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Episode 3: It's Only Rock 'n' Roll

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Bob Harris looks back at The Rolling Stones in the 1970s, when they became tax exiles.

Bob Harris looks back at The Rolling Stones' career in the 1970s, when they became tax exiles in France.

Bob Harris looks back at The Rolling Stones in the 70s, when they became tax exiles in France. First broadcast in 2002 and repeated as part of 6 Music Celebrates 50 Years of The Rolling Stones.

Programme three: It's Only Rock n Roll

As the band moved into the 1970s, Stones' engineer Andy Johns described them as "the worst band on the planet, but when it happened, they were transformed almost instantly from this dreadful band into the Rolling Stones". 

Following the release of Sticky Fingers, the Stones were forced to retreat to France as tax exiles, which ultimately resulted in a double album that was initially panned but is now regarded as a defining moment in their career. 

This programme considers the classic albums that coincided with the formation of the band's own record label and the addition of the famous lips-and-tongue logo.

Key albums featured: Exile On Main Street, It's Only Rock n Roll, Black and Blue and Some Girls.

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