Brussels Affair (Live 1973)
Occupation
- Mick Jagger: vocals, harmonica
- Keith Richards: guitar, vocals
- Mick Taylor: guitar
- Bill Wyman: bass guitar
- Charlie Watts: drums
- Billy Preston: piano
- Steve Madaio: trumpet, horn
- Trevor Lawrence: Saxophone
The Brussels Affair '73 is in the context of European tour the Rolling Stones recorded in 1973 live album, which was released on November 17, 2011. It contains a compilation of recordings of two concerts that the band gave on 17 October 1973 in Brussels Forest National Arena. An album titled Brussels Affair 1973 recordings of these performances had previously been found as a bootleg distribution and was eponymous for the unauthorized album. After it was initially only available as a download, the album was released in 2012 under several DOMICILED in a limited edition box set on LP.
History
While from 1 September held until October 19, 1973 tour of Europe, the French Government the Rolling Stones refused entry to France because Keith Richards was advised because of drugs in conflict with the law. The band was therefore on October 17, 1973 is one of two concerts at the Forest National in Brussels specifically for the French fans. This could travel by rented RTL Radio special trains in the Belgian capital.
The two performances were professionally recorded. Plans of the Rolling Stones, it put together a live album were, until 2011, however, not realized. However, it circulated various bootlegs with recordings of concerts, including albums with the name bedspring Symphony, The Rolling Stones in concert in 1973 and Brussels Affair 1973. Source for the bootlegs was, among other things, the U.S. radio show King Biscuit Flower Hour, in which the professional recordings had been sent from the first concert in the afternoon. From the second concert a few songs circulated in much poorer quality.
Only in 2011 it came to an authorized publication for which Bob Clearmountain, the final mixing of the concert recordings that Andy Johns had made in the Rolling Stones mobile studio, created. The album was offered in the U.S. from 16 November 2011 by the Internet service Google Music is the first of a series of six concerts the band's albums to purchase. The distribution of downloads Albums Rolling Stones Bootleg Series with hitherto officially unreleased recordings made exclusively through the online store of Google Play ( in the Google Music is integrated since March 2012, until then the online store via Android Market ran ). Only for customers from countries where Google Play is not available, there are the concerts in collaboration with Google Music in the online shop of the Rolling Stones archives, one on 17 November launched website to buy. This was the time of publication all customers outside the U.S.; since November 13, 2012 German customers can buy the albums on Google Play. The Stones Archive is operated by Bravado, the merchandising company of Universal Music.
Because of the popularity of the famous bootleg " Brussels Affair" was retained in the title. However, the album differs in content from these and other pre-existing bootleg releases. The pictured in the Rolling Stones archives and Google Play Cover for album vary in terms of naming: The Rolling Stones Archive, which bears the title The Brussels Affair '73, with Google Play the Title Brussels Affair (Live 1973).
Included is a combination of images of the first and second presentation of the band. Doo Doo Doo Doo ( Heartbreaker ), Dancing with Mr. D, Star Star and Angie are songs from the 1973 album Goats Head Soup, at whose appearance is joining the European tour.
Title list
Brown Sugar, Midnight Rambler and Street Fighting Man are recordings from the first appearance, the remaining tracks from the second ( a guitar solo Mick Taylor in All Down The Line, however, was the recording of the song from the first concert taken ). The song successes equal to the setlist of the second presentation, which is less Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo ( Heartbreaker ) is identical to that of the first.