Loving Cup
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| Song by The Rolling Stones | |||||
| Album | Exile on Main St. | ||||
| Released | May 12, 1972 | ||||
| Recorded | In LA, early 1972 | ||||
| Genre | Rock | ||||
| Length | 4m:25s | ||||
| Label | Rolling Stones/Virgin | ||||
| Writer | Jagger/Richards | ||||
| Producer | Jimmy Miller | ||||
| Exile on Main St. track listing | |||||
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"Loving Cup" is a song by The Rolling Stones featured on their 1972 album Exile on Main St.
Recording on "Loving Cup" started in December 1971 at Los Angeles' Sunset Sound Studios and lasted until March 1972. Mick Jagger performs lead vocals and backing with Keith Richards. Richards and Mick Taylor perform the song's guitars. Bass and drums are provided by Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts, respectively. Piano is provided by Stones recording veteran Nicky Hopkins. Saxophone is by Bobby Keys and both trumpet and trombone are by Jim Price. The album's producer, Jimmy Miller, provides the maracas.
"Loving Cup" has been performed sporadically by the Stones' since its introduction to their catalogue. It was heard during the 1972 tour of America, and was re-introduced to setlists during the 2002-2003 Licks Tour. It would also be performed with Jack White during the 2006 leg of the A Bigger Bang Tour, a captured performance appearing on the 2008 live album Shine a Light.
