![]() The mono reel “Crazy Mama” is distorted and lasts only twenty-four seconds. There stereo reel ends with a version of “Little Red Rooster” that was not used on Love You Live. There is a quiet version of “Let’s Spend The Night Together” which as a small cut at 3:38. It’s all yours apparently Ronnie” before “Crackin’ Up.” This performance is the unedited track used on the LP. Jagger makes an obscure reference, saying, “It’s a bottom pincher from last night…watch your bottom Keith…what shall we do? Right, if you feel like dancing, wait. That’s all we’re here for.” Another, more polished version of “Route 66” follows “Worried About You” (a song played for the first time live). Jagger continues the critics jokes before “Around And Around” asking, “everything alright in the critics section? We hope the critics like show. A few seconds of “Crackin’ Up” follows before a cut in the tape. These two renditions are different but it’s not clear if they are two takes from the same night or from different nights. It was played at both shows and was considered for release but was ultimately cut. “Route 66” was first recorded by the Stones in January 1964 and released on England’s Newest Hit Makers. “This is where the critics sit” Mick Jagger jokes afterwards. It opens up with a great version of “Hand Of Fate” from Black And Blue, the most recently released Stones song in this collection. It is in excellent but raw sound quality with the emphasis on the guitars at the expense of the vocals. The first and longest tape is an unedited stereo reel with songs from both nights. SODD-105 gathers together four separate documents related to this appearance. Several days later, between March 6th to 8th, Keith, Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts laid down the overdubs at Sounds Interchange Recording Studios which can be heard in the final product. It is interesting to note that, even though the intent was to cover classic rock and blues songs, they did play a full sets each night.Īccording to sources, March 4th included: “Route 66,” “Honky Tonk Women,” “Hand Of Fate,” “Fool To Cry,” “Crazy Mama,” “Crackin’ Up,” “Around And Around,” “Melody,” “Star Star,” “Worried About You,” “Let’s Spend The Night Together,” “Little Red Rooster,” “Luxury,” “Brown Sugar” and “Jumping Jack Flash.” March 5th saw them play “Honky Tonk Women,” “All Down The Line,” “Hand Of Fate,” “Route 66,” “Fool To Cry,” “Crazy Mama,” “Mannish Boy,” “Crackin’ Up,” “Dance Little Sister,” “Around And Around,” “Tumbling Dice,” “Happy,” “Hot Stuff,” “Star Star,” “Worried About You,” “Let’s Spend The Night Together,” “Worried Life Blues,” “It’s Only Rock And Roll,” “Rip This Joint,” “Little Red Rooster,” “Luxury,” “Brown Sugar” and “Jumping Jack Flash.” The two shows were recorded by Eddie Kramer and four songs, “Mannish Boy,” “Crackin’ Up,” “Little Red Rooster” and “Around And Around” were included on the album on side three. The two shows had April Wine opening for them and the Stones were played $400 per gig, the going rate at the El Mocambo. ![]() El Mocambo was chosen because of that kind of intimacy. ![]() 1963 to serve as a contrast to the other side recorded at the four Paris shows the previous June. ![]() The reason for these club dates was to add one side of their double live album Love You Live devoted to covers of blues standards recorded in a venue similar to the Marquee in London c. He was originally charged with “possession of heroin for the purpose of trafficking.” Richards had his passport confiscated and he and his girlfriend Anita Pallenberg along with their three children were forced to stay in Canada until April. It was for this session that Keith Richards was arrested in February, busted by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for possession of 22 grams of heroin at Harbour Castle Hotel in Toronto Canada. The circumstances surrounding their appearance at the El Mocambo Club in Toronto sometimes overshadow the gigs and recordings themselves. (MONO REEL) Crazy Mama (ACETATES) Dance Little Sister, Little Red Rooster, Route 66 (FINAL MIX) Mannish Boy, Crackin’ Up, Little Red Rooster, Around And Around (75:39): (STEREO REEL) Hand Of Fate, Route 66, Crackin’ Up, Around And Around, Worried About You, Route 66, Crackin’ Up, Let’s Spend The Night Together, (Band Introduction), Little Red Rooster El Mocambo Club, Toronto, ON, Canada – March 4th & 5th 1977 ![]()
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