![]() ![]() Perhaps too big as the Stones haven’t played this hip-shaking rocker for quite some time. Mick Taylor’s departure left a huge gap for Ronnie Wood to fill. Mick Jagger looks a bit silly as he tries to keep up with the glam rockers and the look on Charlie Watts’ face from behind the kit at 2.46 says it all.ĭance Little Sister (It’s Only Rock’N’Roll, 1974) ![]() The Rolling Stones were sounding a little bit tired even in 1973, but this deep cut from the band’s back catalogue shows that they could still deliver when sufficiently roused. As attested by the many bootlegs of the tour (see also the essential Get Your Leeds Lungs Out), the Stones were on particularly incendiary form, and this clip sees the band at its best. Their first proper UK tour since 1966, the band was augmented by keyboard player Nicky Hopkins and the horn section of saxophonist Bobby Keys and trumpeter Jim Price. Shortly before upping sticks and moving to the south of France, the band embarked on a 10-date, nine city tour in March 1971. Hounded by the police, skint and facing a massive tax bill, The Rolling Stones were forced into becoming tax exiles. Let It Rock (From The Vault: The Marquee Club 1971) It also gave its name to the scandalous tour documentary that still remains gathering dust in the vaults. The interplay between Mick Taylor and guest keyboardist Nicky Hopkins is extraordinary and it’s tempting to consider how good this could’ve been if they’d finished it.ĭelivered to Decca as both a way of fulfilling their contractual obligations as well as a “fuck you” to the label, this tale of a rent boy selling his wares in the West End of London still remains unreleased. ![]() For sure, it could do with some pruning and polishing up but even in this form it displays the mighty rhythms they could conjure up and work to. Widely believed to have been recorded around the sessions for Sticky Fingers, this rough diamond shows that even when the band were sniffing for truffles, they could still unearth gems. Travelin’ Man (unreleased demo recording, 1970) Perhaps so, but as evidenced by this footage of the band’s original line from that gig, The Rolling Stones were no slouches themselves, even if Mick Jagger’s footwork comes nowhere near to that of Mr Dynamite’s Show at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in October 1964, Keith Richards still reckons that choosing to go on after James Brown’s incendiary set was the worst mistake The Rolling Stones ever made. ![]()
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