Original title: The Stones In The Park
Genre: rock
Duration: 0:55:43
Year of issue: 1969/2012
Issued by: Network | UK

Artists: Mick Jagger - vocal, Keith Richards - guitar, Mick Taylor - guitar, Bill Wyman - bass, Charlie Watts - drums

The Rolling Stones' performance at London's Hyde Park took place on July 5, 1969, two days after the death of Brian Jones, one of the band's founders, who drowned in a swimming pool in the courtyard of his Sussex home, which formerly belonged to writer Alan Alexander Milne. It was a massive concert with over 250,000 spectators, featuring King Crimson, Family, Battered Ornaments, Third Ear Band, Alexis Korner's New Church, Screw and Roy Harper alongside the Rollings. The Rolling Stones had been slated for a few weeks earlier to introduce new guitarist Mick Taylor to the public. But in connection with the death of Brian, the concert was dedicated to his memory. Before the performance, Jagger read an excerpt from the poem "Adonais" by Percy Shelley, written on the death of Shelley's friend John Keats, and released several thousand white butterflies as a symbol of the liberation of the late Brian's freedom-loving spirit. The concert began with one of the deceased's favorite songs, “I’m Yours And I’m Hers” by Johnny Winter.
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Filmed just two days after the tragic death of guitarist Brian Jones, some 250,000 fans flocked to Hyde Park, London, on a pilgrimage to see the group described as "the greatest rock'n'roll band in the world" - The Rolling Stones. A free show, the band played their hits, including Satisfaction, Honky Tonk Women, Jumping Jack Flash, and Sympathy for the Devil, and released thousands of butterflies into the air in a tribute to their former guitarist.
Winner of The Best News Documentary at the 1969 Rank News Film Awards, The Stones in the Park has been lovingly restored in High Definition and has had its soundtrack remixed in Dolby 5.1 (including the additional song Mercy, Mercy) - this concert has never looked or sounded better. A fascinating documentary on the most successful band of their generation, captured at their most vulnerable, The Stones in the Park is a must for all fans of the legendary rockers.

Tracklist:
1. Midnight Rambler
2. Street Fighting Man
3. (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
4. I'm Free
5.I'm Yours She's Mine
6. Jumpin 'Jack Flash
7. Honky Tonk Women
8. Love in Vain
9. Sympathy for the Devil
Bonus:
• Three previously unseen songs which were filmed at the concert - Mercy, Mercy, Stray Cat Blues and No Expectations. The latter two are incomplete but are included here due to their uniqueness (HD).
• World in Action: Mick Jagger discusses his arrest for drugs possession, from July 1967 (SD).
• Mick Jagger press conference on his release from prison, from 1967 (SD).
• Rolling Stones news footage of their early fame, from 1964 (SD).
• Interview with Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts about their tour of France, from 1971 (SD).

Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video Codec: AVC
Audio Codec: PCM, AC-3
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 25064 kbps 1920 * 1080p / 24 fps / 16: 9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio # 1: English Dolby Digital 5.1 / 48 kHz / 640 kbps / DN -1dB
Audio # 2: English LPCM 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1536 kbps / 16-bit