Capturing the Stones in 1972 in the midst of the North American leg of the Exile On Main St. tour, Ladies & Gentlemen the Rolling Stones is a raucous document of the band at the top of their live game. Shot on 16mm, and initially presented in quadrasound, the Rollin Binzer directed film first saw its theatrical release in 1974 before virtually disappearing from the market for the next three decades.
Category: Rolling Stones
Rolling Stones :: Tumbling Dice (Live / Forest National Arena, Brussels / 1973)
So long to the mighty Charlie Watts, whose elegant, uncluttered style was as essential to the Rolling Stones’ sound as Keith Richards’ more lauded guitar work. Flash wasn’t Charlie’s thing — instead, he gave the Stones an always sturdy rhythmic bedrock, (usually) immovable even in the band’s wildest moments. Bliss out to his joyous interplay with Mick Jagger during the coda to “Tumbling Dice,” live in Brussels, 1973.
Shout, Wail, & Murmur :: Translating Music’s Barbaric Yawps
We don’t listen to music for precision—we listen for the moments raw humanity breaks through via sound. Guest contributor Matt Hanson reflects on the “barbaric yawps” that course through rock & roll, soul, and the blues.
Rolling Stones :: Jah Is Not Dead (1979)
How you like your Stones? Late seventies debauched and nasty? Us too.
Dig this: Rolling Stones: Sympathy for the Disco (outtakes ’75-’79). ‘…a very selective sampling of Ron Wood era outtakes, focusing on the band’s half-formed funk/disco/jam persona…long, unedited basic takes of songs that were finished and released between ’75 and ’81.’
The Rolling Stones in 1969 :: Beyond Baroque
Angelenos: Thursday, December 13, at Beyond Baroque in Venice, noted author, music historian, and friend of Aquarium Drunkard Pat Thomas will host a live Q&A discussion with Ronnie Schneider, manager of the Rolling Stones’ mythic 1969 tour — documented the classic film Gimme Shelter—about his new book Out Of Our Heads: Rolling Stones, Beatles and Me. Schneider’s career dispenses with the “Beatles or Stones” binary; he worked extensively with both.
Odetta :: No Expectations (Rolling Stones)
For the better part of two decades Odetta established herself as a masterful interpreter in the traditions of folk, country, and blues. Bringing her own rhythmic charms to the early Dylan catalog, and delivering […]
Rolling Stones :: STONEDEDED
I grew up in Atlanta, and there was a trail through the woods that led to the back of a shopping center housing a grocery store, named Big Star, that […]
The Rolling Stones :: Satisfaction (Charlie Is My Darling)
While it existed as a poorly edited rough cut on rough quality bootlegs for many years, thankfully the historically important and downright amazing Charlie Is My Darling is now available on a coherent and […]
Chris Forsyth :: “The First Ten Minutes of Cocksucker Blues”
Even though Cocksucker Blues , Robert Frank’s legendary film of the Rolling Stones circa 1972, is routinely referred to as a “documentary,” that’s not quite accurate. Frank himself tips his hand right […]
The Rolling Stones :: Metamorphosis
For reasons unexplained, officially-sanctioned outtakes from the Rolling Stones’ Decca Records (a.k.a. London) period remain as rare as rocking-horse manure. Although to date no fewer than 23 compilations of their ’63-’70 material […]
The Rolling Stones :: Brussels Affair 1973
What year is it, again? Within the last twelve months I have picked up the reissue of Exile on Main Street, the Keith biography, Life, and went downtown for a […]
The Rolling Stones :: Main Street Revisited, Mickboy Remasters
Any silence on my part per the recent reissue of the Stones Exile On Main Street has more to do with the fact that I’ve written about the album and its contents so much in […]
Sevens :: I Just Want To See His Face
( Sevens , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, pays tribute to the art of the individual song.) Due to storage, or the lack thereof here in my L.A. abode, […]
Performance :: Memo From Turner
February of 2007 saw the long-awaited DVD release of the 1970 psychedelic/schizophrenic gangster-meets-pop star tale, Performance . Famously known as Mick Jagger’s on screen debut, Performance expertly captures the late . . […]
Marianne Faithfull :: Stoned
After first hearing her sing, Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham described Marianne Faithfull as “an angel with big tits.” The rest of the world would soon come to know her via her take […]