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 Rolling Stones", were recorded there. Oldham contrasted the Rolling Stones' independence with the Beatles' obligation to record in EMI's studios, saying it made them appear as "mere mortals ... sweating in the studio for the man". He promoted the Rolling Stones as the nasty counterpoint to the Beatles by having the band pose unsmiling on the cover of their first album. He also encouraged the press to use provocative headlines such as: "Would you let your daughter marry a Rolling Stone?" By contrast, Wyman says, "Our reputation and image as the Bad Boys came later, completely there, accidentally. ... [Oldham]