About this title: This book presents the shocking, decadent, true story behind the making of the Rolling Stones' seminal double album "Exile on Main Street". Recorded during the blazing-hot summer of 1971 in the basement of Keith Richards' palatial mansion by the sea in the south of France, "Exile on Main Street" freezes forever in time a moment when the Stones and ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780306815638ISBN:030681563X
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780306814334ISBN:0306814331
Description: New in new dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 258 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Date Published: 2006-11-01
ISBN-13:9780306814334ISBN:0306814331
Description: New. New condition, Hard Bound with dust jacket, text is clean; Never used ***, Publisher: Da Capo Press * Publication Date: 1-Nov-06 * Author: Greenfield Robert. read more
Description: Fine New in Fine jacket. HARDCOVER, Fine/Fine, Da Capo Press, 2006, 1.3 in. H x 8.2 in. L x 5.8 in. W, 14.1 oz. This copy has no signs of use, is in Excellent Condition Overall. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: THE PERSEUS BOOKS GROUP Country = UNITED STATES
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780306815638ISBN:030681563X
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 272 pages. "exile on main street" freezes forever in time a moment when the stones and their counterculture audience found themselves at a crossroads. this is the true story behind the making of the rolling stones' celebrated double album "exile on main street. " illustrations (Paperback) read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Date Published: 2008-02-25
ISBN-13:9780306815638ISBN:030681563X
Description: New. A great book in new condition. may show slight signs of shelf wear. We provide USPS confirmation tracking and email when we ship. We want your complete satisfaction. read more
"This book delves deep into the making of Exile on Main Street. Keith is the drug addled musical genius that Mick has to tolerate for the sake of the music. Up until this album Keith and Mick had pretty much relied on Mick Taylor for the musical genius part, and the pressure is obviously too much for him to bare. So he copes by slamming needles, driving drunk after people with guns, and sleeping with everything that moves, all in the beautiful setting of the French Riviera. Great album, good book if you want to know too much about the Stones."
"A fun, salacious read, but I found it pretty annoying when Greenfield peppered the writing with phrases from Stones' songs. Overall, his writing style was dramatic and flowery, and I'd think it's too much so for the content. But...lots of gritty details about the Stones' time trying to record Exile on Main St. Anyone who is a fan of the album will likely enjoy this book on some level."
"Excess. It's all about excess, and waste, and craziness. A friend of mine summed it up saying he had doubts whether he wanted to read Exile on Main St.: A Season in Hell with the Rolling Stones. "Who wants to read about a bunch a rich guys doing tons of drugs in the south of France?" he said. But then we both agreed it was the Rolling Stones. It was going to be interesting. Keith Richards is one of my heroes. Not like a role model hero. More like, "wow, Keith's still alive."
Robert Greenfield writes like a supermarket tabloid journalist. And no I don't mean that he can't write or he's obsessed with Britney's sex life. No, Greenfield can definitely write, it's just that he seems to love the controversy as much as a suburban housewife with her hair in curlers waiting in the checkout line. And although he does give the reader the skinny on all the strangeness, the over the top behavior, and incredibly excessive debauchery - he does it in a voice that says, no, actually screams, "check this out! This is so insane." Like the proverbial not being able to turn away while watching a car wreck - you just have to watch."
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