Rolling Stones Seventies tour secrets and amazing rare photos as band 'back on stage'
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There are rumours the Rolling Stones will hit the road again this year with dates in the UK. But Rolling Stones fans looking for some instant satisfaction can buy a book taking the, back to when they toured in 1975. T.O.T.A '75 was thought to be sold out in 2005. But now a book binding company in Italy has found 200 copies giving fans a final chance to buy the book - and a chance for us to look back at the tour 50 years on. The photos here show the band in all their live glory as well as their high jinks in-between their mammoth 40-show Tour Of The Americas. They are from the book T.O.T.A '75 which documented Ronnie Wood's first one as a band member. Ronnie says: "This book is incredible. It takes me back to my first Stones tour.".
The tour was crazy with the band travelling on a specially commissioned aircraft called the Starship. Diarist Christopher Sykes and tour manager Peter 'the Commander' Rudge compiled the book and it includes facsimile memorabilia: backstage passes and even hotel room keys. In the book Sykes recalls the high jinks on the Starship with a video machine to watch movies on being big news on a plane in the 70s.
There was an "ugly battle" for the apple pie on the plane as it is served by an air stewardess alongside hamburgers, fried chicken, fresh cheeses and even veal escalope. Perhaps less surprisingly he notes the bar was open "at all times" on the plane with tequila, Jack Daniels, wines and vodka. A note was added to ensure Jack Daniels "must be in stock at all times".
