50th Anniversary Limited Edition Prints

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After leaving their QC’s chambers in King’s Bench Walk they took a short walk to the Feathers pub on Fleet Street; it’s long gone and is now the site of an office block with a pub called the Witness Box at street level. A month later, Keith won his appeal and Mick was given a conditional discharge. Fleet Street, London 30 June, 1967

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Transport cafes dotted along the trunk roads of Britain became familiar stopping-off places for every touring band in the early 1960s. With so few miles of motorway, getting from one gig to another often took hours of uncomfortable travelling in the back of the group’s van driven by Stu. Somewhere in England September, 1964 (Mirrorpix)

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Transport cafes dotted along the trunk roads of Britain became familiar stopping-off places for every touring band in the early 1960s. With so few miles of motorway, getting from one gig to another often took hours of uncomfortable travelling in the back of the group’s van driven by Stu. Somewhere in England September, 1964 (Mirrorpix)

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This photo although undated was sometime in the first half of 1964, before the band went on their first American tour. Almost as soon as Brian returned home he got a prototype Vox Teardrop guitar, but he is seen here holding his Anniversary Model Gretsch. Somewhere in London, Early 1964. (Mirrorpix)

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Amidst controversy over Jean-Luc Goddard’s film, One Plus One, the band appeared on David Frost’s popular Saturday night TV show to perform, Sympathy for the Devil, appropriately given that the movie was about the recording of the song. They mimed to a backing track, while Mick sang live and Brian played the organ on what was his last public appearance with the band. ABC Studios, Wembley Park 29 November, 1968 (Arthur Sidey, Mirrorpix)

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Backstage at the Gaumont cinema in Norwich, where they were the headliner on the All Stars 1964 tour. It was on the eve of the Stones first long-playing record release in Britain, famous for not having the band’s name on the front cover, going straight to No.1 on the album charts. Not Fade Away, the band’s third single was still on the UK charts, but slipping down from its peak of No.3. A week later Not Fade Away was released in America and made it into the lower reaches of the Billboard Hot 100. The Gaumont Theatre, Norwich, Norfolk 24 April, 1964 (Derek Randle, Mirrorpix)

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Mick on his way to appear in court, having been charged with various motoring offences. His solicitor defended the length of Mick’s hair, on the grounds that both The Duke of Marlborough and the Roman Emperor Caesar Augustus both had flowing locks. Nevertheless Mick was found guilty and fined £16, but it wasn’t all bad news, as a few days earlier Little Red Rooster came out in Britain and a week later it became the bands second No.1 in succession. Tettenhall Magistrates Court, Wolverhampton 26 November, 1964 (Bill Ellman, Mirrorpix)

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Getting in and out of TV studios was just as taxing as theatres and cinemas for live gigs. On this occasion the band were smuggled into the Grenada studio complex in a furniture van. Having got safely inside the building the band watched as fans forced the way though the gates; the response of the security people was to turn a fire hose on them. Grenada Studios, Manchester 23 August, 1965 (Tom Buist, Mirrorpix)

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Mick with his three week old 4-litre midnight blue, £5,000 Aston Martin DB6 after an altercation with another car close to Harley House, Marylebone where he was living. Sitting in the car is Chrissie Shrimpton, Mick’s girlfriend at the time – the damage cost £200 to repair. Great Titchfield Street, London 28 August, 1966 (Arthur Sidey, Mirrorpix)