Research Catalog

Title

Exile on Main Street : a season in hell with the Rolling Stones / Robert Greenfield.

Author

Greenfield, Robert.

Publication

Cambridge, MA : Da Capo, ©2006.

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Details

Description

258 pages : illustrations; 22 cm

Summary

Recorded during the blazing summer of 1971 at Villa Nellcote, Keith Richards' seaside mansion in the south of France, Exile on Main St. has been hailed as one of the Rolling Stones' best albums--and one of the greatest rock records of all time. Yet its improbable creation was difficult, torturous, and at times dangerous. In self-imposed exile, the Stones--along with wives, girlfriends, and a crew of hangers-on--spent their days smoking, snorting, and drinking whatever they could get their hands on. At night, the band descended into the villa's dank basement to lay down tracks. All the while, a variety of celebrities, stumbled through the villa's never-ending party, as did the local drug dealers. Villa Nellcote became the crucible in which creative strife, outsized egos, and all the usual byproducts of the Stones' legendary hedonistic excess fused into something potent, volatile, and enduring.--From publisher description.

Alternative Title

Season in hell with the Rolling Stones

Subject

• Rolling Stones
• The Rolling Stones Musikgruppe : London
• Exile on Main St (Rolling Stones)
• Exile on Main St
• Rock musicians > England > Biography
• Rock musicians
• England

Genre/Form

• Biography
• Biographies.

Note

• "The true story of the real-life drama behind the making of the Rolling Stones' celebrated double album, Exile on Main Street"--Jacket.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-258).

ISBN

• 0306814331
• 9780306814334

LCCN

• 2010290905
• 9780306814334

OCLC

• ocm70764570
• 70764570
• SCSB-9777431

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library