In 1963, in a south London hotel, Andrew Loog Oldham discovered an unknown rhythm and blues band called the Rolling Stones and became their manager and producer; by 1967 they had achieved worldwide celebrity, been arrested in a notorious drugs raid and split with the manager that made them.2Stonedis the remarkable record of these years, when Oldham’s radical strategies transformed them into the Greatest Rock ‘n’ Roll Band That Ever Drew Breath.In his first book,Stoned, Oldham recorded his early years and the meeting with the Stones that changed all their fates;2Stonedis the story of what followed.