Category Archives: Rolling Stones

Bootleg recording

Posted on May 4, 2024 by 1960s: Days of Rage

The first popular rock bootleg, Bob Dylan‘s Great White Wonder, released in July 1969 “A bootleg recording is an audio or video recording of a performance not officially released by the artist or under other legal authority. Making and distributing … Continue reading →

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Rolling Stone

Posted on November 10, 2023 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Rolling Stone is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture. It was founded in San Francisco, California in 1967 by Jann Wenner and the music critic Ralph J. Gleason. It was first known for its … Continue reading →

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The Rolling Stones’ ‘Exile On Main St.’s Influences, Explained

Posted on September 14, 2023 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“For years, Mick Jagger had denounced the virtues of Exile On Main St., the Rolling Stones’ louche double album from 1972 that many fans consider the group’s pièce de résistance, claiming that the sheer breadth of sonic diversity across its … Continue reading →

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“American Pie” – Don McLean (1971)

Posted on September 10, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“‘American Pie’ is a song by American singer and songwriter Don McLean. … The repeated phrase ‘the day the music died‘ refers to a plane crash in 1959 that killed early rock and roll stars Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, … Continue reading →

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How the Rolling Stones Rocked the Iron Curtain

Posted on May 17, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

The Rolling Stones performing at Sala Kongresowa of the Palace of Culture and Science, 1967 “The eastern side of the Iron Curtain calls forth many images: empty shelves, people queuing, joyless dictators… but not necessarily the Rolling Stones. If you … Continue reading →

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Jajouka Or Joujouka? The Conflicted Legacy Of The Master Musicians

Posted on January 22, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“‘Telephone Man’ was a gimbri player who used to play in the village of Joujouka (just as often spelled Jajouka), decades before mobile phones finally connected the hilltop base to the outside world around ten years ago. He would visit … Continue reading →

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Crawdaddy

Posted on January 21, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Crawdaddy was an American rock music magazine launched in 1966. It was created by Paul Williams, a Swarthmore College student at the time, in response to the increasing sophistication and cultural influence of popular music. The magazine was named after … Continue reading →

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Edie Sedgwick: The life and death of the Sixties star

Posted on January 5, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Factory Girl Edie Sedgwick Painting, Dane Shue “‘Her fog, her amphetamine, and her pearls…’ With three nouns, in ‘Just Like a Woman’ (said to have been inspired by her), Bob Dylan deftly summed up his friend Edie Sedgwick, the wayward … Continue reading →

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When The Angels – and 400,000 others – said Goodbye to Brian Jones.

Posted on January 2, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“His was the driving sitar on ‘Paint It, Black,’ the syncopated marimba on ‘Under My Thumb.’ Brian Jones, progenitor of the Rolling Stones, died 50 years ago today, drowned in his swimming pool not long after frontman Mick Jagger and … Continue reading →

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Killing of Meredith Hunter

Posted on November 13, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Meredith Curly Hunter, Jr. (October 24, 1951 – December 6, 1969) was an audience member who was killed at the 1969 Altamont Free Concert. During the performance by The Rolling Stones, Hunter approached the stage, and was violently driven off … Continue reading →

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WBCN and The American Revolution

Posted on November 11, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“It’s been a decade since WBCN rode Boston’s airwaves. In mass media terms, that’s an eternity. Today, if you tune to its old spot on the FM dial, you’ll hear a ‘hot contemporary adult’ format, Mix 104.1, a world away … Continue reading →

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Leni Sinclair

Posted on July 21, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Photographer Leni Sinclair, cofounder of the Detroit Artists Workshop and the White Panther Party. “Leni Sinclair, born Magdalene Arndt, is an American photographer and radical political activist who lives in Detroit. She has photographed rock and jazz musicians since the … Continue reading →

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Satanic Majesties Revisioned

Posted on May 8, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“2000 Man” By Tony Sclafani (February 2008): “It was 40 years ago today… Um, well. OK, let’s hold the fanfare. Unlike the 40th anniversary of The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, there were no memorials or tributes pouring … Continue reading →

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The Rolling Stones ‎– Between The Buttons (1967)

Posted on September 29, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Brian Jones looked like hell. Fame had not rested easily upon the golden Stones’ shoulders as Gerard Mankowitz’s photo of the band on the cover of Between the Buttons revealed. The blurry portrait of the Stones shot on a brisk … Continue reading →

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Best Psychedelic Albums: 30 Essential Records To Expand Your Mind

Posted on April 16, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Look up the word ‘psychedelic’ in the dictionary, and one of the first definitions will be ‘mind expanding’. That’s what all of the best psychedelic albums have in common. Most were made during the golden era of 1966-1968, but quite … Continue reading →

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Lillian Roxon’s Rock Encyclopedia (1970)

Posted on January 30, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Rolling Stone, February 7, 1970 “If you’re looking for an encyclopedia wait until a few cats who know what they’re doing get ready to spend a few years on the job. This book has its entertainment value—it will remind any … Continue reading →

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#9: “Good Vibrations” – Beach Boys (1966)

Posted on March 22, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“‘Good Vibrations’ is a song composed by Brian Wilson with lyrics by Mike Love for the American rock band the Beach Boys, of which both were members. Released on October 10, 1966, the single was an immediate critical and commercial … Continue reading →

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Their Satanic Majesties Request – Rolling Stones (1967)

Posted on October 27, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Their Satanic Majesties Request is the sixth British and eighth American studio album by the Rolling Stones, released in December 1967 by Decca Records in the United Kingdom and London Records in the United States. Recording sessions saw the band … Continue reading →

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From Folk to Acid Rock, How Marty Balin Launched the San Francisco Music Scene

Posted on July 27, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Top: Marty Balin at Monterey Pop, 1967. Photo by Suki Hill. Above. Jefferson Airplane enjoyed a close relationship with promoter Bill Graham, who booked the band, which he managed during most of 1967, into the Fillmore in San Francisco and … Continue reading →

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I Served in Vietnam. Here’s My Soundtrack.

Posted on March 26, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Former WRVA News Anchor Paul Bottoms worked with Armed Forces Radio in Saigon. “‘Vietnam.’ The word comes camouflaged in music. Rock ’n’ roll, soul, pop and country. For those who watched the war unfold on the evening news, the music … Continue reading →

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John “Hoppy” Hopkins

Posted on December 13, 2017 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“John ‘Hoppy’ Hopkins (15 August 1937 – 30 January 2015) was a British photographer, journalist, researcher and political activist, and ‘one of the best-known underground figures of Swinging London‘ in the late 1960s. John Victor Lindsay Hopkins was born on … Continue reading →

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Aftermath – The Rolling Stones (1966)

Posted on December 13, 2017 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Aftermath, released in April 1966 by Decca Records, is the fourth British studio album by the Rolling Stones. It was issued in the United States in June 1966 by London Records as the group’s sixth American album. The album is … Continue reading →

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Psychedelia: 101 Iconic Underground Rock Albums 1966-1970

Posted on December 13, 2017 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“It’s been better than a year since we’ve seen Richard Morton Jack’s excellent music zine Flashback, but I guess that the publisher and editor had a good reason for the lack of a new issue. The British author’s recently-arrived book … Continue reading →

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Baby boomers

Posted on October 14, 2017 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Baby boomers are the demographic cohort following the Silent Generation. There are no precise dates for when this cohort starts or ends; demographers and researchers typically use starting birth years ranging from the early-to-mid 1940s and ending birth years ranging … Continue reading →

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The Dick Cavett Show

Posted on October 5, 2017 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“… The Dick Cavett Show refers to television programs on the ABC, PBS, USA and CNBC networks hosted by comedian, comedy writer and author Dick Cavett between 1968 and 1995 in New York. The first daytime show featured Gore Vidal, … Continue reading →

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Give Peace a Chance

Posted on September 20, 2017 by 1960s: Days of Rage

College students in Boston march against the Vietnam war, October 16, 1965. “Say what you will about the Vietnam War, it had a great soundtrack. Feature and documentary filmmakers have, of course, long appreciated this—cue ‘The End’ by the Doors … Continue reading →

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“Sister Morphine” – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Marianne Faithfull (1969)

Posted on September 9, 2017 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“‘Sister Morphine’ is a song written by Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Marianne Faithfull. Faithfull released the original version of the song as the B-side to her Decca Records single ‘Something Better’ on 21 February 1969. … In the U.K. … Continue reading →

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The Rolling Stones – 12 X 5 (1964)

Posted on August 22, 2017 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“12 X 5 is the second American album by The Rolling Stones, released in 1964 following the massive success of their debut The Rolling Stones in the UK and the promising sales of its American substitute, The Rolling Stones (England’s … Continue reading →

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