Since it never really appeared on a “proper” Rolling Stones album—it’s on More Hot Rocks and a few other, lesser compilations—“Child of the Moon,” the dreamy B-side to 1968’s “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” single (a lunar love song to Marianne Faithfull) has remained one of the group’s more obscure 60s “deep cuts.” Then again it’s a Rolling Stones song, just how obscure could it really be? Mileage may vary.
 

 
Having said that, the promo film that was made for the number—a somewhat Kenneth Anger-inspired short directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg and probably shot by Michael Cooper (who in fact lensed Anger’s Lucifer Rising, note the similarities in these stills, it’s even the same 16mm film stock)—is far less well known. A shitty version of this popped up on YouTube and Dailymotion briefly in late 2014, but it was a nth generation dub, black and white—more like black, white and green—and nearly unwatchable, with the essence—and the borderline disturbing sexual menace element—leeched right out of it. You could tell what was going on, but that was about it. It was new to me.
 

 
There’s a cosmic law that dictates: “Anything that can be uploaded to the Internet in crappy quality, can and will be uploaded in awesome quality if you just wait long enough.” This looks like legit HD video to me. On a large flat screen TV it looks fantastic. Is there a Stones video comp similar to the recent Beatles #1 Blu-ray on the way? Let’s hope.

Ladies and gentlemen, the Rolling Stones in “Child of the Moon”...