Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! (Maysles, 1969/2009)
Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 5:27 pm
Included in the new deluxe edition box set of the Rolling Stones' 1969 live album, Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out, is a "bonus" DVD featuring a film composed of footage of the Stones' 1969 Madison Square Garden concerts and some other events surrounding them. Frankly, for me, it is the main attraction of this 4-disc set. The film, Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out, is essentially outtakes from Gimme Shelter and so acts as kind of a companion piece (or maybe an appetizer) to that film. It has all the joy and thrill of GS without all the horror and whole Death of the Sixties vibe. I suppose I don't have much else to say about it other than to recommend it to Stones fans (who will probably be as floored by the performance of "Satisfaction" as I was). The box set is expensive, but I think the film (and the bonus disc of B.B. King and Ike & Tina performances) makes it well worth the price.