on Tour '72 washington d.c. (decent audience recording and unbelievably great performance)

Menace,

I'm very much interested To hear of your '67 boots. Didn't know there were any! Easy to get?

Would be nice if you could post a typical '67 set-list. (I've seen pictures - eg Wyman with yellow bass on Light Years - think that was sixty seve anyway).

I would Paris 98. This one is awesome.
One question : What is the best soundboard recording from the Licks tour ?

Atlantic City 1989
Miami Dice 1994
Brussels Affair 1973
Ladies & Gentleman 1972
Second year in Babylon 1998 (what a fantastic roughty sound)

Hampton '81 should be in the top 5 as well. Before hearing it I was a bit sceptical towards Mathijs naming it one of the 3 best Stones concerts, but he's right: it's absolutely terrific (what's this thing with birthday shows?). The sound of Bill's bass esp. is sensational.
And instead of Perth I would take the Sydney show of two days later (26/2/73). Best performance of the Australian soundboards and almost complete show (SFM, JJF missing).
An underrated sleeper imo is The Royal Dragon (Pittsburgh 72). Hot show and for the 100% seperation and upfront Nicky alone worthwile. Some people complain about the fuzzyness of the soundboard but I fing it very enjoyable.

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"Music is the frozen tapioca in the ice chest of history."

"Shit!... No shit, awright!"

"Leeds lungs" is really overrated for mine.
And if Perth 73 isn't in your top five list, you mustn't have heard it.

Send me your address Leonard and I'll drop it in the post for you.
It's the rawest most bitching Rolling Stones concert you'll ever hear.

kyle m

Have you ever lent somebody $20 and never seen them again? It was probably worth it.



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Paging Auster ....

While he's making his way down here, here's mine:


Handsome Girls 1978
North American Tour 1972
Brussels 1973
LA 1975
Wembley Stadium 1990

Yes Kyle, Perth is awesome. I might even have got it from yourself back in iorr prehistory;-) The thing with sydney is that it's almost a complete show, Perth is only 6 or 7 songs, often mixed with Sydney to make it complete. Bottom line is: you can't go wrong with any of the Australian soundboards. Actually the best is to get them all three.

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Surrey Rehearsals 1968 (VGP) or the Glimmer Twins private tapes 1985 (Wheeping Goat). It's hard to pic one, they are both excellent in quality......





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Shrimp, are the Surrey Rehearsals really listenable? I always thought the music was almost inaudible.

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Greg, it was a joke. Both are in HORRIBLE quality!! Try to listen to ' your love' for 18 minutes or so.... not recommended!

Pfff, I was almost ready to order a copy of VGP's Surrey. Chinese humour huh...

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1. Stones Touring Party 1972
2. Handsome Girls 1978
3. Hampton 81
4. Camden 1964
5. Atlantic City 1989

El Mocambo 1977; is that a boot that may qualify
among the 5-10 best/most important?

<El Mocambo 1977; is that a boot that may qualify
among the 5-10 best/most important?>


It would have been on my top 10-list, but the quality varies (sound and performance) too much to go to the tops...

1. Stones Touring Party 1972 as a whole
2. Handsome Girls 1978
3. Brussels & London 1973
4. Hampton 1981
5. Charlotte 1972

LA Forum 1975 could be in the top 5, too

[There'll be no wedding today...]

I agree with DP and Bruno, after STP 1972 comes the rest.

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"Shit!... No shit, awright!"

Some of the ones I listen to most:

(Morph22) “Live In Leeds - Leeds University, England 3/13/71 (1 CD)
(Morph25) “Ladies & Gentlemen... The Rolling Stones” N. American Tour '72 (1 CD) (Morph38) “Happy Birthday Dear Nicky” Perth 2/24/73 (1 CD)
(Morph18) “Timeless Europe” '73 (2 CDs)
(Morph30) “Pavillon de Paris” 6/6/76 (2 CDs)
(Morph24) “Gorgeous Girls: Redux” 1978 KBFH Soundboards (4 CDs)
(Morph16) “Cold Steel Blue” (The Rolling Stones in Japan) 2/26/90 (2 CDs)
(Morph17) “Voodoo Edo '95” (Live in Japan, Tokyo Dome) 3/12/95 (2 CDs)

These are the ones I listen most:

- Handsome Girls (Dandelion) - US 78
- Happy Birthday Keith (VGP) - Hampton 81
- Happy Birthday Nicky (DAC) - Perth & Sydney '73
- Europe 73 (VGP) - Brussels etc 73
- In Exotic Honolulu (VGP) - Honolulu 73

... and don't forget this:
At The Circus (CC) - Stockholm 2003

Kyle...got the perth '73 show...fantastic of course!!!....for my taste, you can't go wrong with anything live from '69-73...best wishes....Leonard