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Tours/Shows Setlists and Dates: 1968 Shows (Poll Winner's Concert): 5-12-68 Rock and Roll Circus: 12-10-68 to 12-12-68 Studio/Album Info: 1968 Releases 1968 Session Info 1969 Tour Posters: 1968 Rock and Roll Circus Live Info: Songs Played Live in 1968 |
The Stones came into 1968 in transition. They had just released
Their Satanic Majesties Request, their most psychadelic album, yet they had already begun to
move away from that sound. 1968 saw then go back to their roots, yet jump forward into a
style of rock which was all their own. Jumping Jack Flash and Child of the Moon began
a new era for the Stones. Beggar's Banquet, released on December 6th, at the end of the year,
cemented them as the bad boys of Rock, as songs
like Sympathy For The Devil and Street Fighting Man
showed the world that the Stones could write
some of the most powerful lyrics rock had even seen. This would be the first time that the Stones wouldn't tour of of their new album. Satanic Majesties had been a commercial success but a critical failure. The Stones were seen as trying to copy the Beatles Sgt. Pepper's, so instead of going on the road to support an album which, by all account, most of the band didn't even like that much, they went back to the studio. The Stones were in and out of the studio for the entire year. Their triumphant comeback was begun with Jumping Jack Flash, an astoundingly different sound from Satanic Majesties. Immediately after the release of Beggar's Banquet, the band had planned a Rock and Roll circus. A three day event which combined various rock acts, such as the Who, Taj Majal, Yoko Ono and John Lennon, Mitch Mitchel, Eric Clapton, Marianne Faithful, and of course, the Stones, with actual circus acts. The entire event would take place under a big top and it would be internationally televised around Christmas, a sort of Christmas present from the Stones to their fans, who hadn't seen them perform in at least a year. Rock and Roll Circus was not released on Television. In fact, it was not released at all until the 1990s when Abkco started opening thier vaults. Accoring to the band, the Stones performance was lacking a bit, but that doesn't seem to be the case at all if you watch the video, the Stones are fnatastic. More likely, the Stones were afraid that they might have been upstaged by the Who, who happened to play at the Circus one of the best performances ever recorded. |
Line Up:
Line Up:
Confessin' The Blues (Walter Brown/Jay McShann)*
Unless otherwise noted, all session songs are Jagger/Richard
Single released May 24th
Mick Jagger:vocals and harmonica
Keith Richards: Guitars
Brian Jones: Guitars and Maracas
Bill Wyman: Bass
Charlie Watts: Drums and Percussion
DATE: 5/12/68
Venue:
Poll Winner's Concert, London
Setlist:
Jumping Jack Flash (1st time played live)
Satisfaction
Rock And Roll Circus
Mick Jagger:vocals and harmonica
Keith Richards: Guitars
Brian Jones: Guitars and Maracas
Bill Wyman: Bass
Charlie Watts: Drums and Percussion
Nicky Hopkins: Piano
Rocky Dijon: Percussion
The Rock and Roll Circus - filmed for television in 1968 but not released until 1996
DATE:
10th - 12th December
Venue: London, Intertel Studios.
Setlist:
Jumping Jack Flash
Parachute Woman (1st time played live)
No Expectations (1st time played live)
You Can't Always Get What You Want (1st time played live)
Sympathy For The Devil (1st time played live)
Salt Of The Earth (sung over backing track)
The Stones also rehearsed and may have played:
Route 66 (Bobby Troup)
Confessin' The Blues (Walter Brown/Jay McShann)
Look On Yonder Wall (James Clark) (1st time played live)
Walkin’ Blues (Robert Johnson) (1st time played live)
Love In Vain (Robert Johnson) (1st time played live)
Name of Recording:
Rock And Roll Circus (official release), Brian's Blues, Rock and Roll Circus (this is not the official release), More Rock and Roll Circus, First Decade, Unreleased Live Stones
Songs Played Live In 1968
Jumping Jack Flash
Love In Vain (Robert Johnson)*
Look On Yonder Wall (James Clark)*
No Expectations
Parachute Woman
Route 66 (Bobby Troup)*
Salt Of The Earth
Satisfaction
Sympathy For The Devil
Walkin’ Blues (Robert Johnson)*
You Can't Always Get What You Want
* may have been played and not released on Rock and Roll Circus. Definately rehearsed
Studio Sessions
March 17th - April 3rd, Olympic Sound Studios, London:
Child Of The Moon
Jigsaw Puzzle
Jumping Jack Flash
Parachute Woman
Stray Cat Blues
Pay Your Dues (early Steet Fighting Man)
April 20th, 27th Olympic Sound Studios, London:
Jumping Jack Flash
May 9th - 10th, Olympic Sound Studios, London:
Silver Blanket (early Salt Of The Earth)
May 13th - 23rd, Olympic Sound Studios, London:
Blood Red Wine
Dear Doctor
Downtown Suzie (Wyman)
Factory Girl
Family
Lady
Love In Vain (Robert Johnson)
No Expectations
Prodigal Son (Rev. Robert Wilkins)
Silver Blanket (early Salt Of The Earth)
Sister Morphine(Jagger/Richard/Faithfull)
Still A Fool (McKinley Morganfield)
Stray Cat Blues
Street Fighting Man
Single released May 24th
A: Jumping Jack Flash
B: Child Of The Moon
June 4th - 10th, Olympic Sound Studios, London:
No Expectations
Sympathy For The Devil
June 24th, Olympic Sound Studios, London:
Prodigal Son
June 28th, Olympic Sound Studios, London:
Family
Power Cut
Thief For The Blues
Too Far To Walk
June 30th - July 25th, Sunset Sound Studios, Los Angeles:
Jigsaw Puzzle
Parachute Woman
Salt Of The Earth
Street Fighting Man
Single released August 31st
A: Street Fighting Man
B: No Expectations
November 16th, Morgan Studios, London:
Rolls Royce And Acid (Jack Nitzsche)
You Can't Always Get What You Want
November 17th, Olympic Sound Studios, London:
Memo From Turner
December 6th, "Beggar's Banquet" is released:
A:
Sympathy For The Devil
No Expectations
Dear Doctor
Parachute Woman
Jigsaw Puzzle
B:
Street Fighting Man
Prodigal Son
Stray Cat Blues
Factory Girl
Salt Of The Earth
Releases
A: Jumping Jack Flash
B: Child Of The Moon
Single released August 31st
A: Street Fighting Man
B: No Expectations
Beggar's Banquet
Sympathy For The Devil
No Expectations
Dear Doctor
Parachute Woman
Jigsaw Puzzle
Street Fighting Man
Prodigal Son
Stray Cat Blues
Factory Girl
Salt Of The Earth
