'The Last Time' was released as a 7' single in the US on March 13, 1965, where it peaked at #9.
Its UK counterpart, released on February 26, 1965, reached #1. Recorded at RCA Studios in Hollywood, California in January 1965, 'The Last Time' was the Rolling Stones' first UK single written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and the band's third UK single to reach #1 in the country, spending four straight weeks at the top on most of the numerous UK music charts in March and early April 1965. Footage still exists of a number of performances of this song by the Rolling Stones in 1965: from the popular BBC-TV music show Top of the Pops, the 1965 New Musical Express Poll Winners Concert and American TV shows including The Ed Sullivan Show, Shindig! and The Hollywood Palace. The footage establishes that the distinctive guitar riff was played by Brian Jones while the chords and guitar solo were played by Keit... [+] ![]() A mono reissue of the US single Honky Tonk Women in PS was part of the Abkco box set released for the 50th anniversary edition of 'Let It Bleed' on November 1, 2019.
The Rolling Stones performed at the famed Paris Olympia yearly during 1964-1967 with all of their performances being broadcast on the radio, & while the 1964 broadcast seems ‘lost’, the recordings from 1965, 1966 (2 shows) & 1967 still exist & remain amongst the very few complete recordings of concerts from the Brian Jones era. 1964 – The Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones (2-nd Pressing) (1985 Germany Original, London 820 047-2). 2004 – Singles 1963 – 1965 (EU, ABKCO 644) 01. Come On/I Want To Be Loved 02. I Wanna Be Your Man/Stoned 03. The Rolling Stones EP: Bye Bye Johnny/Money/You Better Move On/Poison Ivy.
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Singles Collection: The London Years is a compilation album by The Rolling Stones, released in 1989. It was released as a 3-CD and a 4-LP set.[1]
Background[edit]
Singles Collection: The London Years was released by former manager Allen Klein's ABKCO Records (who usurped control of the band's Decca/London material in 1970) after the band's departure from Decca and Klein.
The set is a triple album of every Rolling Stones single—and their B-Sides—mostly in their original mono mixes (at least as of the 2002 reissue), in both the UK and US encompassing their entire era with Decca Records in the United Kingdom and London Records in the United States—hence the album's title.
The original collection was produced by Andrew Loog Oldham, and digitally compiled and prepared under his supervision by P. D. Rain and Jody Klein.
With a range from 1963 to 1971, the set begins with their very first UK single, Chuck Berry's 'Come On', and runs to Sticky Fingers' 'Brown Sugar' and 'Wild Horses' (which Allen Klein shares release rights with The Rolling Stones).
The only omissions are four B-sides from 1970 and 1971. 'Bitch' and 'Let It Rock' (released in the UK on the 'Brown Sugar' single) and 'Sway' (B-side to 'Wild Horses'). Allen Klein did not have release rights to this material when this compilation was released. Also not included was 'Natural Magic', a Jack Nitzsche instrumental, released as the B-side to the 1970 Mick Jagger single 'Memo from Turner'. These are available on the box set Singles 1968–1971 except 'Let It Rock' which is available on the box set Singles 1971–2006 and the Rarities 1971–2003 album.
The release also does not include the EPs released by the band, The Rolling Stones, Five by Five and Got Live If You Want It!, which are available on the box set Singles 1963–1965.
Release and reception[edit]
Singles Collection: The London Years was released at a timely juncture, just a couple of weeks before The Rolling Stones' comeback album Steel Wheels was due for release after a significant break, and months following their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Going platinum, the album reached No. 91 in the US.
In 2006, Steven Van Zandt placed Singles Collection: The London Years on top of his list of the most essential albums of all time, calling it:
The greatest collection of music by the greatest rock & roll band there will ever be.[6]
In August 2002, Singles Collection: The London Years was issued in a new remastered Compact Disc and SACDdigipak by ABKCO Records.
Track listing[edit]
All songs by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, except where noted.
Disc one[edit]
Disc two[edit]
Disc three[edit]![]()
All tracks on disc one and most of disc two were produced by Andrew Loog Oldham; tracks 1–4 of disc one were co-produced with Eric Easton. Tracks 15–18 of disc two were produced by The Rolling Stones and tracks 19–20 produced by Jimmy Miller. All tracks on disc three were produced by Jimmy Miller, except tracks 3, 10, and 11, which were produced by Andrew Loog Oldham. and track 6, which was produced by Jack Nitzsche.
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References[edit]
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