Rolling Stones Stripped: A Trip Through the Voodoo Lounge Tour 1994-95

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Summary: Limited staying power; unlike the Stones...
Review: How excited i was when i bought this book. A dedicated Stones follower, i snapped it up immediately. It contains many photographs, many unseen previously, although most of them are of similar situations; on stage, and at Ronnie Wood's house in Ireland. Interesting and nice photographs, however, they have limited variation, and therefore limited staying power. The book does include interviews with the band and touring musicians, adding some interesting anecdotes, however, the book is too obviously put together by a stalwart Stones fan. He does put in his own text occasionally, but, even though the Voodoo Lounge tour was a huge success, it is not exactly unbiased reporting; at the end, for instance, he says the Stones still have nothing to show for their great work from the Queen - I find this ridiculous on behalf of my favourite Stone, Keith Richards. Keith Richards may have come back from near-death and have made some of the greatest rock'n'roll music ever recorded, however he did get off a life sentence for possession of class A drugs - not a bonus! It is this ridiculous reporting that lets the book down. However, it was an interesting read (there is only one small passage by the author!) and the photos were great at first.