The greatest rock & roll band in the world
Jan 21, 2022 10:10:41 GMT
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Post by drblade on Jan 21, 2022 10:10:41 GMT
Royal Mail have just released their latest stamp offerings featuring The Rolling Stones.
In 2005, the Rolling Stones were awarded the accolade of greatest touring band of all time at the World Music Awards. They have sold an estimated 250 [million] records and in the UK have eight no. 1 singles and 13 no. 1 albums. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989.
The eight stamps in se-tenant strips show photographs of concert performances around the world.
Founding members of the band singer Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards are shown on the stamps, as are drummer Charlie Watts, who died Aug. 24, 2021, R.I.P. and guitarist Ronnie Wood, who joined the band in 1975. Previous members of the Rolling Stones, including Brian Jones (1942-1969), Bill Wyman and Mick Taylor, do not appear on the stamps.
The earliest performance represented on the stamps is the July 5, 1969, concert in London’s Hyde Park. The black-and-white photograph featuring Jagger and the crowd is shown on a none denominated first-class stamp
The other first-class stamps in this strip show Wood, Jagger, Watts and Richards in East Rutherford, N.J., in August 2019; Richards in Rotterdam, Netherlands, in August 1995; Wood and Richards in Tokyo, Japan, in March 1995.
Jagger and Richards are sharing a microphone in New York City in July 1972. Next stamp, Wood is shown at a May 2014 concert in Oslo, Norway.
The other two stamps in the strip reproduce a black-and-white photo of Wood, Jagger and Richards taken in August 1976 at Knebworth, Hertfordshire and a color photo of Watts behind his drum kit in October 2017 in Dusseldorf, Germany.
A souvenir sheet is also available which includes two first-class stamps showing different posed photos of the band (Jagger, Richards, Watts and Wood) and two £1.70 stamps reproducing various tour posters.
One £1.70 stamp shows posters from the Europe 1990 Urban Jungle tour and the 1975 Tour of the Americas. The other £1.70 denomination includes images of an American flag and automobiles on posters promoting the 1981 American tour and 1971 United Kingdom tour. A Prestige booklet is also available along with other items.
My favourite band. I remember seeing their early British Tour. 1964 (10 shillings to get in) or 50p in todays money. Also in the show were Charlie & Ines Fox, The Kinks, The Pretty Things, Mojos, don't remember the rest!! (didn't realise I was that old)
In 2005, the Rolling Stones were awarded the accolade of greatest touring band of all time at the World Music Awards. They have sold an estimated 250 [million] records and in the UK have eight no. 1 singles and 13 no. 1 albums. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989.
The eight stamps in se-tenant strips show photographs of concert performances around the world.
Founding members of the band singer Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards are shown on the stamps, as are drummer Charlie Watts, who died Aug. 24, 2021, R.I.P. and guitarist Ronnie Wood, who joined the band in 1975. Previous members of the Rolling Stones, including Brian Jones (1942-1969), Bill Wyman and Mick Taylor, do not appear on the stamps.
The earliest performance represented on the stamps is the July 5, 1969, concert in London’s Hyde Park. The black-and-white photograph featuring Jagger and the crowd is shown on a none denominated first-class stamp
The other first-class stamps in this strip show Wood, Jagger, Watts and Richards in East Rutherford, N.J., in August 2019; Richards in Rotterdam, Netherlands, in August 1995; Wood and Richards in Tokyo, Japan, in March 1995.
Jagger and Richards are sharing a microphone in New York City in July 1972. Next stamp, Wood is shown at a May 2014 concert in Oslo, Norway.
The other two stamps in the strip reproduce a black-and-white photo of Wood, Jagger and Richards taken in August 1976 at Knebworth, Hertfordshire and a color photo of Watts behind his drum kit in October 2017 in Dusseldorf, Germany.
A souvenir sheet is also available which includes two first-class stamps showing different posed photos of the band (Jagger, Richards, Watts and Wood) and two £1.70 stamps reproducing various tour posters.
One £1.70 stamp shows posters from the Europe 1990 Urban Jungle tour and the 1975 Tour of the Americas. The other £1.70 denomination includes images of an American flag and automobiles on posters promoting the 1981 American tour and 1971 United Kingdom tour. A Prestige booklet is also available along with other items.
My favourite band. I remember seeing their early British Tour. 1964 (10 shillings to get in) or 50p in todays money. Also in the show were Charlie & Ines Fox, The Kinks, The Pretty Things, Mojos, don't remember the rest!! (didn't realise I was that old)
(I think the designs are much better than some of the previously issued rock & pop star's ones though).
