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
The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus The last song, "Salt of the Earth", was sung live by Keith Richards and Mick Jagger to the pre-recorded tape from the "Beggars Banquet" studio album on which the song had been released. According to Bill Wyman's book, "Rolling with the Stones", the Rolling Stones also performed "Confessing the Blues", "Route 66" and an alternative take of "Sympathy for the Devil" with Brian Jones on guitar. Nicky Hopkins supplemented the Rolling Stones on piano. The project was abandoned until director Michael Lindsay-Hogg attempted to edit the film in 1992 but, due to missing principal footage, the project was put on