Special Episode: Pop Goes the Sixties

The Rolling Stones become tax exiles in the south of France and record their masterpiece: Exile on Main Street.

The Stones release their first official live album, Get Yer Ya Ya’s Out. They cut ties with Allen Klein. They make a mobile studio, and record their 1971 masterpiece: Sticky Fingers.

In 1969, the Rolling Stones tour North America for the first time in years. They record some of their best ever work at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Alabama. They plan a disastrous free concert that signaled the end of the hippie movement and almost ended the band.

The Stones record Let It Bleed and Keith finds his sound. Brian Jones is fired, before suddenly dying at 27. The band replaces him with Mick Taylor

The Rolling Stones get a new producer, Jimmy Miller, who helps them get their mojo back. They record their legendary Beggar’s Banquet album in 1968. They also film the Rolling Stones’ Rock and Roll Circus, but decline to release it.

The Rolling Stones embark on their final tour for over two years. They record Their Satanic Majesties Request, their most hated album of all time.

The Stones record Between the Buttons. Mick and Keith get busted for drugs and go to jail. Keith steals Brian’s girlfriend, Anita, in Morocco.

The Rolling Stones record some of their best music yet, on their first psychedelic album. Brian Jones makes great music but starts to show signs of decline.

The Stones navigate a new level of fame. Brian Jones meet Anita Pallenberg. They write their first druggy song.

The Stones tour the world. Riots break out at their shows, and their image changes. Brian causes some trouble, and Mick and Keith write one of their biggest hits ever.