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The Rolling Stones - England's Newest Hitmakers (1964)

Track listing:
  1. Not Fade Away 1:48
  2. Route 66 2:21
  3. I Just Want To Make Love To Yo 2:16
  4. honest i do 2:14
  5. Now I've Got A Witness 2:34
  6. Little By Little 2:37
  7. i'm a king bee 2:37
  8. Carol 2:38
  9. Tell Me (You're Coming Back) 2:55
  10. Can I Get A Witness 2:59
  11. You Can Make it if You Try 2:03
  12. Walking The Dog (Rufus Thomas) 3:09

Notes

The group's debut album was the most uncompromisingly blues/R&B-oriented full-length recording they would ever release. Mostly occupied with covers, this was as hard-core as British R&B ever got; it's raw and ready. But the Stones succeeded in establishing themselves as creative interpreters, putting '50s and early '60s blues, rock, and soul classics (some quite obscure to White audiences) through a younger, more guitar-oriented filter. The record's highlighted by blistering versions of "Route 66," "Carol," the hyper-tempoed "I Just Want to Make Love to You," "I'm a King Bee," and "Walking the Dog." Their Bo Diddleyized version of Buddy Holly's "Not Fade Away" gave them their first British Top Ten hit (and their first small American one). The acoustic ballad "Tell Me" was Jagger-Richards' first good original tune, but the other group-penned originals were little more than rehashed jams of blues cliches, keeping this album from reaching truly classic status.