Tag: Rolling Stones
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Ten Highlights of Exhibitionism: The Rolling Stones at Saatchi Gallery
After Londoners were treated to the wonders of such rock n roll ephemera as a cocaine spoon and the Eno suitcase synth on display at the Bowie V&A exhibition a few years ago, the Rolling Stones had a challenge on their hands. What would this new Rolling Stones Exhibition – entitled “Exhibitionism” reveal? …
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Fifty Years Ago Today: The Moment The Rolling Stones introduced Howlin’ Wolf To America
Regular readers know we like to celebrate a good anniversary here at ERTAS. Yesterday was the fiftieth anniversary of The Kinks’ most legendary fight, not to mention Pete Townsend’s 70th birthday. Today, 20th May 2015 is the fiftieth anniversary of the day a white British rock n roll band introduced America to one of its own recording…
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The Rolling Stones: Just How Bad Is “Their Satanic Majesties Request”?
The final part of a quest to discover whether it’s worth buying those early Stones albums on vinyl… Their Satanic Majesties Request Trying to buy an original copy on vinyl of “Their Satanic Majesties Request” for twenty quid is like breeding pandas. An awful lot of effort without much hope of success, and it just…
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How The Rolling Stones Persuaded The Police To Play On “Let’s Spend The Night Together”
…why side two of Between The Buttons is a classic… Or, part six of a quest to discover whether it’s worth buying those early Stones albums on vinyl… (…read part one here to make more sense of what is to follow) Between the Buttons As King Minos of Crete discovered when his daughter Ariadne…
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Rolling Stones’ Aftermath: More Sexist Than Benny Hill Singing Whitesnake’s Greatest Hits in a Male-only Golf Club
Or, part five of a quest to discover whether it’s worth buying those early Stones albums on vinyl… Aftermath Aftermath was the most difficult album to find on vinyl at a decent price – most copies were on sale for £30-£40 upwards, so when I found a nice copy for £20 I snapped it up.…
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Five Reasons Why The Rolling Stones’ “Out Of Our Heads” Rocks…
Here’s The Best Rolling Stones Song You Have Never Heard.. Or, part four of a quest to discover whether it’s worth buying those early Stones albums on vinyl… (Here’s Part one, which should explain what’s going on…) Out of Our Heads With two parts of the quest complete, my friend Chris was on the warpath,…
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Why a Rolling Stones Record Sleeve Was Discussed in the Houses of Parliament…
…Five Reasons To Hear The Rolling Stones No 2… …and part three of a quest to discover whether it’s worth buying those early Stones albums on vinyl…(Part one is here) Whilst a mint copy of The Rolling Stones’ imaginatively titled second album “Rolling Stones No 2” is valued at £130 in the Rare Record…
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How To Tell If That Rolling Stones LP In Your Attic Is Worth £1,000…
My copy of The Rolling Stones’ debut album. The change of colour on the left is where the laminate has peeled away slightly. Well, it is over 50 years old…. Or, Five Reasons Why You Should Buy The Rolling Stones’ First Album on Vinyl… Or, part two of a quest to discover whether it’s worth…
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An Idiots Guide To The First Six Rolling Stones Albums
Or, part one of a quest to discover whether it’s worth buying those early Stones albums on vinyl… We were in the pub. The conversation, a couple of hours in, had turned to how the skeleton of a dinosaur would no longer be displayed in the Natural History Museum. I know what you’re thinking. Some…
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Why Sticky Fingers on Vinyl Isn’t Always A Bad Thing…
Ten reasons why The Rolling Stones’ Classic Sticky Fingers should be in your record collection Classic Rock Magazine this month is a particularly excellent read as it is a “Vinyl Special”. They have some things that regular readers of Every Record Tells A Story will find reassuringly familiar (a “vinyl challenge” where they give cash…
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Buying The Rolling Stones, Chuck Berry and The Kinks on Vinyl
Update: I’m trying to buy the largest record collection possible with £116.99, which just happens to be the amount of hard earned cash you would have to part with were you to covet the new Oasis box set of (What’s The Story) Morning Glory. It was time to go crate digging. First stop? My local…
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Has Hair Metal Stood The Test Of Time?
Twenty five years on from the peak of heavy rock’s commercial popularity in 1988, this series asks why heavy rockers no longer dominate the charts and seeks to highlight the crimes that Heavy Rock is accused of, and give you the cases for and against. At the end of each debate, you will have the…
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The Strypes – Live In London
The teenaged smart-suited boys onstage are tearing up the tiny stage with their maximum RnB sounds. Guitar, harmonica, bass, drums, no nonsense. Nods to the old blues masters and the crowd are dancing. The Rolling Stones in The Station Hotel, Richmond c1963? Dr Feelgood‘s pub rock at The Half Moon in Putney 1974? Nope. It’s…
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Things You Don’t See Anymore #4: The Flexi Disc
Many hundreds of years ago (well, in the 1960’s and ’70s) and in the days before the Internet, if you can imagine such a thing, record companies tried many ways to get music heard. They tried bribing DJs. This was frowned upon. They tried fixing the charts by bulk buying or giving away records to…
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A Visit To Chess Records…And When Muddy Waters Met The Rolling Stones
2120 South Michigan Avenue was immortalised in song by the Rolling Stones in their 5×5 EP (recently re-released on Record Store Day) and was the headquarters and recording studio of Chess Records. It is worth listing just a few of the songs recorded at this studio, because that list is like a lesson in American…
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