The Stones in LA: Main St. Exiles
Robert Greenfield, Rolling Stone, 27 April 1972
LOS ANGELES – One year, to the weekend, after the Rolling Stones played the final concert of their "farewell" tour of England, Mick Jagger is at the wheel of a big black Mercedes, going east on Sunset Strip, Rock and Roll Billboard Row. Mick is on his way to Studio Three at Wally Heider's for another assault on a final mix for Tumbling Dice, which will be the single from Exile On Main Street, the Stones' new double album, out May 7th.
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