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"Gimme Shelter" [a] is a song by the English rock band the Rolling Stones. Written by Jagger–Richards , it is the opening track of the band's 1969 album Let It Bleed . [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The song covers the brutal realities of war , including murder , rape and fear .
Additionally, "Gimme Shelter" is rendered as "Gimmie Shelter" on the jacket. Some releases have "Gimmie Shelter" on the cover, the inner sleeve and the LP label. All tracks are written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards , except "Love in Vain" by Robert Johnson .
Gimme Shelter is a compilation album by The Rolling Stones, released on Decca Records in 1971. It reached number 19 on the UK Albums Chart. [2] This is not a soundtrack album from the film of the same name. Side one is composed of previously released studio recordings from 1968 and 1969.
A photograph of the band at Swarkestone Hall Pavilion, taken by Michael Joseph in 1968, was printed on the back cover of the vinyl release. The album is the best selling of the numerous Decca / ABKCO releases after the Rolling Stones lost control of their pre-1971 catalogue to their former manager Allen Klein .
The compilation includes cover versions of "1969", originally recorded by the Stooges, and "Gimme Shelter", originally recorded by the Rolling Stones, which appeared on the Alice and Temple of Love 12 inch EPs, respectively.
Ladies and Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones is a concert movie featuring the British rock band the Rolling Stones that was first released in 1974. Directed by Rollin Binzer and produced by Binzer and Marshall Chess, it was filmed in 16mm by Bob Freeze and Steve Gebhardt of Butterfly Films during four shows in Fort Worth, Texas, at the Tarrant County Convention Center and Houston, Texas, at the ...
When Chanel Haynes showed up at Milan’s San Siro Stadium to sing “Gimme Shelter” with the Rolling Stones on June 21, she had a lot on her mind: She had spent the past few months in London ...
O'Neill, who, in the mid 1970s, had worked for a time as a clerical assistant in the Department of Health and Social Security, released a single for Oval Records in 1975, "Achin' in My Heart"/"Cold on Me", under the name Jimme Shelter (a throwback to the song, "Gimme Shelter" by The Rolling Stones).