Bootleg Stew: The Rolling Stones ‘REHEARSAL SESSIONS ’72 TOUR’ :CBM 3690 & ‘BRIGHT LIGHTS BIG CITY’ :RS 541*71075*K&S 040 / ‘SMOOTH’ :TMOQ 73025 / ‘Bring it back alive’ :IMP 1113*K&S 003
CBM: Comet, Instant Analysis, King Kong, Shalom, Idle Mind Productions, The Rolling Stones, TMOQ (orig. pig)
“The Montreux source is a TV broadcast from the German “Beat Club” [The Rolling Stones (taped at the Rialto Theatre, Montreux on 18-May-1972 – some sources say May 21) – Shake Your Hips and Tumbling Dice – aired May 27 ’72 and Jam & Loving Cup -playback with live vocals- on June 24th. In the UK, “Old Gray Whistle Test broadcast the program on July 11 ’72]”.
Videos also circulate of this performance, including two different announcer takes. Missing from [these] LP’s is Loving Cup with an alternate mix studio backing track and live vocal.” -- rollingstonesnet.com
Broadcast/available material was:
01 Shake Your Hips – 4’25
02 Tumbling Dice (Part 1) – 4’21
03 Tumbling Dice (Part 2) – 4’42
04 Bluesberry Jam – 3’31
03 John’s Jam (aka Gimme a drink) – 4’40
06 Loving Cup (playback track) – 5’44
ca. 15th - 19th May: Montreux, Switzerland, Rialto Theater. Rehearsals for the upcoming US-tour. The Stones rehearsed about 45 different songs. Line-up: see below. Ian Stewart on piano on Bluesberry Jam aka Jammin’ With Stu.
May 26, onwards, 1972: Los Angeles, Santa Monica Boulevard, unidentified small backroom and Bel Air, California, The Pink Palace. First set-rehearsals for the upcoming US tour.
Late May, 1972: Burbank, California,Warner Brothers Studios. Set-rehearsals for the upcoming US tour.
June 3 (Vancouver, Canada) - July 26 (New York City, USA), 1972: 1972 North American Tour. Line-up: Mick Jagger (voc, harm)/Keith Richards (gtr, voc)/Mick Taylor (gtr)/Bill Wyman (bass)/Charlie Watts (dr)/Nicky Hopkins (p)/Bobby Keys (sax)/Jim Price (tp, tb). Special guests: Stevie Wonder and Wonderlove on 'Uptight/Satisfaction'.
“Between “Bright Lights Big City” Matrix : RS 541-A/B, and “Smooth” [TMQ 73025] the Montreux tracks can be found on TMoQ discs of the same time period, but not in the contiguous format presented by CBM.”
K&S version was limited to 200 copies. Disc shown below.
It’s funny that on the otherwise impeccable dbboots.com website it states for Smooth – detail shown above – “Released: Probable 1971.” for an album containing material from 1972. The CBM and the orig. TMoQ LP B.L.B.C. were released in 1973 and I would peg Smooth with a 1974 date.
“It should also be noted that the title “Bluesberry” Jam was first given to this song by Trade Mark of Quality on “Bright Lights Big City”, and that the title of the song “John’s” Jam was given by the folks at CBM [see first image]. There is no TMoQ insert with the “John’s” Jam title listed, this includes both insert cover variations of the “Smooth” LP.”
What would been nice to have is a quality comparison of the shared tracks between the three LPs.
Above: Track list detail from the insert of Bright Lights Big City.
CBM 3690 was the first release for the Charlotte, North Carolina, 1972 audience source. A more complete version of this performance was later released on the LP Bring It Back Alive – Matrix: IMP1112-1 “IN MEMORY OF BRIAN” // IMP-1112-2 “THE GREATEST R&R GROUP ON EARTH” on the Idle Mind Productions (IMP) label in 1976. This title was also reissued by K&S Records on red splash vinyl with a very rare insert variation (seen below).
Side 1: Rocks Off [04:06] / Gimme Shelter [05:15] / Happy [03:30] / Tumbling Dice [04:22] / Sweet Virginia [04:52] Side 2: You Can’t Always Get What You Want [07:36] / All Down The Line [04:44] / Band intro [01:10] / Bye Bye Johnny [03:20] / Rip This Joint [02:20] / Jumping Jack Flash [03:51]
The stamp shown here on the front insert was typically applied to the back.
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The K&S incarnation: “150 pressed in ’78 on blue vinyl with ‘Collector’s Edition’ stamped in red ink on the insert. Vgm. ” states Hot Wacks. Sounds like someone got mixed up.
The Charlotte, NC audience recording is rated “Vgm” for both the CBM and the Idle Mind LP in HW.
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Collectorsmusic.com writes: “The Rolling Stones’ Charlotte concert from the 1972 tour has been in circulation since soon after the actual concert. It is a very good and clear audience recording which some argue is the best sounding amateur tape from the entire tour. The first vinyl appearance of this tape can be found on Rehearsal Sessions ‘72 Tour (Contra Band Music 3690-A/B). The first side contains the Rialto Theater rehearsal sessions from Switzerland on May 21, and side two contains “Love In Vain,” “Sweet Virginia,” “You Can’t Always Get What You Want,” and “All Down The Line” from this concert.
Other vinyl issues of this show include American Tour In L.A. 1972, Live In Detroit (OB81 KYOTO), and Rocks Off In Charlotte (Phoenix Records D357076). Drippin’ Honey (Concert Series 7672) is missing “Brown Sugar,” “Bitch,” “Rocks Off,” “Gimme Shelter,” “You Can’t Always Get What You Want,” and “Midnight Rambler,” Bring It Back Alive (Idle Mind Production IMP 1112 1-2) is missing “Brown Sugar,” “Bitch,” “Love In Vain,” “Midnight Rambler,” and “Street Fighting Man,” and Bring It Back Alive (K&S 003) is missing “Brown Sugar,” “Bitch,” “Love In Vain,” “Midnight Rambler,” and “Street Fighting Man.” “