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Keith and Mick have been known as the Glimmer Twins since 1974. "Mick, me and our ladies took a boat to Rio that was full of these upper-class English people, all drinking like mad, pink gins and pink champagne, crowding the bar," recalls Keith. "I was dressed at the time in a diaphanous djellaba, Mexican […]

"Making good [on] our escape after refusing to appear on the roundabout. This was a lovely photo of Mick and Keith and shows what a great laugh we all thought it was," says Charlie Watts.

"I've had two or three houses burn down. Redlands burned down once – the roof went with the whole top floor," says Keith Richards. "It was a terrible thing to happen to such a beautiful place. Parts of it date back to the 12th century."

Charlie Watts, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Bill Wyman and Brian Jones horse around.

"This was my midnight blue Aston Martin DB6 after I'd had a run-in with another car close to my flat in Harley House, Marylebone. I'd only had it for three weeks when this happened. It cost me 200 pounds to have it fixed," recalls Mick Jagger.

Mick Jagger takes a moment to relax while on the road.

"Pretty much sums up life on the road back then: a café somewhere, cups of tea and fags," says Keith Richards.

Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts survey the land.

"The day before, we had appeared on Dean Martin's TV show," Keith Richards explains of this shot. "He was sarcastic when he introduced us: 'These long-haired wonders from England, the Rolling Stones… They're backstage picking the fleas off each other.' Next morning we all went shopping for clothes with [manager] Andrew [Loog Oldham]."

The band gives a press conference at the bandstand in Hyde Park, London, to introduce Mick Taylor, Brian's replacement, and to announce that they will be giving a free concert in the park on July 5th.

Mick and Keith at the Feathers pub on Fleet Street following their release from prison. At the end of July, Keith won his appeal and Mick was given a conditional discharge.

Mick and Keith appeared in court for a drugs bust at Keith's home in Redlands, Sussex, in February 1967. They elected to be tried by jury the following month. Mick was found guilty and remanded in custody so that he could be sentenced after Keith's case was tried. He was taken to Lewes Prison where […]