Rolling Stones - 1972 Tour 50th Anniversary Special 

Vancouver Georgia Straight (underground magazine), June 8-15, 1972, John Webb It was interesting to note the change in the role of Keith Richards. He was very much the lead guitarist on the last Stones tour, but the obviously superior lead talents of Mick Taylor have caused their roles to be reversed. His main contribution now seems to be his twisted imagination and his ability to drive the group musically. Whenever there was a lag in the music the other night it was the loud metallic guitar from Richards that got it moving again. Production of the show was by rock's first superstar M. C. Chip Monck, and was incredible. Most of the people connected with the show I've talked to consider Mick an over-paid ego-tripping asshole but he has his shit together as far as putting a very slick show together is concerned. The sound was handled more than adequately by Tycobrahe of California. The bulk of their speakers were on hydraulic platforms 30 feet above the floor of the Coliseum. This resulted in far better dispersion of the sound in the upper bleachers than can ordinarily be obtained. All in all it was the most elaborate production of a touring rock show ever done. And the Rolling Stones? - Well, even on a bad night they're still the most dynamic act on earth. I got my 6 bucks worth." Grape (underground magazine), June 7-13, 1972, Rick McGrath. "Keith Richards also managed the impossible and looked almost human for once." Notes from Rolling Stone magazine, 1972-07-06, Robert Greenfield "As the Rolling Stones begin an eight-week cross-country tour, you can get just about anything you need with a spare ticket. In L.A., seven grams of hash and a $20 lid is considered a reasonable asking price. The Forum received 50,000 letters when they announced they were adding a second show. In Norfolk, Virginia, 14,000 Stones tickets were sold in four hours. Every hall in every one of the 30 tour cities is a complete sellout. Exile on Main Street is the Number One album in the country. Radio stations are playing Stones music non-stop and record stores have re-ordered grosses of all their old albums. The more things change, the more they seem to stay the same. With Presidential primaries going on, and nominating campaigns coming up, and the Vietnam war still raging, America is bananas over an English rock & roll band. Blame it on the Rolling Stones. The first gig is a riot. An actual riot. A 12 and a half-foot stage has been set up at one end of a huge ice hockey-type arena. There are no reserved seats and 17,000 kids cover the floor and all the seats in the stands. It looks like one great garage sale of bare midriff bodies and long hair. The sweet smell of burning incense hangs over everything. The show lasts an hour and 40 minutes, Keith blows two guitars, and the Stones get to test which songs they’ll be using on the rest of the tour. “The first one’s always a dress rehearsal for us,” Mick says the next morning." Seattle 1st show Seattle Flag (underground newspaper), 1972-06-21, Uncredited "Jagger arrived hours before the rest of the Stones at the Coliseum. After chewing the sound company's ass ("Mick asks you to do the impossible and you do it," says one member of Tycobrahe, the sound company) he sat out by the stage and watched the monitors play frisby [sic]. "He didn't say much and seemed to be worried about anyone touching him," said a monitor. The first set. The second set, which was best? Tycobrahe: ‘The first set they weren’t together, I could hear their exchanges on the telephones, they weren’t pleasant.’” Seattle Times: “He [Jagger] closed his afternoon show chanting the anarchic lines of Street Fighting Man, while spinning a British flag over his shoulders - before contemptuously dropping it in a heap - at the same time twirling a hand microphone like a yo-yo.” Seattle 2nd show Rolling Stone magazine, 1972-07-06, Robert Greenfield "It was not until the second show in Seattle that the music out-distanced the street fighting (the first show, Vancouver, had been marred by violent confrontations between the police and ticket-less would-be concert-goers) As lights bounce off the mirror and pick up Mick Jagger standing in the mouth of two serpents on a pearl-white stage, “Brown Sugar” first, with Bill Wyman’s bass and Charlie Watts’ drums hitting like a sledgehammer. Then, quickly, before the audience has a chance to recover, right into “Bitch” and “Rocks Off” from the new album, the three songs an opening machine gun blast of bass lines and lead guitar. After “Midnight Rambler” it’s all rock’n’roll. Hold on to the amps and turn off the lights. “Bye Bye Johnny B. Goode,” with Keith playing through the breaks like the illegitimate son of Chuck Berry. “All Down The Line,” “Rip This Joint,” and “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” with Mick leaping high in the air, firing two finger pistols into the house. As always, ending with “Street Fighting Man” in a haze of feedback, all out dancing, and a shower of rose petals." San Francisco LA Times: “a huge 20 x 30-foot mural featuring the group’s tongue emblem that was unfurled high above the stage when the Stones went on” Daily Californian: “During the earlier numbers, Jagger kept turning his back to the audience and complaining that ‘they just can’t get it on well enough.’ Later, Jagger tried climbing on a huge amplifier only to look over a Bill Graham and have the master nod his disapproval. Like a child who instinctively knows when to leave well enough alone, Jagger abandoned his plans for a human high rise and concentrated on dancing on a huge dragon colorfully drawn onstage...At the feet of Watts, Jagger and Richard were long lists with the order of songs to be played during the show.” LA Times: “That evening, the Stones did their first encore of the tour. They hadn’t planned to do any encores but the enthusiasm was so great in the hall, it seemed the only thing to do.” Rolling Stone: “The second show that night was a bitch, a stone rocker. The Stones did their first encore of the tour, what Mick later called ‘a minute-40 of Let It Rock.’” Oakland Tribune: “Above their heads hung a huge banner with the new Stones’ logo - a bright pair of Marilyn Monroe lips with a grotesque tongue sticking out.” Hollywood Notes from Rolling Stone magazine, 1972-07-06, Robert Greenfield. Edited by Flip. "Danny has no shirt, no shoes, no wallet, no keys. The shirt went when he took it off and stuck it in his back pocket, the shoes, wallet and keys disappeared some time later. But it’s all right. In fact, it’s a gas. For Danny’s just seen the Rolling Stones work and as he stands shoeless and bare-chested in the carpeted hallway of a Beverly Hills hotel, he’s mumbling. “They were so good, man, so good. The way they looked…like refugees from A Clockwork Orange…that makeup… Tell me, man, are they doing a lot of coke?” Notes from Women's Wear Daily “While in the VIP Gold Room, rock managers, Stones staff and special guests guzzled booze in smug satisfaction. Beamed one of the management team, ‘Every night is a sellout. We’ve even added matinees. If it weren’t for the Stones, these days would be over.’” LA Forum Sharon Lawrence, Sounds “As the Stones' fans waited to enter the Forum, Sunday evening, three Jesus Freaks stood atop a truck, covered with religious stickers, in the parking lot screaming through megaphones for the audience to turn back. 'You'll learn nothing from the Rolling Stones', they shouted. 'Go to Church and read the Bible for nothing. Learn about God, Jesus, Heaven and Hell. Mick Jagger is a pervert.' Undoubtedly, Mick would have loved it." Nat Freedland, Billboard “As the stage was darkened for the final set-up, a dragon banner was lowered from the ceiling and Mick Jagger entered by leaping through a slit in the mouth. Jagger seemed to have developed an entire arsenal of new dance movements. He has become a veritable spastic Nureyev, a demonic eye-riveting force purified with the years to an ultimate of rock showmanship." San Diego Evening Tribune: “Jagger’s flamboyant purple pajama-like trousers and denim jacket were drenched with perspiration, evidence of a hard day’s night, but the head Stone seemed to glow in the aftermath. ‘San Diego’s a groove, they’re hip here,’ he said to guitarist Mick Taylor as the van sped off, bringing San Diego’s concert of the year to a peaceful conclusion. Tucson The Arizona Republic, 1972-06-15, Jack Swanson "Several thousand more fans than the arena could hold showed up, bringing drugs, wine, beer and rocks with them. Youngsters smoked pot openly in the lines, and, despite tight security and searches by police, the air inside the arena was heavy with marijuana smoke." Albuquerque Daily Lobo (U of NM paper), No date, Charles Andrews Right off - when Jagger hit the stage with his purple and silver outfit, purple eyeshadow, two pink stars pasted to each temple just behind the eye, obscenely sucking on a lemon and discarding the parts one at a time, and hopping across the right half of the stage so the glitter in his hair would fly off leaving a sparkling star shower behind him - I knew I was going to enjoy the show. Albuquerque Journal, 1972-06-16, Scott Beaven (Arts section) "The greatest rock group in the world came to Albuquerque Thursday night and ripped the University Arena audience to shreds. The Rolling Stones delivered a 90-minute set comprising songs from their entire 10-year career, and, led by Mick Jagger, blasted the audience with talent, noise, and blatant sexuality. Jagger's relationship to his audience is similar to a cobra's relationship to a snake charmer. In both cases, it is difficult to tell who is in control."

Along with most I agree that Mr. Taylor was the difference maker in the 69-73 time frame, but too many get lost in his greatness, Kieth in this role was the worlds greatest at laying the bed ,and Mr. Watts unreal level of pounding at amazing speed and strength to allow Mick T. to be the pure great player he was when with the Stones. Remember guys they were a Band, The Worlds Greatest ! I saw 3 shows in this "72" Tour and everyone of them I will never forget !

Ladies and Gentlemen ! MICK TAYLOR !

The Rolling Stones were at the top of their game during the Mick Taylor years. Thanks for posting and sharing.

Thanks again.... hearing MT, Hopkins, Bobby Keys all there.

Mick Taylor is in a class by himself. I had the privilege to see him and his band in a 300 capacity bar called TheTin Angel in Philly about 20 years ago. I got lucky and stayed for both gigs. The encore of the last show was a 20minute jam of CYHMK. I was speechless what a night of music.

My goodness Mick Taylor is all over the place in Brown Sugar, Gimmie Shelter....they never had a better soloist

Greatest Rock'n'Roll Band in the world, indeed ! They're all at their best, but Mick Taylor and Bobby Keys are imperial here !

I love this! I saw the Stones in Knoxville on the 72 tour, then again in Memphis in 75. By 1975 Ron Wood was in the band, and while they were good (July 4th in a football stadium…hot as hell!) I didn’t get the same vibe as I did at the 1972 show. Im glad I got to see them during that tour.

Fantastic concert recordings from the Golden Age of the Rolling Stones. Thanks for this!

I was there in the Spectrum for the matine concert. It is really great to hear The Stones exactly as I remember the concert 1n 1972. The songs were rather fresh since "Exile on Mainstreet" was just out. However, I remember the wall of sound of the intro to "Gimme shelter. I Will never forget that. Oh shit I am getting old. Nevertheless, I feel very fortunate to be a post war baby boomer.

I really love MT guitar work on Brown Sugar,its so refreshing to hear ot played different

Completely blasted. I thougt I heard it all but these recordings make me shivering. Greatest band of all time at one of their many peaks

This was the greatest Rolling Stones Tour Ever They just simply kicked ass MickTaylor playing some great guitar solos After I seen this tour I was hooked on the stones forever The Stones ended this tour at Madison Square Garden on Micks 29th Birthday and I remember the whole New York City was in and uproar The streets outside of MSG were shaking

One of my favorite bands. Taylor was their best period.

The GREATEST ROCK & ROLL BAND IN THE WORLD at their ZENITH!!! AWESOME POST!!! Thank you so much!!!!

Rolling Stones at their top with Taylor's fantastic guitar!!

Mick Taylor made the Stones GREAT

Greatest tour in rock history, if you ask me. :)

Just not even the same band without Mick Taylor.

Waw a thanks from mee. 🇩🇰🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🇩🇰

01:19:14 - "Don't Lie To Me", after that - "Ventilator Blues".... "Loving Cup"....Fantastic!

ミックテイラー時代のストーンズは、凄まじくカッコよい！

summer of 72 i were in basic trained miss it, fall of 73 in mannheim germany what a rock n roll show. richards and taylor were on fire

THE GOOD THING IS THAT. THEY PLAY SO GOOD..JA JA JA.OH YES!!

73 tour was great but there was nothing like the raw energy the stones had on their 72 tour so I believe this was the very best of the very best!! Thank you for this superb compilation!!

Winterland San Francisco 1972 The greatest rock n roll by far hail to Mick Tailer and Ian Stewart and Bobby Keyes and Nicky Hopkins sorry to much to drink tonight.

Exile on Main Street..............., on an on thanks for posting and to the Rolling Stones. Probably the greatest party band really I Know the Grateful Dead is up there but you know what I mean......

I was there, Chicago, early show....life changing.

Holly Smokes ! Thank you so much ! i was eighteen, now sixty eight... Time flies by... Emotion deep downinside is the same... Megapinte to the Stones Stay All Safe a french in France

Beautiful ROLLING STONES Thanks For Streaming 👉💯♥️💜♥️💜

9th Row @ The Old ,"Igloo" Ice Arena in Da Burgh and After every song me n my keyboard player would look at each other and just go "Damnnn"!! Stevie Wonder was incredible opening! And of course Nicky Hopkins piano playing was awesome with M Taylor's guitar playing!

Una de las mejores giras en la historia de el rock, tenían que ser los rolling stones !

what a set list-what a band.Just seen them at Anfield,Liverpool on the 60 tour-50 years after this-still great.

The great Mick Taylor and his band...the Rolling Stones.. 1969-1974.. stellar...Ron...well he just plugs a hole.

My first stones concert in 72 was the greatest one in 10000 others!!

Thanks for your explanation of the recordings/tunes/personnel

When most of the pop rock world thought "las piedras rodantes" had reached their zenith with Sticky Fingers, '72 came and bam! They got hit by Exile... Cool, calm, collected Mick Taylor. The 70's... Damn...

Stones always on 👉🏻🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥☝🏻🌎💃🎸✌🏻

I never heard “Sweet Black Angel” live. Pretty cool version.

Philadelphia Wilmington Journal: “Pausing to compliment the enthusiasm of the crowd, Jagger explained the entire concert was being recorded for a live record album.” Evening Bulletin: “’They’re in great form,’ said Rolling Stones staffer Gary Stromberg. ‘They’re recording this Philadelphia concert for a future album, and they’re really turned on.’” Philadelphia Daily News: “Fortunately working against this tide, and as impetus to a first-class musical performance, was the fact that the Stones’ Philadelphia gigs are being recorded for posterity and a two-album set...So lead singer-rabble rouser Mick Jagger, concentrating on his ‘tapes are rolling’ readings, hardly tantalized last night’s crowd with energy-consuming funky-chicken walks and snotty pirouettes. Jagger settled for a ‘restrained’ burley-queen attitude of bumps and grinds, occasional ventures to the stage’s edge, lots of blown kisses and all-important ‘clap-along folks’ cheerleading.” Evening Bulletin: “As he had done in only one previous show (Detroit), Jagger combined the Rolling Stones with Stevie Wonder’s band for an encore - a medley of an old rocker, Uptight, and Satisfaction.” Philadelphia Inquirer: “It was a repeat performance at the Spectrum Friday afternoon and night...The Stones’ gig varied little from their Thursday night show.” Newsweek: “’I love your dimes,’ Jagger told one matinee audience that was bombarding him on stage. ‘Just don’t throw ‘em in me face.’” Evening Bulletin: “The young men and women were well behaved. But a goodly portion of the girls appeared to be competing for Miss Indecent Exposure Above the Waist.” Sounds: “The first two sets might have been considered great, but by the third show on Friday night things were really cooking - with the band and with the audience. Despite the air conditioning, the heat and humidity were near to unbearable - and with close to 16,000 kids standing on chairs raving, no wonder. ‘You’re warm and lovely,’ said Mick, and he was dripping with sweat working his arse off - strutting, high kicking, twirling and grinding at the people. Jagger got love from the audience, but he got missiles as well, people pelting him with flashbulbs and coins throughout the set.” Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 1972-07-24, Mike Kalina “When the Rolling Stones arrived at the Civic Arena Saturday night in a Dodge camper - limousines are too conspicuous - they looked beat. As they piled out they looked as though they were disembarking from a ghost ship. And no wonder, the Stones had already played 50 concerts on this tour... But when they took the stage to perform before a record 13,911 fans they suddenly ignited into a ball of rock and roll fire, scorching the sea of humanity with the sights and sounds that have kept them at the top of the rock pile for a decade. The only bad vibe came when a spectator threw an empty bottle to the stage, just in front of Jagger who shouted, ‘Don’t go throwing your bottles up here at me,’ with the audience breaking into cheers after the singer issued the order. Many of the members of the audience were on their feet throughout most of the performance, but there were no incidents of fans trying to rush the stage, as has occurred in other cities." [Mr. Kalina described Keith as: "...sinister looking Keith Richard, who looks like an advance man for a tidal wave, using his guitar as a weapon to complement Jagger's histrionics."] NYC Notes from Rolling Stone magazine, 1972-08-31, Timothy Ferris. “We’re having a good time now,” Jagger shouted on the last night, just as the Stones’ beautiful concert version of “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” had died away. He had reason to feel good. The floor of the Garden was filled with people standing on their chairs and grinning. The roof, an orange steel umbrella held up with turnbuckles the size of bungalows, had been rising and falling softly each time Charlie Watts slapped down his foot. The stage crew was stacking yellow boxes full of aerodynamically sound custard pies on the amp tops; others behind them were unboxing a giant birthday cake. Jagger jumped straight up, came down on the opening crash of “All Down the Line,” and the tour - 54 shows, 29 cities - headed toward the close. It ended with a barrage of well-aimed pies smacking Mick in the face as Keith guffawed. Bianca appeared, gave Mick a quick kiss and a big Teddy bear, and departed. Mick threw the stuffed bear on the stage. Stevie Wonder came out for a duet on “Satisfaction,” the encore the Stones had been using since Philadelphia [sic]. Mick laughed as more pies flew, but kept his mind on the show: When Stevie, after two unsuccessful attempts to get the crowd to sing “Happy birthday, Mick,” made a third try, Mick glared at him, grabbed a mike and drowned him out. A few moments later the Stones were gone and Chip Monck was thanking everyone, wiping custard from his eye, and saying goodnight."

stones at their peak 1968- 1973.

Great selection for me. Glad you used no songs from philadelphia 21, 2nd. Johnny from philadelphia 20 is my favorite after New York 26, which I am sure you love but you probably discarded it so the whole thing would have an homogeneus sound. The press clips are priceless. Thank you for them. I remember a front page in Melody Maker with the line: "Stones Slay The States" which is what happened.

I really appreciate all you put into getting this stuff out there. I am extremely well versed in live recordings of the Mick Taylor era and am impressed with what I hear. Uptight Satisfaction and Don't Lie to Me, in particular, sound better here than elsewhere.

great lagacy thanks

WHOA!!!!! "Midnight Rambler here really tears it up! Mick is crazy on fire. Saw the 1972 Boston concert at the Boston Garden the night Mayor Kevin White had to calm the crowd because the band was delayed because they'd been arrested in Rhode Island. Thanks for uploading!

Keith Richards et Mick Taylor ; un des meilleurs duos de 🎸guitare de l histoire du Rock.

Excelente concierto y grandioso Mick Taylor 😊

Wishing this concert was filmed for Ladies & Gentlemen...far superior ear candy than the movie and they sound like they are having a good time on stage...no other live band comes anywhere near them...blessed to have seen them live in the 70s.😉

Thank's for posting this GREAT WORK & treasure, this is THE REAL 50's STP TOUR ANNIVERSARY GIFT ❤️‍🔥🎶✨️🙌🏽🤘🏼🎸🎙🎸🥁🎸🎹🎷🎺🎛🎚🎧

🌹Lovely slideshow & review quotes!!

The real one era

Wow, never heard a live version of Sweet Black Angel before!! Cool!

Thank you for your geekness and uploading this. As many fans know the most powerful tour and they were a guitar band machine then. Nevermind Mick on fire. Loved hearing Ventilator, Loving, Torn, Sweet BA. I am one that needs pure soundboard audio to own, with that said, I still enjoy hearing this.

Muchas gracias por esta joya !!!!

I feel the scent from the age of freedom, which disappeared from us.

Greatest work!!! Thank you for your dedication. I’m 58 and have loved this band since I was 12. It’s so cool to be in contact with other people that dig them as much as I do. Could you do a 73 compilation? I love hearing the Goats Head stuff live. Thanks for everything

How can you comment on a master-class on how to hit the stage and be the greatest rock band of all time...menacingly brilliant..but they still are today..😊

Unrivalled !,someone still didn't know about Mick Taylor ? Ha,Ha,Ha

The greatest tour of these RnR gods

All down the line richards...

Welcome To Warwick RI? Thank you Mayor Kevin H White!

the greatest in rock and roll history

flip. this is your greatest work,,,, thanks sir

Taylor's guitar solo on Gimme Shelter......one for eternity!!! Oh my gosh!

Thanks Flip, always a great listen,mate, Rocky

This sounds great yet retains a cool bootleg vibe

HOLY SHIT !! What this band could've been,had Mick Taylor NOT left the band! Don't get me wrong, they're still my favorite, but I truly believe Jagger fed of Taylor's talent, kind of the same way Jimmy Page and John Bonham complemented and fed of each other

Que locura la versión de MR lo de Taylor es un mundo aparte

Good choice of version on each song - thanks

Interesting group. From the sound of the large audience they were quite popular and well received.

Saw this tour on Jagger's birthday. He stood on his head

Thank you for this ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Yo Flip, appreciate the recognition of it being Brian’s band. Cheers

The piano part in Rip this joint is so cool!

I was there....and there and .......there too....😮

Such high tempi. A band in its prime.-

One hell of a rocking' stomping' rock n' roll band.

La mejor versión en vivo de Rocksoff de todo los tiempos. Dios bendiga por siempre a los Stones.

Hey Flip, that's the coolest goodamn Pic, of Keith playing a 54 - 56, black beauty, led Paul. You can tell it's year by the plastic cover on the front pickup.

Mick Taylor's best years were with the Stones. 1969-1974.

r.i.p.charlie`watts.,,,

Saludos desde Ecatepec, mexico!

What in the actual $%&!*. Absolute FIRE. It's been a while since my head and body moved involuntarily and I was overcome with emotion. I have been a Stones fan for 40 years. I was too young to see them during their peak 69 and 72 tours. I didn't see them for the first time until '89. My exposure to the 69 tour was via the record Get Yer Ya Yas Out and the movie Gimme Shelter - which I saw when my parents got cable in the 80s. My exposure to the 72 tour was via bootleg CDs you had to do some serious work to find in pre-internet days. I had by now thought I had seen it all many times over but they are on absolute FIRE on some of these recordings. Beyond that, no band at that time had such an arena ready catalog that just seemed made to be exercised live. And listen to how many of these songs kick off with absolutely killer Keith Richard riffs. And, of course, Mick Taylor. Lastly, Jagger & Richards absolutely set the template for what rock stars should look like and what a live rock show should be like. Rock has largely died but no kid will ever be able to deny the power of this recording.

Incredible effort put into the video description. Very interesting, thank you :)

Lots of Philly '72 here!

Will be near perfect once I flip the left-right channels. Keith should always be on the right side and Taylor on the left

Best tour and album ever - "Exile on Main Street". . . by the way Stevie Wonder opened. 4th row - $7.25 (before Ticketmaster and second hand market). Saw them 7 times since. Nothing topped Exile.

It's a cool commentary you have added, esp re the tuning needing to fit in with the harp, and the pianos needing to be out of the spots. Impressive. Thanks, man! Subscribed.

Fue a mediados de Julio de 1972 fue cuando asistí a un concierto de los Rolling Stones por primera vez tenia 21 años de edad y tenia una novia muy pudiente económicamente y ella se encargo de la reservación de los boletos de entrada para nosotros y otros amigos fue algo muy memorable el concierto de Ladies & Gentlemen Vivía en New Hope cerca de Philadelphia

To be honest I knew they we’re obviously a great band but I really wasn’t much of a fan until I watched live videos with mick like happy and that jumping jack flash made me apologize to a buddy because I used to tell him I really didn’t see what was so great about them .. but with the moment of Clarity ha. I absolutely love their earlier 70s years. No doubt a top few best bands their will ever be.

Inigualables, de fábula

brown sugar forever!

Stones primetime was between 1969-72 Imo.

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"Ventilator Blues" sounds incredible, even with no horns. I wonder why they dropped it from the set?

Knoxville Knoxville Journal: “Lead singer Jagger, looking like the devil in drag, opened with Brown Sugar, the song written for his wife [sic]. His movements and dancing were in keeping with his image as the epitome of evil sexuality. The audience loved it.” Rolling Stone [letter to editor, August 17, 1972]: “I want to go on record as the first to say when the Stones played Knoxville July 7, Mick Jagger reached in the box to get a fistful of rose petals, but wound up with a fried chicken breast instead. I saw it; it was far out.” St. Louis STP, Robert Greenfield: "In St. Louis, on the eighth day of July, the Stones try to make their ghetto move for ribs and barbecue only to have a limousine driver tell them, “You crazy? No one goes to East St. Louis. People don’t even walk there. They got snipers just sittin in the windows, waitin.” The band gets together with Stevie Wonder and together they rehearse an encore number consisting of Uptight and Satisfaction played by both bands, two drummers, horns-a-plenty and bongos, which is certain to kill ‘em in New York. Outlaw (underground magazine): “Mandy, eighteen with a lot of cervical miles: ‘No one jumped on stage to try to go on Mick in the afternoon show. The whole crowd was really a bummer.’” St. Louis Globe-Democrat: “Sunday afternoon’s audience was predictably young and unpredictably placid - almost bovine. They were the second wave: The zealots were the ones who waited in line for the initially announced evening concert, and these were in evidence by the time the first concert let out.” Akron Cleveland Press: “Then came the scorching Midnight Rambler, a song about late-hour sexual prowls. During this tune Jagger whipped off his golden sash and started flogging the stage with it, and the spotlights turned to satanic crimson light. Then the purple belt and scarf came off and Jagger used them to tease ecstatic girls near the edge of the stage. Jagger also plays harmonica during this 10-minute rocker, and finally puts on one of his trademarks - a red, white and blue Uncle Sam top hat. The crowd crushed forward and moved a wooden fence in front of the stage, but a menacing Jagger look and a gesture for them to back off was immediately obeyed.” Plain Dealer: “To look at the audience it was hard to believe it was taking place in Akron. Most of the youngsters looked as hairy and as elaborately dressed, at least the ones that weren’t half-nude, as the rock group which made its name for its sexy performances.” Akron Beacon Journal: ”Jagger had made his entrance by skipping to the center of the stage, doffing his cap and scraping low in a courtly bow to the audience. Then he pronounced the word Ak-RON in his best Queen’s English.” Cleveland Press: “One young girl near the front of the stage jumped up with a big sign that read ORGASM. Jagger, who couldn’t miss seeing the sign, showed a toothy grin and continued with his constant-motion performance.” Indianapolis Indianapolis News, 1972-07-13, John Flora Jagger, who seems to live on crowd energy, finally peaked with Street Fighting Man. The audience was on its feet, screaming and cheering. The colored gels removed, every light in the entire battery was on full blaze. The amplifiers were running at near-feedback volume, and many standing on their seats near the speakers were actually pained from the volume. But then it was over. Detroit Detroit News: “The grand entrance was without fanfare. Keith Richard was first out and nearly lost his footing as he staggered across the stage. Jagger came swerving into the light just as a beach ball floated toward him as if it were on a cue. He gave it a hearty swat which marked his first defiant act of the evening and then removed his cap and gave a long, exaggerated bow.” Detroit News: “[Jagger] removed his blue denim jacket and waved it like a matador intimately at his bassist, Bill Wyman. ‘Hello Dee-troit,’ was his recognition of the crowd. ‘It’s hot up here...hotter than Alabama.’” Toronto Weekend Magazine: “Jagger had had two hours sleep since a big, encore-climaxed Rolling Stones show in Detroit the night before. He and the Stones now had to do two Toronto performances before flying to bed in Montreal.” Weekend Magazine: “The Stones were far below peak form in Toronto. It was their eighth performance in seven days, their second that night, and it was the hottest night in the history of the world. Jagger said it was 150 degrees in Maple Leaf Gardens...The Toronto audience didn’t know that Keith Richard, hard-driving lead guitarist and on-stage director, signalled an early end to the last song because he was reeling from heat exhaustion. Richard collapsed in a dead faint as soon as he got backstage. The troupe doctor revived him, fed him salt pills and put him to bed in a dressing room while the rest of the Stones sped to the airport.” Weekend Magazine: “’What do you remember of Toronto?’ ‘Not much,’ said Jagger, ‘Fatigue. Heat. Not just the heat, but the lack of oxygen. Why isn’t there any air conditioning in Canada? It was terrible.’” Montreal Weekend Magazine, Robert Stall, undated article. "The show started on time. The promoters and the ticket-holders were jubilant. Jagger was not. The bomb [a Stones equipment truck had been blown up hours earlier] had shaken him. "I don't want to go on tonight. After that, I don't want to go on," he said during a [pre-show] hotel room interview... Nineteen thousand people are on their feet, roaring, giving vent to one mass sound so loud and sustained that audially [sic] it can only be compared to total silence. Seven of the Stones come on and, around the blackness of the arena, there are hundreds of white flashes from little Instamatics [cameras with flash bulbs]. Then this URCHIN in cap and jean jacket runs right across the wide front of the stage and skids sideways to a stop just before the edge. Halfway across, they realize it's him but the roar is already at its peak. Jagger has come out like a bull into the ring, coming to a halt, dazed, not knowing where he is. Richard [sic] hits the first big chord of Brown Sugar. The urchin's body is jolted by the electric sound. He lurches and is transformed into Mick Jagger. Later, there was a party in Jagger's room. He looked tired and washed out. "Not good, man," he said, "It wasn't good." Boston [Earlier in the evening Mick & Keith had been busted in Warwick, RI. They were sprung from jail at the request of the mayor of Boston, who already had one real riot on his hands and didn't want another from disappointed Stones fans.] Rolling Stone: “ With the crowd perched on the backs of the garden chairs, the Stones hit the stage at 12:45 AM and plowed into Brown Sugar to open up. The show developed loosely - and at times bordering on sloppiness. Charlie Watts, in particular, seemed exhausted. Mick, while displaying all his moves - the struts, the curtsies, the kisses, the confetti and the ciao-ciao waves - was not in his best voice. The performance ended at about 2 AM with Street Fightin’ Man.” Phoenix: “At one point he paid homage to Kevin White, thanking him for ‘getting it together to get us out of gaol.’ ‘It’s nice to be in Boston,’ said Mick. ‘Much better than Warwick.’ He kept returning to a bottle of Lowenbrau between numbers, finally splashing the last half-bottle of beer all over Charlie Watts in the middle of the closing medley of Jumpin’ Jack Flash and Street Fighting Man. (Probably because the crowd had waited so long they came back for an encore Tuesday night, Honky Tonk Woman, which they didn’t do Wednesday.)” Fusion: “Mick One couldn’t stop moving. Beating the floorboards with his belt, screaming on his knees, clutching his heart with his left hand, falling over backwards, then leaping up again to strut sideways across the stage, he passed Mick Two, motionless, his head down, hidden from view by a huge white hat.”

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In the 1980's, our high school English Resource Center had a large monochromatic mural on the wall of Mick Jagger as seen @ 1:03.