The Rolling Stones (album)

Infobox Album | Name = The Rolling Stones
Type = Studio album
Artist = The Rolling Stones


Released = flagicon|UK16 April 1964
flagicon|USA30 May 1964
Recorded = 3 January – 25 February 1964 Regent Studios, London
Genre = rhythm & blues, rock & roll
Length = 33:24 (UK)
30:48 (US)
Label = Decca (UK)
London (US)
Producer = Andrew Loog Oldham
and Eric Easton
Reviews =
*Allmusic rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:zcev97w7krgt link]
Last album =
This album = "The Rolling Stones"
(1964)
Next album = "The Rolling Stones No. 2"
(1965 UK)

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"12 X 5"
(1964 US)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = Studio album


Lower caption = "England's Newest Hit Makers" cover

"The Rolling Stones" is the debut album by The Rolling Stones, released in the UK in April 1964. The US edition of the LP, with a slightly different track list, came out the following month, under the title "England's Newest Hit Makers".

Recorded at Regent Sound Studios in London over the course of five days in January and February 1964, "The Rolling Stones" was produced by then-managers Andrew Loog Oldham and Eric Easton. "The Rolling Stones" was originally released by Decca Records in the UK, while the US "England's Newest Hitmakers" appeared on the London Records label, with the track "Not Fade Away" (the a-side of the band's third UK single) replacing "Mona (I Need You Baby)".cite web |last =McPherson |first=Ian |title=The Rolling Stones' Complete Discography Part I: 1963-1965 |url=http://www.timeisonourside.com/disco1.html |accessdate=2008-02-25 | ]

The majority of the tracks reflect the band's love for authentic R&B material. Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (whose professional name until 1978 omitted the "s" in his surname) were very much fledging songwriters during early 1964, contributing only one original composition to the album: "Tell Me (You're Coming Back)". Two numbers are credited to "Nanker Phelge" - a pseudonym the band used for group compositions from 1963 to 1965. Phil Spector and Gene Pitney both contributed to the recording sessions, and are referred to as "Uncle Phil and Uncle Gene" in the subtitle of the Nanker Phelge instrumental "Now I've Got a Witness".

The album cover photo was taken by David Bailey. The cover of the UK edition bears no title or identifying information other than the photo and the Decca logo - an "unheard of" design concept originated by manager Andrew Oldham.cite book |last=Wyman |first=Bill |title=Rolling With the Stones |publisher=DK Publishing |year=2002 |id=ISBN 0-7894-9998-3 |pages=pg. 111] cite book |last=Oldham |first=Andrew Loog |title=Stoned |publisher=St. Martin's Griffin |year=2000 |id=ISBN 0-312-27094-1 |pages=pg. 327]

Upon its release, "The Rolling Stones" became one of 1964's biggest sellers in the UK, staying at #1 for 12 weeks, while "England's Newest Hitmakers" reached #11 in the US, going gold in the process.

In August 2002, "England's Newest Hitmakers" was reissued as a new remastered CD and SACD digipak by ABKCO, while its British counterpart has remained out of print since 1987.

UK Track listing

#"Route 66" (Bobby Troup) – 2:20
#"I Just Want to Make Love to You" (Willie Dixon) – 2:17
#"Honest I Do" (Jimmy Reed) – 2:09
#"Mona (I Need You Baby)" (Ellas McDaniel) – 3:33
#* "Left off of the US edition of the album in favour of "Not Fade Away"
#"Now I've Got a Witness (Like Uncle Phil and Uncle Gene)" (Nanker Phelge) – 2:29
#"Little by Little" (Nanker Phelge/Phil Spector) – 2:39
#"I'm a King Bee" (James Moore) – 2:35
#"Carol" (Chuck Berry) – 2:33
#"Tell Me (You're Coming Back)" (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards) – 4:05
#"Can I Get a Witness" (Brian Holland/Lamont Dozier/Eddie Holland) – 2:55
#"You Can Make It If You Try" (Ted Jarrett) – 2:01
#"Walking the Dog" (Rufus Thomas) – 3:10

US Track listing

#"Not Fade Away" (Norman Petty/Charles Hardin) – 1:48
#* "Replaces "Mona (I Need You Baby)" from the UK edition"
#"Route 66" (Bobby Troup) – 2:20
#"I Just Want to Make Love to You" (Willie Dixon) – 2:17
#"Honest I Do" (Jimmy Reed) – 2:09
#"Now I've Got a Witness (Like Uncle Phil and Uncle Gene)" (Nanker Phelge) – 2:29
#"Little by Little" (Nanker Phelge, Phil Spector) – 2:39
#"I'm a King Bee" (James Moore) – 2:35
#"Carol" (Chuck Berry) – 2:33
#"Tell Me (You're Coming Back)" (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards) – 4:05
#"Can I Get a Witness" (Brian Holland/Lamont Dozier/Eddie Holland) – 2:55
#"You Can Make It if You Try" (Ted Jarrett) – 2:01
#"Walking the Dog" (Rufus Thomas) – 3:10

Personnel

* Mick Jagger - Lead vocals, harmonica, percussion
* Keith Richards - Guitar, vocals
* Brian Jones - Guitar, harmonica, vocals, percussion
* Charlie Watts - Drums, percussion
* Bill Wyman - Bass guitar, vocals

* Ian Stewart - Organ, piano
* Gene Pitney - Piano on "Little by Little"
* Phil Spector - Maracas on "Little by Little"

Charts

Album

ingles

References

External links

* [http://www.godgammeldags.nu/rolling/stones/no_1/ Rolling Stones No. 1]

succession box
before = "A Hard Day's Night" by The Beatles
title = Australian Kent Music Report number-one album
years = January 16 - February 5, 1965
after = "Beatles for Sale" by The Beatles