Rolling Stones database 1980

1980

800100A early 1980: BLACK UHURU.
                   LP ‘Black Uhuru’ (Virgin VX 1004, -US). Producers: Sly Dunbar & Robbie
                    Shakespeare. Additional production: Delroy Witter. Incl.
               - Shine Eye (Michael Rose) -5.51-version; under title Shine Eye Gal
                  Line-up: KR (gtr)/Michael Rose (voc)/Robbie Shakespeare (bass)/Sly Dunbar
                                 (dr)/Radcliff Bryan (gtr)/Ansell Collins (org)/Sticky Thompson (perc)/
                                 Scully Sims (perc)/Derek Simpson and Puma Jones (bvoc)

800100B January: RONNIE LANE. near Hyssington, Wales, Fishpool Farm, LMS Mobile
      Recording Unit. Producer: Fishpool Productions. Sound engineer: Bob Potter.
                  - Way Up Yonder (Trad. arr. by Ronnie Lane)
              Line-up: STU (p)/Ronnie Lane (voc)/Eric Clapton (gtr)/Alun Davies (gtr)/Brian
                                 Belshaw (bass)/Bruce Rowland (dr)/Bill Livsey (p)/White Grit Gang (bvoc)

800108A 8th January: unidentified place
- interview with Andrew Oldham by Barbara Charone

800116A 16th January: THE NEW BARBARIANS. Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Uptown Theater.
                    Line-up: RW (gtr, voc)/lan McLagan (p, org, voc)/Bobby Keys (sax)/Johnnie Lee
                               Schell (gtr)/Reggie McBride (bass)/Andy Newmark (dr)/Mackenzie Philips
                                   (bvoc on some songs)
                  Note: 2 1/2 hours set, mostly RW songs, some Ian McLagan-songs and Honky Tonk
                              Women (unverified) as the only Stones-song.

800126A 26th January: US radio ( ) ‘Profiles In Rock’. Host: Terry McGovern
- interview with MJ (in Los Angeles)

800200A early February : SCREAMING JAY HAWKINS.
                   7" single (Polydor POSP 183). Producer: Allan Schwartzberg. With KR on guitar.
                   Recorded in New York in December 1979 (see 791218B).
                   A: I Put A Spell On You (Jalacy Hawkins)
                   B: Armpit #6 (Jalacy Hawkins)

800208A 8th February : IAN MCLAGAN.
                   LP ‘Troublemaker’ (Mercury 9111 063). Producer: Geoff Workman. Sound
                   engineers: Geoff Workman and Buford T. Jones (Truly). Recorded in L.A. and
                   Malibu, California, in Spring 1979. With RW on:
                  - Truly (Carl Levy) -KR on guitar and backing vocals
                  - Somebody (Ian McLagan)
                  Line-up and more info: see 790521A & 790500D.
                  Note: This album includes also a coverversion of Ronnie Wood’s Mystifies Me
                             but RW does not play on it.

800210A 10th February: Norwegian radio ( ) ‘Pop Special’.
- interview with MJ

800300A March : NEON LEON.
                   EP ‘Heart Of Stone’ (Big Deal Records X777). With MJ (bvoc) on:
               - Heart Of Stone (MJ/KR)
                 Line-up: see 791021A.

800310A 10th March: UK radio ( ).
- interview with KR

800313A 13th - 14th March: BUDDY GUY & JUNIOR WELLS. London, Pye Studios.
BW mixes the recordings of Montreux 28.6.74 for the upcoming album
‘Drinkin’ TNT And Smokin’ Dynamite’.

800318A 18th March: JIMMY ROGERS BLUES BAND. New York City, The Trax
MJ jams with the Jimmy Rogers Blues Band.

800300B Spring : RONNIE LANE.
                   LP ‘See Me’ (GEM Records LP 107). Producer: Fishpool Productions.
                   Sound engineer: Bob Potter. With STU on piano on
                   - Way Up Yonder (Trad. arr. by Ronnie Lane)
                   Line-up: see 800100A.

800319A 19th March: RONNIE LANE AND HIS MATES. Cologne, West-Germany,
                    WDR Studio A.
                - Catmelody (Ronnie Lane/Kit Lambert)
                  - Flags And Banners (Ronnie Lane/Rod Stewart)
                    - Annie Had A Baby (Henry Glover/Lois Mann)
                    - How Come (Ronnie Lane/Kevin Westlake)
                    [- Debris (Ronnie Lane) -Charlie Hart on piano]
                    - You’re So Rude (Ronnie Lane/Ian McLagan)
                    - I’m Ready (Dave Batholomew)
                    - Lad’s Got Money (Ronnie Lane) -restarted
                    - Band introduction
                    - Kuschty Rye (Ronnie Lane/Kit Lambert)
                    - Rocket 69 (Henry Glover/Lois Mann)
                    - Man Smart, Woman Smarter (Norman Span)
                    - You Never Can Tell (Chuck Berry)
                    - One For The Road (Ronnie Lane)
                  + Outro
                Line-up: STU (p)/Ronnie Lane (gtr, voc)/Henry McCullough (gtr, voc)/
                               Charlie Hart (accordion, voc, p)/Chrissie Stewart (bass)/
                                   Bruce Rowland (dr)/George and Raymond Carless (sax)
                    Note: Filmed by German WDR TV ‘Rockpalast’ and televised on the
                              15th June on WDR 3.
                              Officially released on CD/CD-Rom in February 2001 (see 010200A) and
                            on DVD in January 2013 (see 130125A).

800320A 20th March: THE DEAD BOYS. New York City, 80’s Club
KR jams with The Dead Boys.

800328A 28th March: New York City. Shooting of thermographic promofilms. Director: Adam
                   Friedman.
                   - Emotional Rescue 1 (MJ/KR) -using version III as playback
                 - Where The Boys Go (MJ/KR) -using version IV as playback
                 - Down In The Hole (MJ/KR) -unverified

800401A 1st April: UK radio (BBC) ‘Rock Heroes’, incl.
                    - interview with MJ (archive-footage)

800400A early April: BILL WYMAN. Shipton-on-Cherwell, England, Manor Studios.
                   Producer: BW. Co-producer: Chris Kimsey.
                    - Je Suis Un Rock Star I (BW) -demo
                 Note: Completed in February 1981 in Cookham’s The Sol-studio (see 810209A).

800420A 20th April: US radio ( ), New York.
- interview with MJ by Rex Rawthorne

800427A 27th April: US radio ( ) ‘Supergroups In Concert’.
Live recordings from the Rolling Stones 1978-tour, see 790516A.

800400A late April: New York, Electric Lady Studios. Final mixing of the album Emotional
                 Rescue. Producers: The Glimmer Twins. Sound engineer: Chris Kimsey (and Brad
                 Samuelsohn for Dance).
               - She’s So Cold III (MJ/KR) -promosingle-version

800600A June: ROCKET 88. London, 100 Club
Line-up: CW (dr)/STU (p)/Bob Hall (p)/George Green (p)/Alexis Korner (gtr)/
Danny Adler (gtr)/Jack Bruce (bass)/& probably one or more sax-players

800604A 4th June : THE ROLLING STONES.
                   Compilation-album ‘Collector’s Only’ (Teldec 6.24321, Germany). Incl.
                   - I’ve Been Loving You Too Long (Otis Redding/Jerry Butler)
                   Note: Only official release with original studio-version of this track.
                   Line-up: MJ (voc)/KR (gtr)/BJ (gtr)/BW (bass)/CW (dr)/STU (org)

800609A 9th June: UK radio (Capital), incl.
- interview with MJ by Roger Scott

800610A 10th June: US radio (Westwood One) ‘Off The Record’. Host: Mary Turner.
- interview with MJ & RW (in New York City)
- interview with BW

800614A 14th June: Australian radio (2JJ), incl.
- interview with MJ by Bruce Elder (in London)
Note: Probably aired on a later date.

800620A 20th June : THE ROLLING STONES.
                   7“ single (Rolling Stones Records RSR 105): Producers: The Glimmer Twins.
                   A: Emotional Rescue (MJ/KR)
                   B: Down In The Hole (MJ/KR)
                   Line-up: see 800623A.

800622A 22nd June: UK radio (BBC2), incl.
- interview with MJ by Peter Marshall

800623A 23rd June : THE ROLLING STONES.
                   LP 'Emotional Rescue' (Rolling Stones Records CUN 39111). Producers: The
Glimmer Twins.
                   A: - Dance (MJ/KR/RW)
                        - Summer Romance (MJ/KR)
                        - Send It To Me (MJ/KR)
                        - Let Me Go (MJ/KR)
                        - Indian Girl (MJ/KR)
                   B: - Where The Boys Go (MJ/KR)
                        - Down In The Hole (MJ/KR)
                        - Emotional Rescue (MJ/KR)
                        - She’s So Cold (MJ/KR)
                       - All About You (MJ/KR)
                 Line-up ‘Dance’: MJ (voc, perc)/KR (gtr, bvoc)/RW (gtr, sax)/BW (bass)/CW
                                (dr)/Bobby Keys (sax)/Max Romeo (bvoc)/Michael Shrieve (perc)
                 Line-up ‘Summer Romance’: MJ (voc, gtr)/KR (gtr, bvoc)/RW (bass)/CW (dr)/
                                STU (p)
                 Line-up ‘Send It To Me’: MJ (voc)/KR (gtr)/RW (gtr)/BW (bass)/CW (dr)/
                               Sugar Blue (harm)/Michael Shrieve (perc)/Nicky Hopkins (synth)
                 Line-up ‘Let Me Go’: MJ (voc, gtr)/KR (gtr)/RW (gtr)/BW (bass)/CW (dr)/
                                Bobby Keys (sax)/Michael Shrieve (perc)
                 Line-up ‘Indian Girl’: MJ (voc)/KR (gtr, some p)/RW (pedal steel)/BW (bass,
                                synth)/CW (dr)/Nicky Hopkins (p)/Jack Nitzsche (horn arranger)/Arif
                                Mardin (horn conductor)/Jack Nitzsche or STU (marimbas)
                 Line-up ‘Where The Boys Go’: MJ (voc, gtr)/KR (gtr, bvoc)/RW (gtr, bass,
                                bvoc)/CW (dr)/STU (p)/Jo Karslake & Jerry Hall (bvoc)
                 Line-up ‘Down In The Hole’: MJ (voc)/KR (gtr)/RW (gtr)/BW (bass)/CW (dr)/
                               Sugar Blue (harm)
                 Line-up ‘Emotional Rescue’: MJ (voc, el p, gtr)/KR (gtr)/RW (bass)/BW (synth)/
                               CW (dr)/Michael Shrieve (perc)/Bobby Keys (sax)
                 Line-up ‘She’s So Cold’: MJ (voc, gtr)/KR (gtr)/RW (gtr)/BW (bass)/CW (dr)/
                               Bobby Keys (sax)/Michael Shrieve (perc)
                 Line-up ‘All About You’: KR (voc, p, gtr, bass)/RW (gtr, bvoc)/CW (dr)/
                               Bobby Keys (sax)

800623B 23rd June: London, The Duke Of York’s Barracks. Promo party for Emotional Rescue.

800623C June: UK TV (BBC). Report from the promo party for Emotional Rescue.
- interview with MJ

800623D June: Swiss TV (SRG).
- interview with MJ at the Emotional Rescue promo-party

800625A 25th June: Dutch TV (VOO) ‘Countdown’.
- interview with MJ by Kees Baars at the Emotional Rescue-promo party

800626A 26th June: New York City, Danceteria. Promo party for Emotional Rescue.

800626B 26th June (or early morning hours of 27th June): JIM CARROLL BAND.
                   New York City, The Trax
                 - People Who Died (Jim Carroll)
                   Line-up: KR (gtr)/Jim Carroll (voc)/Steve Linsley (bass)/Wayne Woods (dr)/& others

800627A 27th June: US TV (Channel 7) ‘Eyewitness News’, New York.
- interview with MJ, KR, RW (& BW) by Peter Bannon (at Danceteria 26.6.80)

800600B June: UK radio (BBC1) ‘Newsbeat’.
- interview with MJ

800600C June: French radio (Europe 1).
- interview with MJ & BW

800600D June: Norwegian TV ( ).
- interview with MJ

800600E late June: KITTY BRUCE. New York City, unidentified studio. Producer: ?.
Additional musician: KR.

800600F June or July: Italian radio ( ), incl.
- interview with MJ

800703A 3rd July: Dutch radio ( ). MJ-jingles.

800703B 3rd July: Czechoslovakian radio ( ), incl.
- interview with MJ

800710A 10th July: UK radio (Capital & BFBS) ‘Gather No Moss’., incl.
- interview with MJ

800711A 11th -14th July: New York City. Shooting of promofilms. Director: David Mallett.
- Emotional Rescue 2 (MJ/KR) -using version IV as playback
- She’s So Cold (MJ/KR) -playback

800712A 12th July: Japanese radio ( ), Osaka, incl.
- interview with MJ

800712B 12th July: Swiss radio (DRS), incl.
- interview with MJ

800713A 13th July: UK radio (BBC) ‘Rockline’, incl.
- interview with MJ

800715A 15th July: Austrian radio (Blue Danube Radio), incl.
- interview with MJ

800716A 16th July: Luxemburgian Radio (RTL), incl.
- interview with MJ

800727A 27th July: UK radio (BBC1) ‘Star Special’. Host: BW.
BW plays his favourite songs. 120 min.

800727B 27th July: US radio (DIR) ‘Radio Meets The Rolling Stones’. Host: Scott Muni. Incl.
                  - interview with MJ
                  - interview with RW
              - interview with BW
                - interview with CW

800729A 29th July: THE RONNIE LANE BAND. London, The Marquee
                 Line-up: STU (p)/Ronnie Lane (gtr, voc)/Brian Knight (gtr, voc)/Chrissie Stewart
                                (bass, voc)/Charlie Hart (accordion, violin)/Big Dot (sax)/Mick Weaver
                                (org)/Bruce Rowland (dr)

800729B 29th July: Swiss radio (Radio 24), incl.
- interview with MJ

800800A August: French TV (TF1) ‘Journal Televise’, incl.
- interview with MJ (in French) by Patrice Devret

800802A 2nd August: US radio (DIR) ‘Rock On The Road’. Host: Scott Muni, incl.
                    - interview with KR
                    - interview with MJ
                    + live music from their 1978 US tour (see 790516A)

800817A 17th August: UK radio (BBC) ‘Rock Hour Special’. Host: Richard Skinner, incl.
- interview with MJ by Richard Skinner

800820A 20th - 24th August: West Wittering, England, Redlands (KR's home).
KR and The Stray Cats jam together.

800822A 22nd August: German radio (Bayern3) ‘Pop nach Acht’, incl.
- interview with MJ by Thomas Gottschalk

800824A 24th August: Austrian TV (ORF2) ‘Okay’, incl.
- interview with MJ

800830A 30th August: Brazilian TV ( ) ‘Fantastico’, incl.
- interview with MJ (in London)

800901A 1st September: US radio ( ) ‘Billboard Report’, incl.
- interview with MJ by Sylvie Simmons (in London)
Note: Re-aired on October 27.

800900A early September: London, unidentified studio (maybe Island’s Basing St. Studios).
MJ and KR listen to leftovers from the ‘Some Girls’ and ‘Emotional Rescue’-sessions.

800911A 11th September: German radio (WDR2), incl.
- interview with MJ (in London, July 1980)

800919A 19th September : THE ROLLING STONES.
                  7“ single (Rolling Stones Records RSR 106): Producer: The Glimmer Twins.
                  A: She’s So Cold (MJ/KR)
                  B: Send It To Me (MJ/KR)
                    Line-up: see 800623A.

800923A 23rd - 27th September: RINGO STARR. Los Angeles, Cherokee Recording
                   Studios. Producer: RW and Ringo Starr. Sound engineer: Dee Robb. Incl.
                   - Brandy (Joseph B. Jefferson/Charles B. Simmons) -Jeff Baxter on guitar
                 - Dead Giveaway I (RW/Ringo Starr) -Greg Mathieson on piano; longer,
                       less overdubs, alternate vocals
                   - Dead Giveaway II (RW/Ringo Starr) -Greg Mathieson on piano; short
                       version
               - Dead Giveaway III (RW/Ringo Starr) -Greg Mathison on piano; ‘Stop
                     And Smell The Roses’-version
                  - Don’t Blame It On Me ( ) -demo, RW on piano
                  Line-up: RW (gtr, ac bass, sax, bvoc)/Ringo Starr (voc, dr)/Wilton Felder (bass)/
                                Joe Sample (p)
                  Note: Dead Giveaway was recorded on the 23rd and 24th September, Brandy
                            basically on the 25th September (with overdubs on the 26th and 27th) and
                            Blame It On Me was recorded on the 27th September (all in all 6 takes), but
                            never completed.
                            RW mixed the songs at Cherokee on the 6th November.
                            Brandy was officially released in 1994 as bonus on a re-release of ‘Roses’.

800926A 26th September: UK radio (BBC1) 'Roundtable', incl.
- interview with MJ by David Kid Jensen

801003A 3rd October - 11th October: BILL WYMAN. St. Paul de Vence, France, BW’s
home studio. Producer: BW. Sound engineers: Stuart Epps and John Richards.
BW works on the upcoming soundtrack-album ‘Green Ice’.

801011A 11th October - 12th November: Boulogne-Billancourt (near Paris), France,
                    Pathé-Marconi Studios. Producer: The Glimmer Twins. Sound engineer: Chris Kimsey.
                    - Heaven I (MJ/KR) -early version with guide vocals
                - Heaven II (MJ/KR) -first version with real lyrics
                  - Neighbours I (MJ/KR) -different solos, no sax
                  - Slave III (MJ/KR) -first version with vocals, very long

801012A 12th October: Swedish radio (P3) ‘Rundgang’, incl.
- phone-interview with MJ

801024A 24th October: Norwegian radio (NBS) 'Um Domens Radio Avis', incl.
- phone-interview with MJ (London, 1979)

801026A 26th October: US TV (WWHT) ‘Rockers ‘80’. Host: Earl ‘Chinna’ Smith. Part 1.
- interview with MJ & KR (in New York City, Electric Lady Studios 12/79)

801110A 10th November - Spring ‘81: BILL WYMAN. Cookham, England, The Sol and
               London, Advision Studios. Producer: BW. Sound engineers: Stuart Epps and
                 John Richards. Recording of the film-soundtrack ‘Green Ice’ (see 810500E).
                 Note: All in all the recordings lasted for about six weeks.

801101A 1st November onwards: Austrian radio (03) ‘Stones Story’. Part 1.
                  Part 2: 8th November, part 3: 15th November, part 4: 22nd November, part 5: 29th
                  November (each part had 55 min.).
                  Note: Re-broadcast between 22nd May -18th June 1982.

801102A 2nd November: US TV (WWHT) ‘Rockers ‘80’. Host: Earl ‘Chinna’ Smith. Part 2.
- interview with MJ & KR (in New York, Electric Lady Studios 12/79)

801105A 5th November: UK TV (BBC) ‘News At Ten’. MJ divorce-report, incl.
- interview with Bianca Jagger

801125A 25th November - December: Boulogne-Billancourt (near Paris), France, Pathé-
                  Marconi Studios. Producers: The Glimmer Twins. Sound engineer: Chris Kimsey.
                  Remixing for the upcoming compilation-album Sucking In The Seventies:
                  - Shattered (MJ/KR) -version III
                  - Everything Is Turning To Gold (MJ/KR/RW) -version III
                  - Hot Stuff (MJ/KR) -remix of version III
                - Time Waits For No One (MJ/KR) -faded
                    - Fool To Cry (MJ/KR) -remix of III
                  - Mannish Boy (McKinley Morganfield/Ellas McDaniel/Mel London) - remix of
                       ‘Love You Live’-version
                    - When The Whip Comes Down (MJ/KR) -live in Detroit 6.7.78
                    - If I Was A Dancer (MJ/KR/RW) -Dance IV
                - Crazy Mama (MJ/KR) -remix of version III
                  - Beast Of Burden (MJ/KR) -short version IV

801200A December: IAN MCLAGAN. Los Angeles, California, Shangri-La Studios. Producer:
                 Rob Fraboni. Sound engineer: Tim Kramer. Incl.
                    - Little Girl (RW/Ian McLagan)
                    Line-up: RW (gtr, bass)/Ian McLagan (voc, keyb, gtr)/Johnnie Lee Schell (gtr)/
                               Ray Ohara (bass)/Ricky Fataar (dr)

801200B December: US TV (CBS) ‘Best Of Sullivan’. Incl.
                  - Time Is On My Side (Jerry Ragavoy/Jimmy Norman) -Ed Sullivan Show,
                        25.10.64, part only
                    - Around And Around (Chuck Berry) -Ed Sullivan Show, 25.10.64, part only

801205A 5th December: Dutch radio (NCRV) 'Mini Special',incl.
- interview with MJ

801208A 8th December: US radio (WNEW), New York, incl.
- phone-interview with BW (about John Lennon’s death)

801220A 20th December: Dutch radio ( ), incl.
- interview with MJ & Peter Tosh

801222A 22nd December: RINGO STARR. Los Angeles, Cherokee Recording Studios.
                  Producer: RW. Basic tracks were produced by Stephen Stills. Sound engineer: Dee
                  Robb. RW records guitar overdubs on
                  - Wake Up I (Richard Starkey)
                  Line-up: RW (gtr)/Ringo Starr (dr, voc)/Stephen Stills (gtr, bvoc)/Michael Stergis
                                 (gtr, bvoc)/Mike Finnigan (p, org, bvoc)/Harley Thompson (bass)
                  Note: See also 810129A for more info.

801226A 26th December: Dutch radio (Radio Veronica), incl.
- Christmas-greetings by MJ

801200C late 1980 : THE BLUES BAND.
                 LP ‘Ready’ (Arista BB 2). Producer: Stonebridge McGuiness and The Blues Band.
                 Sound engineer: Richard Dodd. Recorded probably in London, The Nova Suite and
                 Air Recording Studios November 1979, May 1980 & July 1980.
   STU plays piano on one or two songs of the album:
               - Twenty Nine Ways (Willie Dixon) -unsure
                   - The Cat (The Blues Band)
                 and on two songs on the bonus live-single (first edition of Ready only):
                   A: Nadine (Chuck Berry) -live in Canning Town, April 1980
                   B: That’s Alright (Arthur Crudup) -live in Canning Town, April 1980
                   Line-up: STU (p)/Paul Jones (voc, harm)/Dave Kelly (voc, gtr)/Tom McGuiness
                              (gtr, voc)/Gary Fletcher (bass, voc)/Hughie Flint (dr, perc)