The Rolling Stones: Altamont to Exile on Main St. Era (1969–1972)

1. Rolling Stones Mobile Studio expands recording options

   Jan 1, 1968Labels: Mobile Studio, Stargroves

   • Mobile Studio
   • Stargroves
   • Sound On Sound

2. Let It Bleed arrives amid tour turmoil

   Nov 28, 1969Labels: Let It, Gimme Shelter

   • Let It Bleed
   • Britannica
   • Discogs

3. Muscle Shoals sessions captured for film

   Dec 2, 1969Labels: Muscle Shoals, Maysles Brothers

   • Brown Sugar
   • Wild Horses
   • Gimme Shelter

4. Altamont Free Concert turns violent

   Dec 6, 1969Labels: Altamont Free, Meredith Hunter

   • Britannica
   • Meredith Hunter
   • Altamont

5. Band launches Rolling Stones Records independence push

   Jan 1, 1970Labels: Rolling Stones, Decca London

   • RS Records
   • Sticky Fingers
   • Britannica

6. Live album documents 1969 stage power

   Sep 4, 1970Labels: Get Yer, Live Album

   • Ya Ya s
   • Britannica
   • AllMusic

7. Gimme Shelter film releases and reframes Altamont

   Dec 1, 1970Labels: Gimme Shelter, Altamont

   • Gimme Shelter
   • Criterion
   • New Yorker

8. Trial ends in Altamont stabbing acquittal

   Jan 1, 1971Labels: Alan Passaro, Altamont Trial

   • Meredith Hunter
   • Altamont
   • New Yorker

9. Tongue-and-lips logo debuts at Marquee Club show

   Mar 26, 1971Labels: Tongue Logo, John Pasche

   • Logo
   • UK Tour 1971
   • John Pasche

10. Brown Sugar leads the new album cycle

    Apr 16, 1971Labels: Brown Sugar, Single

    • Brown Sugar
    • Sticky Fingers
    • RS Records

11. Sticky Fingers releases with Warhol zipper cover

    Apr 23, 1971Labels: Sticky Fingers, Andy Warhol

    • Sticky Fingers
    • Britannica
    • Vanity Fair

12. Wild Horses expands the band’s mainstream range

    Jun 12, 1971Labels: Wild Horses, Single

    • Wild Horses
    • Sticky Fingers
    • Gimme Shelter

13. Tumbling Dice previews Exile’s looser direction

    Apr 14, 1972Labels: Tumbling Dice, Exile on

    • Tumbling Dice
    • Exile
    • AllMusic

14. Exile on Main St. releases and defines the era’s legacy

    May 12, 1972Labels: Exile on, Double Album

    • Exile
    • Britannica
    • AllMusic