The Rolling Stones No. 2

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The Rolling Stones No. 2
The Rolling Stones studio album

Publication
(s)

January 15, 1965

Label (s) Decca Records

Format (s)

LP, CD

Genre (s)

Rock 'n' Roll , Rhythm and Blues

Title (number)

12

running time

36:58

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
RCA Studios, Hollywood

chronology
The Rolling Stones (1964, UK) /
12 × 5
(1965, USA) 		The Rolling Stones No. 2 Out of Our Heads (1965, UK) /
The Rolling Stones, Now!
(1965, USA)

The Rolling Stones No. 2 is the second in the UK published studio album of the Rolling Stones . It was released on January 15, 1965 by Decca Records in Great Britain (LK 4661) and shortly afterwards in Germany. There was no publication in the USA; on the LP The Rolling Stones, Now! released on February 13, 1965 in the USA however, seven songs from The Rolling Stones No. 2 included.

Album history

The Rolling Stones No. 2 followed the proven concept of The Rolling Stones , the very successful debut album from 1964. The song material consists of nine rhythm and blues cover versions as well as three original compositions, which the potential, the ambitions and the self-confidence of the young songwriter duo Mick Jagger and Keith Richards show.

The twelve tracks of the very coherent and stylistically closed album were recorded from June 10 to November 2, 1964 in Regent Sound Studios in London, in Chess Studios in Chicago and in RCA Studios in Hollywood. In contrast to the debut album, which was recorded in just one studio, the pieces also differ in sound in some cases.

The front of the cover shows the five members of the Rolling Stones (back, from left to right, Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts and Brian Jones, in the foreground Bill Wyman and Keith Richards). On the back, the five are shown individually in simple black and white photos. The cover photos are from British photographer David Bailey , a friend of Jagger; the - sometimes bizarre - text on the back of the album was written by Andrew Loog Oldham . As with the previous album, neither the band name nor the album title are shown on the front cover - a completely new and unusual idea from band manager Andrew Loog Oldham at the time.

As with the debut album, The Rolling Stones reached No. 2 No. 1 on the UK LP charts where it held for 37 weeks. In Germany, it was the band's first album to take first place in the LP charts.

Track list

page 1

  1. Everybody Needs Somebody to Love - 4.59 ( Bert Russell / Solomon Burke / Jerry Wexler )
    On the album The Rolling Stones, Now! contained in a slightly different version that is two minutes shorter
  2. Down Home Girl - 4.11 ( Jerry Leiber / Arthur Butler)
    Also on The Rolling Stones, Now! contain.
  3. You Can't Catch Me - 3.34 ( Chuck Berry )
    Also on The Rolling Stones, Now! contain.
  4. Time Is on My Side - 2:54 ( Norman Meade )
    I n an altered, organ-dominated version on 12 × 5 included.
  5. What a shame ("Was [für ei] ne Schande") - 3.02 (Jagger / Richards) Released
    on December 19, 1964 as the B-side of the single Heart of Stone . Also on The Rolling Stones, Now! contain.
  6. Grown Up Wrong - 2.03 (Jagger / Richards)
    Also included on 12 × 5 .

Page 2

  1. Down the Road Apiece - 2.52 ( Don Raye )
    Also on The Rolling Stones, Now! contain.
  2. Under the Boardwalk - 2.42 (Arthur Resnick / Kenny Young)
    Also included on 12 × 5 .
  3. I Can't Be Satisfied - 3.22 ( Muddy Waters )
    Only released in the USA in 1972 on the compilation More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies) .
  4. Pain in My Heart - 2.08 ( Naomi Neville )
    Also on The Rolling Stones, Now! contain.
  5. Off the Hook - 2.32 (Jagger / Richards) Released
    on November 13, 1964 as the b-side of the single Little Red Rooster . Also on The Rolling Stones, Now! contain.
  6. Suzie Q - 1.48 ( Dale Hawkins / Stan Lewis / Eleanor Broadwater)
    Also included on 12 × 5 .

Guest musician

Jack Nitzsche plays the Down Home Girl Piano and Pain in My Heart on an electric toy piano, the so-called "Nitzsche phone" . Ian Stewart appears as the pianist on Everybody Needs Somebody to Love and What a Shame ; on Time Is On My Side he plays the organ and also plays the tambourine on several songs.

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 4661
  2. ↑ a b c Wyman: Rolling with the Stones , p. 164 f.

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