Why the Rolling Stones Recorded 'Goats Head Soup' in Jamaica and How Drug Busts and Unrest Shaped 'Angie'

The Stones chose Dynamic Sound Studios in Kingston for the same reason many British rock bands fled to Jamaica in the early ’70s: tax exile. Recording outside the UK meant they kept more of their money, but Kingston also offered a cheaper studio with state-of-the-art 16-track gear and a local reggae atmosphere that seeped into the record’s murky feel. They went for financial sense, but the island