The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones

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Summary: Probably the best book written on the sixties
Review: A very well written and thoughtful book. The prose is superb. Booth alternates chapters between the saga of the Stones' 1969 American tour (of which he was a part) and the history of the band up to that time. The book provides an intimate portrait of the band's early years and evokes what it was like to be alive and aware in the sixties.

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Summary: A "must" for all Rolling Stones fans!
Review: An intriguing Rolling Stones book and a recommended pick for any prior fan of the Stones: providing personal accounts by readers who were involved with the rock group, Stanley Booth's True Adventures Of The Rolling Stones gathers encounters of gigs, world tours, and backstage events, providing a powerful glimpse into the personalities and characters of the Stones.

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Summary: A "must" for all Rolling Stones fans!
Review: An intriguing Rolling Stones book and a recommended pick for any prior fan of the Stones: providing personal accounts by readers who were involved with the rock group, Stanley Booth's True Adventures Of The Rolling Stones gathers encounters of gigs, world tours, and backstage events, providing a powerful glimpse into the personalities and characters of the Stones.

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Summary: The Goods
Review: As far as I know there's only one writer in the known universe who: A)described Keith Richards as the "world's only blue-gummed white man", B) was in the Muscle Shoals studio when the Stones cut "Wild Horses" and present at Altamont when they played "Under My Thumb, and C) lived to tell us all about it. There's no writer in America who knows more about the Blues than Stanley Booth. He is also one of the best observers and writers to come out of the South in many years. Even if you read it before, you owe it to yourself to read it again. When you reach the last page you damn sure know you've been taken somewhere.Back in a new edition, Booth and his tale rise like a Phoenix.

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Summary: A Great Rock And Roll Band Book
Review: Author Stanley Booth had the ultimate access to the Stones. He managed to get a contract for a book on the Band, found access, and convinced the Stones themselves to authorize his work as well as let him accompany them on the 69-70 tours, just before the infamous stuff of Altamont happened. By managing to last with the Stones, over time actually becoming one of the rare friends who could find and hang out with the Band members, he acquired an incredible store of tales, which he tells in a remarkably literary manner in this book. Using quotes from the likes of Norman Mailer, "Hambone," the Crystals, Cynthia Plastercaster (if you don't know about her, you really need to get this book), Booth clearly demonstrates his credentials as a serious author. The book benefits.....the best story of the writing of Satisfaction by the Holiday Inn pool in Clearwater is in here as are the tales of Mick and Keith's arrival at Altamont (not at all what you would suspect). All in all, this is one of the good ones and you can't go wrong by taking time to read it cover to cover.

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Summary: A Great Rock And Roll Band Book
Review: Author Stanley Booth had the ultimate access to the Stones. He managed to get a contract for a book on the Band, found access, and convinced the Stones themselves to authorize his work as well as let him accompany them on the 69-70 tours, just before the infamous stuff of Altamont happened. By managing to last with the Stones, over time actually becoming one of the rare friends who could find and hang out with the Band members, he acquired an incredible store of tales, which he tells in a remarkably literary manner in this book. Using quotes from the likes of Norman Mailer, "Hambone," the Crystals, Cynthia Plastercaster (if you don't know about her, you really need to get this book), Booth clearly demonstrates his credentials as a serious author. The book benefits.....the best story of the writing of Satisfaction by the Holiday Inn pool in Clearwater is in here as are the tales of Mick and Keith's arrival at Altamont (not at all what you would suspect). All in all, this is one of the good ones and you can't go wrong by taking time to read it cover to cover.

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Summary: Death of rock
Review: Booth hangs around with the Stones on tour in 1969, and wonderfully captures the pointless, unhealthy, uncertain world which that entails, and which he himself is a part of. This stuff is depressing yet fascinating. We are allowed to draw insights from Booth's first-hand experience.

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Summary: Great Book
Review: Chronicles the '69 tour a real inside look by Stanley Booth, Who toured with them on that memorable tour. Stanley Booth did a great job giving you history of the stones as well as what was happening behind the scenes. Highly Recommend!!

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Summary: Great reading once you get into it
Review: Having been a Stones fan for ever I was looking forward to reading this book, however at first I put it right back down again as the author's style was a bit hard to get into. Later when I picked it up and got through the Author Block on my behalf I found this to be a really well written insight into the the Stones and what went on around them. Having sampled first hand in some ways the lifestyles described in this book I found it bringing back memories good and bad of those times when I doubt if anyone really knew what was going.on.
This is really two books in one the history of the Stones and memories of hanging out with the Stones themselves.
A great book overall.
I hope that Stanley Booth is rewarded justly for the work he put into this book he deserves it, as do the Stones for the work they have done over the years.

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Summary: Why in tarnation is this book out of print?
Review: I read this book well over ten years ago, and while it is not fresh on my mind, I can say with certainty that it's the best rock bio (or, more accurately, rock group's history) I've ever read. From the formatioin of the Stones to Brian Jones's death to the horror of Altamont, this book is completely engrossing and satisfying. But it isn't merely a biography or a fan's droolings; Booth has a great sense of sanity among all the insanity, and he is appreciative and critical at various points. Booth's persona is, I think, honest and even amiable. I consulted amazon.com to try and order it; while I'm not completely surprised to find that it's out of print, I'm saddened by the fact. I wish some publisher would lift it out of oblivion.