July 20

Philadelphia Daily News

Drummer

Evening Bulletin

Wilmington

Journal

Trenton Evening Times

Brown Sugar

Brown Sugar

Brown Sugar

Brown Sugar

Bitch

Bitch

Bitch

Bitch

Rocks Off

Rocks Off

Gimme Shelter

Gimme Shelter

Gimme Shelter

Gimme Shelter

Happy

Happy

Happy

Happy

Tumbling Dice

Love In Vain

Love In Vain

Love In Vain

Sweet Virginia

YCAGWYW

YCAGWYW

YCAGWYW

“TOTR” = ADTL

Midnight Rambler

Midnight Rambler

Midnight Rambler

Midnight Rambler

Midnight Rambler

Bye Bye Johnny

Rip This Joint

JJF

JJF

JJF

JJF

JJF

SFM

SFM

SFM

SFM

SFM

Uptight/Satisfaction

Uptight/Satisfaction

Uptight/Satisfaction

Uptight/Satisfaction

Uptight/Satisfaction

Opening: Stevie Wonder

Jagger: “in what appears to be a purple velour jump suit”

Opening: Stevie Wonder

Jagger: “in denim jacket” with “yellow floor-length scarf” and “floppy blue-white jockey cap”

“spangled, lavender jump suit” with “blue-and-white beanie” and “12 feet of yellow scarf”

“16 songs” and “82 minutes”

Opening: Stevie Wonder

Jagger: “a purple gem-studded jumpsuit with a yellow scarf and a pucce sash” and “a blue denim wrap”

Opening: Stevie Wonder

Jagger: “a swirl of floor-length scarves, denim jacket, crushed purple velvet and a green glittery star stuck to his forehead”

Opening: Stevie Wonder

Evening Bulletin: “At 7:45, the concert become official when Cynthia Sagittarius, the country’s No. 1 Stones addict, arrived.”

Drummer (quoting Gary Stromberg at a pre-show press conference): “I have here a few copies of the song order. The Stones don’t usually vary it. Please don’t take a copy unless you’re going to be needing it for your reviews. I only have a few and I have to keep one.”

Wilmington Journal: “Pausing to compliment the enthusiasm of the crowd, Jagger explained the entire concert was being recorded for a live record album.”

Evening Bulletin: “’They’re in great form,’ said Rolling Stones staffer Gary Stromberg. ‘They’re recording this Philadelphia concert for a future album, and they’re really turned on.’”

Philadelphia Daily News: “Fortunately working against this tide, and as impetus to a first-class musical performance, was the fact that the Stones’ Philadelphia gigs are being recorded for posterity and a two-album set...So lead singer-rabble rouser Mick Jagger, concentrating on his ‘tapes are rolling’ readings, hardly tantalized last night’s crowd with energy-consuming funky-chicken walks and snotty pirouettes. Jagger settled for a ‘restrained’ burley-queen attitude of bumps and grinds, occasional ventures to the stage’s edge, lots of blown kisses and all-important ‘clap-along folks’ cheerleading.”

Evening Bulletin: “The crowd recognized each number with a roar, as the 28-year-old Jagger dominated the stage like a hyper-athletic peacock, doing situps, chinning himself, dancing erotically to front-row squeals. ‘Thank you very much, Philadelphia!’ ‘Woo-eee!’”

Wilmington Journal: “While awestruck girls lurched in vain for the stage and a touch from Jagger, the Jumpin’ Jack Flash teasingly did chinups on a railing. During Rip This Joint, he executed a handstand and held the position long enough to prove his physical prowess.”

Evening Bulletin: “When the first bare-chested young man made it onto the ten-foot-high stage last night, Jagger froze. The boy opened out his arms to show he meant no harm. But Jagger ran, really ran, well beyond the protection of his two horn men.”

Philadelphia Inquirer: “As far as the Spectrum’s security force was concerned, the evening was a snap. ‘This is one of the easiest concerts we’ve ever had,’ said Jerry Jordan. ‘The kids are very mild, very tame.’ ‘The crowd at the Beach Boys concert was wilder than these kids could ever be,’ added Al Lagrotta.”

Wilmington Journal: “Although the audience for the most part was composed of fans, some big names in pop music were in attendance. Kris Kristofferson, Mary Travers of Peter, Paul, and Mary, and former Traffic lead guitarist Dave Mason were just a few. Mason stood in the press box, impassionately viewing the spectacle, hardly ever smiling and never applauding.”

Wilmington Journal: “The oceanic roar of the crowd brought the Stones back onstage with – guess who? – Stevie Wonder.”

Evening Bulletin: “As he had done in only one previous show (Detroit), Jagger combined the Rolling Stones with Stevie Wonder’s band for an encore – a medley of an old rocker, Uptight, and Satisfaction.”

Philadelphia Daily News: “Even an encore for the plebs was granted after Gimmie Shelter, Bitch, Jumping Jack Flash, Street Fightin’ Man and the rest – the Stones re-emerging in the light with funky supporting act Stevie Wonder and his band for a jamming, free-wheeling Uptight and Satisfaction.”

Trenton Evening Times: “The inflammatory Street Fighting Man was the set-closer, but, after suitable ovation, the Stones contingent and Wonder-love returned to the stage, followed by a two-car Soul Train, Mick and Stevie Wonder bouncing out arm-in-arm from the wings. Stevie sang part of Uptight, then joined Mick for a few verses of Satisfaction, the Stones classic. And that was the way the concert ended, with a rare Stones encore, with a happy medley, and with a satisfied audience running out to the parking lot to beat the traffic home.”

Drummer: “Still Street Fighting music, Mick grabbing great handfuls of rose petals, kissing them wet-lipped and heaving the into the crowd. Then to a bucket of ice, and sprinkling the sweating throng. And finally goodnight. And off the stage. Triumphant. Crowd beside itself. Steady roar. And suddenly some roadies are setting up another drum set. An encore? The Stones will only encore if they’ve done a rip-snorting show. Which I’d have to say they’ve done. Now Jagger is returning, leading Stevie Wonder by the hand and over to the piano. Both bands assemble for a brief, raucous medley of Uptight and Satisfaction, Stevie jumping up and down with Mick all the way off the stage.”

Evening Bulletin: “The Stones had picked up their usual $100,000, the blue-jeaned fanatics seemed drained and delirious, and the only riot had been in Mick Jagger’s snarled, smashing lyrics. For one night, at least, Philadelphia had been a championship town.”

July 21, 1^st show

Evening Bulletin

no songs mentioned

Jagger: “white jumpsuit”

Opening: “black blind man”

Philadelphia Inquirer: “It was a repeat performance at the Spectrum Friday afternoon and night...The Stones’ gig varied little from their Thursday night show.”

STP: “The Stones are really tired and Mick is hardly moving at all.”

Evening Bulletin: “The lights click out, the announcer starts saying ‘And now...’ Before he can get out ‘Rolling Stones’ the front row kids have stood up in their chairs as the kids in the back rows make their final surge forward into the aisles. None of them will blink again for an hour and 20 minutes, when the stage lights are lowered and it’s clear beyond a shadow of a doubt that roaring ‘More’ will not bring back Mick Jagger and the Stones.”

Evening Bulletin: “On the second row, kids 10 feet away from the superstar are looking at him through high-powered binoculars. With them you can see the green sequins pasted in the corner of Jagger’s eye and the sweat beads on his face and the little metal rings around the holes polka-dotting his white jumpsuit.”

Newsweek: “’I love your dimes,’ Jagger told one matinee audience that was bombarding him on stage. ‘Just don’t throw ‘em in me face.’”

Evening Bulletin: “The young men and women were well behaved. But a goodly portion of the girls appeared to be competing for Miss Indecent Exposure Above the Waist.”

July 21, 2^nd show

Sounds

Midnight Rambler

Uptight/Satisfaction

Sounds: “The first two sets might have been considered great, but by the third show on Friday night things were really cooking – with the band and with the audience. Despite the air conditioning, the heat and humidity were near to unbearable – and with close to 16,000 kids standing on chairs raving, no wonder. ‘You’re warm and lovely,’ said Mick, and he was dripping with sweat working his arse off – strutting, high kicking, twirling and grinding at the people.”

Sounds: “Jagger got love from the audience, but he got missiles as well, people pelting him with flashbulbs and coins throughout the set.”

New Musical Express: “Back to the concert, and the Stones have just run off only to run back on again with Stevie Wonder and his band Wonderlove, who have supported the Stones since the beginning of the tour and their encore is indescribable. I mean how can you top this scene, Stevie Wonder and Mick Jagger arm in arm belting out Satisfaction and Uptight.”

Sounds: “As the crowd stomped and roared for more, he ran back onto the stage with Stevie Wonder, and they did Uptight, raising the roof, and then the final capper Satisfaction, both leaping into the air amidst the clutching arms.”