History Film / TheRollingStonesRockAndRollCircus

'''The Rolling Stones Rock And Roll Circus''' was a circus-themed concert film made in 1968, but did not see the light of day until 1995.

* GrandFinale: The special closes out with [[Music/BeggarsBanquet "Salt of the Earth"]], with all the performers gathered together on the bleachers surrounding Mick and Keith, and joining in on backing vocals.

This was the last recorded performance of Brian Jones before his death several months later.

%%* UsefulNotes/SignedLanguage: John Lennon introduced the Stones' set in this manner.

* Main/{{Supergroup}}: The Dirty Mac, combining members of Music/TheBeatles, Music/TheRollingStonesBand, Music/{{Cream}} and The Music/JimiHendrix Experience, with Music/JohnLennon on lead vocals singing [[Music/TheWhiteAlbum "Yer Blues"]].

* OvershadowedByAwesome: By their own admission, the Stones' set was a bit underwhelming (in no small part because Music/BrianJones was pretty clearly not a good mental state at that point), but it's long been rumored that one specific reason the special wasn't publicly released till 1995 was because of Music/TheWho's amazing performance of "A Quick One While He's Away", and they couldn't take being upstaged by a rival band in their own show. Similarly, The Dirty Mac's performance was heavily bootlegged and much more commented on than the Stones'.

* OvershadowedByAwesome: Supposedly, one reason the special wasn't publicly released till 1995 was because of Music/TheWho's amazing performance of "A Quick One While He's Away", and they couldn't take being upstaged by a rival band in their own show.
%%* Main/{{Supergroup}}: The Dirty Mac.

* CircusEpisode: And ''how!'' The theater was set up to look like a big top, the audience were dressed accordingly, and circus performers like trapeze artists and fire eaters appeared in between the musical acts.

* NonIronicClown: One stood in front of Mick while he introduced Jethro Tull.

* Main/{{Supergroup}}: The Dirty Mac.
* UsefulNotes/SignedLanguage: John Lennon introduced the Stones' set in this manner.

* Main/{{Supergroup}}: The Dirty Mac

In the center ring were, of course, [[Music/TheRollingStones the Stones]], who performed their then-current hits in the second half of the show; in the first half, they stood off to the side as they introduced their fellow rock'n'rollers including Music/JethroTull, Music/TheWho, Music/TajMahal and Music/MarianneFaithfull. But the biggest surprise was the only performance of a Main/{{Supergroup}} known as The Dirty Mac–which consisted of Music/JohnLennon, Music/YokoOno, Music/EricClapton, [[Music/TheJimiHendrixExperience Mitch Mitchell]] and Keith.

* Main/CircusEpisode: And ''how!'' The theater was set up to look like a big top, the audience were dressed accordingly, and circus performers like trapeze artists and fire eaters appeared in between the musical acts.
* Main/DeletedScene: Additional songs from Taj Mahal and a piano performance from Julius Katchen were filmed, but did not make the final cut.
* Main/HappyCircusMusic: Two traditional circus standards appear–"Entry of the Gladiators" at the start of the show, and "Over the Waves" during the trapeze interlude.

->''"You've heard of Oxford Circus, you've heard of Piccadilly Circus, and this is the Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus, and we've got sights and sounds and marvels to delight your eyes and ears, and you'll be able to see the very first one of those in a few moments."''

In the center ring were, of course, [[Music/TheRollingStones the Stones]], who performed their then-current hits in the second half of the show; in the first half, they stood off to the side as they introduced their fellow rock'n'rollers including Music/JethroTull, Music/TheWho, Music/TajMahal and Music/MarianneFaithful. But the biggest surprise was the only performance of a Main/{{Supergroup}} known as The Dirty Mac–which consisted of Music/JohnLennon, Music/YokoOno, Music/EricClapton, [[Music/TheJimiHendrixExperience Mitch Mitchell]] and Keith.

* Main/CircusEpisode: And ''how!'' The theater was set up to look like a big top, the audience were dressed accordingly, and circus performers like trapeze artists and flame throwers appeared in between the musical acts.

'''The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus''' was a circus-themed concert film made in 1968, but did not see the light of day until 1995.

This was the last recorded performance of Brian Jones before his death several months later.