12 × 5

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12 × 5
The Rolling Stones studio album

Publication
(s)

17th October 1964

Label (s) London Records (US)

Format (s)

LP, CD

Genre (s)

Rock 'n' Roll , Rhythm and Blues

Title (number)

12

running time

32:24

occupation
  • Mick Jagger : vocals, harmonica, percussion, tambourine
  • Brian Jones : electric guitar, harmonica, tambourine, guitar, percussion, backing vocals

production

Andrew Loog Oldham

Studio (s)

Regent Sound Studios, London
Chess Studios, Chicago

chronology
The Rolling Stones (1964, UK)
England's Newest Hit Makers (1964, US) 		12 × 5 The Rolling Stones No. 2 (1965, UK)
The Rolling Stones, Now! (1965, USA)

12 × 5 is the second Rolling Stones studio album released in the US . It was released on October 17, 1964, just under five months after the American version of their debut album, England's Newest Hit Makers, was released .

Album history

12 × 5 follows the proven concept of the previous album , the song material consists of rhythm and blues cover versions as well as own compositions, some of which are hidden behind the double pseudonym Nanker / Phelge . It was the first release of the Rolling Stones in the USA, for which there was no similar album for the British market.

On August 14, 1964, the record company Decca, responsible for distribution in Great Britain, had released the five-song EP Five by Five , recorded on June 11, 1964 at Chess Studios in Chicago. Since an EP was not considered a lucrative format in the USA, the Rolling Stones' record company London Records, which was responsible for the American market, extended the EP to the usual LP format with seven additional songs, recorded between February and September 1964.

The record sleeve shows the five band members and the lettering at the bottom right: The Rolling Stones 12x5 . In January 1965, Decca Records used the cover of the band's second long-playing record in the UK, The Rolling Stones No. 2 , the same shot by British photographer David Bailey , but without lettering like on the debut album - an idea by Andrew Loog Oldham , the band's young manager.

The album was a huge commercial success for the Rolling Stones and peaked at number 3 on the American charts.

Track list

page 1

  1. Around and Around ( Chuck Berry ) - 3:03
    First released on August 14, 1964 on EP Five by Five
  2. Confessin 'the Blues ( Jay McShann / Walter Brown ) - 2:47
    First released on August 14, 1964 on the EP Five by Five
  3. Empty Heart (Nanker / Phelge) - 2:37
    First released on August 14, 1964 on the EP Five by Five
  4. Time Is on My Side ( Norman Meade ) - 2:53
    This is the organ-dominated version of the piece, in contrast to the slightly longer version with the guitar intro on The Rolling Stones No. 2
  5. Good Times, Bad Times (Mick Jagger / Keith Richards) - 2:30
    as the B-side of the single on June 26, 1964 It's All Over Now published
  6. It's All Over Now ( Bobby Womack / Shirley Jean Womack) - 3:26
    Released as a single on June 26, 1964

Page 2

  1. 2120 South Michigan Avenue (Nanker / Phelge) - 3:38
    First published on August 14, 1964 on the EP Five by Five
  2. Under the Boardwalk (Arthur Resnick / Kenny Young) - 2:46
    Also included on The Rolling Stones No. 2
  3. Congratulations (Mick Jagger / Keith Richards) - 2:29
    as the B-side of the single on September 26, 1964 Time Is on My Side published
  4. Grown Up Wrong (Mick Jagger / Keith Richards) - 2:05
    Also included on The Rolling Stones No. 2
  5. If You Need Me (Robert Bateman / Wilson Pickett ) - 2:04
    First released on August 14, 1964 on EP Five by Five
  6. Suzie Q (Eleanor Broadwater / Stan Lewis / Dale Hawkins ) - 1:50
    Also included on The Rolling Stones No. 2

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ UK-EP Decca DFE 8590, 1964