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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 782.421660922
Format: Bargain Price
Label: Da Capo Press
Manufacturer: Da Capo Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: November 01, 2006
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Sales Rank: 85797
Studio: Da Capo Press
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Recorded during the blazing summer of 1971 at Villa Nellcote, Keith Richards’ seaside mansion in the south of France, Exile on Main St. has been hailed as one of the Rolling Stones’ best albums-and one of the greatest rock records of all time. Yet its improbable creation was difficult, torturous...and at times nothing short of dangerous.In self-imposed exile, the Stones-along with wives, girlfriends, and a crew of hangers-on unrivaled in the history of rock-spent their days smoking, snorting, and drinking whatever they could get their hands on. At night, the band descended like miners into the villa’s dank basement to lay down tracks. Out of those grueling sessions came the familiar riffs and rhythms of “Rocks Off,” “Tumbling Dice,” “Happy,” and “Sweet Virginia.”All the while, a variety of celebrities-John Lennon, Yoko Ono, and Gram Parsons among them-stumbled through the villa’s neverending party, as did the local drug dealers, known to one and all as “les cowboys.” Villa Nellcote became the crucible in which creative strife, outsize egos, and all the usual byproducts of the Stones’ legendary hedonistic excess fused into something potent, volatile, and enduring.Here, for the first time, is the season in hell that produced Exile on Main St.
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Someone recommended this book to me; apparently it has recently been issued in a Kindle edition. And like any good tennis player who faces the blur of the approaching little yellow ball, I had to take a swing at it. Unfortunately for me, I have a nasty habit of needing to finish almost every book I start. I know, my own fault.
Having seen the other reviews above (should have read them first!), I realize I don't have that much to add. But this book is so utterly bad, in tone and ... Read More
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After reading this book I came to the conclusion of how did this band ever get anything done, let alone create some of the greatest songs ever. Who was in charge of keeping things going in any direction? I can see why Mick never thought too much about this album it could have been so much better if they had be able to control the envirnment better but oh well it's the Stones, right! I think this book gives a ptretty good Idea of what the whole scene was like for the group at the time although there ... Read More
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I was excited to discover this, as like several others, I thought his previous Stones book was fantastic. But in the intervening years the author has become insufferably pompous, egotistical and cliché-ridden. He also appears to have fired his editor.
The author's habit of continually inserting song titles/lyrics and even bits of Shakespeare (without quotation marks,just to prove how effortless it all is) is as annoying as listening to some teenager say "like" every other word. For example: ... Read More
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This author somehow thinks that having access to a few interviews and prior books about the Stones, and about this time period, and that having a way of working lyrical references from the stones catalog, Springsteen, et al, ad nauseum, will allow him to produce a readable book about one of the most important rock bands of all time,and several of the most influential people who either were members or were associated with the group that produced like, ten percent of all that's listenable in rock and roll to ... Read More
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If you want a detailed, rock critic-esque review of the making of Exile On Main Street, check out the The Rolling Stones' Exile on Main St. (33 1/3). Greenfield's book is short on nuance and long on rumor and sensationalism, but that doesn't mean it's not a fun read. Yes, he's got inconsistencies and incorrect facts galore. Yes, he makes a random two-page attack on fellow writers. Sure, the chapter on the album itself is self-consciously arch and snarky. BUT, if you want to have the Rolling Stones equivalent ... Read More
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