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2Stoned
ISBN 9780099443650
Alternate cover edition.
The last word on the Rolling Stones by the man who discovered and managed them.
In his first book, Stoned, Andrew Loog Oldham recorded his early years and the meeting with the Stones in 1963 that changed all their fates. 2Stoned is the story of what followed in the most exciting period of the band’s history -- 1964 -- 1967, by which time the Stones had achieved worldwide celebrity, been arrested in a notorious drugs raid and split with Oldham, the manager who made them. This book is the remarkable record of those years -- the untold story of the Rolling Stones from the man who steered them to fame.
An utter original, a svengali figure and a hustler of genius, Oldham had, by the age of twenty-one, made the Stones famous, made himself a million -- and spent it -- and revolutionized the music business. Revered and reviled in equal measure, he had a flair for style, outrage, hedonism and success. While he was managing the multiple recording sessions and the touring for the group’s first golden run of seminal tracks, he was also controlling the permanent storm of publicity around the band.
In this antidotal portrait of the “Swinging Sixties,” the Stones in America and the “Summer of Love,” there is also an unflinching record of the drug-soaked years after his break-up with the Stones. Told both in his own words and those of his contemporaries, 2Stoned is a unique account of the charmed period when Andrew Loog Oldham and the Rolling Stones were invincible.
Alternate cover edition.
The last word on the Rolling Stones by the man who discovered and managed them.
In his first book, Stoned, Andrew Loog Oldham recorded his early years and the meeting with the Stones in 1963 that changed all their fates. 2Stoned is the story of what followed in the most exciting period of the band’s history -- 1964 -- 1967, by which time the Stones had achieved worldwide celebrity, been arrested in a notorious drugs raid and split with Oldham, the manager who made them. This book is the remarkable record of those years -- the untold story of the Rolling Stones from the man who steered them to fame.
An utter original, a svengali figure and a hustler of genius, Oldham had, by the age of twenty-one, made the Stones famous, made himself a million -- and spent it -- and revolutionized the music business. Revered and reviled in equal measure, he had a flair for style, outrage, hedonism and success. While he was managing the multiple recording sessions and the touring for the group’s first golden run of seminal tracks, he was also controlling the permanent storm of publicity around the band.
In this antidotal portrait of the “Swinging Sixties,” the Stones in America and the “Summer of Love,” there is also an unflinching record of the drug-soaked years after his break-up with the Stones. Told both in his own words and those of his contemporaries, 2Stoned is a unique account of the charmed period when Andrew Loog Oldham and the Rolling Stones were invincible.
474 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2002
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July 26, 2022
I have read 3 of ALO's books. This was his second, preceded by Stoned and followed by Stone Free.
2Stoned tells how, having discovered the Stones (see Stoned) ALO continued to manage them through their early years and chronicles their early singles.
(BTW the sleeve of the Stones debut album was the first ever to omit the band's/artist's name).
In common with the other two, the format of the book is unique in my experience, consisting entirely of paragraphs of quotes from all the main players, backed up with a massive index... Don't worry though, you'll be used to it after 30 minutes.
I've never been a great fan of Sixties culture (I'm just a little too young), but ALO made me interested in that this book was hard to put down, the sign of a great writer. You can't ask for any more than that...
2Stoned tells how, having discovered the Stones (see Stoned) ALO continued to manage them through their early years and chronicles their early singles.
(BTW the sleeve of the Stones debut album was the first ever to omit the band's/artist's name).
In common with the other two, the format of the book is unique in my experience, consisting entirely of paragraphs of quotes from all the main players, backed up with a massive index... Don't worry though, you'll be used to it after 30 minutes.
I've never been a great fan of Sixties culture (I'm just a little too young), but ALO made me interested in that this book was hard to put down, the sign of a great writer. You can't ask for any more than that...
August 19, 2012
I read the first one some years back and was disappointed as it didn't cover the Stones' breakthrough years. This does tho and it's a great document on 60s rock and roll. Insightful into the cultivation of the image of the Stones, in no small point down to Oldham force of personality. Brutally honest with himself at times, a large part of the book is made up of recollections from other key players.
December 26, 2019
The second part of Andrew Loog Oldham's autobiography details, mostly, his decline once, as talented folk who enhance their talent chemically are wont to do, his talent and his addiction swapped places (cf Hunter S Thompson and too many others to mention). It's still massively entertaining and disturbing in equal parts, one up each nostril.
If his intention was to be honest about the fun/crash reality then he's succeeded completely. Being really good at something whilst taking something really good to turn it up to eleven, is incredible. Mind-blowing. In all senses. Don't look down.
Seen from a couple of decades after the principle events, it's also a picture of a vanished era. Partly, it's because, yes, a lot of time has passed and all the faces have changed and more and more often they are dead. The music world of today is from a distant planet, 2000 light years from home and She's a Rainbow is adorning a TV advert, clipped and shorn.
No, the music world described here no longer exists anywhere. What's passed down to us, in the 21st century, is a filleted, skinned and beautifully plated up version of What Happened Back Then. ALO makes an excellent effort of trying to put the flesh and bones back together; very few will ever get this close to the Reality. Which is ironic really, considering how off our heads we were. This is the top reason for reading this. It will never happen again quite like this until it does, of course.
If his intention was to be honest about the fun/crash reality then he's succeeded completely. Being really good at something whilst taking something really good to turn it up to eleven, is incredible. Mind-blowing. In all senses. Don't look down.
Seen from a couple of decades after the principle events, it's also a picture of a vanished era. Partly, it's because, yes, a lot of time has passed and all the faces have changed and more and more often they are dead. The music world of today is from a distant planet, 2000 light years from home and She's a Rainbow is adorning a TV advert, clipped and shorn.
No, the music world described here no longer exists anywhere. What's passed down to us, in the 21st century, is a filleted, skinned and beautifully plated up version of What Happened Back Then. ALO makes an excellent effort of trying to put the flesh and bones back together; very few will ever get this close to the Reality. Which is ironic really, considering how off our heads we were. This is the top reason for reading this. It will never happen again quite like this until it does, of course.
October 20, 2016
I did not enjoy this as much as the earlier book "Stoned" as this book keeps jumping about through the years (even going back to the years covered by "Stoned") rather than proceeding chronologically. It's not a bad read though and I found the things it did not mention as interesting as the things it did. For example the author barely mentions the two albums "Out of their heads" and "Between the buttons" which to me implies that he did not think much of them!
July 3, 2008
Wow, was this ever a fun read! I felt like I was right there with Andrew, managing the Rolling Stones in their glory days in the 60's. He's a great writer, very witty and clever and funny. Sometimes I wasn't quite sure what he was talking about, but that was part of the fun. Great attention to wardrobe throughout!
December 20, 2013
Loved it. I've read all his books. Couldn't put them down. This man has lived an interesting life, but you can also feel his pain and see how much the firing by the Rolling Stones has affected his life...Sad story in ways. I can only imagine what a ride it must have been when he was with the Stones.
September 13, 2007
The second volume of Andrew Loog Oldman's masteripiece. Here we get the inside world of the Rolling Stones as well as other movers and shakers of that great decade (the 60's). Mod culture at its best.
January 5, 2013
Great but a lot repeated from no 1
January 4, 2014
Great tales of excess, triumph and tragedy, however his style of writing was far too pretentious and flowery, for me anyway.
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