The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus (album) The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus (album) The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus is the fifth release of The Rolling Stones music by former manager Allen Klein's ABKCO Records (who gained control of the band's Decca/London material in 1970) after the band's departure from Decca and Klein. Released in 1996, "The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus" is a live album that captures the taping of their ill-fated 1968 TV special, which was not broadcast until decades later. Seeking an original way to promote the newly released "Beggars Banquet", The Rolling Stones concocted the idea of recording a
Tell Me (The Rolling Stones song) and guitarist Keith Richards, "Tell Me" is a pop ballad. Richie Unterberger, on Allmusic, said in his review of the song, "It should be pointed out ... that the Rolling Stones, even in 1964, were more versatile and open toward non-blues-rooted music than is often acknowledged by critics." The Rolling Stones' two previous singles bear out this observation: one had been the Lennon–McCartney-penned "I Wanna Be Your Man" (later recorded by The Beatles as well); another was Buddy Holly's "Not Fade Away". Jagger said in a 1995 interview with "Rolling Stone" magazine: "['Tell Me'] is very different from doing those