One of the first audience recordings of the November, 1969, Madison Square Garden shows surfaced on an LP titled "Stoned-M.S.G.". By the time we were in Detroit, I'd say, it was like a one hundred percent improvement.'" It was clear to Mick, who noted: 'Compared to the way we sounded later along, we were terrible in San Francisco. That was clear to anyone who heard them on the West Coast, in San Francisco or Los Angeles, and then, later, in New York or West Palm Beach. "The band got better and better the more they performed. The December 28, 1969, issue of "Rolling Stone" magazine reported on the Madison Square Garden (MSG) performances as follows: "Ya-Ya's" continues to this day, in the opinion of many, to be the ultimate expression of a live recording of a Rolling Stones performance. It has been written that "Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!" (GYYYO) was released to counter sales of the bootleg LP "Liver Than You'll Ever Be", but the audio and video taping of several East Coast shows was certainly a premeditated event destine to permanently set the record straight. What could be more fitting a tribute than a live record to "document" the Rolling Stones claim as the "Greatest Rock n' Roll Band in the World".
The 1969 tour was triumphant return to live performance with a band again capable of touring. Audiences could now hear the music being played and they were listening. No more screaming crowds or 30 minute sets as was the standard in 1966. It was only three short years since the Stones toured the States in 1969, but it may have well been thirty.
The Rolling Stones - Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!