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PATCH_0030 Officially Licensed Rolling Stones Merchandise
Rolling Stones Classic Tongue Iron-on Patch
In November 1972, the band began sessions in Kingston, Jamaica, for their follow-up to Exile, Goats Head Soup. The album spawned the worldwide hit "Angie", but proved the first in a string of commercially successful but tepidly received studio albums.
The sessions for Goats Head Soup led to a number of outtakes, most notably an early version of the popular ballad "Waiting on a Friend", not released until Tattoo You eight years later.
The making of the record was interrupted by a legal battle over drugs, dating back to their stay in France; a warrant for Richards' arrest had been issued, and the other band members had to return briefly to France for questioning.
This, along with Jagger's convictions on drug charges (in 1967 and 1970), also complicated the band's plans for their Pacific tour in early 1973: they were denied permission to play in Japan and almost banned from Australia.
This was followed by a European tour (bypassing France) in September/October 1973 - prior to which Richards had been arrested once more on drug charges, this time in England.
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