The Rolling Stones Bootleg Series:  The Brussels Affair OOP box set New

$

575

On offer is the limited edition Brussels Affair box set featuring what is arguably their best live recording. 
This is the unsigned edition. 3LPs, 2CDs.

Full, unopened, set that includes:
Gatefold album containing booklet, triple 180 gram vinyl (5 sides, last side has etching), and double CD.
Limited-edition hardcover book with slipcase with candid photos & commentary from the 1973 tour
“Tongue & Lips” Seiko Watch
1973 Tour Lithograph
Housed in presentation box and packaged in velvet bag

The LP/CD set is sealed. The rest is in the original packaging, double-boxed and opened once to make sure everything that was supposed to be included was. 
Some info:

Last November The Rolling Stones made their much bootlegged 1973 gig recorded at the Forest National in Belgium available for download, via their new stonesarchive.comwebsite. The Brussels Affair was available in MP3 or FLAC format, for under $10 but was not given a physical release.

On 17 November, almost exactly one year on, the band will be making available three limited edition box sets of The Brussels Affair which start at an eye-watering $750 rising to a dizzy $1500 for the most expensive variant.

All three sets feature a 180-gram triple-vinyl set of the complete Brussels concert, a ’70s-era “Tongue & Lips” Watch with Japan Seiko movement and stainless steel face with brass dial and a 200 page Limited-Edition Book, numbered and hand-signed by Mick Jagger, Michael Putland and Nick Kent.

The “Art Edition” is the most expensive box ($1500) and also features a Limited-Edition Silver Gelatin Print, hand-signed by the photographer, Michael Putland. Only 73 of these sets are being made available.

The cheapest “Collector’s Edition” still has a production run of only 1,727 and comes with a 1973 Tour Lithograph, while the mid-range “Platinum Edition” replaces this standard litho with a Limited-Edition Tour Litho of 173 pieces, hand-signed by Mick Jagger, with only 173 units available.



The Rolling Stones were at a live peak when they headed out on a European tour in September 1973 to support their dark new album Goats Head Soup. A recording of their October 17th show at Brussels, Belgium’s Forest Hills Arena – featuring the band ripping through new tracks like “Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)” and “Dancing With Mr. D” – circulated among fans for years before being released as part of Google Music’s Stones Archive series in 2011. “Toward the end of [hearing] it, I wondered what the rest of the band were on, because things were starting to rock at a ferocious pace,” Keith Richards said in 2011. “I’ve rarely heard the Stones that early on playing live that well-recorded.”

The set is now physically available as the Brussels Affair box set, a high-end package that includes the show on 180-gram vinyl, a limited-edition book of photos by tour photographer Michael Putland with words by Nick Kent (and, in some cases, a signature by Mick Jagger), a tour lithograph and even a tongue-and-lips-styled watch. “You just look at it and you go, ‘Wow, this is beautiful,'” says Tom Bennett, chief executive officer of Bravado (Universal Music’s merchandising division). The set starts at $750. “It’s a great gift whether it’s your 50th birthday or 40th birthday or your wedding. It’s not cheap, but it was never meant to be cheap.”