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26 Aug 2022 \u2013 The Rolling Stones and ABKCO Music & Records Inc. have released the official music video for \u201cWe Love You,\u201d originally filmed in 1967. The Peter Whitehead-directed \u201cpromotional film\u201d (as videos were referred to in the pre-MTV era) has been newly restored in 4K . The \u201cWe Love You\u201d video includes visual references to the infamous Redlands bust of February 1967, involving Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and singer Marianne Faithfull, the subsequent criminal trial, as well as the drug bust of Brian Jones later that same year.  <\/td><\/tr>
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Recorded at Olympic Studios in the summer of \u201967, \u201cWe Love You\u201d has Brian Jones on Mellotron, Nicky Hopkins on piano, and backing vocals by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, who were returning the favor just after Jagger and Richards had contributed vocals to The Beatles\u2019 \u201cAll You Need Is Love.\u201d Thinly disguised as a blanket statement of love, the song is actually an anti-authoritarian anthem (\u201cYou will never win we\/Your uniforms don\u2019t fit we\u201d), sung by Jagger over droning, Moroccan-influenced music. \u00a0
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The dragging chains and prison door sound effects that begin the song and are illustrated in the video were inspired by the February 12, 1967 police raid of Keith Richards\u2019 home in Redlands, West Wittering, Sussex. Leading up to this event, British tabloid News of the World had published a series of sensationalistic stories about the drug use of pop stars, including Mick Jagger who then sued the paper for libel. News of the World tipped off authorities to a party at Richards\u2019 Redlands residence where it was believed that drugs were to be present. Marianne Faithfull, who had just come out of the bath inside the home the moment 18 officers showed up, quickly covered herself in a fur rug. A trivial quantity of controlled substances was found, but Jagger, Richards and art dealer Robert Fraser were still charged with major drug offenses and all three were handed draconian prison sentences that June. The two Stones were bailed out pending appeal, which they won, after spending one night in prison. On the day Jagger and Richards were released, Brian Jones and his girlfriend were arrested on charges of drug possession. This series of events is thought to be the spearhead of a generational rift in British culture, where older journalists working with the authorities had an adversarial relationship with younger musicians; life-altering consequences hung in the balance of this clash of values. \u00a0

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In the time between the February Redlands bust and the court proceedings, Jagger, Richards, Jones and Jones\u2019 girlfriend Anita Pallenberg escaped the unfolding media circus by visiting Morocco. The trip was an inspiration for the general sound of \u201cWe Love You\u201d; Jones in particular fell in love with the music of the North African nation, leading him to produce Brian Jones Presents the Pipes of Pan at Joujouka by the Master Musicians of Joujouka the following year.\u00a0

Filmmaker Peter Whitehead\u2014a Liverpool native who had directed The Rolling Stones tour documentary Charlie Is My Darling Ireland 1965 captures the ridiculousness of the band\u2019s legal situation in the video for \u201cWe Love You.\u201d Richards plays a judge, whose wig is composed of rolled up tabloids, while Jagger and Marianne Faithfull participate in a mock trial, inspired in part by the 1895 trials of poet\/playwright Oscar Wilde. A fur rug, plausibly the one Faithfull wore, is presented as evidence, just as it was in the real courtroom. An October \u201967 issue of The Evening News and Star with the front-page headline \u201cDRUGS: BRIAN JONES GETS NINE MONTHS\u201d can be clearly seen in another part of the video. Whitehead bookends the trial with footage of the band recording at Olympic Studios in London circa \u201967, often enhanced by visual effects.\u00a0

In the 1960s, there were very few television programs where music videos could be played. BBC\u2019s Top of the Pops refused to give \u201cWe Love You\u201d airtime, with the rationale that it was not suitable for the show\u2019s audience. TOTP\u2019s producer denied the theory that the video was banned by the BBC; regardless, very few people were able to see it upon its initial release. \u201cWe Love You\u201d was still a #8 single the UK, while it was released as the B-side to \u201cDandelion\u201d in the US, hitting #14 on the Billboard Hot 100.\u00a0
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This announcement follows The Rolling Stones and ABKCO\u2019s 4K release this month of both versions of the \u201cJumpin\u2019 Jack Flash\u201d music video, directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg in 1968.\u00a0

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ABOUT ABKCO Music & Records, Inc., is one of the world\u2019s leading independent entertainment companies. It is home to iconic music catalogues that include compositions and recordings by Sam Cooke, The Rolling Stones, Bobby Womack, Eric Burdon, The Animals, Herman\u2019s Hermits,\u202fMarianne Faithfull,\u202fThe Kinks\u202fas well as the Cameo Parkway masters by such artists as Chubby Checker, Bobby Rydell, Clint Eastwood, The\u202fDovells, ? And The Mysterians, The\u202fOrlons, Dee\u202fDee\u202fSharp, Charlie Gracie, Bob Seger, and The Tymes. Releases on ABKCO\u2019s\u202fSAR Records include albums by L.C. Cooke, The Soul Stirrers, Billy Preston, Johnnie Taylor, The\u202fValentinos, Mel Carter\u202fand more. ABKCO is active on many fronts, including the release of critically lauded soundtracks, compilations, reissues from its catalog, film, commercial placement of its master recordings and music publishing properties in all media.  One\u202fNight In Miami\u2026, ABKCO\u2019s latest theatrical production, received a nomination for the 2017 Olivier\u00ae Award for Best New Play\u202fand three\u202fAcademy Award\u202fnominations\u202fas a\u202fMajor Motion Picture directed by Oscar\u00ae winner Regina King. ABKCO\u2019s latest TV production is\u202fThe\u202fDurrells\u202fin\u202fCorfu, based\u202fon Gerald Durrell\u2019s book\u202fThe\u202fCorfu\u202fTrilogy\u202fand ABKCO\u2019s latest vinyl and CD releases are by The Animals: The Animals, Animalization, The Animals on Tour and Animal Tracks, and The Rolling Stones Singles 1963-1966 7\u201d Box Set.  <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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