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A tour that’s only neglected due to the lack of truly excellent-sounding recordings. I also suspect that it’s somewhat in the shadow of the iconic U.S. tour of the previous year.

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djgab
a nice find, a Rolling Stone article about 1970 European Tour

rollingstone.com/stones-finish-european-tour

"Buddy Guy and Junior Wells, who were the opening act, helped to cool things down for an hour or so".

"All three Paris shows (the last two of which were a bit, but not much, calmer) were taped by a mobile recording unit brought over from England. For an album? “We are just recording,” says Marshall Chess, new Stones recording chief, “just recording.” "

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djgab
and surely also eclipsed by the 71 UK farewell.

It could nice to have a complete show with support acts. I think Buddy Guy and Eric Clapton were part of it.

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and surely also eclipsed by the 71 UK farewell.

It could nice to have a complete show with support acts. I think Buddy Guy and Eric Clapton were part of it.

Clapton was on tour with Derek & The Dominos in the UK when this tour took place.

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"All three Paris shows (the last two of which were a bit, but not much, calmer) were taped by a mobile recording unit brought over from England. For an album? “We are just recording,” says Marshall Chess, new Stones recording chief, “just recording.”

In his memoir, Glyn Johns says :
"The Rolling Stones had commissioned a state-of-the-art mobile recording unit in a truck and had given the job to Stu to organize. He in turn came to me for advice and assistance.
In late September, the truck was finally finished and ready to test. So we took it to Paris to record the Stones in concert. Unfortunately the trip was wasted, as neither of the two 16-track tape machines that Stu had got some kind of deal on proved to be operable."

One problem here ;
the Mobile unit didn't receive its baptism of fire in September 1970 in Paris but in March at Stargroves...

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ProfessorWolf
wow!

now we even have footage of the opening act from paris

by the way how much of this footage was shot at paris?

is what's circulating all there is?

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TheflyingDutchman
Essen 1970, one of my all time favourites. Straight from the heart.

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Essen 1970, one of my all time favourites. Straight from the heart.

Thanks for posting, really, really great. MT's solo on LIV is fantastic!

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djgab
and surely also eclipsed by the 71 UK farewell.

It could nice to have a complete show with support acts. I think Buddy Guy and Eric Clapton were part of it.

Clapton was on tour with Derek & The Dominos in the UK when this tour took place.

22 September 1970, Palais des Sports, Paris, France
(Eric flies out to Paris today to see Buddy Guy and Junior Wells, who are supporting The Rolling Stones. He ends up onstage with them for “It’s My Life Baby.”)

— from “Eric Clapton Day By Day The Early Years 1963-1982” by Marc Roberty

[www.youtube.com]

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and surely also eclipsed by the 71 UK farewell.

It could nice to have a complete show with support acts. I think Buddy Guy and Eric Clapton were part of it.

Clapton was on tour with Derek & The Dominos in the UK when this tour took place.

22 September 1970, Palais des Sports, Paris, France
(Eric flies out to Paris today to see Buddy Guy and Junior Wells, who are supporting The Rolling Stones. He ends up onstage with them for “It’s My Life Baby.”)

— from “Eric Clapton Day By Day The Early Years 1963-1982” by Marc Roberty

[www.youtube.com]

Yes. With Guy and Wells. Not the Stones. Oddly enough the Dominos had a show in England that day.

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and surely also eclipsed by the 71 UK farewell.

It could nice to have a complete show with support acts. I think Buddy Guy and Eric Clapton were part of it.

Clapton was on tour with Derek & The Dominos in the UK when this tour took place.

22 September 1970, Palais des Sports, Paris, France
(Eric flies out to Paris today to see Buddy Guy and Junior Wells, who are supporting The Rolling Stones. He ends up onstage with them for “It’s My Life Baby.”)

— from “Eric Clapton Day By Day The Early Years 1963-1982” by Marc Roberty

[www.youtube.com]

Yes. With Guy and Wells. Not the Stones. Oddly enough the Dominos had a show in England that day.

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Was Duane Allman still in the Dominioes when they’re did that tour. Would like to have heard him and Taylor playing together on stage

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Essen 1970, one of my all time favourites. Straight from the heart.

Thanks for posting, really, really great. MT's solo on LIV is fantastic!

You're welcome. He plays with the feeling of a violinist. Splendid.

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"All three Paris shows (the last two of which were a bit, but not much, calmer) were taped by a mobile recording unit brought over from England. For an album? “We are just recording,” says Marshall Chess, new Stones recording chief, “just recording.”

In his memoir, Glyn Johns says :
"The Rolling Stones had commissioned a state-of-the-art mobile recording unit in a truck and had given the job to Stu to organize. He in turn came to me for advice and assistance.
In late September, the truck was finally finished and ready to test. So we took it to Paris to record the Stones in concert. Unfortunately the trip was wasted, as neither of the two 16-track tape machines that Stu had got some kind of deal on proved to be operable."

One problem here ;
the Mobile unit didn't receive its baptism of fire in September 1970 in Paris but in March at Stargroves...

I think the Mobile started recording in October 1970 at Stargroves.

It could very well be that no show of the 1970 tour except for the first Paris show was recorded professionally.

Mathijs

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"All three Paris shows (the last two of which were a bit, but not much, calmer) were taped by a mobile recording unit brought over from England. For an album? “We are just recording,” says Marshall Chess, new Stones recording chief, “just recording.”

In his memoir, Glyn Johns says :
"The Rolling Stones had commissioned a state-of-the-art mobile recording unit in a truck and had given the job to Stu to organize. He in turn came to me for advice and assistance.
In late September, the truck was finally finished and ready to test. So we took it to Paris to record the Stones in concert. Unfortunately the trip was wasted, as neither of the two 16-track tape machines that Stu had got some kind of deal on proved to be operable."

One problem here ;
the Mobile unit didn't receive its baptism of fire in September 1970 in Paris but in March at Stargroves...

I think the Mobile started recording in October 1970 at Stargroves.

It could very well be that no show of the 1970 tour except for the first Paris show was recorded professionally.

Mathijs

Yes Paris was recorded.
i remember that the Stones management ask Europe1 Radio a copy of the show (maybe 5/10 years ago) but there is some troubles with the tape, not good enough for an official release. That makes me think that the Stones have nothing for this tour for an official release

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"All three Paris shows (the last two of which were a bit, but not much, calmer) were taped by a mobile recording unit brought over from England. For an album? “We are just recording,” says Marshall Chess, new Stones recording chief, “just recording.”

In his memoir, Glyn Johns says :
"The Rolling Stones had commissioned a state-of-the-art mobile recording unit in a truck and had given the job to Stu to organize. He in turn came to me for advice and assistance.
In late September, the truck was finally finished and ready to test. So we took it to Paris to record the Stones in concert. Unfortunately the trip was wasted, as neither of the two 16-track tape machines that Stu had got some kind of deal on proved to be operable."

One problem here ;
the Mobile unit didn't receive its baptism of fire in September 1970 in Paris but in March at Stargroves...

I think the Mobile started recording in October 1970 at Stargroves.

It could very well be that no show of the 1970 tour except for the first Paris show was recorded professionally.

Mathijs

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In his memoir, Glyn Johns says :
"The Rolling Stones had commissioned a state-of-the-art mobile recording unit in a truck and had given the job to Stu to organize. He in turn came to me for advice and assistance.
In late September, the truck was finally finished and ready to test. So we took it to Paris to record the Stones in concert. Unfortunately the trip was wasted, as neither of the two 16-track tape machines that Stu had got some kind of deal on proved to be operable."

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In his memoir, Glyn Johns says :
"The Rolling Stones had commissioned a state-of-the-art mobile recording unit in a truck and had given the job to Stu to organize. He in turn came to me for advice and assistance.
In late September, the truck was finally finished and ready to test. So we took it to Paris to record the Stones in concert. Unfortunately the trip was wasted, as neither of the two 16-track tape machines that Stu had got some kind of deal on proved to be operable."

There's 5 minutes of footage of Johns working in the mobile studio in Paris (dated to September 24) in the Huntley Archives.

With all the film footage from Berlin, Paris and Amsterdam shot for the abandoned docu on the 1970 tour (there's nearly hours of footage of it in the Huntley Archives) there must have been some professional audio recording as well. You surely need the audio for the video.
Or this was the very reason why the docu was abandoned - because they did not succeed to get a decent audio recording (resulting from the described issues they had with the non-working tape machines).

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In his memoir, Glyn Johns says :
"The Rolling Stones had commissioned a state-of-the-art mobile recording unit in a truck and had given the job to Stu to organize. He in turn came to me for advice and assistance.
In late September, the truck was finally finished and ready to test. So we took it to Paris to record the Stones in concert. Unfortunately the trip was wasted, as neither of the two 16-track tape machines that Stu had got some kind of deal on proved to be operable."

There's 5 minutes of footage of Johns working in the mobile studio in Paris (dated to September 24) in the Huntley Archives.

With all the film footage from Berlin, Paris and Amsterdam shot for the abandoned docu on the 1970 tour (there's nearly hours of footage of it in the Huntley Archives) there must have been some professional audio recording as well. You surely need the audio for the video.
Or this was the very reason why the docu was abandoned - because they did not succeed to get a decent audio recording (resulting from the described issues they had with the non-working tape machines).

N

What is known about the abondoned docu of this tour? When the Amsterdam video material was released just about everyone was amazed the show apparently was filmed -that was as far as I know not mentioned anywhere ever. Of the many people I know who were there nobody ever mentioned seeing any camera's.

Mathijs