Out of our heads

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out of our heads
The Rolling Stones studio album

Publication
(s)

September 24, 1965 (England),
July 30, 1965 (USA)

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

Format (s)

LP, CD, SACD

Genre (s)

Rock 'n' Roll , Rhythm and Blues

Title (number)

12/12

running time

29:36 / 33:38

occupation

production

Andrew Loog Oldham

Studio (s)

RCA Studios, Hollywood;
Chess Studios, Chicago

chronology
The Rolling Stones No. 2 (1964, UK) /
The Rolling Stones, Now!
(1964, USA) 		out of our heads Aftermath
(1966, UK) /
December's Children (And Everybody's)
(1966, USA)

Out of Our Heads is the third UK and fourth US studio album by the Rolling Stones . It was issued in the US on July 30th and in Great Britain on September 24th, 1965. It is the first release of the Rolling Stones, which - with the exception of the track I'm Alright , which was recorded live in the UK - only contains songs that were recorded in American studios.

History of the album

As usual with the Stones in those years, two different versions with different record sleeves were brought onto the market. Both versions were published for the first time in mono and (electronic) stereo. The American version was originally published in Germany in 1965. This was only replaced by the British version in 1968. The American edition contains the two single hits from the first half of 1965, The Last Time and (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction, as well as the respective B-side, otherwise both versions contain a collection of songs that had been written since November 1964.

Oh, Baby (We Got a Good Thing Going) and Heart of Stone were featured in the US compilation The Rolling Stones, Now! The remaining songs, which are missing from the American edition of Out of Our Heads , were submitted in November 1965 with the compilation December's Children (And Everybody's) only published in the USA - with the same cover as the British version of Out of Our Heads .

The recordings for the American and German cover variants came from the photo session with British photographer David Bailey for the albums The Rolling Stones No. 2 and 12 × 5 from 1964, while for the British edition of Out of Our Heads - and for December's Children - the British photographer Gered Mankowitz (misspelled as "Gerard Mankowitz" on the LP) is responsible.

The success of the title song (I Can not Get No) Satisfaction benefiting was Out of Our Heads , the first album by the Rolling Stones, the No. 1 on the American LP-Charts (which again only in 1971 with the release of the album Sticky Fingers succeed should). The album stayed in the US charts for 35 weeks. Due to the later release date, the band was denied a first place in the English charts for the first time: On August 6th, the Beatles had their album Help! released, and the Stones had to settle for second place in England. The album also came in at number 2 behind the Beatles in the German LP charts.

In the course of 1965 the songwriting duo Jagger / Richards developed more of their own profile; Songs like Heart of Stone and I'm Free showed the band's potential. The newly gained self-confidence may also have been one of the reasons why Out of Our Heads was the last release of the band that contained songs with the songwriter pseudonym Nanker / Phelge . The album was also the last LP of the band, mostly rhythm and blues - cover versions contained. Ian Stewart ( piano , marimbas ), Jack Nitzsche ( organ , piano, percussion ) and Phil Spector , who plays electric bass ("Zoom Bass") on Play With Fire, contributed to the recordings .

The American Rolling Stone magazine ranks the US version of Out of Our Heads at number 114 in its list of the 500 best albums of all time .

Track list

UK version

Page 1:

  1. She Said Yeah (Sonny Christy / Roddy Jackson) - 1:34
  2. Mercy, Mercy ( Don Covay / Ronnie Miller) - 2:45
  3. Hitch Hike ( Marvin Gaye / William Stevenson / Clarence Paul) - 2:25
  4. That's How Strong My Love Is (Roosevelt Jamison) - 2:25
  5. Good Times ( Sam Cooke ) - 1:58
  6. Gotta Get Away (Mick Jagger / Keith Richards) - 2:06

Page 2:

  1. Talkin '' Bout You ( Chuck Berry ) - 2:31
  2. Cry to Me ( Bert Russell ) - 3:09
  3. Oh, Baby (We Got a Good Thing Going) ( Barbara Lynn Ozen ) - 2:08
  4. Heart of Stone (Mick Jagger / Keith Richards) - 2:50 1
  5. The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man (Nanker / Phelge) - 3:07 2
  6. I'm Free (Mick Jagger / Keith Richards) - 2:24
1 Released as a single in the US
2Released in Germany and the US as the B-side of (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

US version

Page 1:

  1. Mercy, Mercy (Don Covay / Ronnie Miller) - 2:45
  2. Hitch Hike (Marvin Gaye / William Stevenson / Clarence Paul) - 2:25
  3. The Last Time (Mick Jagger / Keith Richards) - 3:41
  4. That's How Strong My Love Is (Roosevelt Jamison) - 2:25
  5. Good Times (Sam Cooke) - 1:58
  6. I'm All Right (Live) (Nanker / Phelge) - 2:23 1

Page 2:

  1. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (Mick Jagger / Keith Richards) - 2:25
  2. Cry to Me (Bert Russell) - 3:09
  3. The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man (Nanker / Phelge) - 3:07 2
  4. Play with Fire (Nanker / Phelge) - 2:14 3
  5. The Spider and the Fly (Mick Jagger / Keith Richards) - 3:38 4
  6. One More Try (Mick Jagger / Keith Richards) - 1:58 5
1Recorded on the tour of England from March 5th to 18th, 1965 and for the first time in June 1965 on the EP Got Live If You Want It! released
2Released in Germany and the US as the B-side of (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
3Released in the UK and US as the b-side of the single The Last Time
4thReleased in the UK as the B-side of (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
5This recording was only released in Great Britain in March 1971 on the compilation Stone Age , which the record company Decca had released after the end of the collaboration with the Rolling Stones.

literature

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

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Wyman: Rolling with the Stones , p. 195
  2. ↑ UK-LP Decca LK 4733