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From the BBC:
10 May, 1967: Two Rolling Stones on drugs charges
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of rock band the Rolling Stones have appeared before magistrates in Chichester, West Sussex, charged with drug offences.
The magistrates heard that after a tip-off, police raided Mr Richards's mansion in Redlands Road, West Wittering on the evening of Sunday 12 February during a party.
They searched the house, interviewed eight men and one woman and found various tablets and substances that were later examined by the Metropolitan Police Laboratory.
During the police raid, officers took away a number of items including Chinese joss sticks suspected of masking the sweet smell of cannabis resin and pudding basins holding cigarette ash.
Stones' lead singer Mr Jagger, 24, has been accused of illegally possessing four tablets containing amphetamine sulphate and methylamphetamine hydrochloride.
Guitarist Mr Richards, also 24, is charged with allowing his house to be used for the purpose of smoking cannabis.
Both Mr Jagger and Mr Richards pleaded not guilty and were released on bail to appear for trial at West Sussex Quarter Sessions on 22 June.
Outside the court, a crowd of young fans were waiting to see the stars but the two men were driven away in a chauffeur-driven car from the back of the building.
A third man, 29-year-old Robert Fraser, a gallery owner has been charged with possession of heroine and eight capsules of methylamphetamine hydrochloride.
Mick Jagger (left) and Keith Richards pleaded not guilty to all charges
In Context
During the widely publicised trial, the prosecution said the only woman at the house - singer Marianne Faithful and Jagger's girlfriend - was dressed in nothing but a fur rug that she let slip occasionally. They claimed her lack of inhibition was a sign that she was under the influence of cannabis.
On 29 June, the judge sentenced Jagger to three months for possession of amphetamines and Richards to one year in jail for allowing cannabis to be smoked in his home.
But in August the sentences - considered very harsh for first offences - were quashed on appeal.
The Stones continued to dabble in drugs and break the law as befitted their wild image. Richards at one point became a heroin addict. But by the turn of the century the band had become an institution as the longest-running rock group in history.
Mick Jagger was awarded a knighthood in the Queen's Birthday Honours list in June 2002.
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| corgi37 |
Ahh, memories.
And, it was the time Mars Bars popularity surged! lol |
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| Honky Tonk Man |
Thanks for posting this FPM.
It all seems quite innocent by today’s standards! 
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| glencar |
Somewhere someone has posted the "We Love You" video. Incredible stuff. |
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| justforyou |
quote:
glencar wrote:
Somewhere someone has posted the "We Love You" video. Incredible stuff.
Brian is getting ridiculed in that video. Fun seeing the styles at that time. |
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