Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass)
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Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) is the first official compilation album by The Rolling Stones, released on 28 March 1966, on London Records in the US and on 4 November 1966, by Decca Records in the UK. The two releases featured different cover art and track listing. The front cover for the American release was used for the rear photo on the UK edition.
The album cover photo for the US edition was shot at Franklin Canyon Park in Los Angeles by Guy Webster, while the UK cover photo was taken in New York City by Jerry Schatzberg.
History
Reaching No. 3 on the US charts, where it remained for two years, Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) proved to be a big smash and currently remains a popular Rolling Stones retrospective.
The UK Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) includes tracks released after the American edition appeared. The Rolling Stones' debut 1963 single, a cover of Chuck Berry's "Come On", was included, but its more successful follow-up, "I Wanna Be Your Man" — composed by rivals (although in reality as friends) Lennon–McCartney — was left off the album.
Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) reached no. 4 in the UK charts.
In August 2002, this US edition of Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) was reissued in a new remastered CD and SACD digipak by ABKCO Records.
The re-release contains stereo mixes of "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction", "Time Is on My Side", "It's All Over Now", and "Heart of Stone".
The British version was again made available to the public as part of a limited edition vinyl box set, titled "The Rolling Stones 1964–1969", in November 2010. It was also re-released digitally at the same time.
The vinyl version of the album includes a booklet inside the gatefold with pictures of The Rolling Stones in concert and in the studio.
It was released once more in 2011 by Universal Music Enterprises in a Japanese only SHM-SACD version.
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US track listing
All songs by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, except where noted.
- Side one
- "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" – 3:43
- "The Last Time" – 3:40
- "As Tears Go By" (Jagger/Richards/Andrew Loog Oldham) – 2:45
- "Time Is on My Side" (Norman Meade) – 2:58
- "It's All Over Now" (Bobby Womack/Shirley Jean Womack) – 3:26
- "Tell Me (You're Coming Back)" – 3:46
- Side two
- "19th Nervous Breakdown" – 3:56
- "Heart of Stone" – 2:50
- "Get Off of My Cloud" – 2:55
- "Not Fade Away" (Norman Petty/Charles Hardin) – 1:48
- "Good Times, Bad Times" – 2:31
- "Play with Fire" (Nanker Phelge) – 2:13
UK track listing
All songs by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, except where noted.
- Side one
- "Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?" – 2:34
- "Paint It Black" – 3:45
- "It's All Over Now" (B. Womack/S. J. Womack) – 3:27
- "The Last Time" – 3:40
- "Heart of Stone" – 2:46
- "Not Fade Away" (Petty/Hardin) – 1:48
- "Come On" (Chuck Berry) – 1:49
- Side two
- "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" – 3:43
- "Get Off of My Cloud" – 2:55
- "As Tears Go By" (Jagger/Richard/Oldham) – 2:45
- "19th Nervous Breakdown" – 3:57
- "Lady Jane" – 3:08
- "Time Is on My Side" (Meade) – 2:53
- "Little Red Rooster" (Willie Dixon) – 3:05
Personnel
- The Rolling Stones
- Mick Jagger – harmonica, lead vocals, percussion
- Brian Jones – rhythm guitar, slide guitar, harmonica, percussion, appalachian dulcimer, sitar, organ, backing vocals, keyboard
- Keith Richards – lead guitar, backing vocals
- Charlie Watts – drums and percussion
- Bill Wyman – bass guitar, keyboards, percussion, backing vocals
- Additional personnel
- Jack Nitzsche – percussion, keyboards
- Phil Spector – percussion
- Ian Stewart – keyboards
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