Rolling Stones - 1972 Tour 50th Anniversary Special

Rolling Stones 1972 Tour 50th Anniversary Special 0:00 Brown Sugar (1972-07-21 Philadelphia 1st show) 3:34 Bitch (1972-07-21 Philadelphia 1st show) 7:44 Rocks Off (1972-07-21 Philadelphia 1st show) 11:41 Gimme Shelter (1972-07-21 Philadelphia 1st show) 17:11 Happy (1972-07-21 Philadelphia 1st show) 20:10 Tumbling Dice (1972-07-21 Philadelphia 1st show) 24:59 Love In Vain (1972-06-24 Ft. Worth 1st show) 30:48 Sweet Virginia (1972-06-24 Ft. Worth 1st show) 35:37 You Can’t Always Get What You Want (1972-06-24 Ft. Worth 1st show) 43:33 All Down The Line (1972-07-21 Philadelphia 1st show) 47:40 Midnight Rambler (1972-06-24 Ft. Worth 2nd show) 59:15 Band introductions (1972-06-24 Ft. Worth 2nd show) 1:00:43 Bye Bye Johnny (1972-07-20 Philadelphia) 1:03:56 Rip This Joint (1972-06-24 Ft. Worth 1st show) 1:06:13 Jumpin’ Jack Flash (1972-06-24 Ft. Worth 1st show) 1:09:36 Street Fighting Man (1972-06-24 Ft. Worth 1st show) 1:13:49 Uptight/(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction (with Stevie Wonder & Wonderlove) (1972-07-20 Philadelphia) 1:19:17 Don’t Lie To Me (1972-06-24 Ft. Worth 2nd show) 1:21:29 Ventilator Blues (1972-06-03 Vancouver) 1:24:49 Loving Cup (1972-06-03 Vancouver) 1:29:24 Torn And Frayed (1972-06-03 Vancouver) 1:34:15 Dead Flowers (1972-06-24 Ft. Worth 1st show) 1:38:13 Sweet Black Angel (1972-06-24 Ft. Worth 1st show) 1:41:15 Honky Tonk Women (1972-06-03 Vancouver) 1:44:18 Goodnight (1972-06-24 Ft. Worth 2nd show) For those interested, this is mostly a re-ordered, tightened-up Unreleased Decca Live Album (from a good pre-download-era CD) until Uptight/Satisfaction, with the crucial addition of the band introductions and Bye Bye Johnny. So the sound is excellent, as are the performances. The end of Don’t Lie To Me is abrupt due to all high quality sources having a digitally scrambled ending that had to be edited. Vancouver tunes don’t match the rest, but are clear and punchy. The photos are the biggest, best quality ones I have been able to find and will hopefully provide a unique visual accompaniment. But of all the photos from the 72 tour, the rarest seem to be Nicky Hopkins and Ian Stewart on piano. I think that’s because the piano needed to be kept away from the hot stage lights and spotlights so it wouldn’t go out of tune. So they were just about performing in the dark. Bobby Keys and Jim Price you could see, but past them it was dim. And most of the photogs were obsessed with Jagger; Keith and the rest of the band were an afterthought to many of them. But it was essential that the piano stay as in tune as possible because the guitar players were using it throughout the show to tune to. And it had to stay close to the fixed pitch of Jagger’s harp for Sweet Virginia and Midnight Rambler. There’s at least one version of MR where Jagger sounds the same note on the harp repeatedly along with the piano to help Keith tune. In the version included here, he plays a repeated phrase that helps establish the pitch as Keith tunes. And it would usually take extra time for K to get ready for MR because he was using a capo at the seventh fret, a position that gave him an intense, chunky rhythm sound but made tuning difficult and often unreliable, especially if Keith got too excited in his solo section. Tour Personnel (in the order that they joined Brian’s band): Ian “Stu“ Stewart - Piano on Brown Sugar, Sweet Virginia, Rip This Joint, Bye Bye Johnny, Don’t Lie To Me, Honky Tonk Women; Roadie; Driver; Babysitter Mick Jagger - Vocals, harp Keith Richards - Guitar, vocals Bill Wyman - Bass Charlie Watts - Drums Mick Taylor - Guitar Nicky Hopkins - Piano Bobby Keys - Saxophone Jim Price - Trumpet, trombone Opening acts - Stevie Wonder & Wonderlove, The Dorothy Norwood Singers, Martha & The Vandellas Tour Manager - Peter Rudge Transportation/Logistics - Alan Dunn Administration/Coordination - Jo Bergman Rolling Stones Records/Radio promotion - Marshall Chess Stage Production & Lighting, MC - Chip Monck Event Security - Stan Moore Personal Security - Leroy Leonard Public Relations - Gary Stromberg, Bob Gibson Tour Physician - Laurence Badgley Guitar Technician - Ted Newman-Jones Mick & Keith’s Personal Assistant - Chris O’Dell Logistics - Willie Tour Film Direction/Photography/Production/Editing - Robert Frank Tour Film Sound/Photography - Danny Seymour Tour Film Photography - Mick Jagger, several others Tour Film Crew Assistant/Other services - “Flex“ Tour Friend/Fan - Cynthia Sagittarius Temporary Host - Hugh Hefner Notes from each tour stop in comments section