The Rolling Stones No. 2

''The Rolling Stones No. 2'' is the second studio album by the English rock band the Rolling Stones, released in 1965 following the success of their 1964 debut album ''The Rolling Stones''. It followed its predecessor's tendency to largely feature American R&B and rock and roll covers. However, it does contain three compositions from the still-developing Mick Jagger/Keith Richards songwriting team.

Description

On Dutch and German pressings of the album, the title is listed as ''The Rolling Stones Vol. 2'' on the front cover, although the back of the album cover lists the title as ''The Rolling Stones No. 2''.

Using the cover shot for ''12 X 5'', the second US-released album in October 1964, ''The Rolling Stones No. 2''s track listing would largely be emulated on the upcoming US release of ''The Rolling Stones, Now!''. While Eric Easton was co-credited as producer alongside Andrew Loog Oldham on The Rolling Stones' debut album, Oldham takes full production duties for ''The Rolling Stones No. 2'', which was recorded sporadically in the UK and US during 1964.

A huge hit in the UK upon release, ''The Rolling Stones No. 2'' spent 10 weeks at No. 1 in early 1965, becoming one of the year's biggest sellers in the UK.

According to Bill Wyman in his book ''Stone Alone: The Story of a Rock 'n' Roll Band'', John Lennon said of ''The Rolling Stones No. 2'': "The album's great, but I don't like five-minute numbers."

Due to ABKCO's preference towards the American albums, they overlooked both ''The Rolling Stones'' and ''The Rolling Stones No. 2'' for CD release in 1986 and during its remastering series in 2002. Consequently, the album was out of print for many years and was thus widely bootlegged by collectors.

The Muddy Waters cover "I Can't Be Satisfied" was not included on any of the band's original American albums, and was not officially released in the US until 1972 on the compilation ''More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies)''.

''The Rolling Stones No. 2'' was again made available to the public as part of a limited edition vinyl box set, titled ''The Rolling Stones 1964–1969'', in November 2010 and (by itself) digitally at the same time. The original title was also re-instated as part of ''The Rolling Stones in Mono'' box set, released on 30 September 2016.

Track listing

Personnel

* Track numbers noted in parenthesis below are based on the CD track numbering.

The Rolling Stones
*Mick Jagger – lead vocals , harmonica , tambourine
*Keith Richards – electric guitar , backing vocals , acoustic guitar
*Brian Jones – electric guitar , percussion , backing vocals
* Bill Wyman – bass guitar , backing vocals
* Charlie Watts – drums

Additional personnel
*Jack Nitzsche – piano
* Ian Stewart – piano , organ
* David Bailey - cover photography

Recording studios

*Chess Studios, Chicago: 10–11 June & 8 November 1964
*Regent Sound Studios, London: 2, 28–29 September 1964
* RCA Studios, Hollywood: 2 November 1964

Charts

References

External links

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1965 albums
Albums produced by Andrew Loog Oldham
Decca Records albums
The Rolling Stones albums