Stones look to repeat Led Zep success story.(DVD)

Even since 1970, when Mick Jagger negotiated the Rolling Stones' own marketing and distribution deal with Atlantic Records, the band have revelled in their ability to hop from company to company at their own convenience.

In addition to Ahmet Ertegun and Jerry Wexler's legendary label, Decca/London, CBS and Virgin have all had the Stones' signatures at one time or another. but Warner Vision's recent announcement that it will be releasing Four Flicks, a four-DVD live set filmed on their recent tour, still came as a surprise.

The Stones, who remain in contract to Virgin for their studio albums, filmed the gigs and produced the DVD in partnership with TGA Entertainment, the worldwide promoter for the Forty Licks tour. Given that the tour only finished in September, the release has been slow to hit the schedules and was little more than a rumour until mid-October, when Warner announced it would be releasing the DVD on November 17.

"We were their first port of call because they were aware that we are the most aggressive of DVD companies on an international basis," says Warner Vision International president Ray Still. "A couple of them came to the US premiere of the Led Zeppelin DVD and ...