Rolling Stones, The Rolling Stones - 12 X 5
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Free Music Notes for 12 X 5
Free Music Review: Once again they hit the mark
Hit: 4 Stars
12 x 5 is the second album the ROLLING STONES released back in the early 60's. Once again we are treated to their interpretations of some classic rock and blues songs, mixed in with a few originals. The band is showing off their blues influences on this one and they pull it off well. The songs on this album that deserve a listen to are: AROUND AND AROUND, CONFESSIN' THE BLUES, EMPTY HEART, TIME IS ON MY SIDE, GOOD TIMES, BAD TIMES, IT'S ALL OVER NOW. These songs are the standouts on this album. After this, I think the album loses some steam, but not all that much. I think on UNDER THE BOARDWALK, the band seems alittle out of place, I alson think this is true on SUSIE Q. Those two songs aside, I think that this is good album and shows off the early STONES in fine form.Free Music Review: The Second Time Was The Charm
Hit: 5 Stars
A nice batch this second release by the Stones. Much more than three chord rock and the blues. Time Is On My Side is a soulful gem and I do appreciate the organ driven intro here. Confessin' The Blues is a hidden gem as the blues rarely has sounded so good. The cover of Around and Around is another winner with a raunchy fast paced tempo. Its All Over Now, Empty Heart, and If You Need Me are all other noteworthy tunes.In spite of still doing so many covers, the Stones really developed their sound on this record. It still stands as a premiere recording. Pick it up for sure.
Free Music Review: Got Milk?
Hit: 3 Stars
12x5: In which The Stones' U.S. record company (taking Capitol's then-current hatchet job of The Beatles' discography as some sort of twisted, greed-inspired cue) milks Mick & Co. for all they were worth (striking while the iron was hot, and all that) by chopping up their UK albums into little red, white, and blue pieces for optimum profitabilty, artistic integrity be damned. Whatever -- it was the early-sixties, after all, and no one thought these long-haired hooligans would turn into Icons. But my question today is this: why not release the original UK sources ("Five by Five", "Rolling Stones no.2") as part of the new remaster series, thereby settling a score of sorts with history? Just a thought....Free Music Review: Worth Every Penny
Hit: 5 Stars
I bought this album brand new,in mono, in 1964 when I was 12. Like another reviewer, Russell Scott, I played it until the grooves wore out. I used to lay in the dark, on the floor of my bedroom, with my ear against the speaker of my father's portable Emerson, and I memorized every lick, every pause and every breath of this amazing and astounding album. Over the years, I've purchased several replacements, including the phoney-baloney "stereo" vinyl and one CD. Now, all these years later it appears on the market as an SACD (whatever THAT is - or hopes to be) and asks me to buy it AGAIN.Well, I'm happy to report that I have and that it was WORTH EVERY PENNY! Somebody finally found the work tapes and mixed REAL STEREO to 6 of the tracks - and what a revelation they are! Around and Around, Confessin' the Blues (which features, IMO, the best vocal of Jagger's career), the exquisite and sublime, but annoying MESS of Empty Heart, It's All Over Now, 2120 South Michigan (with an extended surprise), and If You Need Me are presented the way they SHOULD have been 38 years ago.
Only (the single version of) Time Is On My Side, Good Times,Bad Times, Under The Boardwalk, Congratulations (which has always been a favorite of more people I've known than I can count, and is still spelled wrong on the cover), Grown Up Wrong and Suzie Q are in mono.
I can't help but wonder why, if these tracks are available in stereo NOW, weren't they originally? Why was London Records compelled to LIE about it with their "Electronically Rechannelled" garbage?
I suppose I should count my blessings and be happy with 6 out of 12, but I can't help being suspicious that in another 38 years the others will surface "after an exhaustive search", of course, and I'll be too DEAD to care.
Only a big handful of British Invasion albums really MATTERED to me and "12X5" has always been, and will ever be, NUMBER ONE.
I offer a 'thank you', in small case, to those who were responsible for this release. Better late than never, I guess.
Free Music Review: Cementing The Early Legend
Hit: 5 Stars
This is the remastered super audio CDs (SACD) of the Stones ABCKO catalog (which includes all the early Decca/London material. ABCKO acquired the Stones' catalog after Allen Klein became their manager in 1965. The legal battles during the 70s produced releases that the Stones opposed (they took out full page adds asking fans not to buy them), including the controversial Metamorphosis releases (which are now available on CD for the 1st time ever). But the sad fact is that the Stones lost control of their great early material. With these remastered SACD releases, we at last have some idea of what they really sounded like in the studio. I guess if we had these 40 years ago they would have ended up Greatest Rock And Roll Band in the Universe instead of just our tiny little World.This is the Stones 2nd US album, released Oct 23, 1964. It cemented the early blues band legend with tracks from their famous Chess Studios session in Chicago during the 1st American tour (Muddy Waters helped carry their gear into the studio) and tracks recorded at Regent Sound in London. Essentially, this is the album that finalized their status as champions of Chicago blues.
The album starts with Check Berry's Around And Around, which the Stones had been doing as a show stopper in the UK, the big hits Time Is On My Side and It's All Over Now, and the great slow blues numbers Confessin' The Blues & Good Times Bad Times. Although they used to do a lot of instrumentals, 2120 S. Michigan seems to have survived as the only memory of this part of the early Stones familiar to most fans. Personally I always liked Congratulations, but never cared for their version of Susie Q, although it was very popular at the time.
The tracks recorded June 10-11, 1964 at Chess Studios in Chicago were:
.....Around And Around
.....Confessin' The Blues
.....Empty Heart
.....Good Times Bad Times
.....It's All Over Now
.....2120 S. Michigan version 2
.....If You Need Me)
Tracks recorded at Regent Sound in London were done on Feb 25, 1964
.....Susie Q
June 24-26, 1964
.....Time Is On My Side version 1
.....Congratulations
Sep 28-29, 1964
.....Under The Boardwalk
.....Grown Up Wrong
This album was never released in the UK, however the tracks on it were released in the UK as follows:
6-26-64 It's All Over Now, Good Times Bad Times
8-14-64 Five by Five EP - If You Need Me, Empty Heart, 2120 S. Michigan version 1, Confessin' the Blues, Around and Around
1-16-65 The Rolling Stones No. 2 - Time Is On My Side version 1, Grown Up Wrong, Under The Boardwalk, Susie Q
Congratulations was not released in the UK until 10-5-73 on the album No Stone Unturned
This information comes from "It's Only Rock And Roll: The Ultimate Guide To The Rolling Stones" by Karnbach and Bernson and from my own collection.