1000 Day Album Challenge (#13) The Rolling Stones: The Rolling Stones (1964) [13.01.24]

I hear the knock on my door that never comes / I hear the telephone that hasn't rung…

The Rolling Stones released their stunning debut in the UK in April of 1964. nine out of twelve tunes were covers of primarily Rock & Roll, Blues and R&B songs. I had already been lured in by The Stones fertile peak of 1968 through 1972 which consisted of four stone cold classics - Beggar’s Banquet, Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers and Exile On Main Street.

in certain respects this album is an introduction to who The Stones love. leading off with the definitive version of Route 66, originally recorded by the Nat King Cole Trio, they proceed to cover Muddy Waters, Jimmy Reed, Bo Diddley, Slim Harpo, Chuck Berry, Marvin Gaye, Gene Allison and Rufus Thomas. all of these versions are good to great and I would even choose their take on Carol over Chuck Berry’s.

without I’m A King Bee on this album and Shake Your Hips on Exile I might never have even checked out Slim Harpo. my musical world would be at least a little bit lesser for that.

the U.S. version of their debut (England's Newest Hit Makers) replaces Bo Diddley’s Mona (I Need You Baby) with their cover of Buddy Holly’s Not Fade Away and gives it the poll position on the release. just like their version of Route 66, this is the definitive as far as I’m concerned.

I don’t think The Beatles made an album on this level until their third release, A Hard Day’s Night. yes The Beatles were writing most of their own music from the start, but this album for me is undeniable.

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day 12

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Skull and Roses
Warner Brothers Records (1971)

This cover didn't want to come out of its outer poly sleeve, so I wasn't able to photograph that great portrait of the five man Dead inside. Some things just can't be forced.

This mostly live album was recorded in the spring of 1971.

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