isn't there a contest? I would send in a picture of a guy walking thru traffic at a red light with a sign that says "need cash for the new Stones album".

Gazza wrote on Mar 4^th, 2010 at 7:05am:

Ya know, I never reupped with the fan club after the initial offering on the Licks tour.

Somehow I got the poster and DVD that were tied into the ABB membership renewals.
Actually got two of those DVD's - the first one was just an empty tin.

'Midnight Rambler' in the torrential downpour in Bangalore is great...

Some Guy wrote on Mar 4^th, 2010 at 7:49am:



Well, I've seen 10 different titles mentioned so far in various articles and interviews, so that would appear to be 'em all. The new 'Rolling Stone' artidle however apparently indicates that 'Sophia Loren' was the working title for 'Pass The Wine' so those two may be one and the same. 'Good Time Women' has also now been mentioned.

Some Guy wrote on Mar 4^th, 2010 at 7:49am:



Yes.

I had two memberships - one poster and two DVDs arrived together two years later, ironically the same week (late 2005) that the 2006 European shows were being announced. Having already bought fan club tickets for the MSG shows, I assumed one of the DVDs would have been the ABB one. Nope.

The DVDs contained bang up to date exclusive material (which had already been broadcast and therefore widely bootlegged)....from the Licks tour. Must have been about 15 minutes worth, plus a clip from '89 of them playing with John Lee Hooker.

I rang Ultrastar in New York in July 2006 to enquire about the ABB tour DVD. As the tour had been going for almost a year by that point I figured it wasnt unreasonable to expect that some footage would have been available. The guy told me 'its actually being finished this weekend and will be sent out to everyone in a couple of weeks'. He even told me he had SEEN it!  

Thats quite a fuckin' shit postal service they have in Brooklyn.

Got my copy of UNCUT.
Good stuff.

Coupla interesting Keith quotes, who's never hesitant to say exactly what's on his mind.
His candor may or may not be ascribed to the "brownish-gold, fizzy drink in his cup." The author notes "Whatever's in that cup, it packs a wallop. His eyes blur and refocus as he swallows."  

KR: "You've got to realise I wasn't considered to be any more outrageous than anybody else in the band," he says on the subject of his drug use.
"At this time Mick was taking everything. Charlie Watts was hitting the brandy like a motherfucker. The least of our concerns was what we ingested. These sorts of questions [about drugs] are predicated on what came a few years later, when I did become...I mean, I had no doubt about myself, but y'know...I would play the game. 'Oh, you want that Keith Richards? I'll give you the baddest mother you've ever seen.'"

UNCUT: According to comments made by Mick Jagger over the years, Exile was in sore need of salvaging when they left France, amounting to little more than 'grungy backing tracks'. Jagger has frequently intimated that he supervised it's rescue in LA, taking charge of the overdubs and pulling rabbits out of the hat. Put this version to Keith Richards and you get an interesting reaction.

KR: '"Grungy backing tracks?!' he splutters. "Listen, if you believe Mick, you'll believe anything. Once again this is the difference between Mick and me. His recollection is quite honestly bullshit. The only things we did in LA were things like, y'know 'We need three chicks to sing back-up on "Let It Loose".' Or we need a fiddle player. I mean, just extras. You see, the reason Mick says that is because he doesn't think his vocals are loud enough. But lead vocalists never think their vocals are loud enough."

"I would never take Mick's recollection of anything seriously. If Mick says that we just took a load of 'grungy' stuff out of France, and really made the record in LA, that's bullshit. This is why Mick can never write a book. He can't remember anything. I mean, he once, many years ago, was going to write a book. And all I got was a load of phone-calls. 'What were we doing on August 14th...?' Because he doesn't remember a thing! Especially the nuances. He's going to spin you a yarn. He doesn't feel he's under any obligation to tell you the truth."

Gazza wrote on Mar 4^th, 2010 at 6:41am:


So what's this Exile documentary that's being touted to air on US Network television and through BBC Worldwide internationally? Amazon still states the DVD included on the super deluxe edition is 30 mins. Are there two completely different Exile documentaries being prepared for the release of this(doubtful), one 30 mins and one 61 mins? Are they the same thing? Is one a bastardized version? Are the Stones using this DVD documentary to bait their fans into shelling out $120, before it's shown on TV for free? Will Adam and Jamie be needed to help bust this myth? Is Mick Taylor involved?

From Amazons description:

As a complement to the release of Exile on Main Street, a documentary, "Stones in Exile," has just been completed for fans to view on US Network television and through BBC Worldwide internationally. The documentary features rare, never-before-seen archival film, photos and interviews as well as new conversations with the band and the artists they influence. Produced by Oscar -winning filmmaker John Battsek and directed by Stephen Kijak, who is known for award-winning work on Cinemania, and Scott Walker: 30 Century Man, "Stones in Exile" offers an uncommon glimpse into the lives of the band as they created one of the greatest albums of all time.

Exile on Main Street will be available in two CD formats: the original 18 track release; a deluxe CD edition with the 10 special bonus tracks; and a super deluxe package that also includes vinyl, a 30-minute documentary DVD with footage from Cocksucker Blues, Ladies and Gentlemen... the Rolling Stones and Stones in Exile, and a 50-page collector's book with photos from the Exile era. The 10 unreleased tracks were produced by Jimmy Miller, The Glimmer Twins and Don Was.

http://www.amazon.com/Exile-Main-St-Dvd-Dlx/dp/B0039ZF89G/ref=sr_1_4/186-8332974...

left shoe shuffle wrote on Mar 4^th, 2010 at 12:45pm:



Before anyone gets excited about the last bit he just says some vague stuff about writing songs and hopes the Stones 'might do something later this year'.

More or less what he said in September 2009 to the same magazine about what might happen in early 2010.

He's still alive & sounding better than ever.
Thanks for the reads!

what's that groucho saying - "the key to sucess is sincerity - once you can fake that you've got it made" - it would seem to apply to keith who gets props and kudos  for being a no-bull shit straight shooter (indeed he has fashioned a legend on this premise) - yet even he admits that the bad ass rock and roller act is sometimes just that - an act - (at least he's honest about that)

still, what would you expect -  they might be the rolling stones but it's still show biz

Keith  : “I don’t know how the rest of them feel about roadwork at the moment,” he tells RS. “Maybe we’ll search for a different way for the Stones to go back on the road. Maybe not the football stadiums anymore. Maybe something different. You can’t go around there in lemon-yellow tights forever.”

get them thinking caps on boys
theatre gigs where the band 'play' without the running around.
cmon Keithy.
Cant the band do it for fun, there is no way they can spend all the $$ they already have ...

Gazza wrote on Mar 5^th, 2010 at 11:10am:


Could Title 5 be Scarlet? WAsn't it mentioned that someone heard this and it was amazing? If so why not include this??

vinyl on amazon site


http://www.amazon.com/Plundered-Soul-7inch-Rolling-Stones/dp/B003AVQD0C/ref=sr_1...