Bremen from what year, '73? What if all these brilliant live versions could be remastered with today's technology ( same as LA Friday, vast improvement on that one). In the early 70's the Stones were young/ were on fire/and had the great Mick Taylor on board, also these songs were relatively new like fresh out of the oven and not suffering from being overplayed like today, my biggest Stones regret was not seeing them on the 9th Sept '73 I had just arrived in London with no lodgings and very little money two days previous had to wait till '76 ( 3 nights in a row Earl's Court and then Knebworth but alas Mick Taylor was gone😳, met him in his dressing room after his Dublin gig 2001 and got all his bands autographs🎸🕺👍
Keith was always a great rhythm guitarist, but Mick Taylor's playing-itself phenomenal and the best the Stones ever had-made Keith's playing even greater. There was only one lead guitarist for the Stones and that was Mick Taylor. Unreal.
Unadulterated nonsense Taylor was in band for five out the bands sixty year and counting existence keith was lead guitar on cry to me around and around brilliant twelve string solo on under the boardwalk on original studio version of sympathy for jumpin jack flash street fighting man honky tonk women and yes for the live version of sympathy on ya yas it is on film. As Charlie watts said if none of the rest of us had ever existed and mick met Keith there would have been a band and it would have sounded like The Rolling Stones read keiths book read sound man by glyn Johns above all read true adventures of The Rolling Stones by Stanley booth who lived with the band on the sixty nine tour Keith band leader keith songwriter Keith the most fascinating and likeable as a person of all the stones of whatever era love you keith
Mick is better in terms of pure technique, but Keith has created a library of hot riffs like nobody else. I give the best Stones guitars crown to Keith.
For me never been the same band since Taylor left, really should have moved heavon and earth to keep him, this is a great version, Taylor at his formidable best.
It’s no coincidence that they recorded their greatest records when Taylor was in the band, but Keith was the riff master, and maybe the greatest rhythm guitarist ever.
I think Keith Richards and Mick Taylor together were the best rock guitar team of all time. Better than Clapton or Paige by themselves. There is a genius to Richards that cannot be denied. His ability to come up with signature riffs for every song they recorded is amazing, but Mick Taylor on lead guitar gave the band the technical chops to rival Led Zeppelin on anyone else on the rock scene at that time. The Stones were "the greatest rock and roll band in the world" during those years.
I hadn't heard this til today, glad i did this is great. I think his best, and the recording is better, is Parchman Farm with the Bluesbreakers, the solo is insane. Look it up here on youtube
To my knowledge Mick Taylor became reclusive after his departure from the stones. I'm not entirely sure if this is accurate. I know he performed a couple of shows in recent years with the stones. I guess we don't know the reason why an individual does the things they do. Nobody ever truly knows.
Mick Taylor on lead guitar his solos are just next level. Ronnie is great in his own right. The Stones peaked from 69 to 74. Mick Taylor could blow the roof off with his playing. The whole band was incredible Bill Wyman on bass Mick Jagger vocals Keith Richards the riff master and Charlie Watts on drums RIP. Legendary group. Sadly they will be gone forever There music will live on though.
It's incredible how this man was able of accompanying Jagger's voice soloing and without taking away from it, in such a melodic way. He is the quintessential lead guitarist of the late 60's and early 70's. I miss you little Mick.
He, Wyman and Jagger were all virtuosos and somehow all three of them could cut loose at the same time without showing the others up. Maybe a big part was that Charlie and Keef played it straight and were an amazingly solid rhythm section, but still…
They certainly weren’t friends - Richards and Taylor. Keith openly ribbed and clowned on Mick Taylor. But Keith gave him his props. Called him a “beautiful player”. And he was. Taylor was among the best, hands down.
@@keithhinchcliffe5629 Jagger and Richards were actually pissed that Taylor told them he was leaving. Taylor fell into a heroin addiction thru Jagger and Richards and Mick Taylor's wife gave him an ultimatum, either heroin or me, so he gave up heroin and the Stones. Watch any documentary on the band and you'll see.
I agree. In this take Taylor was blazing hot. From 1968 - 72 the band was at its peak, creatively and live performance. And Taylor had much to do with it.
The Mick Taylor influence - superlative! Charlie Watts, so relaxed, his cadences right on it. When the tide comes in, all boats rise. Taylor was the high tide.
Finally someone mentioned Led ZEPPELIN. I can't get enough of both bands. It's hard for me to believe that I've been listening to this amazing music for nearly 60 years. I'm one year older and Mick Jager
If I had a time machine, the first thing I'd do is go to both bands' 1972 tours in as many stops as possible. Unbeatable performances by both of them that year especially.
'Had Mick T got writing credits for all five of the songs he clearly had a major involvement in, would he still be in the Stones?' I guess we'll never know
A freedom it seems he didn't get again until he worked with Carla Olson. They produced some really great stuff together. The early 90s versions of Winter and especially Sway are breathtaking. I can imagine Keith feeling peed off hearing those versions and thinking what the hell is he doing not being in our band?
What Mick Taylor does well here is let the vocals have space when they need it especially on 'just a kiss away'. He gives a lot of energy to this song.
Mick Taylor put the band in another stratosphere.Just listen to his playing,its absolutely incredible.Its hard to believe the band kept up with him.Once again proving The Stones are way more then just a band,theyre the bar that bands try to achieve.For me i still get the same feelings that i got when i 1st heard them at 9yrs old.Amazing!!!
So refreshing to hear this version! I saw them do this at RFK Stadium in DC, 17 days earlier - on July 4th! The lead that Mick played on Gimmie Shelter blew my mind - it was so climactic and emotional, as he was bending the strings to new heights. I always wished I could have heard a recording of it afterwards. This comes pretty close!
Thx for the post! No sooner had I made this comment, that I found someone had posted an audio clip from that concert! Took me back - still felt the same emotions! It was great to relive it!@@ROLLOGUITAR
Just killer version of this song!! Honestly I think Keith learned a lot with strumming techniques & subtleties from the Mick years. But in this tune. From his strumming to the solos, riding that sustain from one note to another into a squelch. And back again is just sublime ☯️!!
I am of the age when the Stones were truly the greatest rock band in the world. In 1972 no other band could come close to their greatness. I was a witness to this.
Hard to argue with that. TBH most versions on that tour are just amazing but this for Taylor's guitar work does stand out above the others, And let's not overlook the majestic drumming of Mr Charlie Watts. A group of musicians at the peak of their talents...sadly I first saw them in 1975 so missed what I think were their best years, but thankfully we have these recordings. Thanks for posting.
Had they toured the year earlier than your first gig Taylor may still have been in the band, it's rumoured. I agree it's great we have these bootlegs, but I wish we could get more official releases from this era. Thanks for your thoughts.
Mick Taylor was born ten years too late . The sixties would have been his time. His style makes the Stones more rock and tones the blues a bit . This is sensational. What a talent he is . The Stones style is more showmanship.
and he did that because in 1969 when the music world had turned into Hendrix and Cream playing incredible live concerts, they got their own virtuoso... they NEEDED him...
Honored to have met and jammed once with Mick Taylor, and always really liked his playing (which revitalized the Stones when they needed it most) but sweet lord Jesus.... he´s playing like a demon on this version, absolutely fantastic! The band is in good spirits too, damn. Never heard this before and I sit here with my head blown off :0 GREAT!
Times were going to change . Adding someone of this caliber..Mick Taylor to the lineup kept this band in the loop . This was crucial . The Stones were smart and survived. Also that bass is killer .
The very best Rolling Stones remix of this great song.Mick Taylor is absolutely one of the top three guitarists and I’ve been listening to the Stones for 55 years.all of the musicians were on a level not seen before at this time with the skill that Mick Taylor brings to the entire band.
it's funny; on their comparably recent Blues album, they couldn't seem to muster any solos without having Eric Clapton sit in on three songs for their to be any solos, but at one time they had a guy who was, in a way, a miraculous session player who gave them a shot they never had before, or after... I realize jealousy would get in the way, but, if they need a perfect lead guitarist, they had one...
Find "Brussels Affair (live 1973)", on its own or as an extra disc on the Goats Head Soup box. It can also be found as "Europe 1973" or "Bedspring Symphony." The finale of "Rip This Joint/Jumpin Jack Flash/Gimme Shelter" is insane.
A much underrated quality in Taylor's playing. But he could be as dirty and nasty as hell when he was up for it. There just seemed to be more darkness in his playing than Brian and Keith could manage.
it's funny because people only credit him as playing "melodic" but they never mention that he kicked harder ass on the guitar than anyone in the band EVER
In 1965 saw the Stones on Ed Sullivan show as an eight year old with my parents. Remember thinking I can’t wait to retire and go see these guys play live in Denver in 2024. Sure enough, got tickets for the show in June! 😂😂😂
With Mick Taylor playing on that you don’t really notice that the female vocal part is missing from the live version his playing is so powerful . Amazing.
Incredible, my favorite Stones song. Taylor is a wizard and he is on fire here. Keith’s nose must have been well out of joint at times lol - I can hear why.
Great video. The Stones got Mick Taylor at the right time. By the late 60's, players like Clapton and Hendrix brought the lead guitar to height of it's popularity with audiences. After this, the post Beatles period, when you'd go to see a concert, bands were expected to have hot guitar players and that's who crowds came to see. You then had Led Zep, Deep Purple, Ten Years After, Santana, The Allman Brothers, Robin Trower ect, etc, on & on where the emphasis was now on the lead guitarist(s). By around 1973 or so, you had more of the same, with bands like The Mahavishnu Orchestra, and Journey, who was just starting out, before Steve Perry where Neal Schon had the spot light. This was my favorite concert era....only because I was too young to go in the 60's. Then what happens .......Disco, and Punk take over where the focus wasn't on the lead player anymore. If bands didn't know songs like Brick House, Night Fever, or Disco Inferno, it was hard to get a club gig. Journey is forced by their management to add a lead singer to start appealing to young girls , The Stones now have Ron Wood, doing more commercial stuff , you've got Rod Stewart now doing his tamer music and the whole concert scene started to change.....and not for the better, at least for my taste. Then Van Halen hits and it started getting better , but there was also MTV which cheapened the whole experience. I was never a "hair band" fan. Just my observations.
Twaz a junior in High School when this came out. But Jumping Jack Flash was, and remains my all-time favorite! Rock on! All the way to Heaven friends!! Edit: The Vietnam war protests were a real thing! Lot of guys burning their draft cards, running to Canada etc. I didn't care lol. Graduated, had a great draft number but joined anyway. Lets Go lol!!!
I saw them on this tour in Chicago. I remember them playing this song. I didn't hear the treble that well, but I got the three-chord descending, and it just grabbed me so much I recall it as the only distinct memory of that concert. Or, it was the only frequency range I could hear in my state of mind,
Taylor was the icing on the cake ....with him they were the greatest rock and roll band in the world ...with out him they are the best Rock and roll band in the world ......the guitar "work sweet and sour" was a perfect combination
Well said. I think from the mid 60s to the mid 70s what was sold and consumed as popular music became more ambitious and experimental in a way it hadn't been before. Through Jones then Taylor the Stones adapted their sound to take advantage of Brian's exotic talents to Taylor's blues and country virtuosity. Ronnie feels to me more a return to the fold of the pre-66 period. The Stones still rocking it their way no matter the era. I cover a lot of that early period on this channel. It's hugely underrated in my opinion.
@@ROLLOGUITAR I agree I have been collecting the Stones on mono vinyl, which really bring out the live recording feel . I think the Stones sound kinda comes in sets like Sticky fingers and Exile , Beggars and Let it Bleed , it"s only Rock and Roll and Goats Head , Black and Blue is almost a stand alone sound and doesn't quite pair with Some Girls , we may lament Taylor leaving the Stones, but I am just glad he was there to add the crowning glory to what surely must be a Stones era that will never be matched
@@richardfweeler2939 Mono does sound great. I recently listened to Honky Tonk Women on mono again and almost jumped out of my seat. I agree on Black & Blue it's almost too clean to my ears. Taylor is the gift that keeps giving. Hope we get more lives release from the that era at some point.
There are quite a few out there on U Tube , I really like the Brussels affair , but there are two versions , on that edits or subdues Taylors guitar , I have the one that doesn't , not sure if its a bootleg ......buts its a turbo charged Stones on high octane ...hard to match @@ROLLOGUITAR
My first concert ever; left Boy Scout camp a day early to attend The Rolling Stones @ The Spectrum in Philly 1972; great version of the Stones’ best onstage lineup ever featuring guitar virtuoso Mick Taylor; Jagger wore the dark jumpsuit!
Ahhh come on that's not fair 😀 Two great gigs! I've been trying to get their second LP on this side of the pond for while, it's hard come by. Great band!!!
@@franktaconelli9095 Total respect and I hope you are enjoying yourself enormously. I was talking about your comments to my wife and found out that she saw Dylan, Taylor and Santana in 1984 and didn't even know who the guitarists were 🤯. I've only got into going to gigs later in life after taking up the guitar in middle age, so I've missed seeing a whole bunch of legendary acts. It's great to hear you've had life filled with live music. I hope you keep enjoying the channel and loving your music.
This is the best improvising I've ever heard by Mick Taylor, (and some of the best improvising I've heard by anybody). The solos are well conceived and they really take you somewhere -- with such a keen sense of drama. I'd always thought Mick was competent, but I didn't realize he was *this* good. A mature artist at a young age - 23. They definitely should have worked to keep him in the band. - I'm a lead guitarist and have been listening closely to the Stones as they released each hit and LP since 1964, (and of course since 1969 when Taylor joined the band.)
You're the first to say it! The solos are crafted beautifully. One idea being worked through before progressing to the next with elegant transitions. You can really hear what he picked up from Clapton, but with phrasing that is much closer to Hendrix. It's easy to forget Mick Taylor was playing with these masters. It still blows my mind to think Hendrix used to drop by and sit in with John Mayall in Hampstead, London when Taylor was in the band.
@@ROLLOGUITAR Thanks "Rollo". I believe John Mayall did the Stones (and all of us) a very good turn when Mick Jagger asked if he might recommend a good guitarist, and Mayall suggested, "Mick Taylor...."
After one minutes I rushed to the comments to applaud Mick Taylor - the difference from other versions is that obvious. However, I see that many others have already come here with the same observation, so I'll add something else. Taylor himself said that their best music with him in the band was "never recorded", but came out on stage. Well, we just heard that here. Stunning.
well... it was a time when they called themselves "the greatest band in the world" so... they needed to sound like it... they couldn't, at that time, especially live, rest on their laurels... so they hired, their laurels to make them... the greatest band in the world...
I saw mick about half a dozens times with John Mayall, he was outstanding with with him before the Stones. Personally I think he was a brilliant guitarist live and on a different level to all of the others that the stones ever had. He transformed them. Mayall certainly knew how to pick them.
"best version" That is the truth. Since 1969 my favorit song of the 'Stones. (but don`t ignore Perth 1973, Brüssel , Bremen 98) ;-)
Aye, Brussels is my no. 2, with London 73 a close 3rd. I'll check out Bremen. Stones usually play hot in Germany 😁
Bremen from what year, '73? What if all these brilliant live versions could be remastered with today's technology ( same as LA Friday, vast improvement on that one). In the early 70's the Stones were young/ were on fire/and had the great Mick Taylor on board, also these songs were relatively new like fresh out of the oven and not suffering from being overplayed like today, my biggest Stones regret was not seeing them on the 9th Sept '73 I had just arrived in London with no lodgings and very little money two days previous had to wait till '76 ( 3 nights in a row Earl's Court and then Knebworth but alas Mick Taylor was gone😳, met him in his dressing room after his Dublin gig 2001 and got all his bands autographs🎸🕺👍
+Don Hanlon cool
And 1969 Altamont.
@@eparg8059 Good call. That is a hugely underrated one. I heard it on a half decent bootleg and thought "Wow!"
Keith was always a great rhythm guitarist, but Mick Taylor's playing-itself phenomenal and the best the Stones ever had-made Keith's playing even greater. There was only one lead guitarist for the Stones and that was Mick Taylor. Unreal.
Unadulterated nonsense Taylor was in band for five out the bands sixty year and counting existence keith was lead guitar on cry to me around and around brilliant twelve string solo on under the boardwalk on original studio version of sympathy for jumpin jack flash street fighting man honky tonk women and yes for the live version of sympathy on ya yas it is on film. As Charlie watts said if none of the rest of us had ever existed and mick met Keith there would have been a band and it would have sounded like The Rolling Stones read keiths book read sound man by glyn Johns above all read true adventures of The Rolling Stones by Stanley booth who lived with the band on the sixty nine tour Keith band leader keith songwriter Keith the most fascinating and likeable as a person of all the stones of whatever era love you keith
Mick Taylor, hands down the best guitarist the Stones ever had.
…andCharlie Watts was the best drummer !
Yeah…..and KR was just playing make believe guitar….LOL
@@Slo-ryde oh. Really? I hadn’t noticed that.
Mick is better in terms of pure technique, but Keith has created a library of hot riffs like nobody else. I give the best Stones guitars crown to Keith.
Made that comment almost 35 years ago...♎
Mick Taylor is the best guitarist the Stones ever had. Just blistering guitar work here.
As you say 👍
Totally agree... on both counts. 🎉
ABSOLUTELY no question. He was awesome
Do people forget Brian Jones ?
Time waits for no one. Winter. Enough said!
The Rolling Stones were never the same without Mick Taylor.
He certainly promoted them up a few levels
I agree with you that they never recovered from Brian's loss and that sleazy decadent edge he brought to the proceedings!
Agreed!
I don't think Ronnie Wood has done a bad job all over the 50 years he joins the Stones. Be fair.
There is a difference. Not knocking Ronnie Wood. Mick Taylor was an exceptional guitarist. Same with Brian Jones. He was a multi-talented musician.
For me never been the same band since Taylor left, really should have moved heavon and earth to keep him, this is a great version, Taylor at his formidable best.
The discernible difference when Mick Taylor is playing with the Stones is unbelievable
Yes, they were a much more polished act all around.
But they played this version a bit to fast. The tempo on the album is way more enjoyable to listen to.
And that is why Keith Richards couldn't stand him. Love Keith, but that's the truth.
@@raincitygrill you my friend are SPOT ON. Cheers.
Yes it’s true. You can hear Keith’s rhythm really going for it. Spot on👍✨
It’s no coincidence that they recorded their greatest records when Taylor was in the band, but Keith was the riff master, and maybe the greatest rhythm guitarist ever.
You ain't wrong about that
And , one helluva songwriter !!!
Clapton has said Keith s the best rhythm guitar player
Yep, much as anything, to me - the song writers were in the groove.
I think Keith Richards and Mick Taylor together were the best rock guitar team of all time. Better than Clapton or Paige by themselves. There is a genius to Richards that cannot be denied. His ability to come up with signature riffs for every song they recorded is amazing, but Mick Taylor on lead guitar gave the band the technical chops to rival Led Zeppelin on anyone else on the rock scene at that time. The Stones were "the greatest rock and roll band in the world" during those years.
I just heard this version for the first time. Damn that's how rock n roll is supposed to be
Mick Taylor's playing is litteraly otherworldly
Brilliant, clean and with feeling.
@@amd5617💯
I hadn't heard this til today, glad i did this is great. I think his best, and the recording is better, is Parchman Farm with the Bluesbreakers, the solo is insane. Look it up here on youtube
Mick Taylor at his finest. Absolutely incredible guitar player.
Why could'nt Mick Taylor join the Stones after 50 years again and complete Mick, Keith and Ronnie on their probably last tours?
Absolutely.
I somehow never felt the same about the Stones after he left.
the Taylor years were the best.
To my knowledge Mick Taylor became reclusive after his departure from the stones. I'm not entirely sure if this is accurate. I know he performed a couple of shows in recent years with the stones. I guess we don't know the reason why an individual does the things they do. Nobody ever truly knows.
@@markdignam3525 I've always felt the same. His brilliant playing on Time Waits For No One is hauntingly sad for me.
Mick Taylor on lead guitar his solos are just next level. Ronnie is great in his own right. The Stones peaked from 69 to 74. Mick Taylor could blow the roof off with his playing. The whole band was incredible Bill Wyman on bass Mick Jagger vocals Keith Richards the riff master and Charlie Watts on drums RIP. Legendary group. Sadly they will be gone forever There music will live on though.
It's incredible how this man was able of accompanying Jagger's voice soloing and without taking away from it, in such a melodic way. He is the quintessential lead guitarist of the late 60's and early 70's. I miss you little Mick.
he's melodic but he also is really hard and punchy... he was just, everything
Deferring to Jagger at just the right places..perfect
He, Wyman and Jagger were all virtuosos and somehow all three of them could cut loose at the same time without showing the others up. Maybe a big part was that Charlie and Keef played it straight and were an amazingly solid rhythm section, but still…
He's not so little these days
@@markschlesinger Time waits for no one, my friend!!
I was at this show in 72. Taylor’s playing was absolutely stunning.
I was a few months old so I wasn't able to make it that night. Mick was on fire though, should've went instead of taking that 27th nap.
Jeez yer old!
Very Cool!!
There were three shows at the Spectrum. One on 7/20 and two shows the next day.
@@keensoundguy6637 Yes, I was at the afternoon show.
Mick Taylor's guitar was like another singer in the band. It had a voice of it's own. Lifted the whole band. Even Keith called him a virtuoso.
They certainly weren’t friends - Richards and Taylor. Keith openly ribbed and clowned on Mick Taylor. But Keith gave him his props. Called him a “beautiful player”. And he was. Taylor was among the best, hands down.
No he didn't. where you hear that? Richard's was so jealous of him he told Mick to get him out.
@@keithhinchcliffe5629 Richards said it in one of the documentaries on the Rolling Stones.
@@keithhinchcliffe5629 Jagger and Richards were actually pissed that Taylor told them he was leaving. Taylor fell into a heroin addiction thru Jagger and Richards and Mick Taylor's wife gave him an ultimatum, either heroin or me, so he gave up heroin and the Stones. Watch any documentary on the band and you'll see.
@@josephmanser7670 correct to the T how it went.
A genius who elevated every Stones song to a new level of music!
One of the greatest Mick Taylor performances...EVER!
Mck Taylor is the man! Best guitarist the Stones ever had and their best years with him…
I agree. In this take Taylor was blazing hot. From 1968 - 72 the band was at its peak, creatively and live performance. And Taylor had much to do with it.
The Mick Taylor influence - superlative! Charlie Watts, so relaxed, his cadences right on it.
When the tide comes in, all boats rise. Taylor was the high tide.
Beautifully put
Wow man thats very nicely said,unmistakable.
Beautifully said. 🌊
From 1969-74 The Stones & Led Zeppelin were the greatest bands on the planet. Nobody could touch them live.
Les WHO étaient aussi très bons sur scène.
Mick Taylor, c'était le top !
Finally someone mentioned Led ZEPPELIN. I can't get enough of both bands. It's hard for me to believe that I've been listening to this amazing music for nearly 60 years. I'm one year older and Mick Jager
@@MrJeepstersoh yes The Who 👍
If I had a time machine, the first thing I'd do is go to both bands' 1972 tours in as many stops as possible. Unbeatable performances by both of them that year especially.
@@MrJeepsters took the words right out of my mouth. Who’s Next period and the others did not equal that album.
MELODIC? Thats an understatement.........Talor was magnificent.
This was when they sounded like a serious and exciting rock band - when Mick Taylor added that layer of brilliance.
Not the same without Mick Taylor’s slide and great leads… With him this band morphed into a powerful hard edged rock band…
I like albums like Sticky Fingers , but also the early stuff , and Black and Blue .
Mick Taylor must be one of the greatest lead guitarists of all time. I love the live gig he did with Little Feat
It was Mick Taylor who made the Stones Big!!! Thank you John Mayall!!!!!!
'Had Mick T got writing credits for all five of the songs he clearly had a major involvement in, would he still be in the Stones?' I guess we'll never know
They gave Taylor complete freedom and their reward was the best era of Stones music - both studio and live - IMO
A freedom it seems he didn't get again until he worked with Carla Olson. They produced some really great stuff together. The early 90s versions of Winter and especially Sway are breathtaking. I can imagine Keith feeling peed off hearing those versions and thinking what the hell is he doing not being in our band?
Stones moved into the glam scene of the mid 70’s…. And had no need for Taylor after that.
@@Slo-ryde I never thought of that !!
I heard after a few years of it he became susceptible to the drugs and debauched lifestyle and had to get away from it to save his life.
@@Slo-ryde True
What Mick Taylor does well here is let the vocals have space when they need it especially on 'just a kiss away'. He gives a lot of energy to this song.
Mick said that Mick Taylor was the best guitarist they had for him to interplay with.
YES!!!!
jesus what a fierce playing... all of them
Mick Taylor put the band in another stratosphere.Just listen to his playing,its absolutely incredible.Its hard to believe the band kept up with him.Once again proving The Stones are way more then just a band,theyre the bar that bands try to achieve.For me i still get the same feelings that i got when i 1st heard them at 9yrs old.Amazing!!!
There is no better Stones lineup than the years with Taylor, he was a maestro with 6 strings.
So refreshing to hear this version! I saw them do this at RFK Stadium in DC, 17 days earlier - on July 4th! The lead that Mick played on Gimmie Shelter blew my mind - it was so climactic and emotional, as he was bending the strings to new heights. I always wished I could have heard a recording of it afterwards. This comes pretty close!
Hope this brings back some good memories RFK 72 -ruclips.net/video/EqzZ6AFALZQ/видео.html
Thx for the post! No sooner had I made this comment, that I found someone had posted an audio clip from that concert! Took me back - still felt the same emotions! It was great to relive it!@@ROLLOGUITAR
What year 72?
Yes! @@eddieb1244
Taylor just lifts this band to a whole new level .... just wow....
Without Mick Taylor, the Rolling Stones are nothing.
Just killer version of this song!! Honestly I think Keith learned a lot with strumming techniques & subtleties from the Mick years. But in this tune. From his strumming to the solos, riding that sustain from one note to another into a squelch. And back again is just sublime ☯️!!
Oh yeah the secret sauce 👍
Mick Taylor always passes the ear test. It’s definitely some next level shit! 🎸
I am of the age when the Stones were truly the greatest rock band in the world. In 1972 no other band could come close to their greatness. I was a witness to this.
Same.
Hard to argue with that. TBH most versions on that tour are just amazing but this for Taylor's guitar work does stand out above the others, And let's not overlook the majestic drumming of Mr Charlie Watts. A group of musicians at the peak of their talents...sadly I first saw them in 1975 so missed what I think were their best years, but thankfully we have these recordings. Thanks for posting.
Had they toured the year earlier than your first gig Taylor may still have been in the band, it's rumoured. I agree it's great we have these bootlegs, but I wish we could get more official releases from this era. Thanks for your thoughts.
Mick Taylor was born ten years too late . The sixties would have been his time. His style makes the Stones more rock and tones the blues a bit . This is sensational. What a talent he is . The Stones style is more showmanship.
Mick Taylor took The Rolling Stones to the toppermost of the uppermost...to coin a phrase.
toppermost of the poppermost
and he did that because in 1969 when the music world had turned into Hendrix and Cream playing incredible live concerts, they got their own virtuoso... they NEEDED him...
Imagine. You're 21 years old. And invited to join the world's top rock group.
How good a guitarist must Mick Taylor have been?
Most bands fall apart when they play a song at an accelerated rhythm. This is not the case here. This is truly a superb performance.
I thought the Rolling Stones were a disco band until I heard this, turns out with the help of this Taylor fellow, they ROCK!
Haha they most certainly do
I grew up in the MICK TAYLOR Era. The best greatest Stones.
Honored to have met and jammed once with Mick Taylor, and always really liked his playing (which revitalized the Stones when they needed it most) but sweet lord Jesus.... he´s playing like a demon on this version, absolutely fantastic! The band is in good spirits too, damn. Never heard this before and I sit here with my head blown off :0 GREAT!
Thanks for sharing
Times were going to change . Adding someone of this caliber..Mick Taylor to the lineup kept this band in the loop . This was crucial . The Stones were smart and survived. Also that bass is killer .
I jammed with him all the time. He acknowledged I taught him everything he knew.
as a young adolescent girl i was absolutely in love with the Rolling Stones and Mick Taylor was my favorite at the time❤.....
Best version I’ve ever heard. With Mick on guitar…it is like “Free Bird meets Gimme Shelter “…😮😮😮
Bingo
Mick Taylor as fantastic in this video. Best guitarist ever.
Mick Taylor is amazing in this version. The Stones never came close to performances like this before or after he was in the band.
The very best Rolling Stones remix of this great song.Mick Taylor is absolutely one of the top three guitarists and I’ve been listening to the Stones for 55 years.all of the musicians were on a level not seen before at this time with the skill that Mick Taylor brings to the entire band.
Your comments are greatly appreciated. Delighted you enjoyed it.
it's funny; on their comparably recent Blues album, they couldn't seem to muster any solos without having Eric Clapton sit in on three songs for their to be any solos, but at one time they had a guy who was, in a way, a miraculous session player who gave them a shot they never had before, or after... I realize jealousy would get in the way, but, if they need a perfect lead guitarist, they had one...
We urgently need the full remastered concert of this or one of that magic era.
Find "Brussels Affair (live 1973)", on its own or as an extra disc on the Goats Head Soup box. It can also be found as "Europe 1973" or "Bedspring Symphony." The finale of "Rip This Joint/Jumpin Jack Flash/Gimme Shelter" is insane.
@@suspenso1313 Thank you so much !!!
Yep, Mick Taylor’s on fire here
I saw the Stones in Toronto in '72. I play guitar. I was totally blown away by Taylor's playing! ... MORE than totally!
There are a lot of great versions of this song with Taylor, and this is definitely one of them! Thx❤
The studio version is the holy grail, still a spine tingler after all these years. But this live version is incredible. Mick Taylor is a beast!
Indeed the best version. Taylor’s guitar roars.
A much underrated quality in Taylor's playing. But he could be as dirty and nasty as hell when he was up for it. There just seemed to be more darkness in his playing than Brian and Keith could manage.
it's funny because people only credit him as playing "melodic" but they never mention that he kicked harder ass on the guitar than anyone in the band EVER
My favorite lead guitar solo was Can’t you hear me knocking! Fantastic solo!
So good!
Phenomenal stuff. Yes the Stones peak was with Mick Taylor. The number of great albums they put out during those years was amazing.
I agree entirely. Have you also considered the influence of Jimmy Miller producing and Nicky Hopkins on piano during roughly the same period?
In 1965 saw the Stones on Ed Sullivan show as an eight year old with my parents. Remember thinking I can’t wait to retire and go see these guys play live in Denver in 2024. Sure enough, got tickets for the show in June! 😂😂😂
Haha. It all panned out 👍
With Mick Taylor playing on that you don’t really notice that the female vocal part is missing from the live version his playing is so powerful . Amazing.
Oh man, what a fine guitarist Mick Taylor is. He lifted the Stones to a higher level.
Mick Taylors godlike solos aside, no other band looked as cool as the Stones did in this period.
I was there. Opening act was Stevie Wonder. What a show!!!
The passion of that period will never happen again. There is nothing since and the foreseeable future that will ever get close. Pure passion.
Im so impressed with how MT changed the Vibe of this Iconic song. He has improved everybody he played with by 1000% killer guitar riffs, Outstanding.
Brilliant. Best times. 1973 Sydney Randwick.... this solo blew my mind. Had never heard anything like it! You can do that! REALLY! OMG
I was there. The best ever! Mick Taylor was great. The Stones keep on rocking!
No way! Lucky dude.
Lucky young dude. Now, I'm a senior; but lived through the best era of music.
Incredible, my favorite Stones song. Taylor is a wizard and he is on fire here. Keith’s nose must have been well out of joint at times lol - I can hear why.
Great video. The Stones got Mick Taylor at the right time. By the late 60's, players like Clapton and Hendrix brought the lead guitar to height of it's popularity with audiences. After this, the post Beatles period, when you'd go to see a concert, bands were expected to have hot guitar players and that's who crowds came to see. You then had Led Zep, Deep Purple, Ten Years After, Santana, The Allman Brothers, Robin Trower ect, etc, on & on where the emphasis was now on the lead guitarist(s). By around 1973 or so, you had more of the same, with bands like The Mahavishnu Orchestra, and Journey, who was just starting out, before Steve Perry where Neal Schon had the spot light. This was my favorite concert era....only because I was too young to go in the 60's. Then what happens .......Disco, and Punk take over where the focus wasn't on the lead player anymore. If bands didn't know songs like Brick House, Night Fever, or Disco Inferno, it was hard to get a club gig. Journey is forced by their management to add a lead singer to start appealing to young girls , The Stones now have Ron Wood, doing more commercial stuff , you've got Rod Stewart now doing his tamer music and the whole concert scene started to change.....and not for the better, at least for my taste. Then Van Halen hits and it started getting better , but there was also MTV which cheapened the whole experience. I was never a "hair band" fan. Just my observations.
Great insight. Thanks for the share 👍👍👍
Wow, Taylor really smokes here! Stones at the top of their game, thanks for sharing!
Like I always say. Best stones. The Mick Taylor years. No question
Mick Taylor, a beast!!!!
The years with Mick were the best!
Twaz a junior in High School when this came out. But Jumping Jack Flash was, and remains my all-time favorite! Rock on! All the way to Heaven friends!!
Edit: The Vietnam war protests were a real thing! Lot of guys burning their draft cards, running to Canada etc. I didn't care lol. Graduated, had a great draft number but joined anyway. Lets Go lol!!!
This solo can move mountains. Mick Taylor, one of my favourite guitarists ever.
Loved this particular decade of The Stones at their very best!
I saw them on this tour in Chicago. I remember them playing this song. I didn't hear the treble that well, but I got the three-chord descending, and it just grabbed me so much I recall it as the only distinct memory of that concert. Or, it was the only frequency range I could hear in my state of mind,
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Taylor was the icing on the cake ....with him they were the greatest rock and roll band in the world ...with out him they are the best Rock and roll band in the world ......the guitar "work sweet and sour" was a perfect combination
Well said. I think from the mid 60s to the mid 70s what was sold and consumed as popular music became more ambitious and experimental in a way it hadn't been before. Through Jones then Taylor the Stones adapted their sound to take advantage of Brian's exotic talents to Taylor's blues and country virtuosity. Ronnie feels to me more a return to the fold of the pre-66 period. The Stones still rocking it their way no matter the era. I cover a lot of that early period on this channel. It's hugely underrated in my opinion.
@@ROLLOGUITAR I agree I have been collecting the Stones on mono vinyl, which really bring out the live recording feel . I think the Stones sound kinda comes in sets like Sticky fingers and Exile , Beggars and Let it Bleed , it"s only Rock and Roll and Goats Head , Black and Blue is almost a stand alone sound and doesn't quite pair with Some Girls , we may lament Taylor leaving the Stones, but I am just glad he was there to add the crowning glory to what surely must be a Stones era that will never be matched
@@richardfweeler2939 Mono does sound great. I recently listened to Honky Tonk Women on mono again and almost jumped out of my seat. I agree on Black & Blue it's almost too clean to my ears. Taylor is the gift that keeps giving. Hope we get more lives release from the that era at some point.
There are quite a few out there on U Tube , I really like the Brussels affair , but there are two versions , on that edits or subdues Taylors guitar , I have the one that doesn't , not sure if its a bootleg ......buts its a turbo charged Stones on high octane ...hard to match @@ROLLOGUITAR
They were absolutely ferocious and damn dangerous at this point. Now they are too damn tame
My first concert ever; left Boy Scout camp a day early to attend The Rolling Stones @ The Spectrum in Philly 1972; great version of the Stones’ best onstage lineup ever featuring guitar virtuoso Mick Taylor; Jagger wore the dark jumpsuit!
Wow! How do you top that as a first gig?
@@ROLLOGUITAR right; my second was a step down but cool in its own right; The New York Dolls!
Ahhh come on that's not fair 😀 Two great gigs! I've been trying to get their second LP on this side of the pond for while, it's hard come by. Great band!!!
I am an old guy; I have been to many classic concerts over the decades
@@franktaconelli9095 Total respect and I hope you are enjoying yourself enormously. I was talking about your comments to my wife and found out that she saw Dylan, Taylor and Santana in 1984 and didn't even know who the guitarists were 🤯. I've only got into going to gigs later in life after taking up the guitar in middle age, so I've missed seeing a whole bunch of legendary acts. It's great to hear you've had life filled with live music. I hope you keep enjoying the channel and loving your music.
No question that Mick Taylor was the best…raised the whole level of the band.
This is the best improvising I've ever heard by Mick Taylor, (and some of the best improvising I've heard by anybody). The solos are well conceived and they really take you somewhere -- with such a keen sense of drama. I'd always thought Mick was competent, but I didn't realize he was *this* good. A mature artist at a young age - 23. They definitely should have worked to keep him in the band.
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I'm a lead guitarist and have been listening closely to the Stones as they released each hit and LP since 1964, (and of course since 1969 when Taylor joined the band.)
You're the first to say it! The solos are crafted beautifully. One idea being worked through before progressing to the next with elegant transitions. You can really hear what he picked up from Clapton, but with phrasing that is much closer to Hendrix. It's easy to forget Mick Taylor was playing with these masters. It still blows my mind to think Hendrix used to drop by and sit in with John Mayall in Hampstead, London when Taylor was in the band.
@@ROLLOGUITAR Thanks "Rollo". I believe John Mayall did the Stones (and all of us) a very good turn when Mick Jagger asked if he might recommend a good guitarist, and Mayall suggested, "Mick Taylor...."
I was there had to fight my way to get the tickets. What an insane time to be alive.
MT took the stones to another level
The solo is freakin great! Super performance by the entire band! 🤘
it is so sad the music today compared to back in the late 60s early 70s I am grateful to have lived through that time ..
Mick Taylor gave them a rockin' edge they've never had since....
I saw them during this period of the band and they were HOT! Ronnie is good but Mick is on fire. 🖖🚀
WOW! What a GREAT collection of images of the Stones!!!!
Glad you liked them 👍
This is phenomenal. A difficult track to get right live and the best rock song ever.
Totally agree!
You sure get my vote for best rock sound ever.
I saw him with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers 40 years ago. Great.
Mick Taylor's playing is beyond words. It made my favorite song even better!
After one minutes I rushed to the comments to applaud Mick Taylor - the difference from other versions is that obvious.
However, I see that many others have already come here with the same observation, so I'll add something else. Taylor himself said that their best music with him in the band was "never recorded", but came out on stage. Well, we just heard that here. Stunning.
Mick T was on-stage gold.
Stupendous performance, and a very good accompanying film. Mick Taylor rarely got the recognition he deserved.
I've heard Gimme Shelter so many times and different versions but this one has blown me away!! Toe tapping and slick moves by Taylor ❤
I've always loved the Stones, but Mick Taylor took them to another level !
well... it was a time when they called themselves "the greatest band in the world" so... they needed to sound like it... they couldn't, at that time, especially live, rest on their laurels... so they hired, their laurels to make them... the greatest band in the world...
Really a searing solo in the bridge. 💯👍really good sound quality too...
Thank you 👍
The best piece of guitar work I've ever heard
I saw mick about half a dozens times with John Mayall, he was outstanding with with him before the Stones.
Personally I think he was a brilliant guitarist live and on a different level to all of the others that the stones ever had.
He transformed them.
Mayall certainly knew how to pick them.
Saw them in 72 play this. Was 15 great concert. An unknown at the time Stevie Wonder opened.
Brilliant to hear how Mick and Charlie play off of each other during the guitar solos, superb stuff
Mick Taylor and his back up band!!!!
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