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Today in Rolling Stones history: September 4

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September 4 has an unusually busy place in Rolling Stones history, with everything from small clubs and surprise gigs to stadium-sized spectacles and a major archival release. The date takes us from Eel Pie Island in 1963 to Stockholm, Cologne, Toronto and Foxboro, tracing how dramatically the Stones’ world expanded over three decades. There’s also a particularly tasty 1970 milestone: Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out! arrives, capturing the band at full live voltage. Then, decades later, Goats Head Soup gets the deluxe treatment, opening the vault for tracks like Scarlet, Criss Cross and alternate versions.

September 4, 1963: Eel Pie Island, Twickenham, England

September 4, 1965: ABC Theatre, Belfast, Northern Ireland (2 shows)

September 4, 1970: Rasunda Fotbollsstadion, Stockholm, Sweden (The Rolling Stones European Tour 1970)

September 4, 1970: Release of Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out! The Rolling Stones in Concert, the Stones’ second live album ever.
SIDE A: 1. Jumpin’ Jack Flash/ 2. Carol/ 3. Stray Cat Blues/ 4. Love In Vain/ 5. Midnight Rambler
SIDE B: 1. Sympathy For The Devil/ 2. Live With Me/ 3. Little Queenie/ 4. Honky Tonk Women/ 5. Street Fighting Man

Captured during the Stones’ legendary 1969 U.S. tour, Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out! delivers raw blues intensity and electrifying interplay. Recorded in New York City and Baltimore in November 1969, the album was reportedly released partly in response to the famous bootleg Live’r Than You’ll Ever Be.

Pete Townshend on Ya-Ya’s (1970): “I think the Stones have really, as as far as I’m concerned, they’re really way back on top, and I’m so knocked out! Because I know they probably lost two years of development which would make them just GIANTS by now. But it’s so incredible that they can come bouncing back. You know their live sound like on that live album, it’s got all that kind of… it’s not a GREAT sound and it’s not a GREAT band playing on it or anything but there’s all those dynamics, those kind of little rough edges and those things – I don’t know how to put it – the friction and the whole thing is all there, you just get the shiver up your spine. And it’s incredible…”

September 4, 1973: Sporthalle, Cologne, West Germany, 2 shows (The Rolling Stones European Tour 1973)

September 4, 1989: C.N.E. Stadium, Toronto, Canada (Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle Tour)
Start Me Up/Bitch/Sad Sad Sad/Undercover Of The Night/Harlem Shuffle/Tumbling Dice/Miss You/Ruby Tuesday/Play With Fire/ Dead Flowers/One Hit/Mixed Emotions/Honky Tonk Women/Rock And A Hard Place/ Midnight Rambler/You Can’t Always Get What You Want/Little Red Rooster/Before They Make Me Run/Happy/Paint It Black/2000 Light Years From Home/Sympathy For The Devil/Gimme Shelter/It’s Only Rock’n Roll/Brown Sugar/Satisfaction/Jumpin’ Jack Flash

September 4, 1994: Sullivan Stadium, Foxboro, Massachussets, USA (Voodoo Lounge Tour, U.S. leg)
Not Fade Away/Tumbling Dice/You Got Me Rocking/Shattered/Rocks Off/Sparks Will Fly/Satisfaction/ Beast Of Burden/Out Of Tears/Wild Horses/All Down The Line/Miss You/Brand New Car/I Go Wild/Band introduction/Honky Tonk Women/Before They Make Me Run/The Worst/Love Is Strong/Monkey Man/ Street Fighting Man/Start Me Up/It’s Only Rock’n Roll/Brown Sugar/ Jumpin’ Jack Flash

September 4, 1997: The Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto, Canada (surprise gig before the Bridges to Babylon Tour, U.S. leg)
Unverified setlist: Little Queenie/Honky Tonk Women/19th Nervous Breakdown/You Got Me Rocking/ Under My Thumb/ Little Red Rooster/Miss You/Out Of Control/The Last Time/Start Me Up/Jumpin’ Jack Flash/Brown Sugar

Mick Jagger on The Horseshoe gig: “Actually it was a lot of fun, it was better than the ones we’d done before, in clubs. ‘Cause sometimes they can be, I mean nobody notices, but they can be complete disasters if everyone forgets everything (laughs). But this one was pretty good.”

September 4, 2020: Release of the deluxe extended version of Goats Head Soup, the Stones’ 11th British and 13th American studio album (Universal International Music 089 396 4)
CD 1 (2020 mix): 1. Dancing With Mr. D. /2. 100 Years Ago/ 3. Coming Down Again/ 4. Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)/ 5. Angie/ 6. Silver Train/ 7. Hide Your Love/ 8. Winter/ 9. Can You Hear The Music/ 10. Star Star
CD 2 (bonus tracks): 1. Scarlet/2. All The Rage/ 3. Criss Cross/ 4. 100 Years Ago (Piano Demo)/ 5. Dancing With Mr. D (Instrumental)/ 6. Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) (Instrumental version, under title ‘Heartbreaker’)/ 7. Hide Your Love (Alternative Version)/ 8. Dancing With Mr. D (Glyn Johns 1973 Mix)/ 9. Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) (Glyn Johns 1973 Mix)/ 10. Silver Train (Glyn Johns 1973 Mix)
*The Super Deluxe edition also includes a third disc featuring the Brussels Affair 1973 show

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