THE ROLLING STONES ROCK AND ROLL CIRCUS – LIMITED DELUXE EDITION

THE ROCK AND ROLL CIRCUS was coming to town. In 1968, Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger, The Who’s guitar wizard Pete Townshend, and Small Faces bassist Ronnie Lane had collectively decided to organize a perpetual traveling show that would consist of equal parts live performance, grand spectacle, and mobile art installation, all rolled into one never-ending carnival bacchanal.

Of course, it didn’t quite work out that way. For many, many reasons we don’t have nearly enough words to explain, the traveling circus idea transformed into a one-off was ultimately shelved mainly at Jagger’s behest. Legend long had it that the Stones’ performance was considerably underwhelming (hardly the case) and soon-to-be-exiting guitarist Brian Jones was quite out of sorts the entire time (sadly true). It took almost 30 years before was released to the public in 1996, later getting an updated DVD and CD release in 2004 before seeing an even fuller makeover for this limited deluxe edition that boasts two CDs with previously unreleased songs, an updated DVD, and a first-time Blu-ray release.