The Rolling Stones announce 50th Anniversary book

"This is our story of fifty fantastic years. We started out as a blues band playing the clubs and more recently we’ve filled the largest stadiums in the world with the kind of show that none of us could have imagined all those years ago. Curated by us, it features the very best photographs and ephemera from and beyond our archives."
Mick, Keith, Charlie & Ronnie

On Thursday 12 July 1962 the Rolling Stones went on stage at the Marquee Club in London’s Oxford Street. In the intervening fifty years the Stones have performed live in front of more people than any band… ever. They’ve had No.1 singles and albums in every country that has a popular music chart and have helped define popular culture. Now Thames & Hudson is delighted to announce the publication of the only official and authorized book to celebrate the band’s 50th anniversary.

The book has been made possible by privileged access to superb reportage photography from the Daily Mirror’s archive, the largest newspaper collection of Rolling Stones photography, most of it hitherto unseen. The images tell their fifty-year history like it’s never been told before. This photographic
autobiography features images selected by the band accompanied by their own words. The photographers include Gered Mankowitz, Jean-Marie Périer,Dezo Hoffman, Michael Cooper, Terry O’Neill, Bent Rej and Philip Townsend – the photographer for their first ever shoot.

Some of the most rare and interesting Stones’ memorabilia has been specially photographed for this volume.

This remarkable book is the band’s thank you to their fans all over the world. Its publication on 12 July 2012 will be on the anniversary of the band’s first ever gig, and will be part of a year long celebration of the rock and roll royalty that the Rolling Stones have become.

The book will be published on the 12th July 2012, priced at £29.95 and is available to pre-order from Amazon:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rolling-Stones-50-Mick-Jagger/dp/0500516243/ref=pd_sim_b...


http://www.rollingstones.com/news/rolling-stones-announce-50th-anniversary-book

i bet this is not the official Cover Art... only they use it for the announce...

A year long anniversary celebration sounds good to me!

That a tad under 50 bucks US...and with the sale price at Amazon...30!!

So this will be A life on the road, part 3?

Moonisup wrote on Mar 2^nd, 2012 at 10:19am:



With less text!

Gazza wrote on Mar 2^nd, 2012 at 10:28am:


haha ok! With a few new pics of the last tour, like they did with 'according to the rolling stones'

Well, I'll buy it anyway

Why would the image in the press release be anything but the official cover art?

A year long celebration sounds expensive but very interesting!

Pdog wrote on Mar 2^nd, 2012 at 12:08pm:

I think this is a correct prediction.....I say we need to remember this post by pdog.....good ...great call. you know something about marketing my Stones/Rock off friend!

If it on sale on Rolling Stones.com I am not ordering it through them. I oredered the Sme Girls deluxe thing on RS.com and it was out of stock for months, I never even got the order so I bought it in Best Buy! Ridiculous. They sent me an email saying it was a delayed shipent and that was it, my order was never processed. Maybe it will be at the merchandise booth at the venues, assuming we are getting a year long celebration. Let the celebration begin with a tour announcement complete with venues and dates so we can plan out the next year. Stones take priority!

Just ordered it

I hear you Latern, I'll probably end up buying it at one of them book dump stores for 10 euro's or something..nice to have the same pictures and stories in a slightly different order...the Stones do have their moments though: opening the archives-site was nice.

I figured it's not for the ten euros. But speaking for me, I know I won't be able to resist the book at a dump price. And luckily for me my sister has to take a boat in order to get to the mainland anyway..so I'll know when to run..