QuoteRisingStone My first Stones shows were the Steel Wheels U.S. Tour, Pittsburg, 6 September and also Cincinnati 14 September. And my impression of the stage was the same as yours — it was huge, so huge, so gigantic. Astonishing. Jaw-dropping is the word to describe my first reaction when I saw it. Seeing is believing. Yes it was like a factory from the future. Without that monstrous structure,
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QuoteRisingStone QuoteCaptainCorella QuoteRisingStone Many thanks for recollecting the memory of the hectic day, Captain. I am now certain that the dismantled stage for the 13th and 14th was the Urban Jungle stage, not the Steel Wheels one, as the tickets indicate that way. Frankly I can't imagine why that was ever in doubt! Up until the moment that the shows were postponed (on the d
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QuoteRisingStone Many thanks for recollecting the memory of the hectic day, Captain. I am now certain that the dismantled stage for the 13th and 14th was the Urban Jungle stage, not the Steel Wheels one, as the tickets indicate that way. Frankly I can't imagine why that was ever in doubt! Up until the moment that the shows were postponed (on the day of a show) there was no doubt that
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Quotebv I was there. I don't care about stage stuff. I just want to see the band, and hear them play. I saw the Stones both 1989 and 1990, with both stages, but it was the same band, no worries. London 1990 was different, because it was the last two shows with Bill, but that is a different story. My experience was pretty much the same as BV's. I'd seen the first 3 nights of St
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QuoteRockman Unsurprisingly that confirms Bill's book. So how come there's an attribution to Dorton Arena? Where the F** did that come from?
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QuoteToru A QuoteRockman Hey Yeah ....cool STU shot Tora ..... Where ...when etc etc ??????????????????? caption says, "Dorton Arena, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA 1965". December 12th is the anniversary of Stu's death. Curious. According to Bill's "Rolling With The Stones", they toured the USA in April-May 65 and no North Carolina dates show up on that lis
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QuoteToru A Had to open that in a separate window... but it's a VERY VERY great photo of Stu. Thanks for sharing it.
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Back on topic.. Here's an absolutely OUTSTANDING Tom Jones & New Model Army cover of that well known Rolling Stones song... "Gimme Shelter" It was one of 8 or so cover versions done by matching up unlikely artists to cover the same song. They were all issued at the same time on CD singles and on Vinyl (in an attempt to top the charts I think). It was done for a h
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Quotemickschix I replied to his post requesting submissions for this publication and because I have quite a story about a show that I attended from this 1972 Tour, I wrote my story, submitted it & he replied saying my story was selected for publication! ( along with 299 other Stones fans who also attended shows from 1972!) Are you one of those selected to be a part of this great new book?
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QuoteHound Dog Check it out... "I see a red tub and I wanted it painted Quack!"
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QuoteTopi Wearing my yellow Australia kit today, let's see if that helps, lol. In that case you ought to be very impressed by the fact that we were shoulder to shoulder (nearly, he's rather tall) with the Australian Goalie at a luggage carousel in Sydney Airport a few weeks ago.
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Given that Lennon was murdered on the street in New York outside his apartment block, criticising any of these guys who take precautions is wholly out of order. Earlier I noted that McCartney embraces his fame. He does. But he's also careful. Some years back I was involved in organising a public appearance by him and two days before the event I spent a long time with his security guy w
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Rockman's post shows intriguing PROOF that the performance aired on Jan 2 was recorded, and likely kept for 3 months.
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QuoteBig Al I’ve always thought this was a snippet from their first-ever TOTP appearance. I’ve never seen the whole sequence available anywhere. The Stones did "I Wanna Be Your Man" at the first TOTP, so this recording can't be from the first show. (Source Wyman : Rolling With The Stones). As well noted & known, the BBC deleted TV recordings fairly swiftly - and in
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QuoteBig Al This was the first of the Stones’ two appearances on TOTP in ‘69, I believe. I’m fact, these backstage shots are from the first appearance, of which, the footage only quite recently surfaced; it’s been posted here on Tell Me before, of course. Hang on there! Are you saying that footage of the FIRST Stones appearance has been found and a link posted on IORR? I can't find it
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I think that it would be reasonable to say that McCartney embraces his fame.
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My understanding is that Stu was only sidelined with respect to on-stage/public issues. eg Photo shoots etc. I was very reliably told that he was always a Rolling Stone and had a vote at meetings.
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Quoteexilestones QuoteIrix ^^^ The pictures aren't displayed because they're hosted by Yahoo Japan which is no longer available in the European Economic Area & UK. Thanks. I reposted the images. Your fashion correspondent writes..... I've seen these socks for sale for some time - in fact here in Melbourne there was a special store in one of the Galleries. BUT I declin
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Quotetreaclefingers QuoteSpud I'm a vinyl junkie I'm afraid ...an uncomfortable bed ...but one I made myself What makes it particularly uncomfortable is when you're the vinyl junkie ON TOP OF being the stamp collector. Who can be satisfied with ONLY one copy?! Indeed. A TRUE collector buys THREE (3) of everything. One to use, one to keep unopened on display, and a thi
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If topping the Billboard charts is clearly not enough for Paul McCartney of Liverpool. He's now releasing 80 7" singles (159 tracks) in an as yet unstated format. (That's a very big box if it's all on 7" vinyl). Gory details at
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QuoteRockman so keef knows where he is ..... Given that Keef has barely mastered the Fax machine, do you really think that he spends time on Twitter? :-) In reality I reckon he's far far too intelligent to spend time on so called Social Media.
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Quotecimaz Eric Clapton and John Lee Hooker on the Atlantic City show. I'll go for that! Watch Mick's face as he walks to the front of the stage at the end of one of Eric's solo's.
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Another review of the reissue of "Revolver" (Here's another question for y'all.... In this context was the world "reissue" above the correct word to use?)
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QuoteTheflyingDutchman Another nice story: An often told tale. :-) There's an error in the captions. The Beatles' album in question is displayed as being called "Sergeant Pepper's....". That's wrong. If you search the entirety of official releases, documentation and official books etc etc ad nauseam, you'll only ever see it written as... "
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QuoteKingbeebuzz That's a very good idea Ironbelly. Do you have a contact number ?? I was of course originally thinking of someone perhaps from this web site. The people who removed the copyright protection bleeps did a very very good job and might be interested in this as a project. To hear a "clean" 1966 live Stones' concert would be great, particularly because I w
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QuoteSighunt Interesting little reminisces from a long and distinguished career from Bill. Some of these have been discussed before in other articles I've read. Excuse me if this has been posted previously. Recycled. It says "at Sticky Fingers, his American-styled bistro in Kensington. " That venue closed over a year ago.
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Quotewinos Old Melbourne Gaol in Russell St city where they filmed Mick in Ned Kelly in 1969. Worth elaborating that it's also where Ned Kelly was actually hanged. Such is life.
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Quotewalkingthedog You are being very unreasonable here. Revolution 9 is a mess of a sound collage - devoid of any musical ideas. About 10 (?) years ago there was a collection of (rather good) musicians touring here in Australia doing a "White Album" show. It was pretty entertaining. First time round they omitted Revolution No.9. The evening was so good that we went again
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QuoteIrix QuoteTopi Are there any "Stones sights" worth seeing in either Melbourne and Sydney? Macedon Ranges (near Melbourne), the Hanging Rock site - cancelled twice in 2014. Correct. Quite possibly the only place with a 100% cancellation record for multiple Stones' concerts. Quite a shame actually as it's a wonderful place for a concert.
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