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To coincide with the newly expanded reissue of The Rolling Stones’ 1972 double album Exile On Main St., Eagle Rock Entertainment will be releasing a documentary directed by Stephen Kijak on the making of the album titled Stones in Exile.

It was an interesting time for the group to say the least. The band had to record in a basement of a villa in the south of France. Keith Richards was in a midst of a heroin haze. Their guitars would continually go out of tune due to the high humidity in the basement. And the not-so-ideal recording conditions resulted in a murky sounding record. But through it all, Exile On Main St. had become a much heralded album. Some even say, a masterpiece.

DVD Release Information

In the spring of 1971 the Rolling Stones reluctantly departed the UK to take up residence in France. Keith Richards settled at a villa called Nellcôte in Villefranche-sur-Mer and this became the venue for the recording of much of the band’s masterpiece “Exile On Main Street”. “Stones In Exile” tells the story in the band’s own words and through extensive archive footage of their time away from England and the creation of this extraordinary double album, which many regard as the Rolling Stones’ finest achievement.

Bonus Features

Extensive additional footage including interviews with all the band members, footage from “Cocksucker Blues” and Mick Jagger and Charlie Watts returning to Olympic Studios and Jagger’s country house Stargroves where a lot of the early work on the album was done.

Look for it in stores and online on June 22, 2010.

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