I thought the number of Stones books I have was ridiculous for an adult man. Your collection is simply incredible. However, my highlight is the socks. Beautiful Man! 🙂
I've got quite a few of those books you have. I knew Jim Marshall and went to his place in San Francisco to buy some of his iconic photographs. He also gave me some of his books another time and signed them for me. Nice job on your growing Rolling Stones book collection, very impressive.
Thanks so much Tarr - how cool is that - you knew Jim Marshall and he gave you autographed books and bought some of his photos. Amazing. His place in San Francisco must've been incredible. I can't imagine. Thanks for sharing your amazing experience.
Yeah, hanging out with Jim Marshall at his house was quite an experience ( long story on how that happened ). His house is the ultimate Rock and Roll photo exhibit. The house was probably built in the 1930s on a hill in the Castro District, unassuming at best. There's a documentary about him called "Show Me The Picture, The Story Of Jim Marshall" that is a must see for any rock fan who likes a deep dive into photojournalism of this caliber. You'll see the room in his house where he's being interviewed where I spent several hours drinking Jameson's whiskey with him and my girlfriend from the airlines at the time. Great storyteller, blunt and funny.
@@tarrtruck2869 I'm gonna look for that documentary on streaming services - yea I have to see that. Would've love to have been a fly on the wall with that get together, and drinking Jameson. That must've been a "party". Amazing.
Cool, another Rolling Stones video! I think I have been watching your channel for almost a month now, and I have watched pretty much every Stones video you have done. My dad and I are excited to see them in Houston, and we can't wait!
Oh glad you found it. That’s an old one. Great tour of course. Saw three shows from it but best was in NJ Tina Turner opened and later joined The Stones. Amazing.
I love beautiful coffee table tomes, and you’ve got the mother lode when it comes to my favorite rock ‘n’ roll band, The Rolling Stones. Your collection knocks me out. Your mid-sized books are also impressive, especially the “Exhibitionism” catalog. I thought that exhibit was fabulous and wish I had purchased the catalog as a souvenir. As for the small books that are great to curl up with on a couch, my favorite is “Up and Down with The Rolling Stones,” despite the liberties that Tony Sanchez surely took with some (if not many) so-called truths. Nevertheless, The Stones have been connected with varying levels of deliciously “real” decadence, and the book is a helluva fun read. Like you, I enjoy the special takes that Bill Wyman offers in his books. The book you have on the quotes of Keith Richards would certainly amuse me. After reading each quote, I’d imagine hearing his one-of-a-kind guttural laugh-growl, which punctuates so much of what he says.
Thanks so much. They did reissue the Exhibitionism book as Unzipped and is readily available online. I remember seeing it at Hamilton Books online for cheap a while back. Yea. The Sanchez book was one of the first I ever read. I remember loving it and couldn’t put it down.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShowThanks for the tip about “Exhibitionism” being reissued as “ Unzippered.” I’ll check that out. BIG CONGRATS on having 2,000 subscribers. It’s awesome and well deserved. May your channel continue to grow and grow…
@@ronalaurence4105 Thanks so much - yes excited to hit 2,000 subscribers. In my fourth year of doing this - time flies when you're having fun. Thanks so much for your support going back to my very first video. Amazing support from you, and others, and I'm very grateful.
Hi Alan I like your rolling stones books 😮 WOW but I have a lot of stones books also mine go back from 1967 to the present I am so happy that I got to text a stones real fan like I am I know I have a lot of money but I Just can't sell them thank you again Alan ❤
Thanks Allan for your idea this morning. Did this video live (as always) right when I came home from work. I have a lot of books I've read and kept, so if people like, I can continue showing the collection. I also have endless magazines and lots of tour books. Tour Books might be cool too. Thanks again.
@@ALLAN-nc6ym Will do, not too many Beatles books. I've read a lot but didn't keep many. Have one very cool Beatles book I've never seen before though....
Way to go Alan, the super Geeks like us add the books to our collectible just like the music. I find that there are not as many book collectors / readers then I thought. great to see this thanks for showing. keep them coming. I am up there also in the count. Something I know my kids would donate. As you know it is a challenge to filter out what is true and not on some of them.
Thanks so much. Definitely true, and I've stopped reading "general" Stones history books. Read the stories over and over again. I focus now on more specific parts of their history. Nice to hear you also collect and read the books. Definitely a niche area in todays world.
You have an amazing collection of books. I really enjoyed that Rolling Stones 50 Licks book. I started to get into the band more around 2019 and got that book in 2020. I think it is a nice overview of their career
Great collection Alan. I also have that big Taschen photo book on the Stones as well Genesis Publications ‘Tour of the Americas 75’. One of my favourite essays on the Stones is in Nick Kent’s ‘The Dark Stuff’.
That Taschen is very nice - soooo big - I didn't get it though. NICE - That Genesis ''75 book is a dream to own. That was my first Stones concert. I don't have that - but wow - thats amazing.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow Thank you. I don’t have that Genesis Exile book though. But yes, I’ve done okay. I’ve been seeing them live in Australia since Voodoo Lounge. My tenth show was at Desert Trip. Enjoy the tour! 👍
Very impressive collection as always, Alan! I must say, there were three or four 'oddball' books that I was wondering if you would bring up--and sure enough you did, with one exception. But first, the ones you did have: Barbara Charone's Keith bio has been in my collection since I found it in the discount bin at my university book store in 1984; the hard cover "The Rolling Stones in Concert" with the 1976 photo on the front--mainly a picture book I acquired in 1983; Chet Flippo's "On the Road", which I thought was a very entertaining and informative read, in 1985--at least it was straight reportage, and his efforts to secure credentials at El Mocambo were engaging; and the one you did NOT have, Mandy Aftel's Brian Jones bio "Life as a Rolling Stone", also acquired from a cut out bin at my university bookstore in 1984. Now I know the wealth of books written on the Stones is substantial, and I have purposefully AVOIDED buying any of the coffee table books you reviewed--some of them I like, some of them are just pictorial or vanity projects that offered minimal insight, in my opinion, hence I avoided them. Plus, I would have no place to keep them...however a few of them I thought interesting and necessary: the massive "50"; the hardcover "Gear" book; and Bill Wyman's "Rolling with the Stones", which bore a strikingly similar feel to the Beatles' 'Anthology'--surprise surprise, even being released shortly thereafter. In my youth, I read Stones bios like crazy, anxious for anything that was published about them...and thinking back, most of them were incredibly unsatisfying. The first was, of course, Tony Sanchez' Up and Down--which I read and re-read multiple times throughout my years in high school, and beyond. I made the mistake of taking that narrative as some sort of Bible on the Stones (and it is not, especially his poorly detailed photographs)...in so much that his opinions ended up informing my own opinions of the band for many years--a fault of being an uninformed teenager, at that. But I STILL have the Signet paperback I got of that title back in 1980...and it is completely beat to shit--frayed, dog-eared corners, completely split spine, loose pages....I should get another copy, if only to have one copy in decent shape. It was a book that I passed around too, turning many of my close friends into Stones fans upon doing so. I was a little surprised you did not have more of the individual bios that have been written on the band, despite most of them being fairly typical, but the ones I have still remain on my shelf: Philip Norman's 'Symphony for the Devil', which even in 1984, I thought pretty much sucked. Phil Norman was (and remains) one of the most revered music bio writers from the UK, having shot to fame with the best seller "Shout!" in 1982, he tried his hand on the Stones a couple of years later, producing primarily a long, dry wikipedia entry, if you asked me. Also, it was during this time that I lost virtually all interest in reading Stones bios because most of them seem to tell the story up to the '69 tour...and the rest of their career is basically summed up in one chapter; Stanley Booth's at times harrowing "Dance With the Devil" (another terrible title), that could/SHOULD have been a great book, had it been given a do-over by a proper editor, and had the author given his manuscript more voice. This title too, I have read and re-read many times over the last 40 years, including another go round just last year--and I wasn't able to finish it. I thought his plotting of the book (alternating chapters of his then-current efforts to secure a book deal to write about the Stones while on the '69 tour, with chapters detailing their history and rise to fame) was brilliant, with the intersecting chapters perfectly coalescing at the climax of the story. However (and the book has received significant praise from writers of a more literary persuasions, as well as seasoned rock journalists), I think, strictly from a style standpoint, the chapters detailing their history did not have the same voice as his narrative chapters on the challenges of the tour. All too often, those chapters read as, basically, long quotes from either Richards, Ian Stewart, Shirley Arnold or Jo Bergman, interspersed with dry biographical detail. Plus, too much of the writing was almost clunky, even unclear--almost too much like a journal entry. And it takes away from what could have been a more moving picture. I know those interviews with those individuals were the basic research of the book, but I think he needed to give those chapters more of a narrative feel, rather than just 'explanation'. I know it took a long time for Booth to publish this book (15 years), and he suffered many personal and professional setbacks along the way, but I thought being published by Random House that one of their 'red pencil guys' would have suggested the same--but apparently, I get the feeling they let his manuscript stand, thinking the raw, almost 'new journalism' style was best suited to this subject--it was, but it still needed a real voice, not just verbatim quotes. And it seemed that Booth and the publishers wanted a more 'literary' style book, with each chapter beginning with a quote from some other work of literature, or historical manuscript, including the jarring detail of arriving at Altamont with the Maysel brothers on the morning of December 6, introducing each of the books three sections. These touches give the book more of a feel of, say, Norman Mailer's journalistic pieces, or early Tom Wolfe--and from reading the book, I feel that was Booth's intention--his poignant detailing of Kerouac's death during this same time seemed to give away his literary intentions. It has been reprinted a couple of different times, with the more generic title "The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones", and despite its flaws, I think stands as a great volume of rock music writing, and a great detail of the sweep the Stones had over culture during this time. Check Joel Selvin's 'Altamont' for a new take on the crux of Booth's story. And I too LOVED David Dalton's 'First 20 Years", in part because it was so unlike anything else at that time, and spent months buried in it's rag-tag mash up of newspaper headlines, magazine pieces, paste and clips and send ups that had me wondering for the longest time if much of that stuff was pure fiction--this was before I realized most of what was in that book had been published in previous periodicals. And I remember the blue chip day when I finally managed to save up $40 and ran to Waldenbooks to buy Robert Palmer's coffee table bio (the one with the 'Black and Blue' cover), only to find it, aside from the beautiful photography, a pretty run of the mill narrative. I'll give a special shout out to Graham Gordon's 'Rebels with a Cause' if only because it is a recent book that focuses on their early recordings, and Paul Trynka's Brian Jones bio "The Making of the Rolling Stones". I have still not read Stephen Davis' "Old Gods Almost Dead" though it has been recommended to me, and pretty well reviewed. I am somewhat biased against author Davis because of how often he went out of his way to trash the Stones in his lame Zep bio, 'Hammer of the Dorks'...but I best not digress further. Interested to hear your take on any of those titles, Alan!
Wow. You’re incredibly thorough analysis of the books has left me speechless. I thought I was a voracious reader. I think you leave me in the dust. I’ve never read a book twice. Though I will go back to Book for research I have read Stanley Booth book and the Philip Norman book. And have read many of the stones books, but since they were just basic paper back books, I don’t keep them. I simply don’t have the room. I love your analysis in that many books go into great detail up through say 1969. Then the rest of the career is breezed through. Personally, I have little to no interest in reading any more books like that I didn’t read the old gods book for that reason. There’s too much other stuff to read. I now prefer these in-depth books on certain periods of time. And I’m mostly concerned with the music. I think I’m in the minority, but I was disappointed with Keith’s book. Wymans books are dry but go into lots of facts.. And I like that. I recently got some new who books which I haven’t shown yet. But they deal with specific periods of time and are a good example of what I’m looking for in a new read. Anyway as always, thanks so much for your expertise And sharing your knowledge and passion
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow Honestly Alan, I really don't read that much anymore...at least I don't think I do...I have to do a lot of reading in my work/career, but I am not editing music books, or anything like that. In fact, I too wonder if I could read a full blown Stones bio anymore, especially one that would detail the meeting on the Dartford platform, the Ealing Club, living in squalor, hiring Bill because he had two amps, getting busted at Redlands, going to jail for a couple of uppers, running off to France and on and on....and yes, I would enjoy reading a more detailed analysis of the Stones and their creative, or music making process, rather than the same old stories of the same old crazy girlfriends, misguided movie projects and constant bickering. And though it sits on my shelf, I have not read all of Keith's bio either, what is it that missed the mark in your eyes? And correction, Mandy Aftel's bio was "Death of a Rolling Stone"....it seems so many of these titles are interchangeable. In all of those bios, I think very few of them really touched on the dynamic with Andrew in the early days. The accepted narrative is that big, bad, ego driven Mick and Keith wedged out Brian because he was not reliable...but it seems to me that Andrew, for all of his youth and inexperience, discovered something in Mick and Keith--and fostered THEM as writers, not Brian. All Andrew seems to get credit for is fostering them as some 'bad boy' or sleazy alternative to the current pop scene--yes, he gave them that hook. But spearheading Jagger/Richards as songwriters was his real stroke of genius. And to this end, I have to wonder who really produced their early records? I mean, Andrew couldn't have known his way around a control board....???
@@anthonyaswe4174 Yep - you covered it again - wonderfully. As much as I love and appreciate Keith, I think what he does and did with Mick is awful. When it comes to The Stones, Mick is always generous to credit Keith regarding input into songs etc. Keith loves and plays to his image all the time. I mean he even played it in Disney movies, for gods sake. He even did a Louie Vuitton advertisement. He just shits on Mick on various occasions and it annoys me. His book is rife with the "classic" stories we hear all the time. I prefer more about the music and considering it's Keith Richards, I expected more in that vein. But seems I'm alone in that feeling. Can't help but notice Keith always has a partner in his songwriter - the solo stuff was usually Steve Jordan. Mick solo is usually just him. I'm not saying Mick is better. I'm saying Keith should credit Mick as his partner more than he does. I HATE to hear him repeat his Satisfaction story over and over again without a counter question. Ask me Keith, I got some questions. By the way I read both of Andrews autobiographies. A bit long but I remember enjoying them. I didn't keep them so they're not in my video. They've always said his "production" was more advice and certainly not technical as you pointed out.
In the time before the internet existed, these Books have a completely different meaning for Music Fans! It wasn't always easy to get them, the same with Bootlegs! Somehow i loved that time!
Yea - it's amazing back before the internet. Info came from books and magazines and radio. More innocent, slower time - but I also loved it. Problem today is hard to know what's real. I used to buy books called Hot Wax just to get info on vinyl bootlegs. Thanks so much.
Amazing Stones library Alan! I only have a couple of those. Bill Wyman and also his biography, Stone Alone. That red, in their own words, book. Keith Richards biography. But yeah, wow…
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow I guess I should read Mick’s but I worry it’ll end up unfinnished like the Paul Stanley book. Loved Ace’s and Peters, gor through Gene’s but boy that self loving blaming everyone and insipid self pittying drivel from Mr. Stanley… Also, I coudln’t shut his voice off in my head while reading. Obviously, I admire Mick Jagger far more, but he does love his accomplishments a whole lot now doesn’t he? 😄
@@MortenAastad Mick was supposed to write his autobiography decades ago but didn't do it and returned the huge advance. The books written about Mick I stay away from - I read two long ago and were trash. Personally I like to read about the music and the albums....not the "trash".
Great video Alan! You made me realise how many Stones books I have myself. A few I don’t think you mentioned - recent Unzipped coffee table book, the controversial Jagger biography by Anthony Scaduto and the brilliant Stanley Booth book about the 69 tour. SB also did a book on Keith. Robert Greenfield did a book on EOMS and I recently picked up a book he wrote on the 71 farewell British tour called Ain’t it time we said goodbye. Great idea for a series! Where do you keep all this stuff 😅??
Thanks - you're correct in the Stanly Booth books are great - I didn't keep them - were just paperbacks. I have the Greenfield STP book but the one I showed in the video has a different name and cover - same book. Aint It Time We Said Goodbye also was good - didn't keep that paperback either. Unzipped is the same as the Exhibitionism book I showed but 2nd edition. I keep them on shelves where the CDs and albums and laserdiscs are - a mini warehouse in my small basement. Thanks again.
Love your Stones collection. Just fabulous. I said this elsewhere, but you should consider Neil Peart's books, starting with "Ghost Rider" I know you aren't really a Rush guy, but you won't find him jamming his band down your throat. You know about the tragic events of the late 90's, in his life. This book was his cathartic ride on his Triumph bike across North & Central America. Think you'll like it.
Thanks so much. I actually did read Bill's book and yes, it was fantastic. One of the best Stones books I've read. I just didn't keep it. Great shout out though.
I have 8 of the ones you mentioned. Also an earlier version of Complete Recording Sessions, through Steel Wheels. I have a couple others; Black & White Blues 1963, photos by Gus Coral, text David Hinckley & Debra Rodman, pictures of their UK tour with the Everly Brothers, Bo Diddley & Little Richard. Also Stanley Booth's True Adventures of the Rolling Stones from the 1969 tour. I used to have Blown Away (don't remember the author) but I threw it out, real tabloid material. Because I have Tony Sanchez's book (Keith calls it "Grimm's Fairy Tales"), I didn't need two of them. My brother had the Unauthorized Biography and Illustrated Record but don't think he has them anymore, they were falling apart. My favorite: Bill's Rolling With the Stones. I must have gone to the same New Barbarians show you did at MSG. The highlight: Keef singing Sure the One You Need.
Yea Wyman's Rolling With The Stones is a magnificent book - so beautifully done. Yea we were at the same show - they only played one night at MSG. I do remember at the end, many of the crowd were disappointed as we were expecting special guests like Jagger and Neil Young were rumoured. But was a fun pretty raw show. I remember Stanley Clarke's bass solo nearly stole the show.
Dang, what a collection! I have a few, Imagines of the world tour 1989 (Steel Wheels), Life on the road, According to, Let it bleed, “standard” edition. Got it for 150, down from 600 or something. Huge and heavy with beautiful slipcase. My fav is also the Bill Wyman one. Got a signed edition with a Christmas card also signed by him, directly from his store. I also love Stephen Davis’ Old Gods Almost Dead. How about showing tour programs?
That was a fantastic book indeed. Didn’t keep it. Was just a plain paperback so didn’t need to keep it after I read it but was a great book for the time period it covered.
Hey Allen...great video....I have a lot of those books...the Recording sessions Martin Elliott book is essential.....the Tony Sanchez book is hilarious....I'm pretty sure that's the book where on tour in the hotel rooms roadies and others would service the coked up queen Pallenburg while she was laying next to a passed out oblivious Keef.....haha.....Wyman's Blues Odyssey is a fantastic book and movie....Stone Alone is him just crying about money....hey Bill....yougottabekiddinme....one book you didn't mention was Jo Wood It's Only Rock and Roll....some hilarious accounts of Richards coming over to their house and him and Woody and Belushi staying up for days and days.....the one book that I'm really down on though is Keef erasing from history and not talking about Live Aid....where Jagger shone like a star with Tina Turner and Keef and Woody ...looking like burnt out parodies of their former selves took the stage with a fossilized Bob Dylan ...all with acoustic guitars making complete and utter fools of themselves....this was a pivotal moment in Stones history because Jagger was hell bent on going solo and being another Rod Stewart...claiming the rest of the band was drugged out old guys....Richards doesn't mention any of this but Woody certainly does in his excellent book in a very humorous way....thanks..
Thanks - I really liked the Jo Wood book I showed. Had great photos never seen before. Keith's LIFE book was enjoyable and a fast read, and read like he speaks. But it also agravated me as well. Keith always talks out of both sides of his mouth, and knows how to get publicity with outrageousness. I personally dislike his lack of credit to Jagger in so many ways. Especially in the songwriting and lyric department. If I hear one more time how he woke up and there was Satisfaction on a tape next to his bed, without a credit to the guy who wrote the lyrics. Satisfaction is way more than a classic guitar lick. Jagger had to form it into a song with lyrics, but you'd never know that from Keith.
@TheAlanRosenbergShow I need to get that Jo Wood book you showed....there is a book about the making of Let it Bleed...by Sean Egan...that's great....yes....Keef is brutal on "Brenda".....even mocking his " member " size......
@TheAlanRosenbergShow no it wasn't....Richards not mentioning the Live Aid fiasco was pathetic....It was a pivotal moment where it looked like it could be over....literally every Stones book written after that mentions it....Woody's recounts it and it is hilarious...Woody also talks about how he was the go between trying to get Keef and Mick back together when their was a fallout....great stuff...
That's almost impossible to answer. There's probably hundreds, heck I've read probably 100. Most people love Keith Richards Life book. I enjoyed it, but felt it was very one-sided and I'm skeptic to some of Keith's stories in general - but a fun fast read. I loved the two Bill Wyman books - Stone Alone and the later beautiful coffee table book Rolling With The Stones. He's very dry and fact oriented from his diaries, but I like that. But Stone Alone only covers the early years of the Stones. Bill Germans book Under My Thumb is a great true read of his adventures with The Stones. And many books just cover certain periods or tours - Chet Flippos is good, as is STP from Robert Greenfield '72 Tour. Stanley Booths' True Adventures was also a very good read. I read Up And Down With The Rolling Stones by Tony Sanchez when I was a little kid and couldn't put it down. He was Keith's drug dealer. Supposedly some stories are perhaps not accurate....but great read.... There's so many. Thanks and enjoy.
Alan you Sir you have my T shirt and rolling stones cap on yes I have also got the rolling stones clothes also I have boxes of books of stones and rolling stones albums and 45 fives from the 1967 years too now but I like all kinds of music not only the rolling stones records but all music. Terry M. In Pennsylvania. PS, i have seen the stones so many times Please let me know about the show my stones fan friend Alan
Yes - they're incredible - especially the special editions - like The History Of Rock and the individual special editions on bands - wow they're incredible - like the best "books" ever. I also have a ton of them. Fantastic.
I am having trouble sending messages again. They keep disappearing after they post. I hate it when that happens. I have a lot of those books even though I a a grown man😂🤣 I love lummi TV's comments!! He's watching your socks too!
Definitely two of my favorite books - certainly amongst the most entertaining. Certain people deny the facts in the books, but ...of course they probably would.
My sister says my days are 40 hours long...lol. Feels like it. This is a lifetime of reading... But yea I'm always reading a book or magazine - every day. And of course I have a book......................BACKLOG!! lol.
Spanish Tony's Up and Down book is simply too believable to not have happened. Same with Stone Alone. Most of what I think is authoritative about the Stones is in those two books.
I'll never know how true it is, but I loved reading it - one of the first Stones books I read. I loved Stone Alone, but ended so early in their career. I love all the facts and figures that Wyman provides.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow I understand exactly, Alan, we choose what we believe. But music books are fun to read with your favorite bootleg blasting. I just bought Rolling With The Stones solely on your recommendation ('preciate it!), yet another Wyman tome that originally flew under my radar. I have one book I didn't see on this vid, an Exile On Main St. songbook with sheet music published in 1972. It even deciphered all the lyrics correctly, except for one line in Casino Boogie: kissing cut in cans. Two demerits!
@@DAGDRUM53 yea I only have a couple of those guitar tabs books. The lyrics are notoriously wrong plus I’m not a big lyric reader guy. I’d rather just listen and pick out what I can and often with the stones wrong.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow Would it be fair to say that though you don't read lyrics you do know plenty off the top of your head just by virtue of listening to songs you like? Just in case you're on Wheel of Fortune and asked about Casino Boogie the real lyrics are: kissing cu-t in Cannes. For 35 years I was a singing drummer in various semi-pro bands and had to know the words. Another band I was friends with was dying onstage one night in front of a crowd of drunks talking and ignoring the music. The leader had heard my Jagger impersonation before and asked if I would sing and sit in on drums for Sympathy For The Devil. I told him I wouldn't play drums. For the next seven minutes I did the most exaggerated parody of Jagger's moves, running in place blowing kisses, wagging a finger, hands on hips and dancing around singing 'I rode a tank held a general's rank while the Blitzkrieg raged and the bodies sta-HANK!' All the drunks went crazy, the band asked me to do it again next night, I did, same reaction. Immediately I started a Stones tribute act with another guy on drums. The question I got asked most by audiences was: "Does Mick really say 'I just ate a horsemeat pie' in Bitch?"
@@DAGDRUM53 lol. That’s a great story. I’ve been onstage myself doing my Jagger thing. Not so great but fun. Yea I know most of the lyrics from hearing the songs hundreds of times. Who knows how correct they are though. Love yours for Bitch.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow Before buckling down to read this I checked the 5-star and 1-star reviews (the only ones that matter) at an online merchant's site (they wanted $44 but I found the book for $10.71 delivered). One reviewer attempted reading this photo collection monstrosity and 'found it impossible to read.' Even wearing glasses in good light my 71-year-old eyes couldn't read the fine print text, made more problematic by the distracting color photos that border every paragraph. I was determined trifles like tiny print would be no impediment. My little dollar flashlight revealed intensely interesting stuff about the band formation, waiting around hours to jam at clubs, what amps/guitars they bought, how the lineup solidified and day-to-day band stuff maybe others don't find entertaining. It's probably nothing I hadn't already read in Stone Alone but forgot (rereading that next). I didn't forget though Wyman penned extensive diaries while his memory was fresh; glad he did, fascinating minutiae here. Thanks again for the heads up.
Good grief, that is an impressive collection of Stones books!
Thanks. Didn’t realize I had that many till I took em off shelves. And there’s a few more I forgot. . Lol.
I thought the number of Stones books I have was ridiculous for an adult man. Your collection is simply incredible. However, my highlight is the socks. Beautiful Man! 🙂
lol - nice observation - yea have money Rolling Stones socks and ties...lol.
I've got quite a few of those books you have. I knew Jim Marshall and went to his place in San Francisco to buy some of his iconic photographs. He also gave me some of his books another time and signed them for me. Nice job on your growing Rolling Stones book collection, very impressive.
Thanks so much Tarr - how cool is that - you knew Jim Marshall and he gave you autographed books and bought some of his photos. Amazing. His place in San Francisco must've been incredible. I can't imagine. Thanks for sharing your amazing experience.
Yeah, hanging out with Jim Marshall at his house was quite an experience ( long story on how that happened ). His house is the ultimate Rock and Roll photo exhibit. The house was probably built in the 1930s on a hill in the Castro District, unassuming at best.
There's a documentary about him called "Show Me The Picture, The Story Of Jim Marshall" that is a must see for any rock fan who likes a deep dive into photojournalism of this caliber. You'll see the room in his house where he's being interviewed where I spent several hours drinking Jameson's whiskey with him and my girlfriend from the airlines at the time. Great storyteller, blunt and funny.
@@tarrtruck2869 I'm gonna look for that documentary on streaming services - yea I have to see that. Would've love to have been a fly on the wall with that get together, and drinking Jameson. That must've been a "party". Amazing.
Cool, another Rolling Stones video! I think I have been watching your channel for almost a month now, and I have watched pretty much every Stones video you have done. My dad and I are excited to see them in Houston, and we can't wait!
Thanks so much. I'm getting excited to see them too in NJ. You definitely have to let me know on the channel how the Houston show is. Thanks again.
Thank You, did not know a book on the 81-tour existed. My favorite tour. found it and going to order it.
Oh glad you found it. That’s an old one. Great tour of course. Saw three shows from it but best was in NJ Tina Turner opened and later joined The Stones. Amazing.
I love beautiful coffee table tomes, and you’ve got the mother lode when it comes to my favorite rock ‘n’ roll band, The Rolling Stones. Your collection knocks me out. Your mid-sized books are also impressive, especially the “Exhibitionism” catalog. I thought that exhibit was fabulous and wish I had purchased the catalog as a souvenir. As for the small books that are great to curl up with on a couch, my favorite is “Up and Down with The Rolling Stones,” despite the liberties that Tony Sanchez surely took with some (if not many) so-called truths. Nevertheless, The Stones have been connected with varying levels of deliciously “real” decadence, and the book is a helluva fun read. Like you, I enjoy the special takes that Bill Wyman offers in his books. The book you have on the quotes of Keith Richards would certainly amuse me. After reading each quote, I’d imagine hearing his one-of-a-kind guttural laugh-growl, which punctuates so much of what he says.
Thanks so much. They did reissue the Exhibitionism book as Unzipped and is readily available online. I remember seeing it at Hamilton Books online for cheap a while back. Yea. The Sanchez book was one of the first I ever read. I remember loving it and couldn’t put it down.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShowThanks for the tip about “Exhibitionism” being reissued as “ Unzippered.” I’ll check that out. BIG CONGRATS on having 2,000 subscribers. It’s awesome and well deserved. May your channel continue to grow and grow…
@@ronalaurence4105 Thanks so much - yes excited to hit 2,000 subscribers. In my fourth year of doing this - time flies when you're having fun. Thanks so much for your support going back to my very first video. Amazing support from you, and others, and I'm very grateful.
I’ve got a few of the Stones books you showed but man, you’ve got a library full !! The Richard’s book and the Stones gear books are my favorites!!!
Thanks so much. Yea the Stones Gear is amazing. So much work went into that one.
Hi Alan I like your rolling stones books 😮 WOW but I have a lot of stones books also mine go back from 1967 to the present I am so happy that I got to text a stones real fan like I am I know I have a lot of money but I Just can't sell them thank you again Alan ❤
Thanks for sharing your story as well. It's nice to have a cool library of books you've read.
Thank you for video! I have some of the books too. My first book about the Stones was James Hectors book, and it changed my life.
Was that a guide book to the Stones albums - I think I had that back in the day.
Great video Alan, thanks for putting it out, also thanks very much for the mention.
Thanks Allan for your idea this morning. Did this video live (as always) right when I came home from work. I have a lot of books I've read and kept, so if people like, I can continue showing the collection. I also have endless magazines and lots of tour books. Tour Books might be cool too. Thanks again.
I personally would like to see more of your book collection Alan, especially your Beatles books, and any general reference ones.
@@ALLAN-nc6ym Will do, not too many Beatles books. I've read a lot but didn't keep many. Have one very cool Beatles book I've never seen before though....
thats an impressive collection. however im starting to think that Mrs Rosenberg has to keep all her stuff in her car.
I'm so glad she doesn't watch my channel or read the comments...lol
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow 😂
Way to go Alan, the super Geeks like us add the books to our collectible just like the music. I find that there are not as many book collectors / readers then I thought.
great to see this thanks for showing. keep them coming.
I am up there also in the count.
Something I know my kids would donate.
As you know it is a challenge to filter out what is true and not on some of them.
Thanks so much. Definitely true, and I've stopped reading "general" Stones history books. Read the stories over and over again. I focus now on more specific parts of their history. Nice to hear you also collect and read the books. Definitely a niche area in todays world.
You have an amazing collection of books. I really enjoyed that Rolling Stones 50 Licks book. I started to get into the band more around 2019 and got that book in 2020. I think it is a nice overview of their career
Thanks so much - that is a really enjoyable book. Covered their career up that point really well, super well written and knowledgable.
Great collection Alan. I also have that big Taschen photo book on the Stones as well Genesis Publications ‘Tour of the Americas 75’. One of my favourite essays on the Stones is in Nick Kent’s ‘The Dark Stuff’.
That Taschen is very nice - soooo big - I didn't get it though. NICE - That Genesis ''75 book is a dream to own. That was my first Stones concert. I don't have that - but wow - thats amazing.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow Thank you. I don’t have that Genesis Exile book though. But yes, I’ve done okay. I’ve been seeing them live in Australia since Voodoo Lounge. My tenth show was at Desert Trip. Enjoy the tour! 👍
@@andrewmacdonald3667 very cool. Looking forward to the show.
I just finished reading according to The Rolling Stones and loved it
@@adambower2677 cool. Glad you like it.
Great stuff Alan!
Thanks so much
Very impressive collection as always, Alan! I must say, there were three or four 'oddball' books that I was wondering if you would bring up--and sure enough you did, with one exception. But first, the ones you did have: Barbara Charone's Keith bio has been in my collection since I found it in the discount bin at my university book store in 1984; the hard cover "The Rolling Stones in Concert" with the 1976 photo on the front--mainly a picture book I acquired in 1983; Chet Flippo's "On the Road", which I thought was a very entertaining and informative read, in 1985--at least it was straight reportage, and his efforts to secure credentials at El Mocambo were engaging; and the one you did NOT have, Mandy Aftel's Brian Jones bio "Life as a Rolling Stone", also acquired from a cut out bin at my university bookstore in 1984.
Now I know the wealth of books written on the Stones is substantial, and I have purposefully AVOIDED buying any of the coffee table books you reviewed--some of them I like, some of them are just pictorial or vanity projects that offered minimal insight, in my opinion, hence I avoided them. Plus, I would have no place to keep them...however a few of them I thought interesting and necessary: the massive "50"; the hardcover "Gear" book; and Bill Wyman's "Rolling with the Stones", which bore a strikingly similar feel to the Beatles' 'Anthology'--surprise surprise, even being released shortly thereafter.
In my youth, I read Stones bios like crazy, anxious for anything that was published about them...and thinking back, most of them were incredibly unsatisfying. The first was, of course, Tony Sanchez' Up and Down--which I read and re-read multiple times throughout my years in high school, and beyond. I made the mistake of taking that narrative as some sort of Bible on the Stones (and it is not, especially his poorly detailed photographs)...in so much that his opinions ended up informing my own opinions of the band for many years--a fault of being an uninformed teenager, at that. But I STILL have the Signet paperback I got of that title back in 1980...and it is completely beat to shit--frayed, dog-eared corners, completely split spine, loose pages....I should get another copy, if only to have one copy in decent shape. It was a book that I passed around too, turning many of my close friends into Stones fans upon doing so.
I was a little surprised you did not have more of the individual bios that have been written on the band, despite most of them being fairly typical, but the ones I have still remain on my shelf: Philip Norman's 'Symphony for the Devil', which even in 1984, I thought pretty much sucked. Phil Norman was (and remains) one of the most revered music bio writers from the UK, having shot to fame with the best seller "Shout!" in 1982, he tried his hand on the Stones a couple of years later, producing primarily a long, dry wikipedia entry, if you asked me. Also, it was during this time that I lost virtually all interest in reading Stones bios because most of them seem to tell the story up to the '69 tour...and the rest of their career is basically summed up in one chapter; Stanley Booth's at times harrowing "Dance With the Devil" (another terrible title), that could/SHOULD have been a great book, had it been given a do-over by a proper editor, and had the author given his manuscript more voice. This title too, I have read and re-read many times over the last 40 years, including another go round just last year--and I wasn't able to finish it. I thought his plotting of the book (alternating chapters of his then-current efforts to secure a book deal to write about the Stones while on the '69 tour, with chapters detailing their history and rise to fame) was brilliant, with the intersecting chapters perfectly coalescing at the climax of the story. However (and the book has received significant praise from writers of a more literary persuasions, as well as seasoned rock journalists), I think, strictly from a style standpoint, the chapters detailing their history did not have the same voice as his narrative chapters on the challenges of the tour. All too often, those chapters read as, basically, long quotes from either Richards, Ian Stewart, Shirley Arnold or Jo Bergman, interspersed with dry biographical detail. Plus, too much of the writing was almost clunky, even unclear--almost too much like a journal entry. And it takes away from what could have been a more moving picture. I know those interviews with those individuals were the basic research of the book, but I think he needed to give those chapters more of a narrative feel, rather than just 'explanation'.
I know it took a long time for Booth to publish this book (15 years), and he suffered many personal and professional setbacks along the way, but I thought being published by Random House that one of their 'red pencil guys' would have suggested the same--but apparently, I get the feeling they let his manuscript stand, thinking the raw, almost 'new journalism' style was best suited to this subject--it was, but it still needed a real voice, not just verbatim quotes. And it seemed that Booth and the publishers wanted a more 'literary' style book, with each chapter beginning with a quote from some other work of literature, or historical manuscript, including the jarring detail of arriving at Altamont with the Maysel brothers on the morning of December 6, introducing each of the books three sections. These touches give the book more of a feel of, say, Norman Mailer's journalistic pieces, or early Tom Wolfe--and from reading the book, I feel that was Booth's intention--his poignant detailing of Kerouac's death during this same time seemed to give away his literary intentions. It has been reprinted a couple of different times, with the more generic title "The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones", and despite its flaws, I think stands as a great volume of rock music writing, and a great detail of the sweep the Stones had over culture during this time.
Check Joel Selvin's 'Altamont' for a new take on the crux of Booth's story.
And I too LOVED David Dalton's 'First 20 Years", in part because it was so unlike anything else at that time, and spent months buried in it's rag-tag mash up of newspaper headlines, magazine pieces, paste and clips and send ups that had me wondering for the longest time if much of that stuff was pure fiction--this was before I realized most of what was in that book had been published in previous periodicals. And I remember the blue chip day when I finally managed to save up $40 and ran to Waldenbooks to buy Robert Palmer's coffee table bio (the one with the 'Black and Blue' cover), only to find it, aside from the beautiful photography, a pretty run of the mill narrative.
I'll give a special shout out to Graham Gordon's 'Rebels with a Cause' if only because it is a recent book that focuses on their early recordings, and Paul Trynka's Brian Jones bio "The Making of the Rolling Stones". I have still not read Stephen Davis' "Old Gods Almost Dead" though it has been recommended to me, and pretty well reviewed. I am somewhat biased against author Davis because of how often he went out of his way to trash the Stones in his lame Zep bio, 'Hammer of the Dorks'...but I best not digress further.
Interested to hear your take on any of those titles, Alan!
Wow. You’re incredibly thorough analysis of the books has left me speechless. I thought I was a voracious reader. I think you leave me in the dust. I’ve never read a book twice. Though I will go back to Book for research I have read Stanley Booth book and the Philip Norman book. And have read many of the stones books, but since they were just basic paper back books, I don’t keep them. I simply don’t have the room. I love your analysis in that many books go into great detail up through say 1969. Then the rest of the career is breezed through. Personally, I have little to no interest in reading any more books like that I didn’t read the old gods book for that reason. There’s too much other stuff to read. I now prefer these in-depth books on certain periods of time. And I’m mostly concerned with the music. I think I’m in the minority, but I was disappointed with Keith’s book. Wymans books are dry but go into lots of facts.. And I like that. I recently got some new who books which I haven’t shown yet. But they deal with specific periods of time and are a good example of what I’m looking for in a new read. Anyway as always, thanks so much for your expertise And sharing your knowledge and passion
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow Honestly Alan, I really don't read that much anymore...at least I don't think I do...I have to do a lot of reading in my work/career, but I am not editing music books, or anything like that. In fact, I too wonder if I could read a full blown Stones bio anymore, especially one that would detail the meeting on the Dartford platform, the Ealing Club, living in squalor, hiring Bill because he had two amps, getting busted at Redlands, going to jail for a couple of uppers, running off to France and on and on....and yes, I would enjoy reading a more detailed analysis of the Stones and their creative, or music making process, rather than the same old stories of the same old crazy girlfriends, misguided movie projects and constant bickering. And though it sits on my shelf, I have not read all of Keith's bio either, what is it that missed the mark in your eyes?
And correction, Mandy Aftel's bio was "Death of a Rolling Stone"....it seems so many of these titles are interchangeable. In all of those bios, I think very few of them really touched on the dynamic with Andrew in the early days. The accepted narrative is that big, bad, ego driven Mick and Keith wedged out Brian because he was not reliable...but it seems to me that Andrew, for all of his youth and inexperience, discovered something in Mick and Keith--and fostered THEM as writers, not Brian. All Andrew seems to get credit for is fostering them as some 'bad boy' or sleazy alternative to the current pop scene--yes, he gave them that hook. But spearheading Jagger/Richards as songwriters was his real stroke of genius. And to this end, I have to wonder who really produced their early records? I mean, Andrew couldn't have known his way around a control board....???
@@anthonyaswe4174 Yep - you covered it again - wonderfully. As much as I love and appreciate Keith, I think what he does and did with Mick is awful. When it comes to The Stones, Mick is always generous to credit Keith regarding input into songs etc. Keith loves and plays to his image all the time. I mean he even played it in Disney movies, for gods sake. He even did a Louie Vuitton advertisement. He just shits on Mick on various occasions and it annoys me. His book is rife with the "classic" stories we hear all the time. I prefer more about the music and considering it's Keith Richards, I expected more in that vein. But seems I'm alone in that feeling. Can't help but notice Keith always has a partner in his songwriter - the solo stuff was usually Steve Jordan. Mick solo is usually just him. I'm not saying Mick is better. I'm saying Keith should credit Mick as his partner more than he does. I HATE to hear him repeat his Satisfaction story over and over again without a counter question. Ask me Keith, I got some questions. By the way I read both of Andrews autobiographies. A bit long but I remember enjoying them. I didn't keep them so they're not in my video. They've always said his "production" was more advice and certainly not technical as you pointed out.
In the time before the internet existed, these Books have a completely different meaning
for Music Fans!
It wasn't always easy to get them, the same with Bootlegs!
Somehow i loved that time!
Yea - it's amazing back before the internet. Info came from books and magazines and radio. More innocent, slower time - but I also loved it. Problem today is hard to know what's real. I used to buy books called Hot Wax just to get info on vinyl bootlegs. Thanks so much.
Amazing Stones library Alan! I only have a couple of those. Bill Wyman and also his biography, Stone Alone. That red, in their own words, book. Keith Richards biography.
But yeah, wow…
Thanks Morten - well the ones you read are amongst my faves.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow I guess I should read Mick’s but I worry it’ll end up unfinnished like the Paul Stanley book. Loved Ace’s and Peters, gor through Gene’s but boy that self loving blaming everyone and insipid self pittying drivel from Mr. Stanley… Also, I coudln’t shut his voice off in my head while reading.
Obviously, I admire Mick Jagger far more, but he does love his accomplishments a whole lot now doesn’t he? 😄
@@MortenAastad Mick was supposed to write his autobiography decades ago but didn't do it and returned the huge advance. The books written about Mick I stay away from - I read two long ago and were trash. Personally I like to read about the music and the albums....not the "trash".
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow Oooh, I thought the Philip Norman book was a colab WITH Mick Jagget. Oh, well, glad I didn’t get it now.
@@MortenAastad no. Not jaggers style.
Great video Alan! You made me realise how many Stones books I have myself. A few I don’t think you mentioned - recent Unzipped coffee table book, the controversial Jagger biography by Anthony Scaduto and the brilliant Stanley Booth book about the 69 tour. SB also did a book on Keith. Robert Greenfield did a book on EOMS and I recently picked up a book he wrote on the 71 farewell British tour called Ain’t it time we said goodbye. Great idea for a series! Where do you keep all this stuff 😅??
Thanks - you're correct in the Stanly Booth books are great - I didn't keep them - were just paperbacks. I have the Greenfield STP book but the one I showed in the video has a different name and cover - same book. Aint It Time We Said Goodbye also was good - didn't keep that paperback either. Unzipped is the same as the Exhibitionism book I showed but 2nd edition. I keep them on shelves where the CDs and albums and laserdiscs are - a mini warehouse in my small basement. Thanks again.
Love your Stones collection. Just fabulous.
I said this elsewhere, but you should consider Neil Peart's books, starting with "Ghost Rider"
I know you aren't really a Rush guy, but you won't find him jamming his band down your throat. You know about the tragic events of the late 90's, in his life. This book was his cathartic ride on his Triumph bike across North & Central America. Think you'll like it.
@@derhandtrommler I agree. I’ll get to it. Such tragedy. Wonderful that he put down his thoughts and travelogue to work thru his pain.
Great review. What a collection! You should really read "Under Their Thumb" by Bill German. Amazing read... Thank you for this.
Thanks so much. I actually did read Bill's book and yes, it was fantastic. One of the best Stones books I've read. I just didn't keep it. Great shout out though.
I have 8 of the ones you mentioned. Also an earlier version of Complete Recording Sessions, through Steel Wheels. I have a couple others; Black & White Blues 1963, photos by Gus Coral, text David Hinckley & Debra Rodman, pictures of their UK tour with the Everly Brothers, Bo Diddley & Little Richard. Also Stanley Booth's True Adventures of the Rolling Stones from the 1969 tour. I used to have Blown Away (don't remember the author) but I threw it out, real tabloid material. Because I have Tony Sanchez's book (Keith calls it "Grimm's Fairy Tales"), I didn't need two of them. My brother had the Unauthorized Biography and Illustrated Record but don't think he has them anymore, they were falling apart. My favorite: Bill's Rolling With the Stones. I must have gone to the same New Barbarians show you did at MSG. The highlight: Keef singing Sure the One You Need.
Yea Wyman's Rolling With The Stones is a magnificent book - so beautifully done. Yea we were at the same show - they only played one night at MSG. I do remember at the end, many of the crowd were disappointed as we were expecting special guests like Jagger and Neil Young were rumoured. But was a fun pretty raw show. I remember Stanley Clarke's bass solo nearly stole the show.
Dang, what a collection! I have a few, Imagines of the world tour 1989 (Steel Wheels), Life on the road, According to, Let it bleed, “standard” edition. Got it for 150, down from 600 or something. Huge and heavy with beautiful slipcase. My fav is also the Bill Wyman one. Got a signed edition with a Christmas card also signed by him, directly from his store. I also love Stephen Davis’ Old Gods Almost Dead. How about showing tour programs?
Nice you have autographed copies. That’s awesome. Thanks. Thinking about tour programs. Have like 100 or so.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow Yes yes yes please!! 😃
@@laszlomolnar298 Thanks so much again - I'll do it. Will be a series. You may be the only one who likes it, but I'll give it a shot.
Keith’s book is a hoot!
Yea fast read and does read like his voice.
The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones by Stanley Booth . Keith " Yeah, that's how it was !!
That was a fantastic book indeed. Didn’t keep it. Was just a plain paperback so didn’t need to keep it after I read it but was a great book for the time period it covered.
Hey Allen...great video....I have a lot of those books...the Recording sessions Martin Elliott book is essential.....the Tony Sanchez book is hilarious....I'm pretty sure that's the book where on tour in the hotel rooms roadies and others would service the coked up queen Pallenburg while she was laying next to a passed out oblivious Keef.....haha.....Wyman's Blues Odyssey is a fantastic book and movie....Stone Alone is him just crying about money....hey Bill....yougottabekiddinme....one book you didn't mention was Jo Wood It's Only Rock and Roll....some hilarious accounts of Richards coming over to their house and him and Woody and Belushi staying up for days and days.....the one book that I'm really down on though is Keef erasing from history and not talking about Live Aid....where Jagger shone like a star with Tina Turner and Keef and Woody ...looking like burnt out parodies of their former selves took the stage with a fossilized Bob Dylan ...all with acoustic guitars making complete and utter fools of themselves....this was a pivotal moment in Stones history because Jagger was hell bent on going solo and being another Rod Stewart...claiming the rest of the band was drugged out old guys....Richards doesn't mention any of this but Woody certainly does in his excellent book in a very humorous way....thanks..
One other book that you didn't mention and that I highly recommend is Old God's Almost Dead by Stephen Davis....
Thanks - I really liked the Jo Wood book I showed. Had great photos never seen before. Keith's LIFE book was enjoyable and a fast read, and read like he speaks. But it also agravated me as well. Keith always talks out of both sides of his mouth, and knows how to get publicity with outrageousness. I personally dislike his lack of credit to Jagger in so many ways. Especially in the songwriting and lyric department. If I hear one more time how he woke up and there was Satisfaction on a tape next to his bed, without a credit to the guy who wrote the lyrics. Satisfaction is way more than a classic guitar lick. Jagger had to form it into a song with lyrics, but you'd never know that from Keith.
@TheAlanRosenbergShow I need to get that Jo Wood book you showed....there is a book about the making of Let it Bleed...by Sean Egan...that's great....yes....Keef is brutal on "Brenda".....even mocking his " member " size......
@@larrynolletti4594 yea. But I guess it helped him sell a lot of books. Not a nice thing to do though.
@TheAlanRosenbergShow no it wasn't....Richards not mentioning the Live Aid fiasco was pathetic....It was a pivotal moment where it looked like it could be over....literally every Stones book written after that mentions it....Woody's recounts it and it is hilarious...Woody also talks about how he was the go between trying to get Keef and Mick back together when their was a fallout....great stuff...
What is the definitive Rolling Stones Biography
That's almost impossible to answer. There's probably hundreds, heck I've read probably 100. Most people love Keith Richards Life book. I enjoyed it, but felt it was very one-sided and I'm skeptic to some of Keith's stories in general - but a fun fast read. I loved the two Bill Wyman books - Stone Alone and the later beautiful coffee table book Rolling With The Stones. He's very dry and fact oriented from his diaries, but I like that. But Stone Alone only covers the early years of the Stones. Bill Germans book Under My Thumb is a great true read of his adventures with The Stones. And many books just cover certain periods or tours - Chet Flippos is good, as is STP from Robert Greenfield '72 Tour. Stanley Booths' True Adventures was also a very good read. I read Up And Down With The Rolling Stones by Tony Sanchez when I was a little kid and couldn't put it down. He was Keith's drug dealer. Supposedly some stories are perhaps not accurate....but great read.... There's so many. Thanks and enjoy.
Alan you Sir you have my T shirt and rolling stones cap on yes I have also got the rolling stones clothes also I have boxes of books of stones and rolling stones albums and 45 fives from the 1967 years too now but I like all kinds of music not only the rolling stones records but all music. Terry M. In Pennsylvania. PS, i have seen the stones so many times Please let me know about the show my stones fan friend Alan
I certainly will Terry - sounds like you have an incredible collection. Awesome
Uncut and Mojo are hands down the Best Magazines. I've got boxes of them. I need 2 issues of the History of Rock-Though
Yes - they're incredible - especially the special editions - like The History Of Rock and the individual special editions on bands - wow they're incredible - like the best "books" ever. I also have a ton of them. Fantastic.
I am having trouble sending messages again. They keep disappearing after they post. I hate it when that happens. I have a lot of those books even though I a a grown man😂🤣 I love lummi TV's comments!! He's watching your socks too!
But what do you love more - lummi commercials or my socks.
Up and down with the rolling stones rings true so does stones touring party
Definitely two of my favorite books - certainly amongst the most entertaining. Certain people deny the facts in the books, but ...of course they probably would.
My God Alan where do you find time to play music plus reading all these lol
My sister says my days are 40 hours long...lol. Feels like it. This is a lifetime of reading... But yea I'm always reading a book or magazine - every day. And of course I have a book......................BACKLOG!! lol.
I save Prog magazines.Used to save Classic Rock but it got to be too much.Have alot of goldmine magazines also.@@TheAlanRosenbergShow
I’m shocked at how many of these i have!!
So true I'm sure - I had no idea how many I had either.
Spanish Tony's Up and Down book is simply too believable to not have happened. Same with Stone Alone. Most of what I think is authoritative about the Stones is in those two books.
I'll never know how true it is, but I loved reading it - one of the first Stones books I read. I loved Stone Alone, but ended so early in their career. I love all the facts and figures that Wyman provides.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow I understand exactly, Alan, we choose what we believe. But music books are fun to read with your favorite bootleg blasting. I just bought Rolling With The Stones solely on your recommendation ('preciate it!), yet another Wyman tome that originally flew under my radar. I have one book I didn't see on this vid, an Exile On Main St. songbook with sheet music published in 1972. It even deciphered all the lyrics correctly, except for one line in Casino Boogie: kissing cut in cans. Two demerits!
@@DAGDRUM53 yea I only have a couple of those guitar tabs books. The lyrics are notoriously wrong plus I’m not a big lyric reader guy. I’d rather just listen and pick out what I can and often with the stones wrong.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow Would it be fair to say that though you don't read lyrics you do know plenty off the top of your head just by virtue of listening to songs you like? Just in case you're on Wheel of Fortune and asked about Casino Boogie the real lyrics are: kissing cu-t in Cannes. For 35 years I was a singing drummer in various semi-pro bands and had to know the words. Another band I was friends with was dying onstage one night in front of a crowd of drunks talking and ignoring the music. The leader had heard my Jagger impersonation before and asked if I would sing and sit in on drums for Sympathy For The Devil. I told him I wouldn't play drums. For the next seven minutes I did the most exaggerated parody of Jagger's moves, running in place blowing kisses, wagging a finger, hands on hips and dancing around singing 'I rode a tank held a general's rank while the Blitzkrieg raged and the bodies sta-HANK!' All the drunks went crazy, the band asked me to do it again next night, I did, same reaction. Immediately I started a Stones tribute act with another guy on drums. The question I got asked most by audiences was: "Does Mick really say 'I just ate a horsemeat pie' in Bitch?"
@@DAGDRUM53 lol. That’s a great story. I’ve been onstage myself doing my Jagger thing. Not so great but fun. Yea I know most of the lyrics from hearing the songs hundreds of times. Who knows how correct they are though. Love yours for Bitch.
After seeing this video I got that Rolling With The Stones book and that thing must weigh 15 pounds. 3:16
@@DAGDRUM53 that’s fantastic. It’s truly a favorite of mine. I hope you love it. I’m sure you will.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow Thanks, Alan. UPDATE: just learned the book weighs a measly 10.4 pounds.
@@DAGDRUM53 Wow - that is incredible...lol
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow Before buckling down to read this I checked the 5-star and 1-star reviews (the only ones that matter) at an online merchant's site (they wanted $44 but I found the book for $10.71 delivered). One reviewer attempted reading this photo collection monstrosity and 'found it impossible to read.' Even wearing glasses in good light my 71-year-old eyes couldn't read the fine print text, made more problematic by the distracting color photos that border every paragraph. I was determined trifles like tiny print would be no impediment. My little dollar flashlight revealed intensely interesting stuff about the band formation, waiting around hours to jam at clubs, what amps/guitars they bought, how the lineup solidified and day-to-day band stuff maybe others don't find entertaining. It's probably nothing I hadn't already read in Stone Alone but forgot (rereading that next). I didn't forget though Wyman penned extensive diaries while his memory was fresh; glad he did, fascinating minutiae here. Thanks again for the heads up.
That nobody will buy. I have lots
Books are very much like CDs now. But I still love both.