'' Ladies and Gentlemen : The Rolling Stones '' is a concert movie featuring the British rock band The Rolling Stones that was first released in 1974 . Directed by Rollin Binzer and produced by Binzer and Marshall Chess , it was filmed in 16 mm by Bob Freeze and Steve Gebhardt of Butterfly Films during four shows in Fort Worth , Texas , at the Tarrant County Convention Center and Houston , Texas , at the Hofheinz Pavilion , from the band 's 1972 North American Tour in support of their classic 1972 album '' Exile on Main St. '' The film was blown up to 35 mm with a " fluid gate " process for theatrical release . The concerts were recorded in 32 tracks and the soundtrack was mixed in Twickenham Studios in England . In its initial U.S. theatrical run it was released in " Quadrasound " which was a variation of the four-track magnetic sound format . Instead of the usual right , centre , left and single surround tracks , Quadrasound fed right and left screen speakers and right and left ( split surround ) speakers . The objective of the quadraphonic sound recording was to transform the 650 seat motion picture theatre auditorium into the auditory phenomenon of a 10,000 seat rock 'n roll arena . The film began before most audience members even realized it : a black screen and quadraphonic audience noise fooled theatergoers into accepting the recorded ambience as coming from their own venue , intensifying the aural intimacy when the Stones began to play
1972 North American Tour
The Rolling Stones American Tour 1972
Ladies and Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones