Steampacket Steampacket Steampacket (sometimes shown as Steam Packet) were a British blues band formed in 1965 by Long John Baldry with Rod Stewart, Julie Driscoll, and organist Brian Auger. A musical revue rather than a single group, Steampacket was formed in 1965 by Long John Baldry after the break-up of his previous group the Hoochie Coochie Men. It included Rod Stewart who had been with Baldry in the Hoochie Coochie Men, vocalist Julie Driscoll, organist Brian Auger and guitarist Vic Briggs. They were managed by Giorgio Gomelsky, who had previously been involved with the Rolling Stones and the Yardbirds. Steampacket played
The Rolling Stones: An Illustrated Record conceived series of repackages after the band left Decca for Atlantic in 1970. The final section of the book includes a United States discography as well as a brief overview of bootleg Stones recordings released by that time. The Rolling Stones: An Illustrated Record The Rolling Stones: An Illustrated Record is a 1976 book by music journalist Roy Carr, published by Harmony Books. The book contains an extensive discography of record releases by the Rolling Stones up to that time (the latest being "Black and Blue"), with critical reviews of each release by Carr. Sidebars give a concurrent history of