The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus |
The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus | |
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Directed by | |
Produced by | Sandy Leiberson[2][1] |
Starring | The Rolling Stones, Jethro Tull, The Who, Taj Mahal, Marianne Faithfull, The Dirty Mac, Yoko Ono, Sir Robert Fossett's Circus and the Nurses.[2] |
Cinematography | Anthony B. Richmond |
Edited by | |
Release date | 12 October 1996 ( 6 December 1996 ( |
Running time | 66 min |
Language | English |
The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus was a concert show organised by
The project was originally conceived by
The Rolling Stones and their guests performed in a replica of a seedy
By that time the audience and most of the Rolling Stones were exhausted. It was only due to Jagger's sheer enthusiasm and stamina that they kept going until the end. Regardless, Jagger was reportedly so disappointed with his and the band's performance that he cancelled the airing of the film, and kept it from public view.
When they really get moving, there is a kind of
white magic that starts to replace theblack magic , and everything starts to really fly. That didn't happen on this occasion; there's no question about that. They weren't just usurped by The Who, they were also usurped byTaj Mahal – who was just, as always, extraordinary. They were usurped to some extent by the event itself: the crowd by the time the Stones went on were radically festive.[11]
This was the last public performance of
Brian Jones was well past his
sell-by date by then… We spoke to Brian and he didn't really know what was going on. He was rather cut off from the others – there was a lot of embarrassed silence. But a delightful chap, and we felt rather sorry for him… I was approached for an interview by a chap fromRecord Mirror … I inadvertently remarked that the Stones were a bit under-rehearsed and that Brian couldn't even tune his guitar, which was literally the truth but a bit tactless and inappropriate for me to say. This was duly reported, whereupon Mick Jagger was mightily upset. I had to send a grovelling apology to his office.[11]
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