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===1970s=== [[File:Mick Jagger (1976).jpg|thumb|alt=See caption |Jagger performing in [[Zuiderpark Stadion]] in [[The Hague]], Netherlands, in May 1976]] In 1970, Jagger bought [[Stargroves]], a manor house and estate near [[East Woodhay]] in [[Hampshire]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://research.hgt.org.uk/item/stargrove/|title=Stargrove β Hampshire Garden Trust Research|website=Hampshire Gardens Trust|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161109222815/http://research.hgt.org.uk/item/stargrove/|archive-date=9 November 2016|access-date=26 August 2017}}</ref> The Rolling Stones and several other bands recorded there using the [[Rolling Stones Mobile Studio]].<ref name="Janovitz-2013">{{cite book |title=Rocks off: 50 tracks that tell the story of The Rolling Stones |last=Janovitz |first=Bill |date=2013 |publisher=[[St. Martin's Press]] |isbn=978-1-250-02632-3 |location=New York |pages=189β191 |oclc=811597730}}</ref>{{efn|[[Led Zeppelin]] used the mobile studio to record material for the albums ''[[Physical Graffiti]]'' and ''[[Houses of the Holy]]''. [[Dire Straits]], [[Lou Reed]], [[Bob Marley]], [[Horslips]], [[Fleetwood Mac]], [[Bad Company]], [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]], [[Iron Maiden]], and [[Wishbone Ash]], all recorded in the mobile studio. [[The Who]] recorded "[[Won't Get Fooled Again]]" in Stargroves.<ref name="Janovitz-2013" /> The Rolling Stones Mobile Studio was used to record the [[Deep Purple]] song "[[Smoke on the Water]]". The lyrics to the song, which Deep Purple had not intended to release, mention the mobile studio and were intended as a joke about it almost burning to the ground from a nearby fire.<ref name="The National-2016">{{cite web |last=The National |title=Rolling Stones' Mobile Recording Truck β Inside Tour |date=26 June 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4_BUIM7gY0 |access-date=1 September 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906050515/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4_BUIM7gY0 |archive-date=6 September 2017 |via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref> To rescue the mobile from the fire started by a flare gun, the Stones' crew had to smash a window and release the parking brake to roll it out of the way.<ref name="The National-2016" /> Deep Purple referred to it as the "Rolling truck Stones thing" in the song. The Deep Purple lyrics, "We all came out to Montreux ... to make records with a mobile", reference the incident.<ref name="The National-2016" /> The mobile is currently owned by the [[National Music Centre]].<ref name="The National-2016" />}} In 1970, Nicolas Roeg's film ''[[Performance (film)|Performance]]'', produced in 1968 and featuring Jagger, was released. In the film, Jagger plays the role of Turner, a reclusive rock star. Keith Richards' girlfriend [[Anita Pallenberg]] also appeared in the film.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blauvelt |first=Christian |date=13 February 2019 |title='Performance': Inside the Rock 'n' Roll Movie Too Shocking for the '60s |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2019/02/performance-mick-jagger-donald-cammell-nicolas-roeg-1202043834/ |access-date=11 November 2021 |website=[[IndieWire]] |archive-date=11 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211111144943/https://www.indiewire.com/2019/02/performance-mick-jagger-donald-cammell-nicolas-roeg-1202043834/ |url-status=live }}</ref> During a 1970 concert in Paris, Jagger called for the release of imprisoned French [[Maoism|Maoists]].<ref name=":04">{{Cite book |last=Crean |first=Jeffrey |title=The Fear of Chinese Power: an International History |date=2024 |publisher=[[Bloomsbury Academic]] |isbn=978-1-350-23394-2 |edition= |series=New Approaches to International History series |location=London, UK |pages=117}}</ref> Jagger and the rest of the Rolling Stones moved to [[Southern France]] as [[tax exile]]s in 1971 to avoid paying a 93 per cent [[supertax]] imposed by [[Harold Wilson]]'s [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] government on the country's top earners.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Carter|first=Ben|date=25 February 2014|title=Which country has the highest tax rate?|language=en-GB|work=[[BBC News]]|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26327114|access-date=30 September 2021|archive-date=30 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210930220049/https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26327114|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=22 April 2009|title=How the Budget affects you: The public give their verdict|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/how-budget-affects-you-public-2113519|access-date=30 September 2021|website=[[WalesOnline]]|language=en|archive-date=30 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210930185401/https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/how-budget-affects-you-public-2113519|url-status=live}}</ref>{{sfn|Andersen|2012|p=247}} After the band's acrimonious split with their second manager, [[Allen Klein]], in 1971, and Richards' [[Opioid use disorder|heroin addiction]], Jagger assumed control of the band's business affairs, leading to feuds between Jagger and Richards.{{sfn|Richards|Fox|2010|p=236}}<ref name="Jagger Remembers">{{cite magazine |last=Wenner |first=Jann |date=14 December 1995 |title=Mick Jagger Remembers |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/mick-jagger-remembers-92946/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819153817/https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/mick-jagger-remembers-92946/ |archive-date=19 August 2020 |access-date=5 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Day |first=Elizabeth |date=12 November 2011 |title=The Rolling Stones: that 50-year itch... |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/nov/13/rolling-stones-some-girls-interview |url-status=live |access-date=17 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817122425/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/nov/13/rolling-stones-some-girls-interview |archive-date=17 August 2017}}</ref> Jagger has managed the group ever since, with [[Prince Rupert Loewenstein]] acting as business adviser and financial manager from 1968 until 2007.<ref name="BBC">{{cite web |author=Staff |date=22 May 2014 |title=Stones Manager Loewenstein Dies |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-27515395 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140522215254/http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-27515395 |archive-date=22 May 2014 |access-date=23 May 2014 |work=[[BBC News]]}}</ref> Jagger and the rest of the band changed their look and style as the 1970s progressed.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.vogue.com/article/mick-jagger-birthday-shop-the-look |title=Why Mick Jagger Never Goes Out of Style |work=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]|access-date=3 September 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903121010/http://www.vogue.com/article/mick-jagger-birthday-shop-the-look |archive-date=3 September 2017}}</ref> While in France, Jagger learned to play guitar and contributed guitar parts for songs on ''[[Sticky Fingers]]'' (1971) and the Stones' subsequent albums except ''[[Dirty Work (Rolling Stones album)|Dirty Work]]'' in 1986. For the Rolling Stones' highly publicised 1972 American tour, Jagger wore [[glam-rock]] clothing and glitter makeup on stage.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/the-worlds-greatest-band-captured-in-its-prime/article1079562/|title=The world's greatest band, captured in its prime|website=[[The Globe and Mail]]|access-date=6 November 2019|archive-date=2 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200602042556/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/the-worlds-greatest-band-captured-in-its-prime/article1079562/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/the-best-rolling-stones-songs-that-dont-really-sound-like-the-rolling-stones/|title=The Best Rolling Stones Songs That Don't Really Sound Like the Rolling Stones|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|date=22 April 2019|access-date=6 November 2019|archive-date=6 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106220808/https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/the-best-rolling-stones-songs-that-dont-really-sound-like-the-rolling-stones/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Brown |first=Mark |title=Mick Jagger's jumpsuit is a gas, gas, gas: V&A galleries open |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2009/mar/17/theatre-v-a-exhibition-kylie-minogue |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=17 March 2009 |access-date=6 November 2019 |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=6 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106220808/https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2009/mar/17/theatre-v-a-exhibition-kylie-minogue |url-status=live }}</ref> Their interest in the blues had been made manifest on the 1972 album ''Exile on Main St.''<ref>{{cite news |last=Hamilton |first=Jack |title=How 'Exile on Main St.' Killed the Rolling Stones |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2010/05/how-exile-on-main-st-killed-the-rolling-stones/57149/ |url-status=live |work=[[The Atlantic]] |access-date=3 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707172105/https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2010/05/how-exile-on-main-st-killed-the-rolling-stones/57149/ |archive-date=7 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120531/the-rolling-stones-exile-on-main-street-20120524 |title=500 Greatest Albums of All Time |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=3 September 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903121954/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120531/the-rolling-stones-exile-on-main-street-20120524 |archive-date=3 September 2017|date=31 May 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Smith |first=Sid |title=BBC β Music β Review of The Rolling Stones β Exile On Main St. |website=[[BBC]]|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/w2f9/|access-date=3 September 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170221232534/http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/w2f9/ |archive-date=21 February 2017}}</ref> Music critic Russell Hall described Jagger's emotional singing on the gospel-influenced "[[Let It Loose (Rolling Stones song)|Let It Loose]]", which appears on ''Exile on Main St.'', as the singer's best vocal achievement.<ref>{{cite journal |journal=Gibson Lifestyle |title=Deepest Cut: The Rolling Stones ''Let It Loose'' from 1972's ''Exile on Main St.'' |first=Russell |last=Hall |date=20 February 2008 |url=http://aws2.gibson.com/News-Lifestyle/Features/en-us/Deepest-Cut-The-Rolling-Stones.aspx |access-date=15 July 2022 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In 1972, Jagger, [[Charlie Watts]], [[Bill Wyman]], [[Nicky Hopkins]], and [[Ry Cooder]] released ''[[Jamming with Edward!]]'', an album recorded during the band's ''Let It Bleed'' sessions.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kohler |first=Jerry |date=13 February 1972 |title='Jamming With Edward' Jammed With Low Spots |page=116 |work=The Kansas City Star |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105679041/jamming-with-edward-jammed-with-low/ |access-date=16 July 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> The album includes loose jams recorded while the rest of the Stones (reportedly) were waiting for Keith Richards to return to the studio.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Muretich |first1=James |last2=Buckingham |first2=Brooker |last3=McEwen |first3=Mary-Lynn |date=25 June 1995 |title=Recent Releases β Jamming with Edward |page=20 |work=Calgary Herald |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105679155/recent-releases-jamming-with-edward/ |access-date=16 July 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> In November 1972, the band began recording sessions in [[Kingston, Jamaica]], for the album ''[[Goats Head Soup]]'', which was released in 1973 and reached No. 1 in both the UK and US.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Goats Head Soup |url=http://www.rollingstones.com/release/goats-head-soup/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408205338/http://www.rollingstones.com/release/goats-head-soup/ |archive-date=8 April 2016 |access-date=20 June 2018 |website=The Rolling Stones}}</ref> The album includes the song "[[Angie (song)|Angie]]", a global hit that was the first in a string of commercially successful singles to emerge from tepidly received studio albums.<ref>{{cite web |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |title=Goats Head Soup β album review |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/goats-head-soup-mw0000650701 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130707063113/http://www.allmusic.com/album/goats-head-soup-mw0000650701 |archive-date=7 July 2013 |access-date=14 July 2013 |work=AllMusic}}</ref> The sessions for ''Goats Head Soup'' produced unused material, including "[[Waiting on a Friend]]", a ballad that was not released until the ''[[Tattoo You]]'' LP nine years later.{{sfn|Margotin|Guesdon|2016|pp=514, 528}} Another legal battle over drugs, dating back to their stay in France, interrupted the making of ''Goats Head Soup''. Authorities issued a warrant for Richards' arrest, and the other band members returned briefly to France for questioning related to the incident.{{sfn|Wyman|2002|p=408}} Along with Jagger's 1967 and 1970 convictions on drug charges, this complicated the band's plans for their [[The Rolling Stones Pacific Tour 1973|Pacific tour]] in early 1973. The band was denied permission to play in Japan and was nearly banned from playing in Australia. A [[The Rolling Stones European Tour 1973|European tour]] followed in September and October 1973, which bypassed France after Richards' arrest in England on drug charges.{{sfn|Wyman|2002|pp=361, 412}} The 1974 album ''[[It's Only Rock 'n Roll]]'' was recorded in the [[Musicland Studios]] in [[Munich]]; it reached No. 2 in the UK and No. 1 in the US.<ref name="Turner-1874">{{Cite news |last=Turner |first=Steve |date=6 December 1874 |title=Making The Stones' New Album |magazine=Rolling Stone |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/making-the-stones-new-album-19741205 |url-access=limited |access-date=11 October 2017 |archive-date=3 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130203095050/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/making-the-stones-new-album-19741205 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Jagger and Richards produced the album credited as "the Glimmer Twins".<ref>Jagger, M., Richards, R. (1974). [Liner notes]. In ''It's Only Rock'n'Roll'' [Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue]. Rolling Stones Records.</ref> The album and [[It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)|the single of the same name]] were both hits.<ref>{{Cite web |title=it's-only-rock-'n'-roll {{!}} full Official Chart History |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/search/albums/it%27s-only-rock-%27n%27-roll/ |access-date=11 October 2017 |website=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=it's-only-rock-and-roll {{!}} full Official Chart History |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/it%27s-only-rock-and-roll/ |access-date=11 October 2017 |website=Official Charts Company}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Landau |first=Jon |date=16 December 1974 |title=It's Only Rock 'n Roll |magazine=Rolling Stone |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/its-only-rock-n-roll-19741219 |access-date=11 October 2017|url-access=limited}}</ref> Following Mick Taylor's exodus from the band in December 1974, the Stones needed a new guitarist. The recording sessions for the next album, ''[[Black and Blue]]'' (1976) (No. 2 in the UK, No. 1 in the US), in Munich provided an opportunity for some guitarists hoping to join the band to work while trying out. Several guitarists were auditioned, some without even knowing they were auditioning.{{sfn|Jagger|Richards|Watts|Wood|2003|p=174}} [[Ronnie Wood]], then the guitarist of the band [[Faces (band)|Faces]] was selected and joined the band in 1975.<ref>{{Cite news |date=16 December 1974 |title=He'll Roll On |page=12 |work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin |agency=The Associated Press |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104741429/mick-taylor-leaves-stones/ |url-status=live |access-date=1 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701050738/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104741429/mick-taylor-leaves-stones/ |archive-date=1 July 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=McGarry |first=Vincent |date=31 January 1975 |title=Taylor & Jagger |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/taylor-jagger-186667/ |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701042334/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/taylor-jagger-186667/ |archive-date=1 July 2022 |access-date=1 July 2022 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Greene |first=Andy |date=29 April 2021 |title=Flashback: The Rolling Stones Perform 'Gimme Shelter' in 1975 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rolling-stones-gimme-shelter-live-1975-ronnie-wood-1162848/ |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701042333/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rolling-stones-gimme-shelter-live-1975-ronnie-wood-1162848/ |archive-date=1 July 2022 |access-date=1 July 2022 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> Wood has sometimes functioned as a mediator in the group, especially between Jagger and Richards.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=24 October 2007 |title=10 Questions for Ron Wood |url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1675621,00.html |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710114527/http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0%2C9171%2C1675621%2C00.html |archive-date=10 July 2015 |access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref> His first full-length LP with the band was ''[[Some Girls]]'' (1978), on which they ventured into [[disco]] and [[punk rock|punk]], a move primarily led by Jagger.{{sfn|Egan|2013|pp=336β350}}
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