The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones, Now! - Import Vinyl LP Record

Credits:

The Rolling Stones

Description:

Although their third American album was patched together (in the usual British Invasion tradition) from a variety of sources, it's their best early R&B-oriented effort. Most of the Stones' early albums suffer from three or four very weak cuts; Now! is almost uniformly strong start-to-finish, the emphasis on some of their blackest material. The covers of "Down Home Girl," Bo Diddley's vibrating "Mona," Otis Redding's "Pain in My Heart," and Barbara Lynn's "Oh Baby" are all among the group's best R&B interpretations. The best gem is "Little Red Rooster," a pure blues with wonderful slide guitar from Brian Jones (and a number one single in Britain, although it was only an album track in the U.S.). As songwriters, Jagger and Richards are still struggling, but they come up with one of their first winners (and an American Top 20 hit) with the yearning, soulful "Heart of Stone." ~ Richie Unterberger

Tracklisting:

1.Everybody Needs Somebody to Love Piano
2.Down Home Girl Piano
3.You Can't Catch Me
4.Heart of Stone
5.What a Shame Piano - Ian Stewart
6.Mona (I Need You Baby)
7.Down the Road Apiece
8.Off the Hook
9.Pain in My Heart
10.Oh Baby (We Got a Good Thing Goin')
11.Little Red Rooster
12.Surprise, Surprise