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The Rest Is HistoryApril 23, 2025

559. The Rolling Stones: Satanic Majesties of Sixties Rebellion (Part 2)

About This Episode
"We're not worried about petty morals." What happened to the Rolling Stones in 1967 to see them on the brink of imprisonment and mass censure, while at the height of their success, with fame, fortune, mansions, world tours, and best selling albums to their names? Was Brian Jones, the band's founder, murdered, after being found floating in his swimming pool? Under what pressures and against the backdrop of what other controversies, did they produce some of the best rock albums of all time? And, what occurred during their infamously deadly concert at the Altamont Raceway…? Join Dominic and Tom as they discuss the uproarious climax of the Rolling Stones’ extraordinary career: their entanglements with the law, the evolution of their sound, their personal lives; sex, drugs, death, and the birth of rock… EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/restishistory Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! _______ Twitter: @TheRestHistory @holland_tom @dcsandbrook Producer: Theo Young-Smith Assistant Producer: Tabby Syrett + Aaliyah Akude
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Groovy Bob cover
Groovy Bob
Harriet Viner

If you read Harriet Viner's biography of him, Groovy Bob, there's some lovely letters from Jagger and Richards.

ASIN: 0571196276
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Mick Jagger, of course, reading Adonis Shelley's elegy on the death of Keats.

ASIN: B0DR7C6FL8
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The Girlfriend's Book cover

The excerpt mentions Anna Volin's own book, The Girlfriend's Book, which discusses allegations related to the murder of Brian Jones.

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The excerpt refers to The Murder of Brian Jones, which is part of the same book mentioned earlier by Anna Volin.

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Never Had It So Good cover

He gave my first book, Never Had It So Good, a disobliging review. Okay, well, let's diss him.

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The Sound of the City
Charlie Gillick

There's a brilliant discussion of this in a book by Charlie Gillick called The Sound of the City. He talks about what a contrived and artificial sort of cleavage it is between pop and rock.

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