The Opening Words

Lines with common symbols (+,-,*) are doubled and tripled, that is at some point all sets of lines are being said at once. The show sources for the lines have been identified where possible.

Left Channel:

+ Se..seems...se..seems to be ready are you ready?: (November 28, 1969 1st)

+ Everybody ready

For the next band...

- Well the biggest band to visit New York

- We'll they've done the West Coast and they've done all sorts of other places in America and now they're in New York: (November 27, 1969)

- The greatest rock 'n roll band in the world: (November 28, 1969 1st show)

* For the first time in three years: (November 27, 1969 or November 28, 1969 1st show)

* Welcome the Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones...The Rolling Stones: (November 27, 1969, and every show I know of on the 1969 tour, he always said this twice.)

Right Channel:

Se..seems...se..seems to be ready are you ready?: (November 28, 1969 1st)

We're sorry for the delay

+ Is everybody ready... for the next band

+ We'll they've done the West Coast and they've done all sorts of other places in America and now they're in New York: (November 27, 1969)

+ For the next band..stand-up and sound as if you are ready con(?)..Let's really hear it for the next band

- For the first time in three years..The Rolling Stones..The Rolling Stones: (November 27, 1969)

- Sit tall and have a fantastic time

The greatest rock 'n roll band in the world: (November 28, 1969 1st show)

The Rolling Stones..The Rolling Stones

The opening lines from MSG, November 27, 1969

Cutler:

"They've done the West Coast and they've done all sorts of other places in America, and now they're in New York. For the first time in three years The Rolling Stones...The Rolling Stones"

Jagger:

"All right...all right...whoo"

The opening lines from MSG November 28, 1969, 2nd:

Jagger:

"Far out...sorry you had to wait".

These words were spliced into the "Gimme Shelter" movie just before Honky Tonk Women.

The opening lines from the "Gimme Shelter" movie:

Cutler:

Everybody seems to be ready are you ready?

For the first time in three years

The greatest rock 'n roll band in the world

The Rolling Stones..The Rolling Stones

Jagger:

* We're gonna have a look at ya

* We're gonna see how beautiful you are

* Whoo...all right

* Ooh New York City your talkin' a lot let's have a look at ya

* Let's have a look at New York City...whoo

* Well all right

Welcome to the Breakfast Show

The Breakfast Show is November 28, 1969 1st Show!

* Spliced in from the words spoken before Little Queenie Nov. 28, 1969 1st show. Jagger always asked for the house lights before this song on the '69 tour.

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