1969-July-5 Rolling Stones Hyde Park 1969 (Swinging Pig) Hyde Park London, England Disc 1 1 Eulogy For Brian Jones 2.42 2 I'm Yours And I'm Hers 2.26 3 Jumping Jack Flash 3.57 4 No Expectations 3.49 5 Mercy, Mercy 3.13 6 Stray Cat Blues 3.43 7 I'm Free 2.54 8 Down Home Girl 5.22 9 Love In Vain 4.39 10 Loving Cup 5.43 Disc 2 1 Midnight Rambler 8.08 2 Satisfaction 4.24 3 Honky Tonk Women 3.40 4 Street Fighting Man 3.42 5 Sympathy For The Devil 18.59 An interesting performance. The Stones are playing sort of loose and ragged, which is not a bad thing and sounds pretty good. This show can easily be grouped with their Rock And Roll Circus show on 68-Dec-10/11, in that both shows are probably the biggest change of their live concert career. Both shows debuted (or nearly debuted) many songs that would be staples of all future Stones concerts. Also, taken together they represent a major change in their line-up, and hence sound. The 1968 was Brian Jones' final concert with the Stones and Hyde Park was Mick Taylor's debut concert. Both brought different things to the Stones: Brian brought unusual stringed instruments, which added so much to their sound, and Mick Taylor brought the best lead guitar playing the Stones have seen before or since. I think he at least matched Brian's slide playing, if not surpassed it. The Hyde Park show does not really contain any of the amazing lead playing Mick Taylor would contribute to their shows over the next four years. This show was the only time they played I'm Yours And I'm Hers (sometimes referred to, incorrectly, as Lemon Squeezer), which is sort of odd, as it's the highlight of the show for me. It has a killer raw sound, fueled by Mick Taylor's slide guitar. Similarly, I think this was the only time they played Mercy Mercy and Down Home Girl. Definitely the last time they were played. This show also contains the debut performance of Love In Vain, Stray Cat Blues, Loving Cup, Midnight Rambler, Honky Tonk Women, Street Fighting Man, possibly I'm Free, and the second performance of No Expectations and Sympathy For The Devil and the third performance of Jumping Jack Flash. At the time, this was about as fresh of a set list as Stones would ever have. It also contains a more popish version of I'm Free than the more bluesy version of their 1969 US tour, though both are equally enjoyable. Definitely a great song. The 17 minute version of Sympathy For The Devil does absolutely nothing for me. I much prefer the version on the 1969 US tour. I highly encourage everyone to get the Stones In The Park video of this show. Though it's incomplete, it is a great document of this show, giving you some pre-concert shots as well as showing you what the Stones looked liked when they played at this show. Mick Jagger's outfit is great. Below review is courtesy of: John Mazcko Famous free concert held in Hyde Park, on July 5th, 1969!! This is among the top 5 bootlegs from 1969 and one of the top 2 sounding bootlegs from 1969!! The sound quality is nothing great, but it is very good!! It was recorded from the same source of the video!! Overall, the performance is somewhat sloppy, although it does have its moments!! If you didn't know already, this concert served as a memorial concert to Brian Jones who drowned in his swimming pool two days earlier. It was also the first show with the amazing guitar prodigy - Mick Taylor!! The crowd at Hyde Park was among their largest ever with 300,000!! Some of the songs played at this concert, haven't been played live since then! These songs include: I'm Yours And I'm Hers by Johnny Winter, Mercy Mercy, and Down Home Girl! Loving Cup was not officially released until 1972! This is an excellent and totally different early version called Gimme A Little Drink!! Without question, the highlight of the show is a phenomenal 17 minute version of Sympathy For The Devil, which includes a group of African percussionists helping out on the track!! It is the longest live version of the song that they have ever played and a favorite of mine!!