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13. The Rolling Stones – Street Fighting Man

Posted by Bill Rippel on November 08, 2020 - 1:38am

Year: 1968
Record label: London
Worth Today: $17,000*

In 1968, could pre-fame Rolling Stones have realized just how lasting their legacy would last? Probably not. The band was too busy dating gorgeous women and living the jetset life of rock ‘n’ roll stars to think about hardly anything other than music.

Never ones to shy away from controversy, the band originally featured a harsh black and white image of a policeman standing over injured protesters on the sleeve for “Street Fighting Man.” The record label decided this wasn’t a good idea for the time and destroyed all the copies of the original. Only 18 of the records made it out alive. In 2011, one of these rarities sold for $17,000.

Later, in 1995, Mick Jagger would be interviewed in Rolling Stone by Jann Wenner, and he didn’t hold back. Jagger said that he thought that the seventies’ unrest was “a very good thing.” Jagger, according to his bandmates, was even part of the Grosvenor Square demonstrations and was arrested and charged by police. 

James Eckburg Thanks Bill for this great blog and the info in it.
November 8, 2020 at 1:05pm
Caleb Mpamei Very interesting lives. One thing I appreciate is, these guys were not worried about what others think of them. They chose to live true to their convictions.
November 8, 2020 at 3:58am