The Rolling Stones (EP)
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| EP by The Rolling Stones | ||||
| Released | 17 January 1964 | |||
| Recorded | 8 August 1963, Decca Studios, West Hampstead, New York, United States, and 14 November 1963, De Lane Lea Studios, Kingsway, England, United Kingdom | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 9:31 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | Decca | |||
| Producer | Andrew Loog Oldham and Eric Easton | |||
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The Rolling Stones is the debut EP released by The Rolling Stones in January 1964. It was released both to capitalise on their first Top 20 hit "I Wanna Be Your Man" and to test the commercial appeal of the band before their UK label Decca Records would commit to letting them record an album. The Rolling Stones includes four songs recorded at two separate sessions in August and November 1963.
The Rolling Stones features R&B covers of some of the band's favorite artists, and some recent American hits. Eric Easton is officially listed as the EP's producer. Andrew Loog Oldham produced the opening track "Bye Bye Johnny".
Despite the rawness of the production, the EP reached #1 in the UK EP charts. "Bye Bye Johnny" and "Money" would not see official US release until 1972's retrospective More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies); "You Better Move On" was featured on 1965's December's Children (And Everybody's); and "Poison Ivy" was issued in 2002 on the remastered version of More Hot Rocks.
Unavailable for decades, The Rolling Stones was reissued on Compact Disc in 2004 on the Singles 1963–1965 box set through ABKCO Records.
[edit] Track listing
- Side one
- "Bye Bye Johnny" (Chuck Berry) – 2:09
- "Money" (Berry Gordy Jr., Janie Bradford) – 2:31
- Side two
- "You Better Move On" (Arthur Alexander) – 2:39
- "Poison Ivy" (Version 2) (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) – 2:06
[edit] Personnel
- Mick Jagger – lead vocals
- Brian Jones – guitar and vocals
- Keith Richards – guitar and vocals
- Charlie Watts – drums
- Bill Wyman – bass guitar and vocals
