ISBN10: 0670828947, ISBN13: 9780670828944, [publisher: Viking Published by the Penguin Group Viking Penguin, a division of Penguin Books USA Inc., New York] Hardcover First Edition BOOK: Corners, Spine, Boards Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. DUST JACKET: Lightly Creased; Lightly Chipped; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. SUB-TITLE: The Story of a Rock 'n' Roll Band. BOOK NUMBER: 1190. FRONT AND BACK JACKET PHOTOGRAPHS FROM: the Bill Wyman Archive. JACKET DESIGN BY: Neil Stuart. CONTENTS: Introduction 1 Flash Forward 2 Roots and Routes 3 How the Stones got the Blues 4 Birth of the Legend 5 The 'Great Unwashed' 6 The Selling of a Rebellion 7 The Unholy Trinity 8 Riots and Romances 9 Addictions and Frictions 10 (Drug) Trials and Tribulations 11 De-Klein 12 Little Boy Blues; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Records 1963-69; Awards 1964-69; Shows 1962-69; Film and Television 1957-69; Radio 1963-69; Index. SYNOPSIS: For twenty-five years Bill Wyman has been "the silent Stone," the quiet bass player in the World's Greatest Rock and Roll Band. This autobiography-of-a-band is a note-by-note rendition of the Stones' tumultuous early years, made possible by Wyman's own meticulously kept diaries. As one critic put it, "The Beatles charmed a nation. The Stones kicked it in the bollocks." Wyman candidly recalls the struggle of the perpetual "bad boys" through ...
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