Spend the extra few dollars and get the same on a DVD, as the CD does not do this recording justice unless you want to drive around just listening to this CD. I bought this CD in error, as the CD cover looked almost identical to the much better visual DVD.
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"Rock And Roll Circus" Is A Carnival For The Senses
Review created: 01/20/00
by: e_burrell -- a member of Epinions
Pros: Wonderful lineup of guest musicians including Jethro Tull, The Who, John Lennon, and Eric Clapton, Great live versions of six classic Stones songs
Cons: Yoko Ono screeches for like three minutes straight at one point making one of the tracks unlistenable
During the late 1960's The Rolling Stones managed to reach their artistic peak. This era is when their music had a real natural and dirty feel to it. The Rolling Stones Rock And Roll Circus had been sitting on a shelf in some studio until just a few years ago. It was originally planned as an experimental "rockumentary" and filmed before a live audience on December 11, 1968. The audience was comprised of select members of the Rolling Stones fan club, and the idea was to have a music festival of sorts complete with other guest musical groups and circus performers. The short story is that after..