Dvd's: The Rolling Stones on The Ed Sullivan Show

Dvd's: The Rolling Stones on The Ed Sullivan Show

The Rolling Stones' performances on The Ed Sullivan Show - there's 17 of them - will be released on dvd on Nov. 1 in a deluxe package (Universal Music Enterprises and Sofa Entertainment). An abridged version of the Stones on "Sullivan" will be released Oct. 4.

 

The deluxe edition, titled "Six Ed Sullivan Shows starring The Rolling Stones" includes several performances that have never been released, including their final appearance on the variety show on Nov. 23, 1969. The deluxe package includes six full episodes of "The Ed Sullivan Show" while the Oct. 4 release is "Four Ed Sullivan Shows starring The Rolling Stones."

The Rolling Stones appeared six times on "Ed Sullivan" between 1964 and 1969. Both packages include all of the complete episodes, which feature performances from Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Tom Jones and Petula Clark, comedians Phyllis Diller, Robert Klein and Rodney Dangerfield, plus the Muppets, dance troupes and opera singers.