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Title: S.T.P.: A Journey Through America With The Rolling Stones by Robert Greenfield ISBN: 0-306-81199-5 Publisher: DaCapo Press Pub. Date: 03 September, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (3 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: *Richards*, the man's name is *Richards*
Comment: The first hundred or so pages are so fixated on Mick Jagger that you wonder if Mr Greenfiel is ever going to notice that the Rolling Stones consist of way more than a frontman. But once he finally does realize that - apparently a concert or two was enough to convince him - it's a pretty good read. There are some obvious inaccuracies (including mistaking butterflies for doves); and the stuff about the people and events orbiting around the Stones on this tour is sometimes overlong. Some of it, though, works nicely to bring back the atmosphere of the times.
It's unfortunate that Mr Greenfiel didn't have the courtesy to correct Keith's surname in this re-edition - who cares how the publicists were misspelling it at the time?! That grates, as do the lame attempts to capture regional pronunciation. Just talk normal, please, Mr Greenfiel! And repeat after me: it's *Richards*.
In other words: Stanley Booth's _True Adventures of the Rolling Stones_ is miles better - really fine writing, a superior grasp of what the Stones are about, *and* he knows what Keith's surname is - but this one'll do between re-readings of Stanley's.
Rating: 5
Summary: ROLLING WITH THE STONES '72
Comment: After being out of print for almost 30 years, I'm glad to see S.T.P. finally available. I've seen and heard references to it for years. I almost broke down and bought a used copy of it on eBay several times. I'm sure glad I waited (and saved a lot of money). While not focused entirely on the Stones themselves, this book does a good job of giving you the flavor of what it was like to tour North America in the summer of '72 with the Stones (and assorted hangers-on) as they brought Exile On Main Street (and Stevie Wonder) to the masses. I couldn't make it all the way through without pulling out my DVD copy of C.S. Blues (the making of which was mentioned in the book). A great look back at the Stones in their prime.
Rating: 4
Summary: For Stones fans.
Comment: A readable and interesting book. I wasn't that interested in those on the peripherals of the Stones touring party, which fills much of this book, but the bits including the Stones themselves are very interesting and entertaining. In the intro, the author says this book has been out of print since 1974, and just got back in print in June, 2002. (I just read a passing reference to it in the Nov., 2002 issue of VOGUE. First I'd heard about it.) He's there when Mick and Keith get arrested for hitting a photographer. He's there when the Governor of Rhode Island tells the chief of police to spring Mick and Keith from jail, for public safety (the waiting audience for a Stones show could riot if deprived of the Stones!). He's there to show that being on tour with the greatest rock and roll band in the world CAN, truly and believably, get mind-numbingly dull. It's an interesting inside look, by a journalist who is impressively objective. (He doesn't despise nor worship the Stones, and actually gives an interesting run down of why, at that time, the Stones actually were NOT very wealthy, despite ten years of success. That's changed since, of course.) Worth reading if you're a Stones fan.
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Title: According to the Rolling Stones by The Rolling Stones ISBN: 0811840603 Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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Title: The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones by Stanley Booth ISBN: 1556524005 Publisher: Chicago Review Press Pub. Date: May, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Rolling Stones 40X20 by Richard Harrington, Chris Murray ISBN: 0823084167 Publisher: Billboard Books Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Keith : Standing in the Shadows by Stanley Booth ISBN: 0312141165 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 15 January, 1996 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Love You Live, Rolling Stones: Fanfare from the Common Fan by Marilou Regan, Hans Oosterbaan ISBN: 0972370404 Publisher: Fanfare Publishing, Inc. Pub. Date: 25 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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