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The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus was a concert show organised by the Rolling Stones on 11 December 1968. The show was filmed on a makeshift circus stage with Jethro Tull, the Who, Taj Mahal, Marianne Faithfull, and the Rolling Stones. John Lennon and his fiancee Yoko Ono also performed as part of a one-shot supergroup called the Dirty Mac, featuring Eric Clapton, Mitch Mitchell, and Keith Richards.
The original idea for the concert was going to include the Small Faces, the Rolling Stones, and the Who, and the concept of a circus was first thought up between Mick Jagger, Pete Townshend and Ronnie Lane. It was meant to be aired on the BBC, but instead the Rolling Stones withheld it. The Rolling Stones contended they did so because of their substandard performance, clearly exhausted after 15 hours. There is also the fact that this was Brian Jones last appearance with the Rolling Stones; he drowned some seven months later while the film was being edited. Some speculate that another reason for not releasing the film was that the Who, who were fresh off a concert tour, seemingly upstaged the Stones on their own production.
Led Zeppelin was considered for inclusion but the idea was dropped. The show was not released commercially until 1996.
Original Release
12/06/1996
US Release
01/03/1997
Cast
Name | Character |
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Ian Anderson | Self - Jethro Tull / Self - Flute, Lead Vocals |
Glenn Cornick | Self - Jethro Tull / Self - Guitar |
Clive Bunker | Self - Jethro Tull / Self - Drums |
Tony Iommi | Self - Jethro Tull / Self - Guitar |
Pete Townshend | Self - The Who / Self - Guitar |
Roger Daltrey | Self - The Who / Self - Lead Vocals |
Keith Moon | Self - The Who / Self - Drums |
John Entwistle | Self - The Who / Self - Bass |
Taj Mahal | Self / Self - Guitar |
Jesse Ed Davis | Self - Taj Mahal's Guitarist / Self - Guitar |
Directors
Cast
Name | Character |
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Ian Anderson | Self - Jethro Tull / Self - Flute, Lead Vocals |
Glenn Cornick | Self - Jethro Tull / Self - Guitar |
Clive Bunker | Self - Jethro Tull / Self - Drums |
Tony Iommi | Self - Jethro Tull / Self - Guitar |
Pete Townshend | Self - The Who / Self - Guitar |
Roger Daltrey | Self - The Who / Self - Lead Vocals |
Keith Moon | Self - The Who / Self - Drums |
John Entwistle | Self - The Who / Self - Bass |
Taj Mahal | Self / Self - Guitar |
Jesse Ed Davis | Self - Taj Mahal's Guitarist / Self - Guitar |
Gary Gilmore | Self - Taj Mahal's Bassist / Self - Bass |
Chuck Blackwell | Self - Taj Mahal's Drummer / Self - Drums |
Marianne Faithfull | Self / Self - Herself |
John Lennon | Self - The Dirty Mac / Self - Lead Vocals |
Eric Clapton | Self - The Dirty Mac / Self - Guitar |
Mitch Mitchell | Self - The Dirty Mac / Self - Drums |
Yoko Ono | Self / Self - Vocal |
Ivry Gitlis | Self |
Mick Jagger | Self - The Rolling Stones / Self - Lead Vocals |
Brian Jones | Self - The Rolling Stones / Self - Guitar |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Sanford Lieberson | Executive Producer |
Ian Stewart | Executive Producer |
Mick Gochanour | Producer |
Robin Klein | Producer |