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DrPete
The absolute brilliance of the Stones is in their first concert in 2 years, they debut JJF, HTW, SFM, SFTD amongst others. It was the debut Warhorse set list
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Rockman
They woulda sounded better if they coulda
played on for another three hours but those
English Hells Angels guys had to be home before dark
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gotdablouse
Great "event" but horrible sound/performance, there's no excuse for out of tune guitars. Each time (rarely) I think of HP69 it reminds of these comments by various musicians/producers that say that the in the Stones can sound like the worst garage band for hours and then all of a sudden it "clicks"...not sure it did at HP69!
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gotdablouse
Great "event" but horrible sound/performance, there's no excuse for out of tune guitars. Each time (rarely) I think of HP69 it reminds of these comments by various musicians/producers that say that the in the Stones can sound like the worst garage band for hours and then all of a sudden it "clicks"...not sure it did at HP69!
Obviously. JJF at NME too. But this was the first time as a massive concert performance. As far as the RnR Circus, no one knew it existed at the time except the several dozen people that were there. So only those that might have caught the NME 68 could say they saw a one off JJF performanceQuote
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DrPete
The absolute brilliance of the Stones is in their first concert in 2 years, they debut JJF, HTW, SFM, SFTD amongst others. It was the debut Warhorse set list
JJF and SFTD were played at Rock'n'Roll Circus.
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Doxa
Oh, I always have had a soft spot in my heart for that show (and I would rate STONES IN PARK, with all its omissions, above any footage of any concert since 1989). There is so much problems there for sure - uneven performances, the over-all rustiness, out of tune guitars, Mick's throat problems (langyritis), but damn they still sound powerful and convincing! The attitude, the will power! Young gods! Some songs - such as "I'm Free", "Oh Mercy", "Stray Cat Blues", "Loving Cup", "No Expectations" - sound rough, mean and nasty in their cool, chaotic way (like, say The Velvet Underground does). Even the early versions of "Jumpin' Jack" and "Honky Tonk" have that unique dirtiness and roughness that works for me but that was polished out when they really get their machine oiled later in American Tour (true that about Keith's guitar sound mentioned here). The raw 'hippie' version of "Satisfaction" is among favourites ever (damn that they lost the beginning of it for STONES IN PARK). More than dirty guitars and Mick more bad-ass than ever.
They didn't flash any California smiles then. Like the dude in STONES IN PARK says, they were cool.
- Doxa
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thkbeercan
Too bad there is no stereo version of the complete show....
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cowboytoast
I've never listened to it without the video - gonna do that tonight -