The Rolling Stones (Album)

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The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones studio album

Publication
(s)

April 16, 1964 (UK)
May 30, 1964 (USA)

Label (s) Decca (UK)
London (US)

Format (s)

LP, CD

Genre (s)

Rhythm and blues , blues , rock 'n' roll , rock , blues rock , hard rock

Title (number)

12/12

running time

33:24 / 30:48

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

production

Andrew Loog Oldham & Eric Easton

Studio (s)

January 3 to February 25, 1964,
Regent Sound Studios, London

chronology
- The Rolling Stones 12 × 5 (1964, USA)
The Rolling Stones No. 2 (1965, UK)

The Rolling Stones is the first in the UK published studio album of the Rolling Stones . It was released on April 16, 1964 in Germany and Great Britain on Decca Records .

Album history

The album was only available in mono in Europe , in the USA it was released on May 30, 1964 under the title The Rolling Stones: England's Newest Hit Makers, a version in so-called “reprocessed stereo” with the same cover photo, but with the different inscription. In addition, Mona (I Need You Baby) was replaced by the single Not Fade Away on the US album .

The Rolling Stones' first album was recorded in January and February 1964 with a two-track tape recorder at Regent Sound Studios in London. The album's producer, Andrew Loog Oldham , was just as young and inexperienced as the group members. Therefore, he let the band act relatively freely in the studio. The result was a rough and unaffected live-in-studio sound of the recordings. The unmistakable tape noise does not reduce the dynamic of the recordings. Decca sound engineer Bill Farley was responsible for the recording technology.

On the British original edition from April 1964, only the band members are depicted on the front of the album sleeve - the front shows neither the band name nor the album title - a new and unusual idea from band manager Andrew Loog Oldham at the time. On the back there are black and white portrait photos of the individual band members by British photographer David Bailey , a short article on the Rolling Stones by Andrew Loog Oldham and the list of titles. On the album cover of a later edition there are two small, diagonally offset photos of the band, one from the front and one from the back. The band name is the album title and is at the top right and the track list at the bottom left.

The song material consists of nine cover versions from the rhythm and blues genre and three original compositions. Only the piece Tell Me is a team of authors Mick Jagger and Keith Richards stated in the other two original compositions the pseudonym is Phelge used. The author's name Nanker / Phelge used on some early records was a pseudonym for Jagger / Richards or for the entire band. With Uncle Phil and Uncle Gene added to Now I've Got a Witness , Phil Spector and Gene Pitney are meant. Phil Spector is also listed as co-author next to Phelge on the song Little by Little .

In Great Britain the album reached number 1 in the charts, stayed there for 11 weeks and stayed in the charts for a total of 51 weeks. In Germany, the LP reached number 2 with a total of 40 weeks in the hit parade. In the US, England's newest hit, Makers, reached number 11 on the charts.

Track list

British version

page 1
  1. (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 ( Bobby Troup ) - 2:20
  2. I Just Want to Make Love to You ( Willie Dixon ) - 2:16
  3. Honest I Do ( Jimmy Reed ) - 2:08
  4. Mona (I Need You Baby) ( Ellas McDaniel ) - 3:32
  5. Now I've Got a Witness (Like Uncle Phil and Uncle Gene) (Phelge) - 2:28
  6. Little By Little (Phelge / Spector) - 2:37
    First released on February 21, 1964 as the B-side of the single Not Fade Away
Page 2
  1. I'm a King Bee ( James Moore ) - 2:33
  2. Carol ( Chuck Berry ) - 2:31
  3. Tell Me (You're Coming Back) (Jagger / Richards) - 4:05
    Recorded in early 1964, this is the first Rolling Stones track to mention Mick Jagger and Keith Richards as composers
  4. Can I Get a Witness ( Holland – Dozier – Holland ) - 2:54
  5. You Can Make It if You Try ( Ted Jarrett ) - 2:00
  6. Walking the Dog ( Rufus Thomas ) - 3:08

US Version (England's Newest Hit Makers)

page 1
  1. Not Fade Away ( Norman Petty / Buddy Holly )
    First released as a single in Great Britain on February 21, 1964, where it peaked at number 3 on the charts
  2. (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 ( Bobby Troup ) - 2:20
  3. I Just Want to Make Love to You ( Willie Dixon ) - 2:16
  4. Honest I Do ( Jimmy Reed ) - 2:08
  5. Now I've Got a Witness (Like Uncle Phil and Uncle Gene) (Phelge) - 2:28
  6. Little by Little (Phelge / Spector) - 2:37
Page 2
  1. I'm a King Bee ( James Moore ) - 2:33
  2. Carol ( Chuck Berry ) - 2:31
  3. Tell Me (You're Coming Back) (Jagger / Richards) - 4:05
  4. Can I Get a Witness ( Holland – Dozier – Holland ) - 2:54
  5. You Can Make It if You Try ( Ted Jarrett ) - 2:00
  6. Walking the Dog ( Rufus Thomas ) - 3:08

literature

  • Bill Wyman: Rolling with the Stones . Band biography and documentation.
    Dorling Kindersley Ltd., London 2002. ISBN 0-7513-4646-2 (English)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ UK-LP Decca LK 4605
  2. ↑ Wyman: Rolling with the Stones , p. 111 f.
  3. ↑ Günter Ehnert (Ed.): Hit-Bilanz, Deutsche Chart LP's 1962–1986 , p. 99. Taurus-Press, Hamburg 1988, ISBN 3-922542-29-8