
''Hyde Park Live'' is a
live album
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by
the Rolling Stones
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, released in 2013. It was recorded at
Hyde Park,
London
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on 6 and 13 July 2013 during the band's
50 & Counting Tour. The album was released exclusively as a
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* ...
through
iTunes
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on 22 July 2013 for a limited time of four weeks. The album debuted at No. 16 in the UK and No. 19 in the US. The same concert was later issued on DVD as ''Sweet Summer Sun: Live in Hyde Park''.
Background
In 1969, the Rolling Stones performed a
free concert in Hyde Park just two days after the death of founding member
Brian Jones
Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones (28 February 1942 – 3 July 1969) was an English musician and founder of the Rolling Stones. Initially a slide guitarist, he went on to sing backing vocals and played a wide variety of instruments on Rolling Stones r ...
, with the gig also serving as the introduction to new guitarist
Mick Taylor
Michael Kevin Taylor (born 17 January 1949) is an English guitarist, best known as a former member of John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers (1967–1969) and the Rolling Stones (1969–1974). As a member of the Stones, h ...
. As part of the
50 & Counting
50 & Counting was a concert tour by the Rolling Stones to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the band, which started in October 2012 with two secret club gigs in Paris, and ended in July 2013 with two major shows at Hyde Park.
History
2012 p ...
tour that celebrated the Rolling Stones' 50th anniversary celebrations, a new Hyde Park concert was scheduled in 2013, supported by
the Vaccines
The Vaccines are an English indie rock band, formed in West London in 2010 by Justin Hayward-Young and Freddie Cowan. The band currently consists of Young (lead vocals, guitars), Árni Árnason (bass, vocals), Timothy Lanham (guitars, keys, ...
,
the Temper Trap
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, and
Gary Clark Jr. The 65,000 tickets sold out in three minutes.
Taylor, who left the band in 1974, appears on two tracks: "
Midnight Rambler
"Midnight Rambler" is a song by English rock band The Rolling Stones, released on their 1969 album ''Let It Bleed''. The song is a loose biography of Albert DeSalvo, who confessed to being the Boston Strangler.
Keith Richards has called the nu ...
" and show closer "
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" is a song by the English rock band the Rolling Stones. A product of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards' songwriting partnership, it features a guitar riff by Richards that opens and drives the song. The riff is w ...
".
Track listing
''Sweet Summer Sun: Hyde Park Live''
A video recording of the concert, ''Sweet Summer Sun – Hyde Park Live'', was issued on 11 November 2013 on DVD and Blu-ray, along with CDs and LPs.
Track listing
Personnel
The Rolling Stones
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Mick Jagger
Sir Michael Philip Jagger (born 26 July 1943) is an English musician. He is known as the lead singer and one of the founder members of The Rolling Stones. Jagger has co-written most of the band's songs with lead guitarist Keith Richards; Jagge ...
– lead vocals, guitar, harmonica
*
Keith Richards
Keith Richards (born 18 December 1943) is an English musician, songwriter, singer and record producer who is an original member, guitarist, secondary vocalist, and co-principal songwriter of the Rolling Stones. His songwriting partnership wi ...
– guitars, lead vocals in "You Got the Silver", "Before They Make Me Run" and "Happy"
*
Ronnie Wood
Ronald David Wood (born 1 June 1947) is an English rock musician, best known as a member of the Rolling Stones since 1975, and a member of Faces and the Jeff Beck Group.
Wood began his career in 1964, playing lead guitar with several Brit ...
– guitars
*
Charlie Watts
Charles Robert Watts (2 June 1941 – 24 August 2021) was an English musician who was the drummer of the Rolling Stones from 1963 until his death in 2021.
Originally trained as a Graphic designer, graphic artist, Watts developed an interest i ...
– drums
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Mick Taylor
Michael Kevin Taylor (born 17 January 1949) is an English guitarist, best known as a former member of John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers (1967–1969) and the Rolling Stones (1969–1974). As a member of the Stones, h ...
– slide guitar on "Midnight Rambler", acoustic guitar and backing vocals on "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
Additional personnel
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Darryl Jones
Darryl Jones (born December 11, 1961) is an American bassist. He has been recording and touring with the Rolling Stones since 1993. He has also played in bands with Miles Davis and Sting, among others.
Career
Darryl Jones was born on Decemb ...
– bass, backing vocals
*
Chuck Leavell
Charles Alfred Leavell (born April 28, 1952) is an American musician. A member of the Allman Brothers Band throughout their commercial zenith in the 1970s, he subsequently became a founding member of the band Sea Level. He has served as the pri ...
– keyboards, backing vocals, cowbell on "Honky Tonk Women"
*
Bernard Fowler
Bernard Fowler (born January 2, 1960) is an American musician. He is known for a long association with The Rolling Stones, providing backing vocals since 1989 and on their studio recordings and live tours. Fowler has been a featured guest vocali ...
– backing vocals, percussion
*
Lisa Fischer
Lisa Melonie Fischer (born December 1, 1958) is an American singer and songwriter. She found success with her 1991 debut album '' So Intense'', which produced the Grammy Award–winning hit single " How Can I Ease the Pain". She has been a back ...
– backing vocals, percussion
*
Bobby Keys
Robert Henry Keys (December 18, 1943 – December 2, 2014) was an American saxophonist who performed as a member of several horn sections of the 1970s. He appears on albums by the Rolling Stones, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Harry Nilsson, Delaney ...
– saxophone
* Tim Ries – saxophone, keyboards
* Matt Clifford – French horn on "You Can't Always Get What You Want"
*
Voce Chamber Choir
Voce is a London-based chamber choir founded in 2003 by Harry Briggs and Suzi Digby.
Description and history
Based in Grosvenor Chapel in Mayfair, the choir is made up of around thirty singers in their 20s and 30s and covers a wide-ranging and ...
– choir on "You Can't Always Get What You Want"
* London Youth Choir – choir on "You Can't Always Get What You Want"
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
External links
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