Click Above To Order Your CopyThe Rolling Stones – Welcome To Shepherd’s Bush
The Rolling Stones
Mercury Studios
Release Date: December 6, 2024
When someone asks Boomerocity the rhetorical question, “The Beatles or The Stones,” I unabashedly say, “Yes”.
If you’ve followed Boomerocity for a year or more, you already know that we do love the Stones. We’ve seen them in concert four times and have interviewed Lisa Fischer (once), Bernard Fowler (three times), Chuck Leavell (three times), and the late Bobby Keys (Once. Twice if you count the second chat to get a quote from him about Bernard (“Bee-Nard”) for my first interview with him.
So, whenever a new Stones project hits, we’re always excited to share the news here. Such is the case with their new CD/DVD set, “The Rolling Stones – Welcome To Shepherd’s Bush.”
Recorded June 8, 1999, at London’s Shepherd’s Bush in front of ““1,800 lucky dogs” in the “secret gig” (quoting Paul Sexton in the liner notes that accompany the release), the band delivered as they always do: a fantastic show that brings back memories to the baby boomers in the crowd and educated the youngers there who love our music. The “intimate” show took place a few days before the band’s two sold out shows (70,000 seats each) at the legendary Wembley Stadium.
The shows proceeded “No Security” - the band’s 1998 live album. Quoting the package’s press release, “The star-studded audience at the gig marking The Rolling Stones’ homecoming included everyone from Anita Pallenberg to Aerosmith, Jerry Hall to Jon Bon Jovi, along with Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, Bob Geldof, Pete Townshend and Lenny Kravitz.”
That guest list makes this particular live offering especially unique to Stones fans and, thus, makes this a must-have addition to a Stones fan’s personal listening/viewing library. For the uninitiated, it’s a great introduction to the Rolling Stones and a great example of how revered they are as a legendary rock and roll band.
TRACK LISTINGS:
2LP:
Side A:
Shattered
It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll (But I Like It)
Respectable
All Down The Line
Some Girls
Side B:
Melody
I Got The Blues
Brand New Car
Moon Is Up
Side C:
Saint Of Me
Honky Tonk Women (with Sheryl Crow)
Band Introductions
You Got The Silver
Before They Make Me Run
Side D:
Route 66
You Got Me Rocking
Tumbling Dice
Brown Sugar
Jumpin’ Jack Flash
4K UHD
Shattered
It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll (But I Like It)
Respectable
All Down The Line
Some Girls
Melody
I Got The Blues
Brand New Car
Moon Is Up
Saint Of Me
Honky Tonk Women (with Sheryl Crow)
Band Introductions
You Got The Silver
Before They Make Me Run
Route 66
You Got Me Rocking
Tumbling Dice
Brown Sugar
Jumpin’ Jack Flash
Blu-ray+2CD:
Shattered
It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll (But I Like It)
Respectable
All Down The Line
Some Girls
Melody
I Got The Blues
Brand New Car
Moon Is Up
Saint Of Me
Honky Tonk Women (with Sheryl Crow)
Band Introductions
You Got The Silver
Before They Make Me Run
Route 66
You Got Me Rocking
Tumbling Dice
Brown Sugar
Jumpin’ Jack Flash
2CD:
Disc 1:
Shattered
It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll (But I Like It)
Respectable
All Down The Line
Some Girls
Melody
I Got The Blues
Brand New Car
Moon Is Up
Disc 2:
Saint Of Me
Honky Tonk Women (with Sheryl Crow)
Band Introductions
You Got The Silver
Before They Make Me Run
Route 66
You Got Me Rocking
Tumbling Dice
Brown Sugar
Jumpin’ Jack Flash
