Artist: The Rolling Stones
Title: Between the Buttons [USA]
Label: London PS 499
Released: February 11, 1967
Recorded in two spurts in Los Angeles in August 1966 and London that November, Between the Buttons caught The Rolling Stones at a period where they were moving more into arty territory and away from their R&B roots. With the release of The Beatles' Revolver, The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds and Bob Dylan's Blonde on Blonde as well as their own Aftermath and the accompanying singles during 1966, the parameters of rock music had been expanded considerably. Conscious that they had to progress beyond Aftermath, the Stones follow-up - betraying influences drawn from British pop contemporaries like The Kinks - was Between the Buttons.
Additionally, Between the Buttons would prove to be the last album produced by Andrew Loog Oldham, with whom The Rolling Stones would have a creative falling-out in mid-1967. Indeed, Oldham's influence is more evident here than on earlier albums, as he employs Phil Spector-like layering on Yesterday's Papers, My Obsession, and Complicated and uncredited background vocalists (including, possibly, Graham Nash) throughout. Brian Jones continues his experiments in exotic instruments on this album, playing harmonica, recorder, piano, organ and electric dulcimer. Keith Richards busies himself with distinctive guitar work on My Obsession, Connection, All Sold Out, Please Go Home and Miss Amanda Jones.
THE PLAYERS:
Mick Jagger - Vocals, Percussion, Harmonica
Keith Richards - Guitar, Vocals, Bass, Piano, Organ, Double Bass
Brian Jones - Organ, Vibraphone, Harmonica, Recorder, Percussion, Kazoo, Saxophone, Dulcimer, Guitar
Charlie Watts - Drums
Bill Wyman - Bass, Percussion, Double Bass
Nicky Hopkins - Piano
Ian Stewart - Piano, Organ
Jack Nitzsche - Piano, Harpsichord, Percussion, horn arrangements
TRACK LISTING:
01 Let’s Spend the Night Together
02 Yesterday’s Papers
03 Ruby Tuesday
04 Connection
05 She Smiled Sweetly
06 Cool, Calm and Collected
07 All Sold Out
08 My Obsession
09 Who’s Been Sleeping Here?
10 Complicated
11 Miss Amanda Jones
12 Something Happened To Me
BONUS TRACKS:
13 Family (March-May, 1968)
14 Downtown Lucy (March-May, 1968)
15 Hamburger To Go (March-May, 1968)
16 Memo From Turner #1 (March-May, 1968)
17 Memo From Turner #2 (March-May, 1968)
18 Sister Morphine (March-May, 1968)
19 Still A Fool (March-May, 1968)
20 You Got the Silver (March-May, 1968)
21 Highway Child (June-July, 1968)
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Label: London PS 499
Released: February 11, 1967
Recorded in two spurts in Los Angeles in August 1966 and London that November, Between the Buttons caught The Rolling Stones at a period where they were moving more into arty territory and away from their R&B roots. With the release of The Beatles' Revolver, The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds and Bob Dylan's Blonde on Blonde as well as their own Aftermath and the accompanying singles during 1966, the parameters of rock music had been expanded considerably. Conscious that they had to progress beyond Aftermath, the Stones follow-up - betraying influences drawn from British pop contemporaries like The Kinks - was Between the Buttons.
Additionally, Between the Buttons would prove to be the last album produced by Andrew Loog Oldham, with whom The Rolling Stones would have a creative falling-out in mid-1967. Indeed, Oldham's influence is more evident here than on earlier albums, as he employs Phil Spector-like layering on Yesterday's Papers, My Obsession, and Complicated and uncredited background vocalists (including, possibly, Graham Nash) throughout. Brian Jones continues his experiments in exotic instruments on this album, playing harmonica, recorder, piano, organ and electric dulcimer. Keith Richards busies himself with distinctive guitar work on My Obsession, Connection, All Sold Out, Please Go Home and Miss Amanda Jones.
THE PLAYERS:
Mick Jagger - Vocals, Percussion, Harmonica
Keith Richards - Guitar, Vocals, Bass, Piano, Organ, Double Bass
Brian Jones - Organ, Vibraphone, Harmonica, Recorder, Percussion, Kazoo, Saxophone, Dulcimer, Guitar
Charlie Watts - Drums
Bill Wyman - Bass, Percussion, Double Bass
Nicky Hopkins - Piano
Ian Stewart - Piano, Organ
Jack Nitzsche - Piano, Harpsichord, Percussion, horn arrangements
TRACK LISTING:
01 Let’s Spend the Night Together
02 Yesterday’s Papers
03 Ruby Tuesday
04 Connection
05 She Smiled Sweetly
06 Cool, Calm and Collected
07 All Sold Out
08 My Obsession
09 Who’s Been Sleeping Here?
10 Complicated
11 Miss Amanda Jones
12 Something Happened To Me
BONUS TRACKS:
13 Family (March-May, 1968)
14 Downtown Lucy (March-May, 1968)
15 Hamburger To Go (March-May, 1968)
16 Memo From Turner #1 (March-May, 1968)
17 Memo From Turner #2 (March-May, 1968)
18 Sister Morphine (March-May, 1968)
19 Still A Fool (March-May, 1968)
20 You Got the Silver (March-May, 1968)
21 Highway Child (June-July, 1968)