Forty years ago, the world was on the brink of revolution. But while Mick was urging insurrection on the streets of London, John was preaching peace and love. In a series of incendiary, rediscovered interviews, Jagger and Lennon reveal themselves as never before or since: battling one another for the soul of rock’n'roll

By Leo Burley

Please allow me to introduce himself, Michael Philip Jagger, a 24-year-old man of wealth, taste and immaculate timing as he strides towards the American Embassy in London’s Grosvenor Square on Sunday 17 March 1968. He is at the height of his dark powers, and the Rolling Stones’ Beggars Banquet is about to confirm his place as the demonic king of a new kind of rock that both draws on and reflects this year’s violent political events – and in so doing, force the Beatles from the pop throne they have occupied for the past five years.
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