An album crosses the Atlantic
A studio history hosted by Sunset Sound describes vocals and mixing work for Exile on Main St. in Studios 1 and 2. This Hollywood address is one part of the album’s recording geography.
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The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones returned to Sunset Sound in November 1971 to finish recording Exile on Main St. Their Los Angeles chapter follows the album into its final studio stages.
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THE PLACES BEHIND THE STORY
A life on the map.
Explore 4 connections. Each connection links to its evidence; outlined circles mark approximate areas, not exact buildings or camera positions.
Sunset Sound Recorders
A studio history hosted by Sunset Sound describes vocals and mixing work for Exile on Main St. in Studios 1 and 2. This Hollywood address is one part of the album’s recording geography.
Sunset Sound — studio history published in Mix ↗︎
Working studio property. View from public areas; access to the lot and stages requires authorization.
Open street map ↗︎The Fonda Theatre ↗︎
Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda — concert
The Rolling Stones performed Sticky Fingers in full here on May 20, 2015. The concert was recorded and later released as a live album and film.
The Fonda Theatre: history, location and cultural connections ↗︎
6126 Hollywood Boulevard
Open street map ↗︎Hyde Park ↗︎
The Rolling Stones play Hyde Park in 1969
The Royal Parks history records the Stones' free Hyde Park concert in 1969, remembered as their first public performance in two years. The pin is deliberately park-scale because the historic stage position is not established in the source record.
The Rolling Stones return to Hyde Park
The Royal Parks records the Stones' 2013 Hyde Park return as a homecoming nearly fifty years after Stones in the Park.
The Rolling Stones play Hyde Park on their 60th anniversary tour
The Royal Parks records the Stones' return to Hyde Park in 2022 as part of their 60th anniversary tour.
Hyde Park, London W2 2UH
Open street map ↗︎Olympic Studios ↗︎
The Rolling Stones build their Barnes recording history at Olympic Studios
Olympic Studios' own history names The Rolling Stones among the artists who recorded in the Barnes building after it became Olympic Sound Studios in 1966. This is a recording-place connection rather than a claim about one specific take or album session.
117 Church Road, Barnes, London SW13 9HL
Open street map ↗︎IN THE STORY1971
The band returns to Sunset Sound in November for Exile on Main St. sessions.
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WORKS
Culture, connected.
Follow the work through its real places.
Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda — concert
The Rolling Stones
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The Rolling Stones at Hyde Park 2013 ↗︎
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The Rolling Stones at Hyde Park 2022 ↗︎
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KEEP EXPLORING
Cities and Worlds.
Los Angeles ↗︎
Follow a scene into the hills. A song onto the Strip. A story all the way to the ocean.
London ↗︎
From the West End to the streets beyond it: cinema, music and the layers of a changing city.
The Rolling Stones ↗︎
Rolling: flick a stone from platform 2 at Dartford, wipe the Ealing Club wall, fix the Bules poster, free the Hyde Park butterflies, run a cable into Nellcôte.