Artist: The Rolling Stones
Title: The Rolling Stones [EP]
Label: Decca
Recorded: August 8, 1963 and November 14, 1963
Released: January 17, 1964
Here is the debut EP released by The Rolling Stones. It was released both to capitalise on their first Top 20 hit I Wanna Be Your Man and to test the commercial appeal of the band before their UK label Decca Records would commit to letting them record an album. The Rolling Stones includes four songs recorded at two separate sessions in August and November 1963.
The Rolling Stones features R&B covers of some of the band's favorite artists, and some recent American hits. Eric Easton is officially listed as the EP's producer. Andrew Loog Oldham produced the opening track Bye Bye Johnny.
Despite the rawness of the production, the EP reached #1 in the UK EP charts. Bye Bye Johnny and Money would not see official US release until 1972's retrospective More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies); You Better Move On was featured on 1965's December's Children (And Everybody's); and Poison Ivy was issued in 2002 on the remastered version of More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies).
TRACK LISTING:
01 Bye Bye Johnny
02 Money
03 You Better Move On
04 Poison Ivy
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