The Rolling Stones Archive.org -

Archive.org became the sanctuary for this grit.

One of the crown jewels in collection is the run of shows from the Los Angeles Forum in July 1975. The band toured with a giant lotus flower stage, and the bootleg recordings capture Billy Preston’s electric keyboards pushing the band into funk territories they never explored on tape. Multiple versions exist: listen to the "Low Gen Reel Transfer" for warmth, or the "Remastered by FanX" for boosted clarity. the rolling stones archive.org

What makes the Archive special is the metadata. Each entry is usually uploaded by a specific taper or a fan group. When you click on a show, you don't just get a tracklist; you often get the lineage of the recording. Archive

When a 16-year-old on Reddit posts, “Listening to the Stones from the 1972 tour on archive.org, why don’t they play this fast anymore?” —that teenager buys a ticket the next time the tour rolls through town. Multiple versions exist: listen to the "Low Gen