How Good Is The Rolling Stones 1st Album & Why Is It Worth A Fortune Today?
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60 years ago in April 1964, The Rolling Stones released their debut album. In this video, we tell the full story of that incredible and look at its songs, cover and why some pressings are worth four figure sums.
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Definitely one of the finest debut albums of all time. At first, I was one of those Beatles vs Stones fans (choosing the Beatles), but around 1966 I realized I didn't have to chose one over the other, I could be a fan of both. And have been that ever since.
@TZ1000-zu7ki Yes I was a Stones fan that could not admit to liking the Beatles which is why I went to see Hard Days Night on my own in case any of my friends saw me. Loved the film!
I too liked the Rolling Stones, but I must say that there is an abysmal difference between them and the Beatles. The musical growth, the experimentation, the evolution both musically and in recording techniques that the Beatles demonstrated over the years, the Stones dream of.
@@maximobenatti6110 I too love the Rolling Stones and have collected their records since 1964. However, I have to admit they did not come close to the originality of The Beatles. Sometimes they shamelessly copied them As Tears Go By with string quartet in the wake of Yesterday being the worst example. But when it came to live performance The Rolling Stones were in a class of their own. Comparison with The Beatles is a bit of a case of chalk and cheese IMO.
@@pauldavis3791 It was precisely the genius and desire for innovation that made the Beatles choose to stop performing live because it was now too complicated to reproduce on stage what they could do in the studio, thus initiating true innovation in recording techniques. After all, the Stones' stage presence was born in the 1970s when the Beatles had already stopped performing together.
I would like to see The Who, Kinks, Yardbirds and Hollies get a guest spot some time. Edit: I'd be remiss to not mention Gerry and the Pacemakers or the Searchers. Plus other Cavern groups too.
Oh, you read my mind! Only, I would add The Troggs as well. 🙂
Add Petula Clark and Dusty
Kinks and Who for sure!
@@michaelrochester48 Cilla too of course!
Definitely the Yardbirds!!
Something I’ve noticed about this great album is the high quality of the pressing. The copy I bought in ‘64 plays as well now as it did when it first landed on my turntable six decades ago, despite being played hundreds of times on equipment of wildly varying quality!
For my entire life I've never understood the whole Beatles vs. Stones rivalry bit. I liked them both in 1964, and I still do. Never saw a reason not to like either, and never needed them to be more like one another. I never believed I had to choose one over the other. Why would I? I liked the Beatles for their innovative outlook and their songwriting. I liked the Stones for their take on the blues and R&B - I liked both bands because I love guitars. Then I kept adding bands: The Animals, The Kinks, The Yardbirds, The Who, etc, etc, etc. My love of music just kept expanding and the new stuff never negated the old. I don't care who is The Greatest of All Time. Music isn't a competition to me.
Yeah, I have no idea where this fake one or the other came from. Never existed at the time.
@@54macdog Paul and John even wrote one of their first singles.
@@54macdog Andrew Oldham. He was the one casting the Stones as the anti-Beatles. He did it because I think he knew they couldn't compete with John, Paul, George, and Ringo, not in an honest head-to-head artist-on-artist slugfest. There will always be contrarians who won't like popular bands simply because they are popular. Oldham was trying to grab that market.
@@itinerantpatriot1196Oldham worked for Brian Epstein at one time, his job with him escapes me at the moment. Perhaps he was a little jealous of the Beatles’ success after he left NEMS, or (most likely) a publicity thing. Who knows? All I know is, I love both bands.
@@itinerantpatriot1196 Nope. There was no mechanism for a record executive to play such a game. It was simpler than that. The Beatles, with the Cardin suits and well groomed look were in contrast to the Stones from day one. Mums loved the Beatles, the Stones were the bad boys. Cliff Richard v Billy Fury if you like. It was also a Mods v Rockers game. In fact, John and Keith were in contact all the time, and played their record companies so that the bands didn't compete for the No1 slot.
I have an original copy of the LP personally signed by Bill Wyman to my mother in law who used to hang out with band.
Cool!
Andrew, while I am not a Stones collector, I certainly enjoyed the video. I am here for the Beatles content, but I can surely understand your channel may need a bit of diversification. Whatever keeps the Beatles content coming is fine by me! Thanks mate and cheers!
Good to see some Stones on the channel. Funnily enough I was in Regent Sound Studio only yesterday. It's a small music shop now so it's good that music is still being played there in some form. There's a small advert from the 60s in the window acknowledging that the Stones recorded Not Fade Away there. Nice that some parts of London are holding on to their musical heritage if they can despite developers having other ideas!
I love this album. I still play it
It opened up the world of the blues for me.............
Totally agree. I was 14 years old when I picked up that album in the USA the week it came out. Needless to say, I was a Stones guy 😎
I believe Charlie Watts is one of the most underrated drummers of rock. All the attention to drummers of the English Invasion seem to be on Ringo Starr. But I recently listened to some early Rolling Stones tracks and was amazed by Watts' subtle style that graced the Stones' music.
"Underrated" Why are you drawing this conclusion. He is well received by every critic all over the world. Or are you here just because you need to write something?
@@cirrus1964 Let's talk about this. That way we can both write something.😁
@cirrus1964 - That escalated quickly! 😮
@@BugRib So much BS, I saw Buddy Holly in 1958 in Liverpool, I was 9. I played in a band when the Stones had their hit with the Holly cover Not Fade Away in '64. There are no underrated musicians. Not even Charles Watts.
@@cirrus1964 I would have loved to see Buddy Holly. You are very fortunate indeed.
I bought the album the day it came out and still have it today! Loved it then, love it now.
I was a Beatles and a Stones fan!😂
You've really been rocking for a very long time! Keep it on!
Bilisnegra! Thanks for your comment. I started playing the drums thanks to Ringo. Some school friends and I started a band in which we played instrumentals because none of us felt we could sing. In 1964 that band Eve lived into a blues band where we played a number of Stones songs. I love the Beatles. And I love the 60’s/ early 70’s Stones. Great music from both bands.
@@thegravelcamp-official5465 Nice, thanks for sharing that story.
Great to see some love for this truly underrated LP. This and the 2nd album are some of the best 60s UK R n B stuff and really evocative of what they must have been like in a club. Imagine it! Got flipback LPs of both. Love 'em.
I was a teenager when this album (LP in my day!) came out and it was unique at the time. I had never heard of Bo Diddley and the guitar work they did on Mona was just amazing to me - never heard anything like it! Great music which for a lot of teenagers then opened a door to the blues. Of all their LPs I love their second album best as to me it shows their great guitar work even more. Please cover No.2 🙂
Andrew, great video, really interesting, loved it. I'm a huge Stones fan, have been since 1971 when I purchased "Sticky Fingers" at the age of 13 and simply fell in love with this band. They were, back then, in the middle of their incredible run of great albums. I soon delved into their back catalog and realized how different this band was right from the begining. Yes, the debut album you've reviewed was a a precursor of what would come from them, and demonstrated their unique and bluesy sound that still stands up today. Your video taught me things I did not know and I truly appreciate this. Please, please do more Stones stuff. Their history is so fascinating. Thank you for your well-researched information, really great video.
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it. More to come!
Hi Andrew great video. Great to see someone at last show love for such a classic debut album. So many Stones fans don’t seem to appreciate how great this album is. This album got me into listening to Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, etc. All the Stones covers on this album are excellent and I love the raw mono sound. I’m a fan of both The Beatles and Stones, as well as the rest of the classic 60’s British bands like The Who, Kinks, Small Faces, Yardbirds, Pretty Things, The Animals, The Move, etc. It would be great if you could feature some of these bands as well.
Thanks for the suggestions. I'll certainly cover some of those in the future.
Great video as always! I'd love to see a video about Monkees' Headquarters album, since it has such a interesting history behind
While the Beatles were my first favourite band, by the time the 1980s rolled around, I was spending more time delving into the Kinks, the Rolling Stones, the Who, and eventually the Hollies and beyond. While I rarely get the urge to listen to Please Please Me (the album), the Stones' debut still feels fresh and exciting. Last December, I went to Arizona for the first time, and as soon as we hit Route 66, I put in the Stones' version and cranked it, it was a perfect musical moment.
Enjoyable video, Andrew! I adore the Stones, particularly their early years. You also know what a huge Kinks fan I am. I personally would enjoy seeing a break from Beatles videos for looks at the works of the Stones, Kinks and The Who. If anyone can teach me new things about those three bands I don't already know, it's you.
I've got the mono box set. A truly fine pressing of a great debut album.
I started as a 'Beatles' person in the early 70s, but by the end of the decade I was listening to a lot more Rolling Stones. The fact that the Stones were still putting out good records at the end of their second decade didn't hurt.
A Great and very informative video. Please, please us with more videos featuring other groups of the era. The Moodies, The Animals, and even The Zombies have a history worth a few episodes.
Great video as ever Andrew
We know so much of the stones today. It's easy to forget how good there first 3 may 4 albums are with a much more bluesy sound.
Great video. I´d like to see a video about the Kinks and The Who debut albuns in UK. Tks a lot in advance
Excellent production as always! I’d definitely love to see some more Stones content, but your Beatles videos are always welcome!
Love your channel! Keep up the good work my friend!❤
Interesting video. And, yes, more Rolling Stones please. Am a much bigger fan of The Stones, but whatever you do I always find very watchable 👍
Thanks, will do! 👍
It would be great seeing the Stones other lp's from the past............
Thank you Andrew! More stones would be great!
My Dad had this and the no2 album which I played to death as a teenager in the 80’s.. quite hard to get a really good quality original press at a reasonable price,so I was lucky to get a 1990 reissue a few years back in near mint condition.. brought back so many good memories and a fine album.Thankyou Andrew for a great video ! Would love a video on the no2 album if you could(?)
It’s on my list!
Love your videos. And yes, MORE STONES PLEASE!
Wonderful video about the album, definitely hope you cover the other 60s albums of the Stones as well as many other acts of the time.
Hi, Andrew! That was my second Stones album in my collection. The first one was Out of Our Heads (US version). Love both, the Stones and the Beatles. Cheers, Nelio,
Another excellent video.A great album.More Stones please Andrew.Thanks,Ian
Thanks Ian. I hear you!
Hi, great work and yes, more Stones please. Thank you.
I love this album. I’m not sure which version I have but I’m definitely going to check.
Many thanks Andrew. Highly informative as always. It’s a definite yes to hearing you cover The Stones in way you have delved into the discography of The Beatles. Would also like to hear yet more comments on solo Fabs as well!
Thanks and have a great week✌️
Big fan of this channel. More Stones please.
It was a great debut album. I’m also a stones fan, so more than happy to see more of them. Another great video, Andrew.
Glad you enjoyed it, Matt!
@@Parlogram It will be interesting to hear what you make of how their albums were produced. I find the sound of their 60s records inferior to the Beatles records. I’d enjoy hearing your thoughts.
The Stones being my second favorite band, I would love to see more content. Thank you, Andrew!!! - Roger
Hard to beat The Partridge Family, huh ?
My grandfather was on the Rolling Stones side in the UK during the 60s
Some of those songs that were released on the Rolling Stones EP in 1964 were later finally released on More Hot Rocks in 1972
Please do more early stones! Can tell your a huge fan!
Great video, Andrew! I have a 1A pressing but it was pressed in Canada, so I have the longer version of Tell Me.
Unpopular choice but for me one of the best debut albums is Safe as Milk by Captain Beefheart. Doesn't get any better than that
I agree 100%. Unfortunately, it rarely gets this kind of praise it deserves, at least here on CZcams, at least that’s my impression. I can think of four Stores album rankings here where it was positioned somewhere near the bottom, which is just ridiculous. Thanks so much for this video.
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it!
Yes, more Stones, please!
A great LP! Love the feel of the music! Route 66 is awesome! I saw a lots of local cover bands in the early 90s, and they all played that song.
I think i'll give the album a spin tonight! Love the cover too. I must admit I love the A Hard Days Night album too! Thanks for an awesome video Andrew 😊
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it! 😊
One just sold on ebay for $2368. It was in France. Great info on rare albums!
A fascinating piece as always Andrew, it’s obvious that you have done your homework on this release!
Glad you enjoyed it, Tom.
Really enjoyed this video, Andrew and would like to see you cover more Stones content, told in your own inimitable and fascinating way! Keep covering the Beatles though!
Great! Yes, more Stones!
I love me some Rolling Stones videos! Really appreciated.
Andrew, your Beatles videos are a must-see in my opinion. That being said, variety is indeed the spice of life.
I enjoyed this foray into Stones history.
If I might suggest that a journey into the rich history of the Animals would be most welcome by this viewer.
The profound link between Jimi Hendrix and Chas Chandler would also make an engaging video.
Cheers
I would love to see more content on the stones!
Great!!
More please!
I am a great Beatles fan but I like the Stones too.
I would like to know more of their albums & different pressings.
Regards
Rob
Netherlands
THANK YOU..EXCELLENT REVIEW ! !
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it!
Loved this album since I was a little kid. Songs speed up, backing vocals are off-key at times, distortion intrudes and levels of instruments audibly change (Keith's solo in 'Now I've Got A Witness' is noticeably whacked down by a panicked engineer) and yet it all adds to the excitement, rather than detract from it.
The sheer energy of the performances generates a fantastic vibe and all in upfront Mono as it should be, which is the only way to hear early Stones.
I have my dad's original vinyl copy, with 'Mona' on the sleeve and the missing word on Track 5, Side 2 and despite the years and incessant playing (the grooves are almost grey now), the sound still leaps out the speakers in a way that the CD mastering's has never quite managed to replicate.
Hi! More about the Rolling Stones. Thank you!
Great video! I love the Stones' 60s albums, please do more videos on those. I have an early UK edition of the debut album with flipbacks! But side 2 is 4A, so it has the long Tell Me. The record has multiple scuffs and scratches, but surprsingly it sounds great!
I'd like to see some similar videos for The Hollies, The Who and The Kinks albums and EPs Andrew...😎
...and the Moody Blues. Their work from '67 on is remarkable, second only to the Beatles in my book.
Changed my life. Still play it and play along with it on guitar. Just less than a bar of any of the tracks and it transports me sixty years. Was so obsessed I travelled to London in 1966 to work in the music scene. Got a job as a teaboy in a studio just down the road apiece from Decca on Broadhurst Gardens. Visited the Tin Pan Alley studio to pay homage!Thankyou for the review.
Great memories, Chris. Thanks for watching!
Great story Andrew ! It's nice to know a bit of Stones history too ! Cheers from Quebec Canada !
Glad you enjoyed it!
Love me so more Stones content! And if you can more bands of the same era.
There is a 2:39 version of Tell Me on The Rolling Stones Singles Collection 1963-1965 box set but I think it is just the long version with the guitar solo edited out.
That was excellent, your knowledge is impressive and I always learn something from your excellent presentations. I also like that you give the Stones some respect when you cover them. I would like more videos on them.
Thank you very much, David!
Definitely would like to see more like this.
Variety is the spice of life! The Beatles are always going to be #1 for me, but its nice to hear about other bands too. As always, another great video Andrew. Thank you!
Awesome video (and album). Here hoping for more Stones, Who, Kinks!
This was excellent. Subscribed.
Thank you and welcome aboard, Rachel!
This is truly a great album! The MFSL version from the box set sounds superb.
A great video. I love these early Decca Stones albums. Consider doing videos about other sixties's groups: Animals, Kinks, Yardbirds, Who, DC5, Hoĺlies, among others. Thanks.
Excellent video as always Andrew. A change is as good as a rest as they say. It would be nice to visit other albums or things about the 60s. It was a great decade for music and with your level of research would make it just as interesting as your Beatles content. Many thanks as always Andrew for a fascinating film. Mick
Excellent video Andrew! I’m a Beatles fan, but I also appreciate the Stones and I do own some original pressings (bought mostly from you!), I really do like their debut album as well. Thanks for the detour!😊
Glad you enjoyed it! 😊
Now I’ve Got A Witness is a seriously underrated instrumental with a killer bass-line. In terms of other groups you should cover, The Move would be a great choice, especially their 70s stuff. A video on Lola Versus Powerman by The Kinks would also be well appreciated.
Excellent, I can get a bit Beatled out so other bands of that vintage are welcome. Ran to my original copy, side 2 is a 3A :( Btw Phelge was James Phelge who lived with Mick, Keith and Brian in Chelsea. He wrote a book about it and I met him at a book signing in Chicago about 20 years ago. Stones were playing, he didn't go to the show.
Excellent mate!! Really enjoy the early mono Stones. Not much into their later stuff after 1965 or 1966, but I do enjoy Can't Always Get What You Want from the Global Initiative broadcast!
Love all of The Beatles coverage... but expanding to The Stones, Who, Kinks, Zombies, et. al. would be great!
Early U.S. copies included a poster of the front cover image.
many thanks Andrew nice episode, more Stones would be great! These early albums sound very bright on modern systems as they were meant to be played on the record players and radiograms of the day, personally , i think ABKCO did a pretty good job of restoring them when they took over the Stones early recordings catalogue, anybody agree?
Agreed. They're very faithfull to the UK original.
I grew up in the 80's and got the best of both worlds. Mom was a Beatles fan, Dad was more into the Stones. I'd love to hear your excellent content talking about the Beach Boys Andrew. Cheers
Aka The Wrecking Crew ! Unusually, the Stones and, for the most part, the Beatles played their own instruments on their records. How many of theBeach Boys played on Good Vibrations?!!!
I would love to see you cover the Moody Blues in a video here. Thank you for this incredible Rolling Stones review and history.
Yes, more Stones please.
Still got it upstairs , brilliant !
I'm a "stones" man, Thanks a lot Andrew!
Excellent. Thank you. More Stones would be great. Really good program for us "nerds"! 😃
You got it!
I had that Stones album, it was a great album, I wish I still had it.
Loving all this, at 76, orig Beatles fan. Feel 14 again on here,lol.x
Thanks for throwing the Stones a bone. They are a part of the music history we all love. I would love to hear about the back story of the Pepper/ Majesty’s Request albums copycat controversy.
Great album. Yes let’s see more from the British groups of the 60s!
I really love all your videos! You should make a similar video about Simon & Garfunkel's debut, Wednesday Morning 3, AM. I truly think it's the most overlooked album that deserves so much more love than it gets.
Great video! I love the Beatles vids, but your non-Fab choices have been perfect (Kinks, Hollies, Stones). I would love to know more about the alternate mixes on the early pressing of "Hot Rocks," or how the fourth side of rarities was compiled for "More Hot Rocks."
More Stones content, yes please!
yes,more Stones please and maybe Manfred Mann because there is a connection there via Paul Jones.
A very nice video, Andrew! I’ve been looking forward to you doing more reviews of non-Beatles releases. When can we expect your take on Syd Barrett’s Pink Floyd and solo work? Thanks so much, as always.
I'm working on it, Errol!
Great knowledge, you made me pull my copy out while watching. very interesting facts, mines a 4A. I have a CD version as well, and see that that cover came from the USA cover with `England`s newest hit makers on it`.
I think it makes perfect sense for a Beatles-centric channel to cover the Stones because they were part of the music scene and culture in which the Beatles operated.
I’ve got to know this album in the late 80s because I borrowed my Aunty’s original copy. I have always had a soft spot for it and it’s great to see that there are other people who really enjoy it because I don’t see it talked about that often.
So many great records made at Regent Sound!
I really enjoy diversions like this one and fully welcome discussions about other artists. I wouldn't be mad if that included the fantastic "Days of Future Passed" by the Moody Blues or any of their albums from the late 60s. As for the Stones, I would love to know how the US pressings hold up sonically to their UK counterparts. Thanks as always Andrew for your commitment to fantastic content and production standards.
Glad you enjoyed it and thank you for the suggestions!
I would love to see more videos like this on other beat bands! Gerry and the pacemakers, the swinging blue jeans, the Dave Clark five, the searchers, Brian Poole and the tremeloes??? Great content!