This was the Rolling Stones in their pomp. The previous two years they had released what for me are their finest two albums, "Sticky Fingers" and "Exile on Mail Street" and Mick Taylor was now a fully fledged and integral member of the band. For this gig I had seats about ten rows from the stage at Newcastle City Hall. The sound was so intense I had an effect early on that I have never had before or since at a gig which was that I lost the ability to sense which way up I was. The sound must have temporarily blown the spirit level in my ears that tells you about balance. I decided not to care but just to enjoy the music and the effect gradually faded.
The band kicked off in fine style with "Brown Sugar". That is one hell of a way to start a gig when you have Mick Taylor and Keith Richard on guitar. They were both awesome that night.
The set included a couple of "Sticky Fingers" tracks, some tracks from "Exile" and some tracks from "Goat's Head Soup" that had been released a couple of weeks before the gig.
Memorable, outstanding, tracks included "Let it Bleed", "Tumbling Dice", "Angie","All Down the Line" and "Streetfighting Man" which they finished with. Unforgettable.
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