Rolling Stones Ed Sullivan appearances coming to DVD

For the first time ever, all 17 of the Rolling Stones' performances on the Ed Sullivan show are coming out on DVD. Six Ed Sullivan Shows Starring the Rolling Stones hits stores on November 1 from Universal Music Enterprises and Sofa Entertainment.

Andrew Solt, executive producer and founder of Sofa Entertainment, said "The best Rolling Stones TV performances are on these shows. On the concert films and on other shows you don't get the same production values, and here the sound is as good as the visuals. Groups knew they would appear in front of 35 million people so they rehearsed and made sure they would look good before doing on. Knowing they were playing live on TV made them do their best."

The shows span five years from their first appearance on October 25, 1964 through their final performance on November 23, 1969. Controversy followed them throughout the years from their first appearance when the crowd screamed so loud that you couldn't hear the interview with Mick Jagger or Sullivan announcing the next week's guests, to their 1967 performance of Let's Spend Some Time Together, the change in title ordered by Sullivan himself. Afterwards, the group changed into Nazi uniforms only to be told by Sullivan to get back into their original outfits before singing again.

The set will include 2 CDs containing the six complete Sullivan shows, so be ready for appearances by a myriad of other entertainers including Tom Jones, Petula Clark, Rodney Dangerfield, Robert Klein, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong and many more.

Bonus material includes a 24-page booklet with rare photos, documents and liner notes by Greil Marcus along with a replica ticket to the Sullivan show.

One month earlier, on October 4, an abridged version of the full set will be released containing four of the six shows.

The Rolling Stones performances included in the full set:

October 25, 1964
Around and Around
Time is On My Side
May 2, 1965
The Last Time
Little Red Rooster
Everybody Needs Somebody to Love
2120 South Michigan Avenue (over end credits)
February 13, 1966
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
As Tears Go By
19th Nervous Breakdown
September 11, 1966
Paint It Black
Lady Jane
Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?
January 15, 1967
Ruby Tuesday
Let's Spend Some Time Together
November 23, 1969
Gimme Shelter
Love in Vain
Honky Tonk Woman

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