L.A. Friday (Live 1975) Explained

L.A. Friday (Live 1975)
Type:	live
Artist:	the Rolling Stones
Cover:	LA-Friday-1975.jpg
Recorded:	Sunday 13 July 1975 (L.A. Friday) Friday 11 July 1975 (L.A. Forum)
Venue:	The Forum, Inglewood, California
Genre:	Rock
Label:	Promotone BV
Chronology:	The Rolling Stones (Live)
Prev Title:	Hampton Coliseum (Live 1981)
Prev Year:	2012
Next Title:	Live at the Checkerboard Lounge, Chicago 1981
Next Year:	2012

L.A. Friday (Live 1975) is a live album by the Rolling Stones, released in 2012. It was recorded at The Forum in Inglewood, California, near Los Angeles. The album was released exclusively as a digital download through Google Music on 2 April 2012.^[1] The concert was on Sunday 13 July 1975, but bootleggers used the Rolling Stone title of the review of the Friday show for its vinyl bootleg releases.^[2]

A DVD for the Friday 11 July 1975 concert at the Forum was released on 19 November 2014 titled From the Vault: L.A Forum (Live in 1975). The official release erroneously states that the DVD recording is from the Saturday 12 July 1975 show.^[3]

The set list was the same for both shows, except for the placement of the band introductions.

Track listing

Album

Recorded Sunday, 13 July 1975

DVD

Recorded Friday, 11 July 1975.

Personnel

The Rolling Stones

• Mick Jagger – vocals, harmonica; guitar on "Fingerprint File"
• Keith Richards – guitars, backing vocals; lead vocals on "Happy"
• Bill Wyman – bass guitar; synthesizer on "Fingerprint File"
• Charlie Watts – drums; percussion on Billy Preston's songs
• Ronnie Wood – guitars, backing vocals; bass guitar on "Fingerprint File"

Additional musicians

• Ollie E. Brown – percussion, backing vocals; drums on Billy Preston's songs
• Billy Preston – piano, organ, clavinet, synthesizer, backing vocals; lead vocals on his own songs
• Ian Stewart – piano on selected songs
• Bobby Keys – saxophone
• Steve Madaio – trumpet
• Trevor Lawrence – saxophone
• Jesse Ed Davis – guitar on "Sympathy for the Devil" (13 July show only)
• The Steel Association – percussion on "Sympathy for the Devil"

Notes and References

1. Web site: Stones Archive L.A. Friday | Rolling Stones – L.A. Friday – MP3 Download | Shop the Stones Archive Official Store . Stonesarchivestore.com . 2012-10-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121029061901/http://www.stonesarchivestore.com/Product.aspx?pc=BGDDRS72 . 29 October 2012 . dead .
2. Web site: The Rolling Stones – L.A. Friday (Live 1975). Discogs.
3. Web site: Rolling Stones database 1975. Nzentgraf.de. 19 May 2021.