'Stanley Booth's book is the only one I can read and say,"Yeah,That's how it was"'KEITH RICHARDS'An epic,behind-the-scenes record of life with the greatest rock band in the world'ObserverThe True Adventures of the Rolling Stones is the greatest book about the greatest rock'n'roll band in history. It is also one of the most important books about the 1960s,capturing its uneasy mix of excess,violence and idealism in a way no other book does. Stanley Booth was with the Rolling Stones on their 1969 U.S. tour,which culminated in the notorious free concert at Altamont where a fan was murdered. Taking nearly fifteen years to write,The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones has emerged as'the one authentic masterpiece of rock'n'roll writing'.
Publisher: Canongate BooksISBN: 9780857863515Number of pages: 576Weight: 416 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 32 mmEdition: Main - Canons Imprint Re-issue
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Stanley Booth's book is the only one I can read and say,'Yeah,that's how it was'If you've never bought a book about rock and roll,no matter - this is the one you've been waiting forThe most brutally compelling book about rock'n'roll and its casualties ever writtenAn epic,behind-the-scenes record of life with the greatest rock band in the world,capturing both the carnivalesque excess and the mundane grind of the rock tourStanley Booth's affection for the band did not keep him from writing about the seamy underside of the Stones'world in the Sixties...It is the only book about the Stones that I would recommend both to the general reader and to the most devoted fan. Booth will find an epiphany on almost every pageBy far the best book on its subject (including Richards's own well received effort),Booth's book is also easily the most convincing account of life inside the monster created by the rock revolution of the 1960sShattering...Booth has found his voice and momentum with a pitch and passion I've never seen equalled in pop journalism...His book outdistances anything the Stones have wrought since Let It BleedRemains one of the most gripping accounts ever written about the band...so awash with tumult and drama it at times has much in common with reportage from the front lines of the war in Vietnam,like Michael Herr's DispatchesBooth's strong,sound prose brings to life the out-of-control process through which an age intoxicated by its own passions found a hard-driving music to live hard by. In all the annals of the'60s,there is nothing on paper that so evokes those days and nightsAstonishing...part oral history and part midnight diary in a world where midnight goes on foreverOne of the truly great rock booksA marvellous book,Booth is a fine writer,and has a strong style that perfectly complements his engaging subject. Canongate have also included an introduction from Greil Marcus,a fine writer in his own right,which just adds to the value of this fine book. Highly recommended to anyone who now only loves music,but an engaging story well told
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