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The Rolling Stones in the press: “Stones EP – Exciting & different”
THE STONES TURN IT UP LIVE IN ’65 1965 — the crowd’s going wild, screaming “We want the Stones!” while the amps buzz and guitars get their final tune. Then boom — Everybody Needs Somebody kicks in, raw and loud. This ain’t studio polish; it’s pure live chaos, sweat, and swagger. The Stones captured the madness of their shows in one electric EP — proof they were already unstoppable and loving every second of it.
“We want the Stones… we want the Stones… we want the Stones,” yell a multitude of fans. A final tuning up of guitars is heard somewhere beneath the din, and then the bars of their opening number “Everybody Needs Somebody” are heard. That’s the new Stones record. An extended play, recorded live.
Certainly something extremely avant-garde for a group of this status to bring out, in lieu of a single which is said to be delayed. However Stones fans won’t be disappointed.
Whereas ever disc by this group, good or bad, will sell, there’s no doubting that this disc is GOOD. Maybe not in any conventional way. The recording quality is conventionally bad. But then if whoever was responsible (presumably Andrew) had turned down the audience noise and participation, then the whole point would have been lost. As it is this stands head and shoulders above most “live” recordings. Because the approach has been towards creating an exciting and thrilling sound, not merely a compromise with the engineer doing all he can to mechanically subdue a noisy audience.
Track by track, the first number is the classic Nanker-Phelge composition “We Want The Stones”, in which these two distinguished gentlemen will pick up a fair amount of royalties for eight seconds of audience chanting. Next comes “Everybody Needs Somebody To Love”, which Mick has really taken to, but which lasts barely longer than the last track.
COMPLETELY FRENZIED VOCAL
The first of the four full length tracks is “Pain In My Heart,” an emotion-packed ballad, with an absolutely pounding backing. Good enough, but Mick sounds more at home with the old standard “Route 66,” with an insistent guitar and some completely frenzied vocals. You only have to close your eyes to see them performing this one at breakneck quick tempo.
One of the best sides is not even better. A rather flowing version of Ray Charles’ “I’m Moving On” proves that the Stones don’t dislike Ray as much as they pretend. Tremendous excitement is generated during this one, and the engineer is worked enough to fade in and out with more care than usual, while harmonicas and Hawaiian steel guitars ricochet all over the studio.
A Nanker-Phelge job again — thus not being taken too seriously, and not even seriously sung — ends the record.
Just listen to these numbers, as though you’re actually in a club with the Stones on stage, listen, and even if you don’t dig it, it’s one to the Stones music. All very different, and all very unusual. (“We Want The Stones” — The Rolling Stones — Decca DFE 8620).
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