With Mick Taylor gone, The Stones were auditioning lead guitarists while recording Black And Blue. Harvey Mandel from Canned Heat played on this, but Ron Wood got the job.
This was dangerously close to disco - Donna Summer had a disco hit three years later with a the same title.
Billy Preston played the piano, Ollie E. Brown was on percussion.
"Hot Stuff" was the working title for the album until they decided on Black And Blue.
