这是一张传说中的专辑,是一张被遗忘的经典之作。专辑记录的是1973年欧洲巡回演唱会最后第二站,在比利时布鲁塞尔国家森林公园的演出现场。之前由电台等录音拼凑起来的此现场专辑,也在铁杆歌迷中不断流传。但官方发行现场专辑的计划却一再搁置。幸运的是,今天一切都改变了!官网在2011年11月17日,正式发行经数码修复的全新版本,使经典重现! The first item the band are releasing is the long-awaited download of a legendary 1973 concert, recorded at the Forest National in Belgium. Long hailed by die-hard Stones fans as one of the band's greatest live performances, The Brussels Affair has been a mainstay in the underground music world for years. The original bootlegs, sold under such titles as Europe 73, Bedspring Symphony and Brussels Affair, were cobbled together from assorted radio broadcasts, including the syndicated radio programme King Biscuit Flower Hour, and usually contained songs performed at other venues. The new edition, pulled exclusively from the two Brussels gigs, was taken from the original multi-track masters recorded by Andy Johns on the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio. Longtime Stones collaborator Bob Clearmountain applied the final mix.Brussels was the penultimate stop on a European tour that the Stones embarked upon in the autumn of 1973 to promote the album Goats Head Soup. At the time, the Stones were by far the biggest stars on the planet, and the 21-city tour was met by ecstatic crowds, causing the band to frequently perform two shows a day, as they did at the Forest National arena in Brussels. Despite the frenetic pace, the road trip yielded some of the band's greatest music on stage.The Brussels Affair captures that greatness. From the opening chords of