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Edwina.toal@yahoo.co.uk -- Eddie (My son), 15:28:00 12/10/09 Thu
My beautiful son is BRIANS GRANDSON,his dad, is brians son BROAD BEAN HEAD.He is an amazing dad also our son is now playing instruments like ,well it surprises me, and im sure if his grandad wasnt taken from us erm!!!!! so early he would have been blown away also.For my baby who is 12 now and his dad who is 46 now there is so much love for Brian.Even though in his very short life he never had the time to come to terms with his responsabilites.God bless him and give me five minutes with mick and keith,love love love EDWINA
Snapshots: Getting blood from a Rolling Stone -- Chris, 11:42:36 07/22/09 Wed
Hey Rob, have you seen this from the new Goldmine mag?
Snapshots: Getting blood from a Rolling Stone
July 02, 2009
by Ian & Lauren Wright
With rhythm and blues steadily gaining popularity in England, fans frequented London’s Ronnie Scott’s Club in Soho, The Marquee Club in Upper Martin’s Lane and the Crawdaddy Club at the Station Hotel in Richmond.
Aspiring musicians used these clubs to meet other like-minded people with their own instruments and equipment.
In 1963, five young lads who shared an affinity for R&B and the desire to form a band met at the Crawdaddy Club. Brian Hopkins-Jones, from the upper middle-class town of Cheltenham Spa, was studying to become an architect and could play bar-slide guitar to a very high standard. Charlie Watts, a Regent Street graphic designer, was a prolific jazz drummer, playing regularly with top groups in the London scene. Michael Jagger, studying under a government grant at the prestigious London School of Economics, had a most distinctive singing voice, but his instrumental skills were limited to the tambourine and maracas.
When Jagger first saw Brian Jones playing the slide guitar, his jaw dropped. “Man, that cat can play.” Ten years before, Keith Richards sang in the choir at Westminster Abbey for the Queen’s Coronation. Now he was studying at an art school and was a fine guitarist affecting the chords of Chuck Berry, Chet Atkins and Muddy Waters. At 28 years old, Bill Wyman, the old man of the group, married with a son, had already done two years “national service” in the RAF and owned a guitar with two huge amps.
With a devout dedication to true-blue American music from the South and taking their name from a 1940s Muddy Waters hit, “Rollin’ Stone Blues,” the five lads formed The Rolling Stones. Brian Hopkins-Jones dropped the posh-sounding hyphenated name, and his contract stipulated he would receive an extra £5 per week as the band’s leader. Michael Jagger shortened his name to Mick, replacing his upmarket grammar-school speaking voice with an invented Cockney dialect credited to falling from gymnastics apparatus and biting off the end of his tongue. Though he had limited vocal range and an affected singing style that sounded like black vocalists of the American South, the girls all screamed when Jagger tossed his long hair and took out his maracas. He was the obvious choice for the band’s frontman.
My initial encounter with The Rolling Stones came in England in September 1964, at the Globe Theatre in Stockton during their first nationwide tour. They were riding high on their first Top 15 hit penned and gifted by Lennon and McCartney, “I Wanna Be Your Man.” Backstage everyone was nervous and fidgety. The boys were filled with angst about the performance, while I was unsure how to set up the shot. They gave a fantastic performance with a true R&B repertoire.
Back at the paper, I developed my pictures and the naivety was clear on both sides of the camera. Brian Jones is clearly the leader, sitting up front with Jagger relegated to the back. Bill Wyman, sitting on the dressing room sink, was far more concerned with a pack of peanuts, while drummer Charlie Watts looked the only one interested in being photographed.
The national press described them as “Scruffy, hooligans. Unkempt and unclean ruffians.” One headline screamed, “WOULD YOU LET YOUR DAUGHTER MARRY A ROLLING STONE?” In my experience, they were nothing like any of the aforementioned descriptions. These five young men were not what the press would have you believe. All were very intelligent, working or studying with top-level projects. Mick even spoke perfect French. Not only could Jagger chew gum and walk, he could chew gum and sing at the same time! They wore Eaton collared shirts, ties, conservative trousers, polished boots and socks. Today, it’s hard to recognize the baby-faced lad in the front right as Keith Richard.
A year later, in October, 1965, the Rolling Stones were back at the Globe Theatre in Stockton as fully-fledged pop stars with an incredible hit written by Jagger and Richards. “I Can’t Get No Satisfaction” was #1 in the United States and the U.K., though banned for a time in Europe because of the suggestive lyrics. One of our writers, Philip Norman, and I went to interview them and found they had acquired a gloss of confidence with just a bit of world-weariness. Though they all had flu, everyone was affable and forthcoming except for Brian, who stayed somewhat aloof. An extremely likeable, confident and well-mannered fellow, Jagger said, “Hey I almost became a journalist, like you two. I promised my father I’d give up music and become an economic journalist if the band didn’t make it in six months time.”
Later, Jagger and I were chatting about our passion for cricket, which we both played avidly. In a completely relaxed moment, I took a picture of him sitting on the stairs having a Pepsi. One of the crew came past shouting, “Hey, Mick, where’s that fifty a week you promised me? I’ve just had to part with twenty of my own money. It’s times like this when the job gets weary.” Ever the economist, Mick said, “I’ll give you thirty.” Mick had no cash, so Philip and I each stumped up 15 quid, which was a lot of money in those days. Mick promised to repay us, but even though I’ve seen him countless times since, he’s never paid up. That 30 quid must be worth about 500 pounds today, but it’s a great story to dine out on. Mick also talked about plans to marry his girlfriend, Chrissy Shrimpton, flying in the face of press rumors accusing him of being a debauched sexpot. Our conversation abruptly ended when the stage director shouted, “Show time lads.”
From a relatively quiet, relaxed backstage camaraderie, the boys walked onto the stage before legions of worshipping girls whose screams mingled with ugly shouts from a group of rowdy yobs, called Teddy boys (the equivalent of greasers in America). Obsessed with questioning Jagger’s sexual preference, the Teds hid themselves in the middle rows yelling, “Get back to London you bloody poufs.”
Those cowardly louts came to pop concerts specifically to cause trouble. If they didn’t get into a punch-up before, during or after the show, they felt they hadn’t got their money’s worth. Typically, the Teds worked as apprentices at the local shipyards by day. At night, they combed their hair into a pompadour with a duck’s ass at the back. After donning black drain-pipe trousers, they lay in the bath to get them soaking wet, then dried the trousers to a second skin, standing before a coal fire. Their knee-length dark red, blue or green frock coats had velvet collars with razor blades sewn inside the lapels.
These distinctive outfits were accessorised with Slim Jim ties, white socks and “Beetle Crushers,” three-inch crepe-soled shoes with vicious steel toecaps. Armed with flick knives, knuckle-dusters and motorbike chains, the Teds were looking for a fight; it didn’t matter who the victim. They could empty a pub quicker than the local constabulary showing up after closing time.
Anybody seeing a group of Teddy Boys immediately ran like hell, praying they wouldn’t get hit in the back of the head by one of the Ted’s treacherous coin missiles. With edges filed down to razor sharpness, those coins were terrifying. Even theatre bouncers avoided confrontations with the dreaded Teds. During the Rolling Stones’ performance, an adoring audience pelted the stage with their usual tokens of affection — teddy bears, cushions, Kiora bottles, and autograph books — while the Teds threw somewhat more dangerous messages. I stood in the orchestra pit, trying to take pictures with cumbersome equipment while dodging these gifts that were landing on or around me. A six-inch spanner whizzed past my head with a terrifying concussion of air and pinged off one of the metal footlight covers.
Seconds later, a high-heeled shoe whirled like a boomerang past my left ear on an upward trajectory, heading straight for Jagger’s head. Mick ducked, narrowly avoiding being hit smack in the face by the shoe. But one of those filed-down coins hit him above the right eye. Immediately blood flowed down his face, onto his shirt and trousers. Jagger pulled out a crisply folded linen handkerchief, held it over his eye and carried on his performance.
After their set, the cut above Mick’s eye received three stitches from one of the St. John’s ambulance nurses who were usually backstage to revive fainting fans and treat minor injuries.
I phoned the office to tell the Chief Sub Editor about the coin incident and could have predicted his response. “Did you get a picture of Jagger bleeding?”
Back at the paper, I found a note pinned to the darkroom door. “Phone the editor (Harold Evans) as soon as you get in.” Harry came down to the darkroom asking, “Can you pull it up and make it bigger so we can see more blood? Can you make it darker?” As soon as the first edition came off the press, I hurried to catch up with the Stones at the Scotch Corner Hotel a few miles outside of Darlington.
As with The Beatles, the boys were in the bar having a lager. Even though they were suffering from flu, shattered after two performances and were dealing with Mick’s throbbing eye, they seemed glad to see me and were amazed at how quickly the paper was printed. I was thrilled to show my photograph of bleeding Mick made front page with a terrific headline, “Blood From A Stone.” I didn’t know it at the time, but some 40 years later, I realize that brilliant piece of journalism from Sir Harold Evans was the best headline for one of my photographs in my entire career.
The Stones thanked me for the photographs and copies of the newspaper, and then excused themselves and went up to their rooms. The next morning one of their roadies called to say the boys had been chucked out of the hotel and wanted me to do a story for them.
My immediate thought was a noisy party, girls in the room, or loud music. In those days, drugs never entered into my mind. I arranged to meet the boys at a greasy spoon transport café on the A1 road where, after their horrible night, they didn’t look out of place with the real roadies.
Over breakfast the story unfolded. After they left me in the bar at the Scotch Corner Hotel, they went up to their rooms to order room service. While the night porter was setting up the cart in the room occupied by Jagger and Richards, Mick was talking on the phone to Paul McCartney. Mick asked the porter to borrow his pencil and proceeded to write his number on the wall adjacent to the nightstand. The porter reported the incident to the hotel’s night manager, and the group was summarily asked to leave. Keith tried to compromise by asking for a rubber eraser, but the manager asked them to finish their meal, pay up and get out. At 2 a.m., they found a bed-and-breakfast in Richmond where the sleepy proprietors had no idea who they were welcoming at that ungodly hour.
I reminded them they could afford to buy the Scotch Corner hotel and sack the pompous manager. With a full English breakfast and gallons of tea under their belts, they were ready to see the humorous side of the whole episode.
As they were leaving, I shook Mick’s hand. “Well at least you don’t have to worry about keeping that promise to your dad. You lads are Top of the Pops now.” Mick said, “Yeah but I still feel guilty for accepting that grant and not graduating.”
Two days later the spanner, high-heeled shoe and sharpened coin seemed inconsequential when a fan was stopped at the door trying to carry a double-barrelled shotgun into the theatre where the Rolling Stones were performing in Liverpool.
To Paul Spendel -- Shep, 09:38:01 05/19/09 Tue
Hey Paul,
Been following your posts for over a year and you got some interesting items. But a few things puzzle me so I hope you're gonna level with us buddy.
Feb 2008: you told us Tom Keylock had died but it turned out he wasn't and you were gone.
Summer 2008: you were going to publish a book under the name David Brandstone but when Helen turned up the heat you were gone again.
Two message boards you were embarrassed to show face on again.
October 2008: British journalist Scott Jones ran the Janet Lawson exclusive and this is where it got kinda weird. You were blowing your trumpet about tracking Lawson but there is no mention of you, it looks to me like the journo guy got to her first. He must have made a few bucks for himself too.
December 2008: After spilling your guts with the details of the BJ case you said you went to UK police with your case notes and they said there was nothing doing, they were'nt going to re-open it.
Spring 2009: you put a link to Sussex police on and it appears the case ain't dead but under review.So what's it all about man, running us up the wrong pole with all these bullshit rumors ? Just like reading Giuliano and Rawlings again. Like I say, it's one thing to spill your guts to a captive audience, it's another thing to lay it out straight.
Brian as the Archbishop of Canterbury -- Deb, 09:15:52 03/22/09 Sun
Stan Blackbourne: Brian came in one day dressed like the Archbishop of Canterbury; he'd obviously had a good bit of his stuff. Shirley Arnold, their fan club secretary, was shocked to see him come in like this. I said 'Good afternoon, your grace!' Brian said 'Oh, you recognized me then, how beautiful, isn't it marvellous!' He'd been to Bermans, the film and theatre costume people in Leicester Square. He said, 'Stan, I want to thank you for all you've done for me. I want to take you out to tea; I won't take no for an answer. We can walk to that nice place nearby. I've told the chauffeur not to bother waiting, that we'd be back in awhile.' Andrew later told me that Brian was 'emotionally loaded.' At the time I did not know what he meant. I told Brian that he could not walk down the street dressed as the Archbishop of Canterbury and I persuaded him to get in the car. We got to the tea-room and they just could not believe it; the waiters recognized him immediately. We had a nice long chat about things. He was okay and receptive, he's calmed own, his stuff had levelled off and we had a normal chat.
Brian Jones Movie News -- Helen, 17:07:23 06/14/04 Mon
Stephen Woolley directing The Wild and Wycked World of Brian Jones
Tuesday, May 18th, 2004
Source: Variety
The Wild and Wycked World of Brian Jones: According to Variety, After a decade in development, The Wild and Wycked World of Brian Jones is finally ready to rock 'n' roll, with producer Stephen Woolley making his directorial debut.
Tom Hardy (Star Trek: Nemesis, Black Hawk Down) is in talks to star as debauched '60s rock icon Brian Jones, the charismatic guitarist who founded the Rolling Stones but was fired in 1969 and found dead at the bottom of his swimming pool a few weeks later.
The official verdict was accidental death. But the screenplay, by "James Bond" scripters Neal Purvis and Rob Wade, claims Jones was killed by Frank Thoroughgood, the builder who was working on his house.
That thesis has been put forward in several books, notably "Who Killed Christopher Robin?" by Terry Rawlings and "The Murder of Brian Jones" by his girlfriend Anna Wohlin, who was in the house when Jones died. Thoroughgood reportedly confessed years later, on his deathbed.
As well as optioning all the available literature, Woolley has conducted extensive research into the case. He hired private detectives to track down Thoroughgood's girlfriend Janet Lawson, who was the only other person present on the fateful night but disappeared after the inquest.
The film is set in the final few weeks of Jones' life, focusing on his intense and deteriorating relationship with Thoroughgood, flashing back to his childhood and the early days of the Stones.
The $10 million project will start shooting in September.
The Bust Revisited -- Deb, 19:38:03 03/28/09 Sat
It looks like Brian's bust is still sitting in the Beachwood Shopping Center. I know Brian liked to shop, but what in the world would he think of this? I didn't get to see the bust while I was in Cheltenham. I could be mistaken but I think the original bust with the yellow hair is on display at the Pittville Pump Room. I didn't make it there either!
Soap & Deodorant for Stones! -- Deb, 17:41:34 03/31/09 Tue
Musician Richie Green was in a band called Bocky and the Visions. The Visions opened for the Rolling Stones at Cleveland Public Hall, November 3, 1964:
"We opened for the Rolling Stones first time they were here in town, 1964. I'm a kid just out of high school opening for the Rolling Stones. It kind of came pretty quick. We didn't meet the Rolling Stones, they weren't real friendly. They had a separate dressing room and didn't want to fraternize, which was kind of disappointing. We were their throwaway warm-up band, which was great for us. But there were other people who we opened for who were just super to us, like the Young Rascals, Lonnie Mack. This was the beginning of the British Invasion. The most notable thing I remember about that concert is that people were throwing soap and deodorant at the Rolling Stones. I guess they had some strange reputation. It was packed. They were immediately popular."
From "Cleveland Rock & Roll Memories" by Carlo Wolff.
Andrew Loog Oldham Radio Show on Sirius Satellite Radio -- Rob Weingartner, 05:03:10 03/24/09 Tue
Just to let everyone know that Andrew Oldham has his own radio show on Sirius radio. He's on Steve Van Zant's Underground Garage channel.
Apparently someone gave him a copy of the DVD about the Stones 1965 tour of Malmo, Sweden. He was talking about that tour and DVD. It was interesting.
Carol Sloan on Bob Bonis, Brian and the Stones -- Deb, 20:03:10 03/23/09 Mon
"He [Brian] was depressed the entire time. He was usually off in a corner weeping. There were a couple of nights when he couldn't even get on stage. He was so troubled."
Brian's Home Now a Curry House? -- Deb, 15:19:20 03/07/09 Sat
Brian had a flat on Bath Road, but in this description Hassan's Restaurant was once his childhood home:
"One of Cheltenham's big secrets is its rash of Indian restaurants -- apparently a legacy of the officers who retired here from the Raj. Hassan's Restaurant (0044 1242 226229; hassansrestaurant.co.uk) has been well-reviewed for its fresh ingredients, friendly service and draft Kingfisher beer. It's also located in the house where Bryan Jones, of the original Rolling Stones, grew up on Bath Road. Spice Lodge (0044 1242 226300; spicelodge.com) does pan-Asian cuisine in a Regency villa on Montpellier Drive."
Brian's Rolls Royce -- Brent, 19:32:34 02/01/09 Sun
Does anyone have any info on Brians Rolls Royce he used to have, I read he had purchased it from George Harrison. I think it was a 1965 Silver Cloud, I am wondering if it is still around, I would like to see a picture of it.
"Brian" in aTribute Band -- Deb, 18:41:42 03/11/09 Wed
"Brian" wearing a blonde wig and a flag shirt in what appears to be a Japanese Stones tribute band:
NME Summer Special, 1966 -- Deb, 17:21:35 03/10/09 Tue
Brian talks about his hair in an article by Keith Altham:
"Simply because we chose to do something different and wear our hair long they had to make up these ridiculous stories about our hygiene," says Brian Jones. "Any girl will tell you that once you grow your hair long it's necessary to keep it washed far more regularly because it gets dirtier quicker!"
Brian in the USA 68-69 -- twink, 09:45:08 05/12/08 Mon
Hi Rob,
Since it's a recent topic of discussion on LARS I'm wondering if you happen to have any imformation you couls share about Brian's trips abroad to the USA after his appearances for the Satanic Majesties photo shoot and Monterey. There's been speculation that he had visited a NYC lawyer in the spring of '69 but nothing ever substantiated. Gerry from the LARS forum has recently re-posted her recollections of meeting him that spring when he came into the midtown shop she worked at to order some textiles. I've checked a lot of the books but only Terry Rawling's brings up this lawyer theory. Gloria Shepherd's fantasy of course has Brian traveling in disguise with a moustache for this journey! Do you know if Tom Keylock ever talked about Brian's US trips in 68-69?
Death of Brian msg board -- Miss U., 14:11:15 07/20/06 Thu
Hey Rob, been awhile. Just wanted to let you know after a 2 yr hiatus the BJ message board is back up and running under a new name, in support of BJFC. Hope to see you.
Hopefully there will be more reputable Brian/Stones consultants involved in this program! Given that Brian is sharing airtime with Bigfoot and Reese's Pieces one cannot help but to have reservations about this!
Song Mentioning Brian Jones -- Michae, 11:19:35 06/09/08 Mon
About seven years ago I was in a coffeeshop in Amsterdam, and I heard a song (sort of vaguely dance/pop in the vain of Blondie) that namechecked Brian, but I can't for the life of me find it. The hook goes something like "I want to take you swimming/Just like Brian Jones/Because you're special/Just like everyone else." If anyone knows this song, I'd be so grateful if you'd clue me in. Thanks!
New Message Board Photo -- Robert Weingartner, 17:03:03 04/23/03 Wed
Once a week I will post a new photo of Brian/Stones at the top of the message board for the fans. I have a lot of interesting photos in my collection and would like to share them with you.
This photo aabove was taken in January 1965 at the Chevron Hilton Hotel in Australia, where the Stones were on tour. The girl in the photo is 16-year-old Rhonda McGrath, from the Rolling Stones Fan Club.
Curious to know -- BK, 21:10:26 05/14/08 Wed
Is Jon still here and if so, did he ever get his book written? That would be one Brian book worth reading, I would think.
RARE BRIAN JONES INTERVIEW -- Rob Weingartner, 13:43:03 05/19/08 Mon
Hi everyone! I have a pleasant surprise for everyone on the board. I’ve just recently purchased on old magazine on eBay known as The Beat. Actually, The BEAT was a weekly music paper (also known as KYA Beat) that was published in California in the 1960s. Well, this is the July 15, 1967 issue of the magazine that was dedicated entirely to the Monterey Pop Festival, which was held the month before. Brian attended the Festival to introduce Jimi Hendrix and while he was there one of the writers for The BEAT interviewed him. I would like to share this interview with all the posters of the message board. Enjoy.
BEAT: Can you comment about what’s happening this weekend in Monterey?
BRIAN: Very groovy scene. We’ve been very busy recording. I just came away for a few days and it’s so nice to get on someone else’s scene. It’s a very beautiful scene happening here.
BEAT: A lot of people have been sort of critical of this kind of happening in this country. The uptight people.
BRIAN: They’re frightened of trouble but I don’t expect any trouble, do you? It has been wonderful. I have been walking freely amongst everybody. Yesterday I was walking through and joining rings of kids and fans. You know I’ve never had a chance to do that much before. People are very nice here. I like it.
BEAT: Would you like to see this kind of thing happen all through the world?
BRIAN: We have had one in London and there are going to be more. But of course it should happen. I think it’s wonderful. The new generations expressing itself. This is one way of expressing itself.
BEAT: Do you like what’s happening with the new generation?
BRIAN: Yes, very much. There’s lots of hassles but things always have to get worse before they can get better. There are mistakes on both sides.
BEAT: What about the Stones – what’s happening with them?
BRIAN: We record practically all the time as the Beatles do. We just got about a week off so I came over here with Andrew (Andrew Oldham, Stones manager). The others have sort of split to various places, I think, I’m not quite sure. But nobody seemed to get it together to come over here. I wish they had ‘cause they have missed a very nice scene.
BEAT: What do you think about the Beatles new album?
BRIAN: It’s great. It’s too much. It’s really good. I did a Beatles’ session the other night, actually. On soprano saxophone, of all things. I’ve taken up playing reeds again. I used to play reed instruments. I bought a soprano saxophone the other day and ever since I have been doing sessions on it. There are soprano saxophones on the Stones’ records, future Beatle records. You know, it’s a funny thing – you get hold of something and put it on everyone’s records. It’s great. There’s a very nice recording scene going on right now in London.
BEAT: There have been rumors that the Stones and Beatles are going to record together. Could you comment on that?
BRIAN: It would be at a certain stage. It would be a very nice thing. We are getting very close as far as work is concerned. Whether actually we could – well we could work something out together. From one point of view it might not be a very good thing because our direction is slightly different from theirs. Lack of distinction because of the joining up of the two might be lost. That’s the only thing that could spoil it, I think. There will certainly be schemes. We spend an awful lot of time with each other now. We’ve got a lot of mutual ideas.
BEAT: It certainly would be wild from the standpoint of a combination of sounds. It would seem to me that you would come up with something really unique.
BRIAN: It’s happening already. As I said, I did this Beatle session – mixed on a Beatle session, various things. Paul’s done a couple of ours. You know, it’s already happening.
BEAT: It’s taking that direction, anyway.
BRIAN: Yeah, and that’s not a bad direction.
BEAT: We’re glad to have you in Monterey.
BRIAN: It’s nice to let people know we’re still functioning. Still around – still on the scene – still doing all we can.
BEAT: How long are you going to be over here, Brian?
BRIAN: I’m just going to be here for a very few days. Just a little break from recording and everything.
BEAT: Are there any immediate plans for coming back over after the court stuff is cleared up?
BRIAN: No, not at the moment but everything’s going to be all right. The big job at hand is to get the L.P. done and we’re spending an awful lot of time on it this time. It’s going to be more of a production. We’ve really put some thought into it because people are still liking our albums so we’re trying to really give them something that will take them on a stage further. And, so that they will take us on a stage further. We feel at the moment that our important work is to be done in the studio rather than in baseball halls and stadiums around the country. You see, once you’ve been around the country once or twice people have seen you and it’s a question of what’s to be gained by going around again. But, there’s a lot to be gained by letting them share our progressions because we are progressing musically very fast.
BEAT: You’re in a position to please yourselves more now, aren’t you?
BRIAN: Well to a certain extent that’s always been true. But we can’t really please ourselves. We have too large a public who depend on us to be able to please ourselves.
BEAT: That’s the best costume I’ve seen at the Festival. It’s beautiful – a work of art.
BRIAN: Well, it’s Old English and European stuff.
BEAT: Did you fly here?
BRIAN: Yes, I flew in the other night. I came by New York and Los Angeles. I spent about one hour in New York and five minutes in Los Angeles. Then I was flown straight out here on a jet. The Mamas and Papas, I think, own it or rent it or something.
BEAT: Any schedule after the Festival?
BRIAN: I’ve got a few things to take care of at home so I might be leaving as soon as the festival is over. On the other hand, I might just take in Los Angeles and New York on the way back and look up a few old friends. It’s nice to come over here. I’m glad I came.
BEAT: There’s a Love-in scheduled for Los Angeles soon. Have you heard about this?
BRIAN: It’s such a different scene over here from back home. You have more of a problem or at least it’s more acute over here then we do.
BEAT: Which problem is that?
BRIAN: The whole problem of social change which is going on around the Western world right now. It’s going on in the Eastern world too, but in a different way. We won’t talk about that.
BEAT: Do you think the Pop Festival would look like this or have an atmosphere like this if it had been held on London rather than in California?
BRIAN: Yeah. We’ve had a similar affair in London and there are going to be more. I would like to see these affairs become a regular part of young community life because I think these people here – from what I’ve seen so far – are acting as a community. They have the community spirit, the community feeling. I haven’t seen any signs of any trouble or enmity. It’s very nice. People are showing each other around and it’s very beautiful. I’m glad I came. I’ll have lots of nice things to say when I get back home.
Brian Jones 40th Anniversary Festival in Joujouka -- Lisa, 22:09:50 05/22/08 Thu
Stumbled across this and, my perpetual cynicism about making money off of Brian Jones aside, thought this was a nice gesture in Brian's honor...
A once-in-a-lifetime chance to experience a day and night in Joujouka as guests of the Master Musicians of Jououka and their families on 29th July 2008.
The story
On 29th July 1968 Brian Jones came to Joujouka with Brion Gysin, Mohamed Hamri and engineer George Chkiantz to record an album with the Master Musicians of Joujouka.
The resulting LP was the first release on Rolling Stones Records in 1971 “Brian Jones presents the Pipes of Pan at Joujouka”.
To mark the 40th anniversary of this historic recording, the Master Musicians of Joujouka are staging a celebratory festival on 28th July 2008. The musicians will perform the Sufi healing music of Joujouka and, after dinner, the night will be filled with a full performance of the musicians’ Boujeloud Rite, which is likened to the ancient Rites of Pan.
Joujouka is a farming community with strong Sufi traditions, located in the Ahl Srif Mountains some 80 km south of Chefchaouen and 20km from Ksar El Kebir. It is a halal village; therefore, both presence and consumption of alcohol is strictly forbidden.
Food and board
Accommodation will be provided in traditional Joujouka houses with the musicians’ families. This is a unique opportunity to experience a festival in the village and Joujouka life.
Full board will be provided: lunch on arrival on the 28th, a celebratory meal in the evening, and breakfast on the morning of the 29th. All the dishes will be prepared by the villagers and will be traditional Moroccan fare for a celebratory feast.
The people of Joujouka are renowned for their music and their cooking.
Places are limited
This once-in-a-lifetime experience is available to a strictly limited 50 places. This is due to accommodation limitations in the village, which is 20km from the nearest urban centre.
Travel arrangements
Ticket holders must make their own way to Ksar El Kebir.
Ticket holders will be transported from Ksar El Kebir’s main train station (“Mouley Mehdi”) at a designated time on the morning of 29th. Return transport to Ksar El Kebir will be provided on 30th to meet connecting trains.
Grand taxis, and buses also serve Ksar El Kebir.
The price for this unique experience is €250 per person.
Marianne Faithfull re-Remembers Ruby Tuesday! -- twink (dying all the time), 14:48:44 05/19/08 Mon
This is from her second memoir "Memories, Dreams & Reflections" which I got in the mail today....it's a retelling of her earlier 'Faithfull' version of how 'Ruby Tuesday' was in essense taken from Brian's creativity and credited to Mick (and Keith)...:
"I think in Brian's state writing a song probably wasn't possible. He could only do it through another medium, through Keith. I guess the closest he came to it was 'Ruby Tuesday', where his melancholy recorder wistfully carries that sense of irretrievable loss. 'Ruby Tuesday' was a collaboration between Keith and Brian. it's one of the few cases where Mick had nothing to do with a Stones song, neither with the lyrics nor the melody - but he and Keith got the writing credit. Without Brian, there wouldn't be a 'Ruby Tuesday'.
NOEL REDDING RIP -- Robert Weingartner, 13:50:46 05/15/03 Thu
Tell let everyone know that one of Brian's old friends, Noel Redding, who played bass with Jimi Hendrix in the Sixties passed away at 57. Noel rose to fame in the 1960s as a member of the Jimi Hendrix Experience who recorded such famous songs as "Purple Haze," "Foxey Lady," "Crosstown Traffic," and "Hey Joe." The only surviving member of the group is drummer Mitch Mitchell.
I had the pleasure of meeting Noel twice in 1994. He played at the memorial concert in Cheltenham for the 25th Anniversary of Brian's death. I had dinner with Noel and his fiance, and afterwards we smoked together. Noel was a nice guy and great musician. Now, Noel is back with Jimi. I hope there jammin'.
Back Street Girl -- John, 08:38:57 05/04/08 Sun
Hey Rob! I just found your board on the internet. I saw another one on the internet as well. There is some debate as to who played the acordion on Back Street Girl....was it Brian or a hired hand? What do you think? I love the song.
Who is Brian now? -- Peter Doolan, 01:48:40 05/29/07 Tue
I was born on the same day Jones died. I remember when I was a child the police in Queensland showed me a letter one of my ancestors had written to Jones. It was a copy of a letter written by William MacPherson who was a well known thespian and puppeteer. In it he wrote about the impending murder and mentioned there was a connection between the labourers and freemasonry. If anyone would like to know everything about Jones I am the best one to talk to. cultofkronos.greatnow.com
New evidence in Death of Brian Jones -- Helen, 17:58:57 08/28/05 Sun
Was The Rolling Stones' Brian Jones Murdered?!
by Daniel Melia on 8/17/2005
An employee of former Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones has made the claim that he was murdered and it was not an accidental death as the courts found.
Australian website Undercover.com suggests that the unnamed man claims there is evidence that Jones was murdered and that his body was then taken to a funeral parlour in East Grinstead and embalmed.
He also says that Jones’ hair was then bleached and his body moved to another funeral parlour. Jones drowned in his swimming pool on July 3, 1969.
It is expected that an enquiry will find that he was held underwater by a man working at his farmhouse who was attempting to scare him into paying a £8000 debt.- From Gigwise.com
Joining Brian Jones' Fan Club -- Stephanie Vandenbos, 01:06:50 04/01/07 Sun
Hi everyone,
I,ve been trying to join the Brian Jones Fan Club without much luck. Ive been e-mailing membership@BrianJonesFanClub and Editor@BrianJonesFanClub but no one has responded. I even called their telephone number listed on the website only to find out it is not in service. Can someone e-mail me with the info I need. I knew Brian was dead but only in the last 2 weeks did I hear about the possible foul play. I know I must have been in a fog but I got married on 6/15/69 and I gave up the Stones for my new husband. I used to be a fan club president for the Stones thru London Records in the sixties in New York where I am from. Please help me.
Thank you so very much,
Stephnie
BJ Investigation -- Deb, 19:51:03 01/13/07 Sat
Hi Rob, I've found your Brian message board and read some of your reviews on Stones related materials at Amazon. Since you know a lot about Brian I was wondering what you presently think about the investigation into his death. Do you still agree with the "death by misadventure" verdict?
Brian Jones' leads -- Karl Stout, 05:22:01 11/29/05 Tue
This is a list of songs Brian played a lead role in. I may be heavy on the harp. But I tried to pick the songs where I could distinctively hear Brian.
"As Tears Go By" guitar has to be someone Keith?
"The Last Time" (Keith plays the lead but Brian plays the hook riff.)
"No Expectations" (Brian plays lead slide.)
"Paint it Black" (sitar Tambora)
"I Wanna Be Your Man" (slide)
"I'm a King Bee" - lead slide guitar,
"Ruby Tuesday" - Recorder and piano (lead instruments),
"Lady Jane" – Dulcimer (lead instrument),
"Under My Thumb" - Marimbas(lead instrument)and
"2000 Light Years From Home" - Mellotron (lead instrument)...
"Gomper" too - where other than Keef's guitar - which is only heard in the first 2 minutes of the song, every other instrument is played by Brian.
"I Can't Be Satisfied"... slide guitar
"Stewed and Keefed" Keith starts it, Brian then takes the lead
"Good Times, Bad Times" guitar... harmonica as lead
"Don't Lie to Me"... solo
"2120 South Michigan Avenue" harmonica
"Empty Heart" harmonica, weaving with Keith
"Down on the Bottom" Sounds like Brian on slide, Keith must be playing the deep endings to the slide parts, never heard Brian play slide that deep sounding... plus harp
"Look What You've Done"... harp!
"Tell Me Baby" ...if there is a lead it is Brian’s harp breaks, maybe not enough harp to make it a lead
"What a Shame"... Slide solo
"Fanny Mae"... heavy on the harp
"The Under-Assistant West Coast Promotion Man"... does this count?
"Down Home Girl" lead guitar
"Little Red Rooster" slide guitar
"Everybody Needs Someone to Love"
"I Am Waiting" – Dulcimer (lead instrument),
"Mona" - only guitar in the song, and a great one!,
"You Better Move On" - Acoustic Guitar, Keef does play the electric guitar in this song, but only a few riffs here and there, as Brian's acoustic is played throughout.
"Look What You've Done" ....harp
"I'm Moving On" slide guitar
"Get Off My Cloud" guitar
"Not Fade Away" Harp
"Mother's Little Helper" (sitar)
"Under My Thumb" marimbas
"Don't You Bother Me" slide guitar
"High and Dry" harp
"Think" is that Keith playing that deep sound? Brian on short solo?
"Out of Time" marimbas
"My Girl" a variety of stringed and winded instruments
"Please Go Home" very close to lead
"Mother's Little Helper" Vox Mando Guitar,
"Ride On Baby? harpsichord, koto?
"Sittin’ on a Fence" guitar, harpsichord?
"Empty Heart" harp low in mix
"Good Times, Bad Times" harp
"2120 Michigan Avenue harp
"Grown up All Wrong" slide guitar
"Not Fade Away" harp
"I Just Wanna Make Love to You" harp solo
"Tell Me" guitar solo
"The Last Time" short lead
"Cry to Me" guitar
"Spider and the Fly" Keith and Brian? weaving?
"One More Time" harp solo
"Talkin’ About You" short lead guitar break
"Look What You've Done" harp
"I'm Moving On" slide guitar and harp live
"Everybody Needs Somebody to Love" short lead break
"You Can't Catch Me" lead guitar
"What a Shame" slide guitar
"Mona" strange sounding guitar.... Vox mando?
"Off the Hook" short lead breaks
"Pain in My heart" short lead break
"We Got a Good Thing Going" Lead to end song?
"Yesterday's Papers" marimbas
"Back Street Girl" French Accordion
"She Smiled Sweetly" organ
"Cool, Calm, and Collected" banjo, kazoo sitar
"Who's Been Sleeping Here" harp
"Miss Amanda Jones" guitar
"Something Happened to Me Yesterday" horns, kazoo
"Out of Time" marimbas?
"Come On" harp" I Want To Be Loved" harp
"Dear Doctor" harp
"Jigsaw Puzzle" slide guitar
"Prodigal Son" slide guitar
"Now I Got a Witness" Harp
"It's All Over Now" guitar solo
"Under the Boardwalk" interesting acoustic solo
"Going Home" strong background harp
"Stray Cat Blues" lead electric slide guitar
"Parachute Woman" lead slide guitar
Any comments? Did I miss any. Do I need to add more? I need some help on this. I want to make a complete Brian's lead list.
DATES AND THEATRES WHERE THE NEW BRIAN JONES MOVIE WILL BE PLAYING -- Robert Weingartner, 20:33:26 03/04/06 Sat
Listed below are the theatres and dates when the new Brian Jones biopic Stoned will be showing.
The movie will only be playing at Landmark Theatres across the country beginning on Friday, March 24th, when it opens in New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Berkley, California. The movie will then continue to other cities across the country until the end of April. Certain times and dates were not available on Landmark Theatres official web site, www.landmarktheatres.com, but if you keep checking back they will probably add the times. You can also find more information about the new movie on www.stonedthemovie.com, and you can view a 2:47 movie trailer.
March 24
Berkley, CA - Landmark Act One & Two (510) 464-5980
2128 Center Street, just east of Shattuck
New York City - Sunshine Cinema (212) 330-8182
143 East Houston Street on lower East Side
Chicago - Landmark Century (773) 509-4949
2828 North Clark Street at Diversey
Los Angeles - Landmark NuArt (310) 281-8223
11272 Santa Monica Blvd, just west of the 405 Freeway
March 31
San Diego - Landmark's Ken Cinema
Seattle - Landmark Varsity Theater (206) 781-5755
4329 University Way N.E.
April 7
Washington, D.C. - Landmark E. Street.
April 14
Minneapolis - Landmark Lagoon
Boston - Landmark Kendell Street
April 28
St. Louis - Landmark Tivoli
Atlanta - Landmark Midtown Art
other BJ sites -- Linda, 19:35:34 08/21/05 Sun
No Brian was NOT addicted to Heroin. He liked prescription pills
which were uppers and downers. He did use coke sometimes.
The movie might be coming out later this year.
For Brian Jones photo affacionados there are BJ groups with
plenty of photos and little text. Also E-Bay has some good BJ
memorabilia for low cost.
There is a 3 CD called More Stoned Than You'll Ever Be and it
has many, many songs that we know but whose versions were
Not released. The songs are from 1963-1974. Most are BJ songs
and/or ones he readily contributed to. The song about Andrew
Loog Oldham, Rice Crispie Jingle, and other silly songs never
released are also on these CD's. Check EBay and they may be
up for bid again. It is well worth the $30 spent.
Thanks for a fantastic site. Keep up the outstanding work!!
Obsessed with Brian Jones alsol -- Linda Zerr, 05:28:19 03/23/05 Wed
Hi! I just found this site, and it is wonderful to know so many other
Brian Jones fans. I am a teenager of the 1960's and remember
when the Rolling Stones first came out. I was 14. I have been
in love with Brian Jones ever since. I miss him beyond comprehension, and know he inspired many musicians and if it
wasn't for him there would be no Rolling Stones. I truly believe
Anna Wohlin last chapters in her book, about Brian being murdered by Frank Thorogood. Anthony Guiliano has a book out
explaining what happened to Brian and there is a copy of the
autopsy and a well known Medical Examiner's report explaining
what was found and what probably happened to Brian. I try to
focus on what Brian Jones was like during the period of time when
he was at Cotchford Farm, getting his life together, back on track.
Thank you all for supporting Brian Jones's memory, I hope to check back here soon and see what is current.
Rolling Stones TRUE STEREO Petition -- Rob Weingartner, 19:06:46 07/10/05 Sun
In 2002, Abkco Records released “The Rolling Stones Remastered Series” on a new format called SACD (Super Audio Compact Disc). When Abkco did this they released several songs for the first time in true stereo. Albums like 12 x 5 and The Rolling Stones, Now!, were done this way. Every song that appeared in stereo on these two albums were the only songs recorded in stereo. The other songs that are in mono were recorded that way. In other words, stereo versions of those songs simply don’t exist. My question is how come Abkco did this for 12x5 and The Rolling Stones, Now!, but not for Out Of Our Heads (US and UK), December’s Children (and everybody’s), Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass), Flowers, Through The Past, Darkly, Hot Rocks, and More Hot Rocks (Big Hits and Fazed Cookies)? The latter six albums have some songs in stereo and some they left in mono, but were recorded in stereo. Abkco states in their press release at the time that the true stereo mixes will replace the mono counterparts on (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction and Heart Of Stone. No they don’t. This version of Satisfaction is dreadful. It has no sound separation like a true stereo mix should have. You should hear different instruments come out of each speaker. It sounds slightly different than the original mono version but is still not the true stereo version they claim. And Heart Of Stone is in true stereo on every album except the UK Out Of Our Heads. Mother’s Little Helper is only in true stereo on the UK Aftermath, but is in mono on every other album. I have never seen a collection done like this before. Whenever a record label remasters a catalogue of a particular group, what they normally do is replace the mono version with the stereo version on every album in which that song appears. After all, that’s what Abkco did with Paint It Black, It’s All Over Now, and Time Is On My Side. Maybe there is a method to Abkco’s madness, but I can’t figure it out for the life of me.
This is where it gets mind boggling. Three other songs, Play With Fire, (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction, and Get Off Of My Cloud were released in true stereo on the German and Japanese Hot Rocks which came out on Compact Disc in 1985, so why wouldn’t Abkco include them on the “Remastered Series” from 2002? On the “Remastered Series” these three songs are nowhere near as clear as on these CD’s and do not have the sound separation like a true stereo version should. Also, in 1985 Abkco released a box set called “The Rolling Stones Original Master Recordings” which also included the true stereo version of Get Off Of My Cloud. Over the years there have been several bootlegs which have included the true stereo versions of these three songs, plus others. The sound quality is not all that great but at least you can hear them in stereo. Why would these songs appear on bootlegs of all places? I find this to be quite baffling.
I am asking for your help. I have started on Online petition for people to sign to encourage Abkco Records to release the songs listed below in true stereo. We need to let Abkco Records know there is a demand to release the true stereo versions of these songs. It has been over 40 years since these songs were released, but we have never heard them the way they were actually recorded - in TRUE STEREO. Over the years, other record labels have remastered records by other Sixties artists, and in doing so have completely expunged mono versions from their catalog and replaced them for true-stereo versions. Why doesn’t ABKCO Records do this with The Rolling Stones catalogue?
Listed below are the following songs the Rolling Stones recorded in true stereo that were not included on Abkco’s “Rolling Stones Remastered Series:”
The Last Time
Play With Fire
(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction (Abkco claims it’s in stereo)
Get Off Of My Cloud
As Tears Go By
Mercy Mercy
Hitch Hike
That’s How Strong My Love Is
I’m Free
The Singer Not The Song
She Said Yeah
Blue Turns To Grey
Gotta Get Away
The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man
Good Times
Cry To Me
The Spider And The Fly
One More Try
19th Nervous Breakdown
Sad Day
Long Long While
Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In The Shadow?
Who’s Driving Your Plane?.
Brian Jones Film Web Site -- Rob Weingartner, 19:21:22 05/22/05 Sun
This link below is for the website to Intandem Films, which is producing the new Brian Jones movie. If you would like to see still from the movie, visit the site.
Rolling Stones Singles 1968-1971 Box Set Vol. 3 -- Rob Weingartner, 16:35:10 02/24/05 Thu
Stones’ 45s Roll One More Time
ROLLING STONES SINGLES BOX, VOL. 3
SET FOR RELEASE MARCH 1
ABKCO Records has set March 1st as the date of release for the third and final volume in its series of limited edition boxed sets that chronicle the rise of the Rolling Stones as single chart hit makers beginning in the 1960s. The new set, The Rolling Stones Singles 1968-1971 follows the 2004 release of The Rolling Stones Singles Box 1963-1965 and The Rolling Stones Single Box 1965 – 1967, both of which were critically acclaimed. The new collection kicks off with “Jumpin’ Jack Flash,” recorded at London’s Olympic Studios in the spring of 1968. It was the single that marked a return to hard rocking form for the “world’s greatest rock ‘n roll band” that had earlier been experimenting with acoustic and psychedelic sounds. “Brown Sugar,” recorded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama in 1969 reflects a time in the band’s history when its southern (US) roots were explored and celebrated
The new set features a total of nine individual CDs and a bonus DVD that includes the original “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” promo film directed by Michael Lindsey-Hogg as well as the band’s 1964 performance of “Time Is On My Side” from the Ed Sullivan Show plus a live 1967 version of “Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In the Shadow?” and the 2003 video of the Neptunes’ remix of “Sympathy For The Devil.”
The Rolling Stones Singles 1968-1971 chronicles the transition in the band when, in 1969, Mick Taylor replaced original guitarist Brian Jones who met his demise shortly thereafter. The rest of the Stones’ seminal lineup: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts (plus compatriot Ian Stewart on keyboards) remained intact over the period chronicled in the set.
The discs in the series, for the most part, replicate the sequencing and packaging of the band’s original 45s, as released both in the US and UK. One of the highlights is “Memo From Turner,” heard in the 1970 feature film Performance starring Mick Jagger. The flip side, “Natural Magic,” a Ry Cooder instrumental from the film is coupled with that track on one disc.
One of the CDs in the set is devoted entirely to “Sympathy ForThe Devil” including the original 1968 version that was finally released as a single (in the UK) in 1976. Three remixes completed in 2003, including versions by Fatboy Slim, Full Phatt Productions and the aforementioned Neptunes version are offered. The “Sympathy” disc is an enhanced CD that features Music Notes™ technology that offers the listener an opportunity to view and print the sheet music for the song. When viewed on a computer screen, the sheet music synchronizes with the original recording. The sleeve for this disc is a “3-D” lenticular rendering of the band’s famed tongue and lips logo.
As with “Sympathy..,” a number of other Stones tracks were released years after their creation, and The Rolling Stones Singles 1968-1971 finds a berth for all of these including the Stevie Wonder-penned “I Don’t Know Why.” That track was recorded in 1969 and released in 1975, the year that also saw the release of 1964’s “Try A Little Harder,” which is also included.
Each of the nine discs is individually packaged in a picture sleeve utilizing original artwork that approximates the look and feel of the original single releases while the actual discs strongly resemble the black vinyl of the original singles. The Rolling Stones Singles 1963 -1965 and The Rolling Stones Singles 1965 -1967 were recipients of the Step (Magazine) Design Award, acknowledgment of the top graphic designs of 2003 and 2004. The third volume in the series carries on that tradition of design excellence and innovation.
A 28-page booklet, packed with rare photos and extensive annotation is part of the collection as is an exclusive original essay by Rolling Stones authority Nigel Williamson. It provides a highly detailed historical narrative that puts the classic material of The Rolling Stones Singles 1968-1971 in perspective, offering facts and insight into the recording efforts of the group during a period of great upheaval and creativity.
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The Rolling Stones Singles 1968 – 1971
CD ONE
JUMPIN’ JACK FLASH
March/May 1968 Olympic Studios, London
Released May 1968 (US and UK)
Produced by Jimmy Miller
CHILD OF THE MOON (rmk)
March/May 1968 Olympic Studios, London
Released May 1968 (US and UK)
Produced by Jimmy Miller
CD TWO
STREET FIGHTING MAN
March/May 1968 Olympic Studios, London
Released August 1968 (US), July 1970 and June 1971 (UK)
Produced by Jimmy Miller
NO EXPECTATIONS
March/May 1968 Olympic Studios, London
Released August 1968 (US)
Produced by Jimmy Miller
SURPRISE SURPRISE
November 1964 Chess Studios, Chicago
Released July 1970 and June 1971 (UK)
Produced by Andrew Loog Oldham
EVERYBODY NEEDS SOMEBODY TO LOVE
November 1964 RCA Studios, Hollywood
Released June 1971 (UK)
Produced by Andrew Loog Oldham
CD THREE
HONKY TONK WOMEN
May 1969 Olympic Studios, London
Released June 1969 (US) and July 1969 (UK)
Produced by Jimmy Miller
YOU CAN’T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT
March/June 1968 Olympic Studios, London
Released June 1969 (US) and July 1969 (UK)
Produced by Jimmy Miller
CD FOUR
MEMO FROM TURNER
March 1968 Olympic Studios, London
Released November 1970 (UK)
Produced by Jack Nitzsche
NATURAL MAGIC (RY COODER INST. FROM THE FILM ‘PERFORMANCE’)
Record Date:
Release Date: November 1970 (UK)
Produced & arranged By: Jack Nitzsche
CD FIVE
BROWN SUGAR
December 1969 Muscle Shoals Studios, Alabama and 1970 Olympic Studios, London
Released April 1971 (UK) and May 1971 (US)
Produced by Jimmy Miller
BITCH
March to October 1970 Stargroves, Berkshire and Olympic Studios, London
Released April 1971 (UK) and May 1971 (US)
Produced by Jimmy Miller
CD SIX
WILD HORSES
December 1969 Muscle Shoals Studios, Alabama and 1970 Olympic Studios, London
Released June 1971 (US)
Produced by Jimmy Miller
SWAY
March to November 1970 Stargroves, Berkshire and Olympic Studios, London
Released June 1971 (US)
Produced by Jimmy Miller
CD SEVEN
I DON’T KNOW WHY (aka DON’T KNOW WHY I LOVE YOU)
July 1969 Olympic Studios, London
Released May 1975 (US)
Produced by Jimmy Miller
TRY A LITTLE HARDER
June 1964 Decca Studios, London
Released May 1975 (US)
Produced by Andrew Loog Oldham
CD EIGHT
OUT OF TIME
June 1966 Pye Studios, London
Released August 1975 (US) and September 1975 (UK)
Produced by Andrew Loog Oldham
JIVING SISTER FANNY
July 1969 Olympic Studios, London
Released August 1975 (US) and September 1975 (UK)
Produced by Jimmy Miller
CD NINE
SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL (ORIGINAL RECORDING)
March/June 1968 Olympic Studios, London
Released April 1976 (UK)
Produced by Jimmy Miller
SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL (THE NEPTUNES REMIX)
Remixed and re-edited by The Neptunes
March – June 2003
Released September 2003 (US & UK)
SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL (FATBOY SLIM REMIX)
Remixed and re-edited by Fatboy Slim
March – May 2003
Released September 2003 (US & UK)
SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL (FULL PHATT REMIX)
Remix and additional production by Matt Ward & Dean Gillard
for Full Phatt Productions in 2003
Released September 2003 (US & UK)
BONUS DVD
TIME IS ON MY SIDE (LIVE ON THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW)
Filmed: 1964
HAVE YOU SEEN YOUR MOTHER, BABY, STANDING IN THE SHADOW? (LIVE)
Filmed: 1967
JUMPIN’ JACK FLASH (PROMO)
Director: Michael Lindsey-Hogg
Filmed: 1968
SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL (NEPTUNES REMIX VIDEO)
Director—Alex De Rakoff
Filmed: 2003
Tv programme -- Jeff Leahy, 08:02:04 02/24/05 Thu
Hello Brian Fans
I am currently working on a new TV programme about Brian Jones. I have been trying to track down one of Brian Jones Original Guitars for film purposes but the only one I can find is the Tear Drop at the Hard Rock Cafe in Orlando. Does anyone know if any of his original guitars are currently in the UK. If so a contact would be useful.
hey -- Ray Manzarek, 11:13:50 02/23/05 Wed
im pissed because i cant find out if he played the koto on "ride on, baby" or not....& why is everyone so into Brian??? i'm really really really really really obsessed w/ him, but, i'm only 14, yet im obsessed w/ Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones..i thought i was alone, which would have been cool, but like, now, i read every one saying "Brian rules!" to me, that sux....
how did brian die -- meg, 16:26:15 12/08/04 Wed
i am doing a report for school and i need to know what drugs brian was taking when he died. I cant find anything except that he was found in his swimming pool. please give me any info that you have thanks.
Uncut Magazine - new murder revelations -- Helen Hall, 08:13:39 02/14/05 Mon
Hello, Rob
I just finished reading Uncut magazine's Feb 2005 "Stones Scandal" issue. As I was reading it, I kept thinking 'Sounds like the fan club wrote this', and low and behold, when I checked the credits, Trevor Hobley was credited for "Additional reporting"! I get the impression they don't believe what Anna Wohlin told the police, but do believe Nicholas and others were there that night.
rolling stones promo videos from the 60's -- ritchie, 15:02:43 02/20/05 Sun
if there is anyone out there that has the promo fim clips to ruby tuesday, 19th nervous breakdown, child of the moon, 2000 light years from home and she's a rainbow from top of the pops, please let me know and i will trade some of the early stones stuff i have.
thank you kindly'
ritchie.
The Magic Stage Persona -- Donny Simmons, 20:06:54 09/17/04 Fri
Brian Was The One Who Made Me Take Notice ! !
I Think It Was The Ed Sullivan Show , After That ,
I Was Hooked ! ! ! All Propers To Mick, Keith,Charlie,&Bill
But It Was Brian With That GIBSON FIREBIRD That Caught My
Eye. Like WOW ! Thats Cooler Than McCartneys Bass .
That Cats Got Style ! ! ! Then I Realised He Is The Multi
Talent In The Band ! ! Thank You BRIAN . Your Life Is Not
Forgotten ! 1965 Rocked . 1969 I Felt The First Loss And I Was Only 14 Years Old ! I Hope You Found Your C.C.R. Type
Group In HEAVEN ! LoVe Donny Simmons ( Guitarist -Stormer .
Jajouka -- Miss U., 12:58:18 10/15/04 Fri
I need your insightful input for an article I will be writing. The upcoming issue of the Brian Jones Fanclub fanzine "Aftermath" will be dedicated to Jajouka.
Please post here your first name and:
1)What Jajouka music means to you
2)When/how you first heard it
3)What you like about the Pipes of Pan at Jajouka, and
4)Your opinion on Continental Drift and any other Jajouka recordings you have.
If preferred, you may email me: singingafterdark@yahoo.ca
If anyone would like to join the Brian Jones Fan Club:
Charlie Watts -- Jake Capel, 18:14:08 10/13/04 Wed
I'm new but did anybody read this weeks Sunday Mirror full page report about the state of Charlie's marriage? It was real awful what was written about how Shirley shunned him after his cancer scare and treatment. I was also disgusted, if true, how the Glimmer Twins treated and regarded Charlie with their tour amd recording plans, probably a bit like they how treated Brian - and later Bill???
Rolling Stones Rock And Roll Circus DVD Release -- Rob Weingartner, 15:53:44 09/06/04 Mon
STONES’ ‘CIRCUS’ FINALLY SET TO ROLL ON DVD
ABKCO Records will release the legendary Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus for the first time on DVD October 12th. Filmed before a live audience at Intertel VTR Services Limited, a North London TV studio in 1968, Rock and Roll Circus was originally conceived as a BBC TV special but it never aired. Rock and Roll Circus was directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg and centers on the original line up of the Rolling Stones – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts (with Nicky Hopkins and Rocky Dijon) who serve as both the show’s hosts and featured attraction. The “World’s Greatest Rock and Roll Band” is seen and heard performing six Stones classics-to-be: “Jumping Jack Flash,” “Parachute Woman,” “No Expectations,” “You Can’t Always Get What You Want,” “Sympathy For The Devil” and “Salt of The Earth.”
The program also includes full length musical performances by The Who, Jethro Tull, Taj Mahal, Marianne Faithful, Yoko Ono as well as The Dirty Mac, a group that was the first musical context in which John Lennon performed before an audience outside The Beatles. The Dirty Mac was Eric Clapton (lead guitar), The Rolling Stones’ own Keith Richards (bass) and Mitch Mitchell of the Jimi Hendrix Experience (drums) with Lennon on guitar and vocals. A mirthful conversation between Jagger and Lennon to introduce The Dirty Mac finds them referring to each other as “Winston” and “Michael” with Jagger affecting a convincingly flat American accent and Lennon referring to himself as “Winston Leg-Thigh.”
The main program, first issued on video in 1995, runs 65 minutes. ABKCO’s new DVD version includes numerous additional bonus elements with the main program now remixed in 5.1 surround sound. The source for the DVD is a new digital transfer from the original 16mm negatives.
Newly recorded audio commentaries by Jagger, Richards and Wyman as well as Ono, Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson, Faithfull, Mahal, Lindsay-Hogg and Anthony B. Richmond who was director of photography on Rock and Roll Circus are included. Additional commentary from journalist David Dalton who covered the original December 11-12, 1968 filming for Rolling Stone plus original audience member David Stark who was 13 years old at the time of the Rock and Roll Circus sessions. Heretofore unseen footage from the two marathon days and nights of shooting include a backstage encounter between Jagger, Lennon and Ono and a previously unseen alternate take four screen version (“quad split”) of Dirty Mac’s performance of the Beatles “Yer Blues” are among the many extra features. Three additional Taj Mahal songs from the original session plus a 2004 on-screen interview with The Who’s Pete Townshend are included. Footage of various circus performances, a still photo gallery and two classical performances by Julius Katchen are DVD extras as is the Fat Boy Slim remix of “Sympathy For The Devil.”
Michael Lindsay-Hogg is the pioneering music video director behind The Beatles’ Let It Be feature film and many of the Rolling Stones’ seminal video clips. During the course of his more than 40 year career, he has directed specials for Simon and Garfunkel, Neil Young, Paul Simon and The Who and was director of the “Brideshead Revisited” TV series. Tony Richmond is the veteran cinematographer whose feature film credits include “The Kids Are Alright,” featuring The Who; “The Man Who Fell To Earth,” starring David Bowie and Jean Luc Goddard’s “Sympathy For The Devil” that ABKCO released on DVD last year.
Rock and Roll Circus was produced for DVD by the same ABKCO team that produced the Grammy ® winning Sam Cooke: Legend. Suggested retail list price for The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus DVD is $19.98.
The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus (main program, performances)
1. Song For Jeffrey – Jethro Tull
2. A Quick One While He’s Away – The Who
3. Something Better – Marianne Faithfull
4. Ain’t That A Lot of Love – Taj Mahal
5. Yer Blues – The Dirty Mac
6. Whole Lotta Yoko – Yoko Ono & Ivry Gitlis with The Dirty Mac Band
7. Jumping Jack Flash – Rolling Stones
8. Parachute Woman – Rolling Stones
9. No Expectations – Rolling Stones
10. Sympathy For The Devil – Rolling Stones
11. Salt Of The Earth – Rolling Stones
DVD extras include
Checkin’ Up On My Baby – Taj Mahal
Corina – Taj Mahal
Leavin’ Trunk – Taj Mahal
Ritual Fire Dance – Julius Katchen
Sonata In C, First Movement – Julius Katchen
Yer Blues (alternate version) – The Dirty Mac
Backstage footage – Mick Jagger, John Lennon, Yoko Ono
Sympathy For The Devil – Fat Boy Slim Remix
Interview - Pete Townshend
Still photo gallery
Audio commentaries:
Mick Jagger
Ian Anderson
Taj Mahal
Yoko Ono
Bill Wyman
Keith Richards
Michael Lindsey-Hogg
Anthony B. Richmond
Marianne Faithful
David Stark
David Dalton
BRIAN JONES SOLO MUSIC -- JONMAN, 14:04:49 06/22/04 Tue
HI FANS,
LIKE YOU, I HAVE TRIED IN VAIN TO FIND ANY SEMBLANCE OF BRIAN JONES SOLO WORK ANYWHERE. THE OBVIOUS STONES BOOTLEGS WHICH HAVE NOW COME TO THE SURFACE ON PLACES LIKE EBAY WHICH I HAVE FOUND DO NOT REALLY QUALIFY ON BRIAN SOLO WORK, ONLY THE DREADED "DEGREE OF MURDER" BOOTLEG SOUNDTRACK DOES, BUT THE SOUND QUALITY IS 9 OUT OF 10 TIMES DREADFUL AND THE SONG ARE ALMOST UNLISTENABLE. DOES ANYBODY HAVE THOSE MASTERS AND IF SO, HOW DO I FIND A COPY. ALSO, IS THERE ANY OTHER BRIAN JONES NON-SOUNDTRACK, ACTUAL ROCK SONGS RELEASED ANYWHERE? THE GUY WAS A GENIUS, WHY DID HE LEAVE NOTHING BEHIND?
ROLLING STONES SINGLES, B-SIDES, EARLY RARITIES REVISITED IN SINGLES/EPS BOX SET -- Robert Weingartner, 15:15:27 04/06/04 Tue
ABKCO Records is set to release The Rolling Stones Singles 1963-1965, the first of three limited edition box sets that are a comprehensive chronological overview of the Rolling Stones’ early career as pop chart hitmakers. The set will be in store May 4th and features a total of twelve individual CDs beginning with the band’s very first studio effort in the spring of 1963, including all of their ensuing hits, b-sides and EPs released through mid-1965. Release dates for Volume 2 (The Rolling Stones Singles 1965-1967) and Volume 3 (The Rolling Stones Singles 1968-1971) will be released in the summer and fall of 2004, respectively.
Today, the Rolling Stones are thought of as one of the rock era’s quintessential album bands but their origin and earliest notoriety came at 45 revolutions per minute. It was their version of Chuck Berry’s “Come On” recorded at Olympic Studios in London in May of 1963 that launched them and began the process that made the Rolling Stones a household name as they have been for over forty years. The track is paired with its original b-side, Muddy Waters’ “I Want To Be Loved,” on one CD. That record, as were the majority of the content in The Rolling Stones Singles 1963-1965 was produced by Andrew Loog Oldham.
The discs in the series replicate the band’s groundbreaking singles and EPs. The first volume includes a number of rarities including their cover of Lennon and McCartney’s “I Wanna Be Your Man” that is, once again, coupled with the band’s shocking, yet mostly instrumental, theme entitled “Stoned” which was withdrawn from U.S. release on “moral” grounds. The song is credited to Nanker Phelge, the songwriting pseudonym for the entire band and Oldham. The set includes a total of 33 tracks ranging from their first U.K. #1, “It’s All Over Now,” written by Bobby and Shirley Womack to “Tell Me,” their first U.S. Top 40 hit and the first significant hit written by the Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, themselves. Also included are such Stones classics as “The Last Time,” “Heart of Stone” and “Time Is On My Side.”
The package marks the first release on CD of three Rolling Stones EPs that were only previously released on vinyl in the UK including The Rolling Stones EP, the band’s first. Five By Five features such key tracks as “If You Need Me,” “Confessin’ The Blues,” “Empty Heart,” “Around And Around” and the band’s homage to Chicago’s Chess Studios “2120 South Michigan Avenue.” All are released here in mono and were recorded at that very address in June, 1964 at the end of the band’s first U.S. tour. The Got Live If You Want It EP, recorded in March of 1965, includes versions of “Everybody Needs Somebody To Love” and “Pain In My Heart” never before released on CD.
Each of the twelve discs is individually packaged in a picture sleeve utilizing original artwork while the actual discs approximate the black vinyl look of the Stones’ original 45s. The set includes a 28 page booklet that is packed with rare photos and extensive annotation. Also included in the package is an exclusive original essay by Rolling Stones authority Nigel Williamson. It provides a highly detailed historical narrative that puts the classic material of The Rolling Stones Singles 1963-1965 in perspective, offering facts and insight into the earliest recording efforts of the group that would come to be known as “The World’s Greatest Rock ‘n Roll Band.”
NEW ROLLING STONES RELEASE -- Robert Weingartner, 11:55:12 03/26/04 Fri
ROLLING STONES Singles 1963-1965 [Volume One] (2004 UK limited edition CD box set featuring 33 classic tracks across 12 discs, featuring American, British & 'export' singles [with individual picture sleeves] from their revolutionary groundbreaking musical period, presented in stunning picture box complete with 28-page booklet with essay, rare photos and memorabilia plus three bonus collectors photo cards) ** a superb collection for connoisseur, collector and casual fan alike! . ** released UK Release Date: Monday 26 April 2004 **
US Release Date: May
Tracklisting: CD1:
1. Come On
2. I Want To Be Loved
CD2:
1. I Wanna Be Your Man
2. Stoned
CD3: [The Rolling Stones EP]
1. Bye Bye Johnny
2. Money
3. You Better Move On
4. Poison Ivy
CD4:
1. Not Fade Away
2. Little By Little
CD5:
1. It's All Over Now
2. Good Times, Bad Times
CD6: [Five x Five EP]
1. If You Need Me
2. Empty Heart
3. 2120 South Michigan Avenue
4. Confessin' The Blues
5. Around & Around
CD7:
1. Tell Me
2. I Just Want To Make Love To You
CD8:
1. Time Is On My Side
2. Congratulations
CD9:
1. Little Red Rooster
2. Off The Hook
CD10:
1. Heart Of Stone
2. What A Shame
CD11:
1. The Last Time
2. PLay With Fire
CD12: [Got Live If You Want It EP]
1. We Want The Stones
2. Everybody Needs Somebody To Love
3. Pain In My Heart
4. Route 66
5. I'm Moving On
6. I'm Alright
NEW BOOK REISSUE "WHO KILLED CHRISTOPHER ROBIN?: THE TRUTH BEHIND THE MURDER OF BRIAN JONES" -- Robert Weingartner, 09:04:46 02/13/04 Fri
For those of you who might be interested in knowing, Terry Rawlings 1994 biography about Brian Jones titled: "Who Killed Christopher Robin? The Truth Behind The Murder Of Brian Jones" is due for paperback release in the UK on April 10, 2004. The book can be ordered at Amazon.com.uk.
For those of you who have never read the book, it caused quite a stir in the British press at the time about an alleged deathbed confession by builder Frank Thorogood, which lead to a new inquiry into Brian's death. After interviewing several people regarding the deathbed confession the police found nothing to substantiate murder.
Below is a write up on the book on Amazon.com.uk website:
"In 1969, The Rolling Stones' founder Brian Jones was found dead in the swimming pool of his home, Cotchford Farm, AA Milne's old house. Through exhaustive research, Terry Rawlings has amassed evidence contradicting the official Accidental Death verdict and in this book, he names Jones' murderer. The first ever paperback edition of this out of print classic is timed to coincide with a Hollywood movie about Jones's life and death."
NEW BRIAN JONES BIOGRAPHY -- Robert Weingartner, 14:04:14 03/09/04 Tue
There is a new biography on Brian Jones titled: "Brian Jones" written by Alan Clayson. Alan Clayson has written biographies on all four members of The Beatles, and is now writing biographies on six of The Rolling Stones. His first book to start the Stones series is about Brian Jones.
You should be able to purchase the book through any major book store, or you can order it through Amazon.com
"Brian Jones as legend and icon is familiar to generations of rock fans, but the reality of his life and what he achieved has been less visible. Granted godlike status alongside giants like Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, and Janis Joplin, Jones was in fact much more than the Stones' ill-fated pretty boy. Set against the dramatic backdrop of the swingin' sixties, Alan Clayson's biography reveals an extremely talented musician and a surprisingly driven man whose creative energies propelled him to fame even as they prepared him for an early demise via drugs and drink. Clayson interviewed many of Jones's contemporaries and family members for this in-depth portrait that includes an assessment of his place in, and contributions to, the crucial early years of the Stones. The author also examines the enduring rumors that Jones was murdered by a bodyguard."
New Photo -- Rob Weingartner, 14:56:56 02/10/04 Tue
Unfortunately about a month ago a virus wiped out my computer. Now I am in the process of getting everything back to normal. One of the problems is that I had to get the new version of Windows called Windows XP. The software for my scanner is not compatible with Windows XP and I won't be able to put any new photos up for a while until I get a new scanner.
It would be appreciated if everyone can just bare with me for a while. Unfortunately I don't have the money right now, so it is going to take some time.
ABKCO REISSUES -- Robert Weingartner, 12:52:59 11/21/03 Fri
Classic Stones albums getting vinyl treatment
By Todd Martens
LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - ABKCO Records will on Nov. 25* release 11 Rolling Stones titles in vinyl, following reissues last year of the albums in hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format.
The ABKCO series will comprise the Stones' initial recordings from 1963 through the 1970 live set "Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!," as well as several compilations.
All albums will be released in "extremely limited" quantities, according to a spokesperson. They will be pressed in 180-gram virgin vinyl and struck from the same digital masters as the hybrid SACDs. The 10 single LPs will retail for $19.98, and the one double-LP, "Hot Rocks," will carry a list of $24.98.
Reuters/Billboard
*ABKCO Records told me the release date is pening on these releases.
AFTER-MATH -- Rob Weingartner, 14:16:54 11/03/03 Mon
I put a picture of the British Aftermath album at the top the message board. I actually scanned the cover of the SACD.
This is one of my favorite Rolling Stones albums. It was a landmark album for the band as it was the first Rolling Stones album to consist of all original material. The days of doing cover versions of other artist’s songs were over. With original hits over the last 15 months such as “Heart Of Stone,” “The Last Time,” “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction,” and “Get Off Of My Cloud,” Mick Jagger and Keith Richards had developed into a very strong songwriting team by this time. The album was recorded entirely at RCA Studios in Hollywood, the same studio where Elvis Presley had once recorded, during two separate sessions, one in December 1965 and the other in March 1966. Besides Mick and Keith's great songwriting, Brian Jones was beginning to show his versatility as a musician as he played several instruments: Indian Sitar on "Mothers Little Helper," marimbas (African xylophone) on "Under My Thumb," "Out Of Time," and mountain dulcimer on "Lady Jane," and "I Am Waiting," as well as harmonica "High And Dry," "Goin' Home," and guitar and keyboards. The album was immediately praised as one of their best albums and has remained a fan favorite from the Brian Jones era. The album charted at #1 in the UK and #2 on the US charts. The Aftermath sessions also produced the hit singles “19th Nervous Breakdown,” and “Paint It Black.”
MOJO MAGAZINE CELEBRATES THE ROLLING STONES 40TH ANNIVERSARY -- Rob Weingartner, 05:12:28 10/18/03 Sat
Available on newstands now is the new edtition of Mojo magazines tribute to The Rolling Stones 40th Anniversary. The issue contains great pictures along with many stories and interviews about the Stones. There is also a story about Brian's rise and fall.
This message board -- Roxxi, 12:04:35 09/30/03 Tue
I really like this site. It gets everyone involve. It's very impressive. Great Job....Brian is the best!
Brian Movie -- me, 21:05:15 04/13/03 Sun
Film paints Stones black
By Alison George
14apr03
THE Rolling Stones are fighting to stop a controversial new film about their early days which focuses on the suspected murder of founder member Brian Jones.
They fear the reputations of singer Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards will be trashed – and the blame for Jones' descent from angelic pop icon to dissolute junkie will be laid at their door.
The movie's producer Steve Woolley said the sensational revelations will force the police to reopen their inquiry into guitar hero Jones's mysterious death.
Paul Bettany, working with Nicole Kidman in Dogville, is expected to play the troubled musician.
Woolley produced Scandal, the hit film about the Profumo affair of the 1960s, and Backbeat, the story of the Beatles' time in Hamburg.
He has spent hundreds of
thousands of pounds and eight years researching the Stone's life for The Wicked World of Brian Jones.
But it is believed the Stones have instructed former manager Allan Klein, who holds the rights to their pre-1972 hits, not to grant Woolley permission to use their music.
Jones, the son of a middle- class English family, died aged 27, in July, 1969. He was found drowned in the swimming pool at his picturesque Suffolk country cottage.
The verdict was accidental death but dark rumours suggest his head was held underwater by a local builder who had come to do odd jobs but fell out with Jones.
By this time Jones was a heroin and cocaine addict. He was unable to record or write and had been fired by Jagger and Richards.
Friends say his descent from the creative mainspring who forged the band's original rhythm-and-blues style was the result of Mick and Keith dispossessing him first as leader of the group, and then stealing his girlfriend, Anita Pallenberg, whose favours they both enjoyed.
With Jagger, 59, knighted, about to receive his investiture from the Queen and squeaky clean, he won't want to revisit his dark past.
Yesterday Woolley said: "I'm convinced the police will have to reopen the case. Much of [the film] is about the murder of Brian Jones because the real motivation for the murder has never been clearly stated.
"Some of the people I've found the police weren't able to find . . . people who haven't spoken about Brian publicly for 30 years."
All of which is likely to embarrass Jagger and Richards as they get ready for their first concerts in Britain for four years.
The Wicked World of Brian Jones is set to be one of the most compelling British films of the year.
ON NEWSTANDS NOW -- Rob Weingartner, 11:25:59 08/18/03 Mon
Above is a photo of a new magazine dedicated just to the Rolling Stones in the Sixties. It has reprints of every article that appeared in the British music magazine called "New Musical Express." The photographs are splended and the articles are great. There are many great interviews with Brian, as well as concert and album reviews.
I highly recommend getting this magazine.
You can try your local newstand or a large bookstore like Barnes & Noble.
NEW RE-MIX OF SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVEL" -- Robert Weingartner, 08:29:31 08/03/03 Sun
The Rolling Stones are to release three remixes of their 1968 album track, 'Sympathy For The Devil', later this year, dotmusic can report.
Reworkings from Fatboy Slim, the Neptunes and London outfit Full Phat will be released for international radio airplay on July 21 prior to an official commercial release on September 1.
A video for one of the remixes (still to be determined) will incorporate footage from the Jean-Luc Goddard film, 'One Plus One', which features the Stones performing the track at London's Olympic Studios.
According to Billboard, the selected remix will later be added to new copies of the band's 'Forty Licks' greatest hits compilation, released in 2002 to mark the Stones' 40th anniversary.
Meanwhile, Mick Jagger and co are due to kick off a three-night concert run in Stockholm tonight as part of their ongoing world tour.
As previously reported, the group headline the Molson Canadian Rocks for Toronto benefit concert at the city's Downsview Park on July 30.
BRIAN'S ANNIVERSARY -- Robert Weingartner, 07:10:38 06/28/03 Sat
Below is the mailing address and phone number for anyone who would like to have flowers put on Brian's grave for the 34th Anniversary of his death this July, 2.
BRIAN JONES FAN CLUBS -- Robert Weingartner, 06:52:50 06/25/03 Wed
The Brian Jones fan clubs in exitstance now is The Spirit from England. To my knowledge it is the only one that exists. Recently it was taken over by a gentleman named Trevor Hobley. They have a Web Site that is temporarily unavailable. You can visit it at: www.brianjonesfanclub.com.
MY REASONS FOR THE BRIAN JONES MEMORIAL FAN CLUB -- Rob, 20:30:23 05/22/02 Wed
This is in response to the recent post on the LARS message board about my association with the Brian Jones Memorial Fan Club.
In 1993 I decided to start a fan club about Brian Jones, something I had been thinking about for some time. When I decided to start the fan club I contacted Mandy Aftel, who wrote the first biography on Brian Jones. When I contacted her I told her about my plans to start a new Brian Jones fan club, which she was in full support of. As we began talking she mentioned to me about the old Brian Jones Memorial Fan Club (Which was mentioned in her book) that was started by Rosann Fontana. She ended up giving me a phone number she had for Rosann. It turned out the number she gave me was to her parent’s house. When I called the number I spoke to Rosann's father who told me he didn't think she was into the fan club anymore, but he would pass her my phone number the next time he spoke with her. A couple of days later I received a call from Rosann and we spoke for a several of hours. I told her I was thinking about using the name Brain Jones - Gone But Not Forgotten for my fan club, but she 'insisted' I use the name of her old fan club called The Brian Jones Memorial Fan Club because it was a name people were familiar with. Rosann told me that several years after she started the fan club she passed it on to a woman named Sue Anderson, who ran it for a couple more years. During my conversation with Rosann, I asked her if she still had the mailing list to the fan club. She told me that she passed it onto Sue when she took over the fan club. I then contacted Sue Anderson on the phone. When I spoke with Sue she told me she no longer had the mailing list to the fan club. I don't think one person who joined my fan club was a member of the Brian Jones Memorial Fan Club when Rosann Fontana or Sue Anderson ran it. This recent post on the LARS message board by Rosann Fontana stating she gave me "a mailing list of a few hundred people to start him off" is totally UNTRUE. I had to start the fan club from scratch.
My motives for letting go of the fan club several years later were because of the following three reasons: 1) I was having a hard time coming up with new information to fill up the newsletters. 2) It was taking up too much of my spare time. 3) There was a new Brian Jones fan club starting in England called the Spirit, and the people running it seemed to be more enthusiastic than I was at the time about running a fan club on Brian. I then passed my mailing list to the people running the Spirit, along with a check for £1000, out of my own pocket, so my former members would be able to start fresh with four newsletters. It had nothing to do with me being "just a grave digger from Staten Island." as Rosann states in her post. What my occupation, or where I live has to do with my running the fan club is beyond me. I just love when people tell the truth.
JACK WHITE'S LATEST CD -- Rob Weingartner, 19:56:18 06/07/03 Sat
Jack has been a lifelong fan of Brian's and the Rolling Stones. He has also been a fredquent visitor to this my Brian Jones web site. Jack has recorded several albums and has been one of the great Country songwriters over the years. He credits Brian Jones as one of his major musical influences. I highly recommend visiting this site and purchasing his latest CD, "Southern Songbook."
www.silverwolfmusic.com
"Jacky Jack White has had songs on the charts as a singer/songwriter since 1985. Some of the artists who have recorded his songs are: Ray Stevens, Charley Pride, Steve Wariner, Neal McCoy and Mark Lowery.
Jack has received an ASCAP Award for Most Played Country Song, "If I Didn't Love You", and a NSAI Award for the #1 Southern Gospel song, "When Men Pray."
"Southern Songbook" Jack's return to his very Southern roots with the help of his longtime friend and co-producer, Clark Williams will be released September 2002 by Silverwolf Records. This prestigious folk label features legendary, as well as, contemporary folk artists. Jack wrote or co-wrote all 12 tunes. This C.D. includes the last recorded work of the legendary Carter Sisters, Helen and Anita."
NEW PHOTO -- Rob Weingartner, 07:33:15 05/11/03 Sun
Here is another new photo of Brian Jones. This photo of Brian was taken on December 12, 1967, when he was leaving for the Court of Appeals to appeal his nine-month prison sentence for possession of cannabis. The actual bust happened on May 10 of the same year at his Courtfield Road flat, and was sentenced to nine months in prison the following October. Brian won the appeal and his nine-month prison sentence was quashed. Brian was put on three-year probation and had to pay a £1000 fine, and also had to continue with psychiatric treatment. Mick Jagger showed up at the appeal to lend moral support. Many people who knew Brian feel that 1967 was the beginning of the end for him. His life seemed to take a downward spiral from that time on.
New Message Board Photo -- Rob Weingartner, 06:49:13 05/25/03 Sun
This is a magazine from my own personal collection. This is Teenbeat Magazine from December 1966 with Brian on the cover. In the Sixties Brian appeared on the cover of many music magazines from all over the world. This one is from Holland.
To some of you the photo might look familiar. In September of 2000 there was a show aired on VH1 called VH1 Confidential. It was a new series that focused on mystery's surrounding rock stars. VH1 contacted my after seeing my Brian Jones Web Site and asked me if I would be interested in helping with the segment on Brian, which I did. During the episode they showed just the pictures from the cover of several different magazines that I lent them and this was one of them.
New Message Board Photo -- Robert Weingartner, 22:33:35 05/03/03 Sat
Here is another new message board photo. This as you can see is the cover of the Rolling Stones Monthly. This is the first issue which had just Brian on the cover. The magazine started in 1964 and lasted to 1966. There were only 30 issues of the Rolling Stones Monthly before it went out of publication. This was from my own personal collection.
New Message Board Photo -- Robert Weingartner, 04:56:33 04/27/03 Sun
Here is another new message board photo. This was a photo of Brian taken in Australia, 1966, at Sydney Airport. I thought this was a nice photo of Brian and it's not a very common one either. The first time I seen this photo is when I purchased it.
I am going to pick out another photo to post. I will put up a new photo every Sunday. So make sure to check out the message board.
Bill Wyman signed book and T-shirt up for Auction -- orca-phinz, 03:14:03 04/24/03 Thu
Bill Wyman has donated a signed copy of Rolling with the Stones and a signed 'Wild Thing' t-shirt to the WDCS celebrity auction and they are up for grabs on e-bay.co.uk/charity now! (click on the WDCS link)
The auction is running until the 27th April 2003, CHECK IT OUT!
All profits from this auction go to WDCS,the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society.
Deb, 17:10:34 04/22/09 Wed 
