This is our story of fifty fantastic years. We started out as a blues band playing the clubs & more recently we've filled the largest stadiums in the world with the kind of show that none of us could have imagined all those years ago. Curated by us it features the very best photographs & ephemera from & beyond our archives." (Mick Keith Charlie & Ronnie). On Thursday 12 July 1962 the Rolling Stones went on stage at the Marquee Club in London's Oxford Street. In the intervening fifty years the Stones have performed live in front of more people than any b&...ever. They've played the smallest blues clubs & some of the biggest stadium tours of all time. They've had No.1 singles & albums in every country that has a popular music chart & have helped define global popular culture. A phenomenal half-century later they now look back at their astounding career. Curated introduced & narrated by the band themselves " The Rolling Stones 50" is the only officially authorized book to celebrate this milestone. With privileged access to a wealth of unseen & rare material it is packed with superb reportage photography contact sheets negative strips out-takes & so much more from every period in the bands history. With more than 1 000 illustrations it also features some of the most rare & interesting Stones memorabilia in existence: international posters draft record cover art bubblegum cards jigsaws & other previously unpublished treasures specially photographed for this volume. Additional contributions by photography legends Gered Mankowitz Jean-Marie Perier Dezo Hoffmann Michael Cooper Terry ONeill Bent Rej Philip Townsend & many others make this the definitive book to celebrate fifty years of the Rolling Stones. From Mick Keith Charlie & Ronnie here is one spectacular thank you to their fans all over the world."