The story behind the primary Rolling Stones’ reside album, Acquired Stay If You Need It!, launched by London Information within the US on December 10, 1966, is neither easy nor easy. It’s a narrative that has its origins in an EP of the identical title launched within the UK practically 18 months earlier.
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The band was impressed to call this considerably strange-titled launch after a music from one among their favourite bluesmen, Slim Harpo, who recorded “I’ve Got Love If You Want It” again in 1957. The discharge was recorded in London, Liverpool, and Manchester over three nights in March 1965 by engineer Glyn Johns.
In response to the press launch that accompanied the report, “The EP, captures on wax the unadulterated in-person excitement of a Stones stage show.” And no higher than on “Route 66” which rocks and rolls because it’s pushed alongside by Invoice & Charlie. By the point it was launched within the US as an LP, reasonably than an EP, “Route 66” had been dropped and different tracks had been substituted making Acquired Stay If You Need It! a 12-track album in complete.
On the unique Acquired Stay If You Need It! album liner notes it mentioned that it was recorded on the Royal Albert Corridor on the Stones’ Autumn tour of England with Ike and Tina Turner and the Yardbirds. In fact, the recording was primarily carried out in Newcastle and Bristol, not the Royal Albert Corridor in London, with a few tracks both having been recorded in Liverpool and Manchester. Simply so as to add to the confusion, some tracks weren’t even reside in any respect. “I’ve Been Loving You Too Long” was recorded in Los Angeles in 1965 after which overdubbed at IBC Studios in London, which was additionally the place “Fortune Teller” was additionally minimize.
Earlier than the primary quantity, “Under My Thumb,” the voice of singer Lengthy John Baldry might be heard introducing the band. On the CD model, it’s a completely different intro and recording of “Under My Thumb” that seems on the unique vinyl urgent. Regardless of the whole lot, it nonetheless made No. 6 on the US album chart, and it stayed on the bestseller checklist for near a yr.
As Keith mentioned on the time, “We all knew that the sound that we were getting live and in the studio was not what we were getting on record – the difference was light years apart.” There may be some indication of the distinction on this report, however the limitations of the recording strategies are additionally there to be heard. Nonetheless, Acquired Stay If You Need It! is an interesting glimpse of mid 60s Stones taking part in reside – even so, the band remained sad that it was launched as an album and all the time referred to 1969’s Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out as their first reside album.
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