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The Rolling Stones 1978 tour of the USA in support of that year's Some Girls album is considered by fans to be one of their very best. The tour followed immediately on the release of the Some Girls album and by the time the band arrived in Texas in mid-July the album had hit the #1 spot on the US charts. The tour took a back to basics approach, with the band and their music very much at the forefront and little or no elaborate staging. Filmed at the Will Rogers Memorial Center in Fort Worth, Texas, on July 18th, 1978, this concert is typical of the tour with the Rolling Stones delivering a raw, energetic performance in front of a crowd who are clearly loving the show. Originally shot on 16mm film, the footage has been carefully restored and the sound remixed and remastered by Bob Clearmountain from the original multitrack tapes. This is undeniably the Rolling Stones at the peak of their form.
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77 of 82 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I confess this isn't my favorite period for the Stones, at the time I didn't care for the Stones following trends instead of the public following what the Stones wanted to do. But I couldn't help but be impressed with the performance in this film, if this was the Stones proving they were still on top I have to admit they accomplished that.
Ronnie Wood still playing guitar like he meant it instead of mugging and posing, what wouldn't I give to see that again. Keith looked and sounded good, you can see the beginnings of those patented Keef stage moves that later would too often substitute for playing guitar. He must have been clean at this point, every time he and Mick had to meet at one mic to sing together he was there every time right on the beat. Jagger, well what can you say, talk about the hardest working man in show biz. I was surprised at how much guitar he played, and not one costume change, how modest. Charlie was on fire, whip crack energy for the whole show. Bill Wyman looked like it could have been 1969 or 1989, the only thing moving on him were his fingers but he sure was in the groove. Good to see Stu, and Ian McLagan, and no brass section was also a surprise, I didn't realize how stripped-down this tour was. Seeing the primitive (by today's standards) PA setup was funny, and watching Mick climb around in front of the heaps of speakers made me think that must have been what led him to go for bigger stages that would let him dance all over and work the crowd on the sides, no need to put one foot on a roadie's shoulder for balance.
This was the last gasp for the music carrying the show without oversized staging and special effects, maybe it was because the Stones thought they had something to prove but the energy of this concert is amazing. The people who shot this film had to badger Jagger into letting them do it. But I can see why at long last Jagger decided to let it out of the vault (apparently they didn't release it back then because they thought they looked too old!), a performance of this caliber does the band great credit. So color me impressed despite preferring the band's earlier work, this is a terrific contribution to the Stone's legacy.
Ronnie Wood still playing guitar like he meant it instead of mugging and posing, what wouldn't I give to see that again. Keith looked and sounded good, you can see the beginnings of those patented Keef stage moves that later would too often substitute for playing guitar. He must have been clean at this point, every time he and Mick had to meet at one mic to sing together he was there every time right on the beat. Jagger, well what can you say, talk about the hardest working man in show biz. I was surprised at how much guitar he played, and not one costume change, how modest. Charlie was on fire, whip crack energy for the whole show. Bill Wyman looked like it could have been 1969 or 1989, the only thing moving on him were his fingers but he sure was in the groove. Good to see Stu, and Ian McLagan, and no brass section was also a surprise, I didn't realize how stripped-down this tour was. Seeing the primitive (by today's standards) PA setup was funny, and watching Mick climb around in front of the heaps of speakers made me think that must have been what led him to go for bigger stages that would let him dance all over and work the crowd on the sides, no need to put one foot on a roadie's shoulder for balance.
This was the last gasp for the music carrying the show without oversized staging and special effects, maybe it was because the Stones thought they had something to prove but the energy of this concert is amazing. The people who shot this film had to badger Jagger into letting them do it. But I can see why at long last Jagger decided to let it out of the vault (apparently they didn't release it back then because they thought they looked too old!), a performance of this caliber does the band great credit. So color me impressed despite preferring the band's earlier work, this is a terrific contribution to the Stone's legacy.
72 of 78 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
It seems that the Stones are agreeing to document in High Def, all major filmed landmark gigs of their amazing career. I suspect this is not just for the money (and yet how that cash must roll in) No.. They are now at a late career stage where there is a need to ensure that their posterity is well preserved. The Stones have nothing after all like the Beatles definitive Anthology.The 25x5 documentary of a quarter century ago is only half of their career to date! I ramble...
This is a great concert. Apart from the great performance musically, you get most of the "Some Girls" album live on stage. Eight numbers from it I counted!
Shattered, Beast of Burden and especially When the whip comes down, are all first rate.
Pity it wasnt filmed in 35 mm as these 16 mm films even when cleaned up to HD still have a "misty" look comparitively. However, it is of its time and we must savour it. On the cinema showing on Oct 4th here in England, I was amazed at how well Bill Wymans bass was put at the front of the soundmix. Thank you Mr Clearmountain, you have shown how fundamental his basslines were to the Stones.
Enjoy this gig folks and I hope the blu ray is as good as the cinema release. Roll on further filmed gigs in blu ray. Lets have Paris Aux Abattoirs 76, Hampton Roads 81 and maybe Marquee London 71 if this could scrub up well enough from the old Lion TV tapes. Ged
This is a great concert. Apart from the great performance musically, you get most of the "Some Girls" album live on stage. Eight numbers from it I counted!
Shattered, Beast of Burden and especially When the whip comes down, are all first rate.
Pity it wasnt filmed in 35 mm as these 16 mm films even when cleaned up to HD still have a "misty" look comparitively. However, it is of its time and we must savour it. On the cinema showing on Oct 4th here in England, I was amazed at how well Bill Wymans bass was put at the front of the soundmix. Thank you Mr Clearmountain, you have shown how fundamental his basslines were to the Stones.
Enjoy this gig folks and I hope the blu ray is as good as the cinema release. Roll on further filmed gigs in blu ray. Lets have Paris Aux Abattoirs 76, Hampton Roads 81 and maybe Marquee London 71 if this could scrub up well enough from the old Lion TV tapes. Ged
37 of 40 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
Everybody knows the story: in 1977-78 faced with the twin perils of punk and disco, and with Keith on bail for trafficing charges, Mick and Keith got serious and wrote some of their best music ever. Nothing like a crisis to shake off the stuppor of entrenched success.
But then they toured. They played big arenas and stadiums, and then for some reason they played to 2,500 people in Fort Worth Texas for this show that was filmed. The show is mythic here in Fort Worth and the video shows why. No horn section, no backup singers, no inflatables or fireworks, just rock and roll. And unlike Don Henley or some other rockers from that period, Mick doesn't try to tell us how to vote, ask people to sing along or go into long explanations of why they wrote a particular song. There is one "thank you", one "you having a good time?" and one succinct tounge in cheek apology for why the energy was low (it wasn't, but according to Mick's short explanation, their tounges must have been somewhere other than in their own cheek the night before). Half bragging, but he need not apologise for a lack of energy. I mean people where whooping it up and clapping their hands to a movie! Oh yeah, Keith and Ronnie share a join on stage, but it doesn't detract from the rock and roll none. They play Tumblin' Dice, Brown Sugar, most of the "Some Girls' Record, a fair bit of Exile, and a great version of "Star Star", but they played very little from 68 or before except covers. Oh yeah, they did do one song from '68, "Jumpin' Jack Flash" which was so upbeat and blistering that I didn't want it to end. I saw it in the theater two weeks ago, if the DVD is the same, I can watch it over and over. . . it dosn't have to end.
Video from this tour is hard to find. Other than the SNL performance we had nada but a very bad bootlegged hand cam of 6 songs. This dvd, if it is the same show they played in the cinemas, is worth owning. To a Stones fan, the idea of unreleased video (and audio) of the Stones from this period is kinda like a historian finding a heretofore unknown original text of Alexander the Great's thoughts on battle tactics. "Oh my God, so that's how they did it". But even a casual fan will enjoy this video as it will instantly redeem your blowout game watching party and turn it into a rock and roll party with songs that everybody knows done by men in their mid-thirties who had something to prove in 1978.
But then they toured. They played big arenas and stadiums, and then for some reason they played to 2,500 people in Fort Worth Texas for this show that was filmed. The show is mythic here in Fort Worth and the video shows why. No horn section, no backup singers, no inflatables or fireworks, just rock and roll. And unlike Don Henley or some other rockers from that period, Mick doesn't try to tell us how to vote, ask people to sing along or go into long explanations of why they wrote a particular song. There is one "thank you", one "you having a good time?" and one succinct tounge in cheek apology for why the energy was low (it wasn't, but according to Mick's short explanation, their tounges must have been somewhere other than in their own cheek the night before). Half bragging, but he need not apologise for a lack of energy. I mean people where whooping it up and clapping their hands to a movie! Oh yeah, Keith and Ronnie share a join on stage, but it doesn't detract from the rock and roll none. They play Tumblin' Dice, Brown Sugar, most of the "Some Girls' Record, a fair bit of Exile, and a great version of "Star Star", but they played very little from 68 or before except covers. Oh yeah, they did do one song from '68, "Jumpin' Jack Flash" which was so upbeat and blistering that I didn't want it to end. I saw it in the theater two weeks ago, if the DVD is the same, I can watch it over and over. . . it dosn't have to end.
Video from this tour is hard to find. Other than the SNL performance we had nada but a very bad bootlegged hand cam of 6 songs. This dvd, if it is the same show they played in the cinemas, is worth owning. To a Stones fan, the idea of unreleased video (and audio) of the Stones from this period is kinda like a historian finding a heretofore unknown original text of Alexander the Great's thoughts on battle tactics. "Oh my God, so that's how they did it". But even a casual fan will enjoy this video as it will instantly redeem your blowout game watching party and turn it into a rock and roll party with songs that everybody knows done by men in their mid-thirties who had something to prove in 1978.
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I purchased this video to extract the tracks to just listen to. The tracks are solid. But once I watched, I was mesmerized. This is the best Stones video/film I have seen. Read more
Published 3 days ago by B. Dyer
Not quite there
Many of the previous reviews have it right, so I will be brief. The show is good not great. Keith is going half speed and Ronnie's guitar work is a little shrill. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Wicked
When they still mattered
Keith once said that it wasn't fair for the stones to play for smaller audiences when there was a great deal of people wanting to see them in concert. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Mauricio Rolim Amaro
"A LIVE Version of MISS YOU!"
'78 Would've been a great year to see The Stones.. The world was still a buzz from the Live album the year before with "Love You Live" capturing that Perfect Ballance of... Read more
Published 2 months ago by 70s Lust
The Rolling Stones: Some Girls- LIve in Texas 78 Blu Ray- Quality is...
This is an very good concert of the Rolling Stones, but the problem, is that it was recorded back in 1978, and when converted to Blu Ray, just not that good! Read more
Published 2 months ago by Yspratts
Not at their peak, but close ...
A great performance ... but not quite as good as " Ladies & Gentelman ... ". Ron Wood is no Mick Taylor ...
Published 2 months ago by William E. Jarchow
Too much Mick
Look, I was never a Rolling Stones fan during their "heyday". I didn't really become a fan until the last few years. Read more
Published 3 months ago by M A Sletten
This Is The Stones at there Best
Boy was I surprised when I heard this through my surround sound. It's DTS remastered sound and boy did he do It right. The concert Is at a high point In there career. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mark
Mick was in an all white suit
Just before this concert Mick's limo was caught up with by a reporter in downtown Dallas. He got out fast on a street that was at Nieman Marcus. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Gterrier3
It's OK
Sorry, but I still think the concerts at Madison Square Garden in 1969 are unsurpassed. They were still extremely good in 1978, but the disco-era and partying had taken its... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Reader
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