Universal Music came back this afternoon (I don’t think they slept) and we just picked up the party where we left off. And they’re like “Hey” how about we get our rocks off and toss in a sweet DVD of The Stooooooones circa Exile babies?! And we’re all like, yeah babies, let’s let it loose. STOOOOOOOOOONES! Then we clapped our hands on each side of our heads and did another line, soft drink.
Now all we have to do in The Back Office is figure out what the hell kind of contest involves both The Stones and The Gin Blossoms. Any ideas?
In the meantime, you can pre-order this bitch here:
DVD: http://amzn.to/czsMSH
Blu-Ray: http://amzn.to/9aqvfv
Eagle Rock Entertainment Is Proud To Release
LADIES & GENTLEMEN…THE ROLLING STONES
~The Legendary Concert Now Finally Receives Its First Authorized Release~
~on DVD and Blu-ray October 12, 2010~

On October 12, Eagle Rock Entertainment will simultaneously release the DVD and Blu-ray editions of the long-awaited Ladies & Gentlemen…The Rolling Stones. This is probably the most sought after Rolling Stones concert performance and it has been fully restored and remastered from the original film print and multitrack audio masters. Ladies & Gentlemen follows the highly successful CD reissue of Exile On Main Street (Universal Music Group) in May of this year and the Stones In Exile DVD (Eagle Rock Entertainment) on June 22, 2010. The October 12 releases will be followed shortly after by a deluxe edition box set with additional bonus material and memorabilia.
Filmed in Texas in 1972 over four nights of the “Exile On Main Street” US tour, Ladies & Gentlemen was premiered at the Ziegfield Theatre in New York on April 15, 1974 and released into selected cinemas across the USA shortly afterwards. Bonus features on this release include tour rehearsal footage from Montreux, plus two interviews with Mick Jagger; one from a 1972 Old Grey Whistle Test show, and one filmed in 2010.
The line-up for this show comprised Mick Jagger (vocals), Keith Richards (guitars), Charlie Watts (drums), Bill Wyman (bass), Mick Taylor (guitars) with Bobby Keys (saxophones), Jim Price (horns) and Nicky Hopkins (piano). Ladies & Gentlemen was billed at the time as “…the most powerful rock film ever made” and is considered by many fans to be the finest Rolling Stones performance ever captured on film. This is simply unmissable!
Track Listing:
1.) Brown Sugar
2.) Bitch
3.) Gimme Shelter
4.) Dead Flowers
5.) Happy
6.) Tumbling Dice
7.) Love In Vain
8.) Sweet Virginia
9.) You Can’t Always Get What You Want
10.) All Down The Line
11.) Midnight Rambler
12.) Bye Bye Johnny
13.) Rip This Joint
14.) Jumpin’ Jack Flash
15.) Street Fighting Man
I went and saw it last week, and the picture is better than the copies I’ve seen, but the sound is really the star. I helped get unedited soundtrack from actual movie reels out a few years ago, and that’s where the sound comes from if you’ve got a Reel to Reel or copy of their bootleg. Picture wise, remember it was shot on 16mm, but it’s still pretty neat, because it looks kind of cool grainy. The sound was pretty good with the actual soundtrack, but these guys have done a beautiful job on the sound for this official release. It really rocks, and it’s my second favorite tour this month, some months it’s my favorite.
Easily the best thing to happen this year!
How about a 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon type thing where the person who can connect the Gin Blossoms and the Rolling Stones in the fewest (or most interesting) steps is the winner. I have one but I’ll hold it out until the Back Office makes the call.
I saw it too and really enjoyed it.
The performances were raw and stripped down even though they had a horn section and Nicky Hopkins on the piano, and I think they were all still using Ampeg amps so musically it was in the same vein as Get Yer Ya Yas Out. But the songs and the performance of those songs was fantastic. Dead Flowers and Sweet Virginia really stood out.
A few tweaks would have been nice. For instance, it would have helped if Keef had sang back up on Tumbling Dice (Jagger acknowledged in the pre-show interview that Tumbling Dice benefits greatly from background vocals). But that’s quibbling.
As for the contest, it should have something to do with guys who were central to a band in the early years only to be kicked out after the band made it big and then die a tragic death.
Or maybe, it could touch on guys who (aside from any musical contributions) gave their band a credibility of sorts: Brian for his “blues aficionado” credentials, and Doug being a guy who actually lived the hard life he was writing about. I recently started mulling over a similar topic: Is Pigpen to the Grateful Dead, as Brian is to the Stones?
I LOVE k.’s contest idea! cdm’s onto some good thread material, too. Think about developing that, cdm, whether as part of the eventual contest or a related piece.
Is this the tour that featured Stevie Wonder as the opening act? My uncle saw that tour and says it’s one of the best shows he’s ever seen.
Having only ever known one person who saw this when it was released in the 70s, having bitched for years now since I saw and heard how great it is via bootlegs, I am thrilled that it is going to be available. I tend to think it is much better than Get Yer Ya-Yas Out (which I like very, very much!), in terms of songs performed, certainly; and in terms of performance, too, I think it excels Ya Yas. I can’t really imagine anyone not being floored by it.
I had breakfast with The Back Office this morning, (chocolate frosted Pop Tarts, a bowl of Quisp and some Tang) He’s liking k.s suggestion a lot and is working on something. Stay tuned.