Magazine of the Week #49

This week we take a look at another magazine from 1981, the December '81 issue of INTERNATIONAL MUSICIAN AND RECORDING WORLD.

The issue features a cover story on THE ROLLING STONES by CHRIS WELCH.




As The Stones rehearsed in Massachusettes for their 1981 tour, Welch was "priveleged to hear them in their inner sanctum, a converted loft in the back of an old barn...".















Woody tells Welch:

"I got invited to go on tour with BOB DYLAN this year. He came over to my house in L.A. and asked me. But I couldn't because the Stones were starting rehearsals. We did a couple of weeks in New York before we came here. He's a funny guy, Bob. But I can loosen him up and confront him with all the subjects that are normally taboo."


















Keith talks about making Stones albums:

"People think that on an album every track has been newly made and freshly minted. None of our albums have been made like that for years. Not since Exile on Main Street have we done an album where some of the tracks haven't been cut years before. When does life begin? At conception or birth - a release date or when you did it? We sit in our tool shed chuckling to ourselves watching the reviewers discuss our latest record and talking about all the changes, when we know its a load of old scrapings, culled from millions of sessions over half a dozen years. But its fun to watch."

Also in this issue, EDDIE VAN HALEN, DANNY ADLER, GARY U.S. BONDS, and more.

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