In genuine stereo. With no screaming kids. 😎
Seriously -- I had a huge collection of vintage Stones bootlegs, live and studio, back in the day, and yet I was unaware of the above until I stumbled across it on YouTube over the weekend. I'm baffled.
Oh well, I supposed I should just be grateful that such surprises are still out there in my old age. 😎😎
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Note to self: Rolling Stones live obscurities less interesting to readers than expected. 😎
Cool find. Here is the whole (??) show: https://youtu.be/MjBft9rc2fc?si=3WYDB8Wg2VDiAeNb
Hey, it was officially released! Found this:
Rolling Stones - Camden Theatre, March 19, 1964: Seven-inch vinyl EP included with new greatest hits compilation GRRR! Super Deluxe edition: 80-track, 4-CD boxset with bonus CD, 7" vinyl, hardcover book, poster and postcards (Universal).
The seven-inch EP included with the new Rolling Stones best-of compilation isn't the beginning of rock'n'roll but it's as close as anybody gets to source material. The genre was already a decade old and the nascent Stones had yet to release their first album when they recorded four tracks in "experimental stereo" at a 9: 30 a.m. BBC session on March 19, 1964 at Camden Theater with host Long John Baldry for the Blues In Rhythm program.
The show aired May 9, 1964 on Network Three (now BBC 3) and also featured Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames. Stereo broadcasts were not yet available requiring the BBC to broadcast one channel over their radio network and the other on TV. The audience moved their radios closer to their TVs and then positioned themselves in between to get the full stereo effect.
Baldry introduced the Stones as "charming deviationists" and complained about the early hour of the taping before the band went into their four-track session: "Route 66" (Bobby Troup), "Cops and Robbers" (Elias McDaniel/Bo Diddley), "You Better Move On" (Arthur Alexander) and "Mona" (Elias McDaniel/Bo Diddley).
Andrew Loog Oldham was badgering Jagger and Richards to write their own tunes but the band is still relying on covers at this point. Brian Jones plays blues harp on "Cops and Robbers" the only Stones recording of this song. Charlie Watts is already in the pocket establishing a rhythm anchor that never fails. Between the March taping and the broadcast in May the Stones released their debut album on Decca with studio versions of "Route 66" and "Mona" both making the cut.
Everything rocks in this very early example of the Stones developing their own sound. Thank God they figured out that stereo thing. Listen to it here youtube.com/watch?v=MjBft9rc2fc.
I've been aware of this session for decades as a bootleg. The "Cops & Robbers" is a total keeper but this is the most lifeless live "Route 66" by The Rolling Stones that I've heard. I guess it was too early in the morning!
Captain Al
PS: Steve, don't panic if we don't respond in the first 60 minutes of a new posting. Sometimes life gets in the way!
Well, I'm sure the 1964 audience found it frantic compared to everything else going on. And speaking of having it going on... I'm always amazed that it was penned by Bobby Troup who was married to the divine Julie London with whom he starred in 70s TV medical show 'Emergency!'
That hospital had the best lighting since 'Bonanza.'
While Brian is shown playing his Vox Mark lll, he used his Gretsch Dbl. Anniversary when the Stones recorded this on their '64 debut album
Damn -- it just dawned on me that I actually had a vinyl bootleg that included that "Route 66." The folks at Trademark of Quality sent it to me, which is a story in itself.
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Kind of Stones
I have the '77 Swinging Pig, Keith bootleg - "A Stone Alone" - singing or trying "Over The Rainbow"...it's your Saturday Night out at the karaoke bar - nough said 😉
I like this "western swing" version by Asleep At The Wheel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZJ60nBlxKQ
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