Name: The Rolling Stones Rock And Roll Circus (Expanded) by The Rolling Stones
Brand: The Rolling Stones
SKU: 018771857228
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For over 20 years, The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus, a multi-media event staged in late 1968 under a circus tent in a north London TV studio, and meant to be shown on the BBC, lay unedited and unseen reportedly because the band was unhappy with its performance. In 1992 director Michael Lindsay-Hogg began editing it, a process that was finally finished in 1996 before the film and soundtrack were released on both CD and DVD. It has now been re-released with a new 4K Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos DVD/Blu-Ray of the film and a soundtrack expanded to 28 tracks, with a new mix in a 192k/24 bit HD restoration. Often dismissed as a goofy, DayGlo relic that reflected the mushy peace and love currents of the moment, this high resolution reissue shows that a serious reassessment of this oddity is long overdue.

Because of setups and multiple takes the event dragged on much longer than expected and so the Stones performance was recorded in the wee hours of the morning (Richards has said that the band had to bring in a second audience after wearing out the first). And yet the band's six songs, four coming from the recently released Beggars Banquet, are the electric heart of this collection. In fact it's Jagger, one of the originators of the circus concept, who almost single-handedly carries the day with his energetically deranged performance of "Sympathy for the Devil."

Other highlights include a red hot performance by The Who of "A Quick One, While He's Away," (with Keith Moon on fire), Taj Mahal groovin' with guitarist Jesse Ed Davis on "Ain't That A Lot of Love," and John Lennon bantering jabberwocky with Jagger and playing The White Album's"Yer Blues" with Eric Clapton on guitar, Keith Richards on bass and Mitch Mitchell on drums. A second take of "Yer Blues" is included among the nine unreleased tracks here along with three more Taj Mahal blues numbers, Mozart from pianist Julius Katchen and a rehearsal take of another Beatles tune, "Revolution." Circus is also notable for being Brian Jones' last official performance with the band; he died in July 1969, the first of too many 27-year old rockers to die young. © Robert Baird / Qobuz

1. Mick Jagger's Introduction Of Rock And Roll Circus

by Mick Jagger

Primary Artist: Mick Jagger; Main Performer
Composer: Mick Jagger; Composer
Lyricist: Mick Jagger; Composer
Composer Lyricist: Mick Jagger; Other

2. Entry Of The Gladiators

by Circus Band

Primary Artist: Circus Band; Main Performer
Composer: Julius Fucik; Composer

3. Mick Jagger's Introduction Of Jethro Tull

by Mick Jagger

Primary Artist: Mick Jagger; Main Performer
Composer: Mick Jagger; Composer
Lyricist: Mick Jagger; Composer
Composer Lyricist: Mick Jagger; Other

4. Song For Jeffrey

by Jethro Tull

Primary Artist: Jethro Tull; Main Performer
Composer: Ian Anderson; Composer
Lyricist: Ian Anderson; Composer
Composer Lyricist: Ian Anderson; Other

5. Keith Richards' Introduction Of The Who

by Keith Richards

Primary Artist: Keith Richards; Main Performer
Composer: Keith Richards; Composer
Lyricist: Keith Richards; Composer
Composer Lyricist: Keith Richards; Other

6. A Quick One While He's Away

by The Who

Primary Artist: The Who; Main Performer
Composer: Peter Townshend; Composer
Lyricist: Peter Townshend; Composer
Composer Lyricist: Peter Townshend; Other

7. Over The Waves

by Circus Band

Primary Artist: Circus Band; Main Performer
Composer: Juventino Rosas; Composer
Lyricist: Juventino Rosas; Composer
Composer Lyricist: Juventino Rosas; Other

8. Ain't That A Lot Of Love

by Taj Mahal

Primary Artist: Taj Mahal; Main Performer
Composer: Homer Banks
Willia Dean Parker; Composer
Lyricist: Homer Banks
Willia Dean Parker; Composer
Composer Lyricist: Homer Banks
Willia Dean Parker; Other

9. Charlie Watts' Introduction Of Marianne Faithfull

by Charlie Watts

Primary Artist: Charlie Watts; Main Performer
Composer: Charlie Watts; Composer
Lyricist: Charlie Watts; Composer
Composer Lyricist: Charlie Watts; Other

10. Something Better

by Marianne Faithfull

Primary Artist: Marianne Faithfull; Main Performer
Composer: Barry Mann
Gerry Goffin; Composer
Lyricist: Barry Mann
Gerry Goffin; Composer
Composer Lyricist: Barry Mann
Gerry Goffin; Other

11. Mick Jagger's And John Lennon's Introduction Of The Dirty Mac

by Mick Jagger, John Lennon

Primary Artist: John Lennon
Mick Jagger; Main Performer
Composer: John Lennon
Mick Jagger; Composer
Lyricist: John Lennon
Mick Jagger; Composer
Composer Lyricist: John Lennon
Mick Jagger; Other

12. Yer Blues

by The Dirty Mac

Primary Artist: The Dirty Mac; Main Performer
Composer: John Lennon
Paul Mccartney; Composer
Lyricist: John Lennon
Paul Mccartney; Composer
Composer Lyricist: John Lennon
Paul Mccartney; Other

13. Whole Lotta Yoko

by Yoko Ono, Ivry Gitlis, The Dirty Mac

Primary Artist: Yoko Ono
Ivry Gitlis
The Dirty Mac; Main Performer
Composer: Yoko Ono; Composer
Lyricist: Yoko Ono; Composer
Composer Lyricist: Yoko Ono; Other

14. John Lennon's Introduction Of The Rolling Stones - Jumpin' Jack Flash

by The Rolling Stones

Primary Artist: The Rolling Stones; Main Performer
Composer: Keith Richards
Mick Jagger; Composer
Lyricist: Keith Richards
Mick Jagger; Composer
Composer Lyricist: Keith Richards
Mick Jagger; Other

15. Parachute Woman

by The Rolling Stones

Primary Artist: The Rolling Stones; Main Performer
Composer: Keith Richards
Mick Jagger; Composer
Lyricist: Keith Richards
Mick Jagger; Composer
Composer Lyricist: Keith Richards
Mick Jagger; Other

16. No Expectations

by The Rolling Stones

Primary Artist: The Rolling Stones; Main Performer
Composer: Keith Richards
Mick Jagger; Composer
Lyricist: Keith Richards
Mick Jagger; Composer
Composer Lyricist: Keith Richards
Mick Jagger; Other

17. You Can't Always Get What You Want

by The Rolling Stones

Primary Artist: The Rolling Stones; Main Performer
Composer: Keith Richards
Mick Jagger; Composer
Lyricist: Keith Richards
Mick Jagger; Composer
Composer Lyricist: Keith Richards
Mick Jagger; Other

18. Sympathy For The Devil

by The Rolling Stones

Primary Artist: The Rolling Stones; Main Performer
Composer: Keith Richards
Mick Jagger; Composer
Lyricist: Keith Richards
Mick Jagger; Composer
Composer Lyricist: Keith Richards
Mick Jagger; Other

19. Salt Of The Earth

by The Rolling Stones

Primary Artist: The Rolling Stones; Main Performer
Composer: Keith Richards
Mick Jagger; Composer
Lyricist: Keith Richards
Mick Jagger; Composer
Composer Lyricist: Keith Richards
Mick Jagger; Other

20. Checkin' Up On My Baby

by Taj Mahal

Primary Artist: Taj Mahal; Main Performer
Composer: Sonny Boy Williamson
Sonny Boy Williamson Ii; Composer
Lyricist: Sonny Boy Williamson; Composer
Composer Lyricist: Sonny Boy Williamson; Other

21. Leaving Trunk

by Taj Mahal

Primary Artist: Taj Mahal; Main Performer
Composer: John Adams Estes; Composer
Lyricist: John Adams Estes; Composer
Composer Lyricist: John Adams Estes; Other

22. Corinna

by Taj Mahal

Primary Artist: Taj Mahal; Main Performer
Composer: Taj Mahal
Jesse Edwin Davis Iii; Composer
Lyricist: Taj Mahal
Jesse Edwin Davis Iii; Composer
Composer Lyricist: Taj Mahal
Jesse Edwin Davis Iii; Other

23. Revolution (Rehearsal)

by The Dirty Mac

Primary Artist: The Dirty Mac; Main Performer
Composer: John Lennon
Paul Mccartney; Composer
Lyricist: John Lennon
Paul Mccartney; Composer
Composer Lyricist: John Lennon
Paul Mccartney; Other

24. Warmup Jam

by The Dirty Mac

Primary Artist: The Dirty Mac; Main Performer
Composer: Eric Clapton
Keith Richards
John Lennon
Mitch Mitchell; Composer
Lyricist: Eric Clapton
Keith Richards
John Lennon
Mitch Mitchell; Composer
Composer Lyricist: John Lennon
Keith Richards
Eric Clapton
Mitch Mitchell; Other