Here, Margaret Howard asked him about the Rolling Stones' association with violence. INSKEEP: That event was still in the news in 1971 when NPR went on the air and this new network played part of a BBC interview with Mick Jagger. The Stones took a lot of heat for their role in creating that atmosphere. The Hells Angels motorcycle gang was there to provide crowd control, but their violent interactions with the audience resulted in a near riot and the stabbing death of one fan. KING: "Sticky Fingers" was the first album the Stones released after a disastrous free concert at Altamont in Northern California. ROLLING STONES: (Singing) Sometimes I'm sexy, move like a stud, like kicking the stall all night. KING: The songs were often just as provocative - booze, drugs, sex all there. The first pressing of that album had an actual working zipper. Well, the album cover for "Sticky Fingers" featured a risque photograph from the mind of Andy Warhol of a male model in tight jeans seen only from the waist down. The "Sticky Fingers" album cover - back in 1971, albums were released physically with these things called covers. KING: NPR is celebrating 50 years on the air, so every once in a while, we're looking back to some of the other things that were born in 1971. (SOUNDBITE OF ROLLING STONES SONG, "B****") Fifty years ago, the Rolling Stones released what is considered to be one of their best albums, "Sticky Fingers."
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