The Rolling Stones Across The World: Essential Music

If anyone tells you they saw the Rolling Stones on their first tour of America be prepared to either think they were very lucky or they may be confused. The Stones' tour in June 1964 was a handful of gigs, watched by just a few fans. Yet, within less than a year, America became their second home, as the tours got longer and many of their iconic hits were recorded there.

The Stones' huge US tour in 1969 culminated in the fiasco of the Altamont Festival that could have finished a lesser band, ...