England's Newest Hitmakers

The British version of the Stones' first album has a nearly identical cover to its American equivalent, issued six weeks later, but a slightly different song lineup. Among these 12 songs, absent is "Not Fade Away," which was a hit single in England (where singles and LPs were usually kept separate), and in its place is the Stones' cover of Bo Diddley's "Mona (I Need You Baby)" (credited here as "I Need You Baby"), which had to wait until Rolling Stones Now!, a year later, for its U.S. release. It's not a big switch, a Bo Diddley-style cover of a Buddy Holly song bumping an actual Bo Diddley cover on the U.S. version. Otherwise, the main difference lies in the version of "Tell Me" included here, which sounds about two generations hotter than any edition of the song ever released in the U.S. -- it's the long version, with the break that was cut from the single, but the British LP and the original late-'80s Decca U.K. compact disc (820 047-2) both contain a version without any fade, running the better part of a minute longer than the U.S. release of the song, until the band literally stops playing. 

1964年第一张录音室专辑[美版] 发行日期:3.30 专辑时长:31:05 销量:500,000[RIAA] AllMusic:4.5/5 有生之年非听不可的1001张唱片:46/1001

滚石乐队(英国最新的热门乐队)

形容jagger的唱腔只有一个字：撩

在英国Decca旗下的首张专辑，美国版则以《England’s Newest Hit Makers》名义发行。仅用五天在伦敦完成，由Andrew Loog Oldham与Eric Easton制作。彼时Mick Jagger与Keith Richards仍处于早期创作阶段，全专除《Tell Me》外，大多以Blues、Rhythm & Blues与Rock and Roll翻唱为主，也直接反映出乐队早期深受美国黑人音乐影响的取向。 相比后来愈发复杂的编曲，这张作品仍保留着一种粗粝、急促的现场感。《Route 66》《I Just Want to Make Love to You》《Walking the Dog》等歌曲速度偏快，Brian Jones的口琴与Keith Richards的吉他经常并行推进，Bill Wyman与Charlie Watts则维持紧绷节奏。 《Not Fade Away》在Buddy Holly原曲基础上强化了Bo Diddley节拍，成为乐队早期代表性单曲之一。《Tell Me》则是专辑里少见的原创抒情曲，长度超过四分钟，在1964年的流行专辑里并不常见。器乐曲《Now I’ve Got a Witness》署名“Nanker Phelge”，这是乐队1963至1965年间共同创作时使用的集体化名，Phil Spector与Gene Pitney亦参与录制。 Oldham对乐队形象塑造同样关键。他删去“The Rollin’ Stones”中的撇号，坚持让英国版封面不出现团名与标题，仅保留Nicholas Wright拍摄的成员照片与Decca标志。这种极简封面在当时极少见，也进一步强化了乐队区别于同时代Beat团体的危险感与街头气质。美国版则加入“England’s Newest Hit Makers”字样，整体更接近传统流行唱片包装。 发行后迅速成为英国畅销作品，在英国专辑榜夺冠十二周，美国版则进入Billboard前二十。