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The Rolling Stones No. 2 (1965)

Where the lyrics of The Rolling Stones No. 2 take you, and where it was really made.

Oldham produced it and it was a huge UK hit, yet ABKCO's preference for the American albums left it out of CD releases for years, so it stayed out of print and was widely bootlegged.

Key places

Regent Sound Studios, London (1965)

Recording site Regent Sound Studios — Sessions for this album were held at Regent Sound Studios in London in September 1964, on 2 and 28–29 September. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Chess Studios, Chicago (1965)

Recording site Chicago Recording Company — Sessions were held in Chicago in June and November 1964. The source places them at city level, so the dot marks Chicago rather than a studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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RCA Studios, Hollywood (1964)

Recording site RCA Studios — One session for this album took place at RCA Studios in Hollywood on 2 November 1964. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• The Rolling Stones No. 2: second studio album by the English rock band the Rolling Stones
• Released 15 January 1965, following the success of the 1964 debut album, The Rolling Stones
• Three compositions by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards; all other songs are covers of American R&B and rock and roll numbers
• Track listing is similar in approach to the debut album
• Dutch and German pressings show The Rolling Stones Vol. 2 on the front cover, while the back cover lists No. 2
• A Dutch pressing titled The Rolling Stones No. 3 also exists

Background

• Cover shot taken for 12 × 5, the second US-released album, in October 1964
• Its track listing was largely reused on the upcoming US release The Rolling Stones, Now!
• Eric Easton was co-credited as producer on the debut; Andrew Loog Oldham took full production duties here
• Recorded sporadically in the UK and US during 1964
• The Muddy Waters cover "I Can't Be Satisfied" was not on the original American albums and was not officially released in the US until 1972, on More Hot Rocks
• ABKCO favored the American albums and overlooked this album for CD release in 1986 and in its 2002 remastering series
• Out of print for many years, so collectors widely bootlegged it
• Reissued in November 2010 in the limited vinyl box set The Rolling Stones 1964–1969, and digitally at the same time
• Original title restored in The Rolling Stones in Mono box set, released 30 September 2016

Recording

• Chess Studios, Chicago: 10–11 June and 8 November 1964
• Regent Sound Studios, London: 2 and 28–29 September 1964
• RCA Studios, Hollywood: 2 November 1964
• Personnel: Mick Jagger on lead vocals and harmonica; Keith Richards and Brian Jones on electric guitar; Bill Wyman on bass; Charlie Watts on drums
• Additional personnel: Jack Nitzsche on piano; Ian Stewart on piano and organ

Cover

• Cover photography by David Bailey

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Formed in London in 1962 as an English rock band; their first stable line-up was Brian Jones, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts.
• Jones named the band after a Muddy Waters song; they were rooted in blues and rock and roll.
• Manager Andrew Loog Oldham encouraged them to write their own songs, and the Jagger–Richards partnership became their main creative force.

Members

• Current: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood (joined 1975).
• Former: Brian Jones (died 1969), Mick Taylor (1969–1974), Bill Wyman (1962–1993), Charlie Watts (1963–2021, died 2021).
• Steve Jordan became their drummer after Watts' death.

Career

• Hits included "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (1965), "Paint It Black" (1966) and "Start Me Up" (1981).
• Their 1969 Hyde Park show and Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers and Exile on Main St. are key points of their career.
• Formed Rolling Stones Records in 1970, whose tongue-and-lips logo became their band logo.
• Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989; the band has sold more than 250 million albums.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Released 15 January 1965 and became a huge hit in the UK on release
• Spent 10 weeks at No. 1 in the UK in early 1965
• Became one of the year's biggest sellers in the UK
• Followed the 1964 debut album and kept the same mix of originals and American covers

Reappraisal

• Out of print for many years and widely bootlegged by collectors
• ABKCO overlooked it for CD release in 1986 and in the 2002 remastering series, which kept it out of the catalogue
• Returned to the public in the limited vinyl box set The Rolling Stones 1964–1969 in November 2010
• Released digitally at the same time as that box set
• Original title reinstated in The Rolling Stones in Mono box set on 30 September 2016

Records

• UK: 10 weeks at No. 1 in early 1965
• UK: one of the biggest sellers of 1965
• Sources give no other chart or certification figures for this album

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• John Lennon's comment on the album, quoted in Bill Wyman's book Stone Alone: "The album's great, but I don't like five-minute numbers."
• The Muddy Waters cover "I Can't Be Satisfied" was not released in the US until 1972, on More Hot Rocks.
• ABKCO left this album and the debut out of the 1986 CD release and the 2002 remastering series.
• A Dutch pressing carries the title The Rolling Stones No. 3, while Dutch and German pressings show Vol. 2 on the front cover.
• The cover photo was reused for 12 × 5, the second US album from October 1964.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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