The Book

Love You Live, Rolling Stones: Fanfare From the Common Fan is the only tribute book about the Rolling Stones presented from the fans' perspective. It is a collection of stories by fans on the road with the band, for over four decades. It features hundreds of never-before-published photos of the world's Greatest Rock & Roll Band.

Written, edited and compiled by Marilou Regan, Love You Live contains 80 stories from fans from 20 countries around the world who wrote about Rolling Stones memories at some of the most important events in the history of Rock'n'Roll. First-person stories including: the crowd record-breaking concert in Hyde Park, the infamous Altamont Concert; and the BBC special Rock'n'Roll Circus. Each story contains a historic perspective of the era and the mood of the country it represents. The stories are anecdotal and personal and filled with adventures from Rolling Stones tours.

Love You Live is the only tribute book dedicated to the Stones by their fans, who have shared their personal photos and memorabilia collections for the book. And Rolling Stones guitarist Ron Wood has contributed collectible artwork. This big, beautiful full colour coffee table book has 256 pages and measures 9 x 12 inches.

The book takes its name from the popular live Rolling Stones double album released in 1977, which was mostly recorded during their Tour of the Americas in 1975. At the beginning of each concert on this tour an excerpt from Aaron Copland's "Fanfare for the Common Man" was played as an overture.

The book's business matters with the Stones organization have been at the centre of controversy, but author Marilou Regan wants to focus on the acclaim from the fans, the positive press reviews and the many prestigious national awards the book has won. It is a work of art and a must-have for any serious Stones fan.

Love You Live is now out of print and Marilou has fewer than 200 copies left. It is highly unlikely that the book will ever be re-printed, so time is running out to buy a copy.

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The Controversy

Author Marilou Regan worked for several years with the Stones organisation to produce this book, allowing them to approve every word and photo. They even gave her contacts and photos to use.

There was a signed contract between the organization and Marilou to include this fabulous book in the Licks tour merchandise package. She had a contract with them to buy a certain number of books and to sell the book as the official book of the tour. They demanded exclusivity and she cancelled other offers from distributors to sell the book. She re-mortgaged her house to publish it.

At the 11th hour when the tour was readying they screwed her, telling her that now Prince Rupert’s daughter was going to write the official book and they would not be selling her book after all. They demanded all of the material they gave her be returned and it was used in the other book.

Marilou hired lawyers to fight the breach of contract and other issues and through talks with lawyers was led to believe they would carry an updated version of the book on their Bigger Bang Tour. When it came time to work the details out, she was stonewalled.

After two years of negotiations with the Stones lawyers to get back her investment, Marilou finally had to file a Federal lawsuit against the Stones organization, Cohl, Rupert and others.

To date the Stones' organisation has spent over one million dollars to fight Marilou's case.

In September 2008, a judge in Pennsylvania ruled that the lawsuit Marilou Regan filed against Prince Rupert and Michael Cohl etc, had to be thrown out since "the Stones organisation doesn't do business in Pennsylvania". A technicality that could be overruled by the Supreme Court.

She now owes her attorney $75,000, on top of the $250,000 debt she incurred and the value of the contract that Cohl and Loewenstein broke. She took up a loan on her home to finance the project, when the contract was cancelled at the last minute and it was too late to turn back. She's in danger of losing her house and everything she's worked for her entire life.
And all because she's a die hard Stones fan who wanted to give you the tribute book you deserve.

Marilou's sad situation has upset many fans. Those of us who have managed to get copies of the book just love it Her only recourse was to file a lawsuit to force the guilty parties to right their wrongs against her. As it stands now, one of the biggest and most loyal fans of the Rolling Stones is royally and financially screwed by the band's (former?) business partners.

The Author

Marilou Regan has had many professional incarnations, from newspaper reporter, to public relations executive, to TV producer, all of which evolved from her work as a yoga instructor. She has followed the Rolling Stones since her pre-adolescent days and has been to over 85 Stones concerts in 10 countries, since 1972.

Marilou has has written exclusively about the band for international music publications, which published her concert reviews, band history, feature articles, interviews and profiles, She lives, writes, practices her asanas and plays the Stones in the Philadelphia suburbs.