ABKCO Films has launched its The Rolling Stones Chronicles series on its Vevo-hosted YouTube channel. The collection, co-produced by BBC Motion Gallery and ABKCO, consists of six documentary shorts, each one taking a different hit song from the band’s 1960s era as its soundtrack. (Udiscovermusic)
The music is combined with thematically relevant interview clips with the Stones and other contemporaneous historical figures, interspersed with historical documentary footage of related world events of the era. The episodes will appear every Thursday between today and March 16, with Episode 1 – The Last Time now available to view.
The episode features footage of B.B. King, Little Richard, and many of the Stones’ other heroes. We also hear Marshall Chess, of the Chess Records family dynasty, recounting the story of meeting the Londoners and inviting them to record in Chicago.
Another highlight of Episode 1 is Keith Richards describing the famous day he ran into Mick Jagger on a train, the latter clutching seminal (but largely unknown at the time) R&B and blues records. He recalls thinking: “What you’ve got under your arm is worth robbing.”
Future episodes of The Rolling Stones Chronicles will be based around the seismic cultural shifts that took place between 1965 and 1969, in which the group were of course central players. Episode 2 – (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction, released on February 16. Episode 3 – She’s A Rainbow, available from February 23, Episode 4, on March 2, is set to “Street Fighting Man. Episode 5 – Jumpin’ Jack Flash (March 9). Episode 6 – Gimme Shelter, arrives on March 16,
The Rolling Stones, and ABKCO Music & Records Inc. have released the official music video for “We Love You.”
Originally filmed in 1967, the Peter Whitehead-directed “promotional film” (as videos were referred to in the pre-MTV era) has been newly restored in 4K.
American Songwriter’s coverage of their new documentary series, My Life as a Rolling Stone, HERE, HERE, and HERE.
