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StickyStones Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 301 Gender:	Best Stones biography? Nov 14^th, 2011 at 5:25pm Outside of biographies written by band members, what are the best books about the Stones? Particularly about the period from '62 to the comeback in '89.
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Heart Of Stone Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules Posts: 4,001 Charlottetown Prince Edward Is Gender:	Re: Best Stones biography? Reply #1 - Nov 14^th, 2011 at 7:10pm Stanley Booths book "True Adventures of The Rolling Stones".
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Re: Best Stones biography?
Reply #2 - Nov 14^th, 2011 at 7:43pm

If you want the early, early Stones try the following:

Our Own Story - as told to Pete Goodman
Nankering With the Stones - by James Phelge (roommate to Keith and Brian for a while)

Both are available on Amazon.

PS If you can find the first pressing of Our Own Story you'll find the best sketches of the Stones I've ever seen.

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Voodoo Chile in Wonderland Unholy Trinity Admin Offline The Stones are back you bastards!!!! Posts: 17,957 Wonderland Gender:	Re: Best Stones biography? Reply #3 - Nov 14^th, 2011 at 9:24pm I would add "Stone Alone" and "Rolling With the Stones" by Bill Wyman
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Re: Best Stones biography?
Reply #4 - Nov 15^th, 2011 at 12:03am

Heart Of Stone wrote on Nov 14^th, 2011 at 7:10pm:

Stanley Booths book "True Adventures of The Rolling Stones".

There's your answer right there. To date Booth's book is still the best one I've ever read.

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Re: Best Stones biography?
Reply #5 - Nov 15^th, 2011 at 12:39am

Riffhard wrote on Nov 15^th, 2011 at 12:03am:

Heart Of Stone wrote on Nov 14^th, 2011 at 7:10pm:

Stanley Booths book "True Adventures of The Rolling Stones".

There's your answer right there. To date Booth's book is still the best one I've ever read.

Riffy

Taking a skim through it, it seems to only cover up to the Taylor era....Am I wrong?
What's the opinion on Stephen Davis' "Old God's Almost Dead"?

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Gazza Unholy Trinity Admin Offline Rat Bastid "We piss anywhere, man.." Posts: 13,231 Belfast, UK Gender:	Re: Best Stones biography? Reply #6 - Nov 15^th, 2011 at 6:17am The absolute worst.
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gimmekeef Rocks Off Regular Offline Posts: 5,759 Ontario Canada Gender:	Re: Best Stones biography? Reply #7 - Nov 15^th, 2011 at 7:49am The one not yet written....Charlies.....
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Heart Of Stone Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules Posts: 4,001 Charlottetown Prince Edward Is Gender:	Re: Best Stones biography? Reply #8 - Nov 15^th, 2011 at 7:50am There's Bill German's Book "Under Their Thumb" & like Voodoo mentioned, my favorite too, Bill Wyman's "Stone Alone" but Old Gods Almost dead is crap.
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