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THE ROLLING STONES Whether you love or loathe the music of The Rolling Stones, this is a band that refuses to be ignored; indifference is just not an option. From their early beginnings in the 1960s, The Rolling Stones were rebels with a cause, the very antithesis of their harmonious rivals, The Beatles. On the Rock Trail is a fascinating journey of discovery tracking The Rolling Stones from their distinctly civilized, well-educated, middle-class roots, right through to international recognition as the first, and some would argue, ultimate Bad Boys of Rock ‘n’ Roll!

It's often unfair to compare the Rolling Stones to the Beatles but in the case of the group's mono mixes, it's instructive. Until the 2009 release of the box set The Beatles in Mono, all of the Fab Four's mono mixes were out of print. That's not the case with the Rolling Stones. Most of their '60s albums – released on Decca in the U.K., London in the U.S. – found mono mixes sneaking onto either the finished sequencing or various singles compilations, so the 2016 box The Rolling Stones in Mono only contains 56 heretofore unavailable mono mixes among its 186 tracks…

Jump Back: The Best of The Rolling Stones is the sixth official compilation album by The Rolling Stones. It was initially released worldwide, except in North America, in 1993…

In 1969, after several years off the road, the Rolling Stones decided to get back to the business of playing live with a free concert in London's Hyde Park, which would give them a chance to break in their new guitarist, Mick Taylor. Two days before the concert took place, the group's original lead guitarist and founder, Brian Jones, drowned in his swimming pool, and what was intended to be a celebration became a memorial for the fallen star…