The Rolling Stones by Gered Mankowitz – in pictures

When photographer Eric Swayne died in 2007, he left a cardboard box marked 'Do not throw out'. His sons opened it to find images of a lost world of 60s scenesters

In the half-century since playing their first gig in 1962 at the Marquee Club on London's Oxford Street, the Rolling Stones have shown a remarkable visual flair – as shown in these pictures from The Rolling Stones 50, a new book commemorating the band's career

The late Jim Marshall, one of rock's greatest photographers, went on the road with the Rolling Stones in 1972. Take a look at some of his classic images

Fifty years ago this week, a nervous band called the Rollin' Stones played their first gig – to a bemused crowd of jazz fans. Christopher Sandford, the band's biographer, on the beginning of a revolution

Images of music stars and models left in box by late photographer Eric Swayne to go on display in London gallery

Mick Jagger gives the crowd some Satisfaction as the Stones played their first ever Glastonbury show