Win the Rolling Stones 'Ed Sullivan Shows' Deluxe Edition DVD

All Six Ed Sullivan Shows Starring the Rolling Stones - Deluxe Collector’s Edition

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The Rolling Stones are getting together to jam in a London studio as fans around the world impatiently await news of the band's 50th anniversary plans. Until such time, a new two-DVD set capturing the band's six Ed Sullivan Show performances is a welcome look back at the Rolling Stones' live performance legacy, and we're giving away five copies in our Rolling Stone sweepstakes. See official rules here.

Five lucky readers will each win: One (1) copy of 'All Six Ed Sullivan Shows Starring the Rolling Stones - Deluxe Collector's Edition' DVD. The episodes featured in this set also include performances from Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, the Muppets, Tom Jones and more.

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Song Stories

“All Along the Watchtower”

The Jimi Hendrix Experience | 1968

Jimi Hendrix got hold of Bob Dylan's early John Wesley Harding tapes and in late 1967 recorded a version of "All Along the Watchtower" with the Experience in London. Dissatisfied with that first development, Hendrix brought those tapes with him to New York in early 1968 when he began work on Electric Ladyland. Eddie Kramer, Hendrix's engineer at the time, told Rolling Stone that Hendrix "was still looked upon by his basically white audience as the mammoth black guitar hero. There was a constant fight within him to expand himself." Hendrix's successful take on Dylan's work has long been recognized by the songwriter. "I liked Jimi Hendrix's record of this and ever since he died I've been doing it that way," Dylan wrote in the liner notes to his Biograph box set. "Strange how when I sing it, I always feel it's a tribute to him in some kind of way."

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