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"One of the best books ever written about the Stones."--Rolling Stone

During the height of the Rolling Stones' success, Bill Wyman kept a diary, recording the churning chaos of the band's creative evolution, power plays, recording sessions, tours, romances, drug busts, and financial disarray. Stone Alone is a meticulous, shrewd and humorous look at the complex personalities of the Stones and the role they played in the startling cultural revolution of the times.

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Bill Wyman, the Rolling Stones' bass player for thirty years, has also released several successful solo albums. He departed the band in 1993.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Da Capo Press; First Edition (August 22, 1997)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 640 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0306807831
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0306807831
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.04 x 6.04 x 1.53 inches

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Bill Wyman was born in South London in 1936. He joined The Rolling Stones in 1962 and played bass for the band for 31 years. Although best known for his music, Bill has pursued many other interests since leaving the stones in 1993. Bill is an avid archivist, collector, photographer, author, and has kept diaries since a young age. He also has a great interest in history and archeology, and has carried out extensive research on the London neighbourhood of Chelsea, where he has lived and worked for much of his life. Bill is the published author of thirteen books.

Bill’s latest release (October 2023) is his illustrated childhood memoir 'Billy in the Wars', where he recalls his experiences as a young boy growing up in wartime Britain. Bill brings history to life through the personal lens of his childhood memories, where grim anecdotes of war are punctuated by moving moments of childhood innocence and joy.

Three-year-old William George Perks (now Bill Wyman) was living with his parents and brother in working-class Sydenham, South London, when war broke out. Over the coming years he experienced endless terrifying hours spent in air-raid shelters, the constant droning of doodlebugs overhead, a near miss with a German fighter-bomber, and evacuations from London to new rural adventures.

Out of a backdrop of constant fear and hunger, Bill learned the importance of persistence, courage and resilience; values that ultimately led him out of his neighbourhood and on to a vast and exciting future.

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sammyZ Name

Best Stones book by far

Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2024

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Bill Wyman wrote/co-wrote the only book about The Rolling Stones that is worth reading. I thoroughly enjoyed his assessment of Mick, and how Charlie and Bill were treated as second class members of the band by Mick, Keith and Andrew Loog Oldham. Not to worry, Bill got his revenge by refusing to let Mick have access to all of Bill’s amazing documentation he assembled throughout his tenure. My only disappointment was that the book ended too soon, and didn’t continue through his remaining years with the band, and instead ending shortly after the death of Brian Jones. The book could have been twice as long, and I would have enjoyed all of it. Again, if you read one book about The Rolling Stones this is the one.

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DANIEL O STARK

Informative, Voluminous, and . . .

Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2023

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. . . not nearly as well-written as "Charlie's Good Tonight," the recently published biography of Charlie Watts. The Bill Wyman book is an autobiography, written and first published in 1990, while Bill was still with the band. (He left in 1993.) I felt there was a somewhat churlish picture of Wyman that emerged early on--offset, to a considerable extent, by the details of his extraordinarily challenging childhood and adolescence. I nicked the rating by one star largely due to some shoddy technical problems, especially with the photos. They're murky, poorly reproduced, split into four "sections" scattered haphazardly throughout this 550+ page tome. The captions appear washed out, and difficult to read as well. On the plus side, there's A LOT of interesting information here, not just about Bill but about the band itself. If you have a more-than-casual interest in the Rolling Stones, I'd recommend it.

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Keith

The most through history of the Stones

Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2023

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Of all the Stones biographies I have read, and I have read a few, this is by far the most though and detailed. Keith Richards’ “Life” I think is better written. But this one shines with honest detail.

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Interesting story from the authors perspective.

Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2023

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This will be great reading this coming winter.

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john comito

Kindle version is badly butchered

Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2023

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The Kindle version does not include parts of the book. The introductory 'Flash Forward' introduction is omitted and no photo section. Maybe more? Aside from that it's well worth reading. The Kindle version covers the early days ending with the Hyde Park concert. I'm not sure if this is how it ends in the paperback.

Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2023

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While I think it's interesting that Bill Wyman took such exhaustive notes, this book needed a good editor and perhaps we would have gotten more story. Did we really need to know about all his conquests? And the playlists of concerts?

This will leave you wondering about more of the story.

Seems petty at times and extra gracious to Brian Jones. That said, it absolutely solidifies the Stones as the hardest working Rock n Roll band ever.

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Gregory

Wife likes it.

Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2024

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Bought this book for my wife who is a fan of the Stones. She says it's very good.

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Perfumy

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I am allergic to this perfumy smelly book. Cannot lie in bed and read this thing. Cats piss - pipe smoke-etcetera-yuck. Dust bin it goes. Sorry Bill, I will just get a better one. Jeff.

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Michel Croteau

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J’a reçu le livre en meilleur condition que décrit dans l’annonce Amazon. Très fier de mon livre.
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Mr. Dermot Elmes

Great read.

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Bill tells it as it was.Great read.

Satin

Reviewed in Germany on September 25, 2023

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Top Autobiographie, die einen tiefen Eindruck in die damalige Zeit liefert

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W. R. Jongejan

historie!

Reviewed in the Netherlands on March 27, 2023

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Een beschrijving van een belangrijke periode (de zestiger jaren). In deze periode veranderde er niet alleen veel in de muziek, maar ook in de morele opvattingen van de jeugd ten opzichte van de jaren 50. Sommige dingen, zoals het optreden van de autoriteiten is nu, 60 jaar later, gewoon niet meer voor te stellen. Het boek biedt dus een prachtig venster op die tijd. Hier en daar dreigt het boek te ontsporen in een droge opsomming, maar voor mijzelf, geboren in 1950 en een Stones-fan van het eerste uur, vormt het boek een boeiende beschrijving van achtergronden, die velen van ons toen ontgingen. Ik heb het boek in één ruk uitgelezen, maar ik kan mij voorstellen dat dit niet voor iedereen weggelegd is. Bill Wyman, bedankt voor deze documentatie, met name waar het gaat om de invloeden van Brian Jones, een begaafd musicus, wiens benen jammer genoeg de weelde van het succes niet konden dragen. Ik miste overigens een slogan, die ik toen wel in de kranten las ten tijde van de arrestatie van Jagger en Richards: “Let him, who is without sin, jail the first Stone”.

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Reviewed in Brazil on April 1, 2018

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A must-read for fans or any one interested in how The Rolling Stones began and became famous. And it's also particularly essential for those interested in how the leadership and control of the band were shifted from Brian Jone's to Jagger's and Richards' hands. Bill Wyman, who is very organized , kept a diary of every one of his days with the Stones, so it's an accurate source of information and certainly one you can trust.

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