Artist: The Rolling StonesDVD: Stones in Exile
Worth Buying: Yes
You will be interested in this album if you are a fan of: The Rolling Stones classic “Exile on Main Street” album.
Tell Me More: Music fans who ran out and grabbed the recent highly-anticipated reissue of The Rolling Stones’ seminal “Exile on Main Street” now have a worthy DVD
companion to position next to that classic audio collection released back in 1972.
“Stones in Exile” (released by Eagle Rock Entertainment on June 22, 2010) features an hour-long documentary that revisits the events and sessions that resulted in The
Rolling Stones’ best-ever studio album.
Combining amazing film footage and still photography taken in the early 1970s with modern-day interviews with all the key players (singer Mick Jagger, guitarist Keith
Richards, drummer Charlie Watts, as well as former band members guitarist Mick Taylor and bassist Bill Wyman), this production really displays why this album was so dramatically different than the Stones’ previous work. And to shed an even greater light on the difficult process of recording the album are a wide-range of interviews from the likes of producer Jimmy Miller, engineer Andy Johns and sax player Bobby Keys.
“That whole period was incredibly creative for all of us,” Mick Taylor explains in one of many magical interviews. “Once we got into a studio and picked up our guitars, we were in our own world; nothing else could really get in the way.”
Some of the most revealing moments in the movie (and in the bonus features included on this wonderful DVD) are where Mick and Charlie returning to both Olympic Studios
where some of the earliest tracking for “Exile on Main Street” was completed, as well as Mick’s then-residence, the country estate Stargroves.
Directed by Stephen Kijak, “Stones in Exile” is a must-have and affordable addition to not only fans of The Rolling Stones, but to those who love rock ‘n’ roll.
What about the packaging? “Stones in Exile” comes on a single disc, but the standard
package does include a fold-out booklet with a number of period photos of the band members. There is even more bonus material on this collection than the actual
documentary itself.
What about the sound? The Dolby Digital Stereo mix sounds fantastic. I detected no flaws.
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