''Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!: The Rolling Stones in Concert'' is the second live album by
the Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are an English Rock music, rock band formed in London in 1962. Active for six decades, they are one of the most popular and enduring bands of the album era, rock era. In the early 1960s, the Rolling Stones pioneered the g ...
, released on 4 September 1970 on
Decca Records in the UK and on
London Records in the US. It was recorded in New York City and Baltimore in November 1969, just before the release of ''
Let It Bleed
''Let It Bleed'' is the eighth British and tenth American studio album by the English rock band the Rolling Stones, released 28 November 1969 on London Records in the United States and shortly thereafter by Decca Records in the United Kingdom. ...
''. It is the first live album to reach number 1 in the UK. It was reported to have been issued in response to the well known bootleg ''
Live'r Than You'll Ever Be
''Live'r Than You'll Ever Be'' is a bootleg recording of the Rolling Stones' concert in Oakland, California, from 9 November 1969. It was one of the first live rock music bootlegs and was made notorious as a document of their 1969 tour of th ...
''. This was also the band’s final release under the Decca record label and not under their own label
Rolling Stones Records
Rolling Stones Records was the record label formed by the Rolling Stones members Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Mick Taylor, Charlie Watts and Bill Wyman in 1970, after their recording contract with Decca Records expired. The label was initia ...
.
History
The Rolling Stones 1969 American Tour's trek during November into December, with
Terry Reid
Terrance James Reid (born 13 November 1949) is an English rock vocalist and guitarist. He has performed with high-profile musicians, as a supporting act, session musician, and sideman.
Biography
Reid was born in Paxton Park Maternity Home, L ...
,
B.B. King
Riley B. King (September 16, 1925 – May 14, 2015), known professionally as B.B. King, was an American blues singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. He introduced a sophisticated style of soloing based on fluid string bending, shi ...
(replaced on some dates by
Chuck Berry
Charles Edward Anderson Berry (October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017) was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist who pioneered rock and roll. Nicknamed the " Father of Rock and Roll", he refined and developed rhythm and blues into th ...
) and
Ike and Tina Turner
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* Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969), Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in Europe during World War II and President of the United States Surname
...
as supporting acts, played to packed houses. The tour was the first for
Mick Taylor
Michael Kevin Taylor (born 17 January 1949) is an English guitarist, best known as a former member of John Mayall's Bluesbreakers (1967–1969) and the Rolling Stones (1969–1974). As a member of the Stones, he appeared on: ''Let It Bleed'' ...
with the Stones, having replaced
Brian Jones
Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones (28 February 1942 – 3 July 1969) was an English multi-instrumentalist and singer best known as the founder, rhythm/lead guitarist, and original leader of the Rolling Stones. Initially a guitarist, he went on to prov ...
shortly before Jones's death in July; this was also the first album where he appeared fully and prominently, having only played on two songs on ''
Let It Bleed
''Let It Bleed'' is the eighth British and tenth American studio album by the English rock band the Rolling Stones, released 28 November 1969 on London Records in the United States and shortly thereafter by Decca Records in the United Kingdom. ...
''. It was also the last tour to feature just the Stones – the band proper, along with co-founder, road manager and session/touring pianist
Ian Stewart – without additional backing musicians.
The performances captured for this release were recorded on 27 November 1969 (one show) and 28 November 1969 (two shows) at New York City's
Madison Square Garden, except for "
Love in Vain
"Love in Vain" (originally "Love in Vain Blues") is a blues song written by American musician Robert Johnson. Johnson's performancevocal accompanied by his finger-style acoustic guitar playinghas been described as "devastatingly bleak". He rec ...
", recorded in
Baltimore
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on 26 November 1969. Overdubbing sessions were undertaken during January 1970 in London's
Olympic Studios. The finished product featured an overdubbed lead vocal on all tracks except for "
Love In Vain
"Love in Vain" (originally "Love in Vain Blues") is a blues song written by American musician Robert Johnson. Johnson's performancevocal accompanied by his finger-style acoustic guitar playinghas been described as "devastatingly bleak". He rec ...
" and "
Midnight Rambler
"Midnight Rambler" is a song by English rock band The Rolling Stones, released on their 1969 album '' Let It Bleed''. The song is a loose biography of Albert DeSalvo, who confessed to being the Boston Strangler.
Keith Richards has called the nu ...
," added back-up vocals on three tracks, and overdubbed guitar on two songs ("
Little Queenie
"Little Queenie" is a song written and recorded by Chuck Berry. Released in March 1959 as a double A-side single with " Almost Grown", it was included on '' Chuck Berry Is on Top'' (1959), Berry's first compilation album. He performed the song in ...
" and "
Stray Cat Blues
"Stray Cat Blues" is the eighth song on the Rolling Stones' album ''Beggars Banquet''. It was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and produced by Jimmy Miller. Miller's production of the song is very representative of his style, featuring a ...
"). However, this album is widely recognized as one of few actual 'live' albums during this era.
The title ''Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!'' is taken from a
Blind Boy Fuller
Blind Boy Fuller (born Fulton Allen, July 10, 1904February 13, 1941) was an American blues guitarist and singer. Fuller was one of the most popular of the recorded Piedmont blues artists, rural African Americans, along with Blind Blake, Josh Whi ...
song, "Get Your Yas Yas Out". The lyric in Fuller's song was "Now you got to leave my house this morning, don't I'll throw your yas yas out o' door". In the context of Fuller's original song and its use in other blues music, "yas yas" appears as a folksy euphemism for "ass". However,
Charlie Watts' T-shirt worn on the album's front cover shows a picture of a woman's breasts, suggesting an alternative explanation. Watts said that his wardrobe on the album cover was his usual stage clothing, along with Jagger's striped hat.
Some of the performances, as well as one of the two photography sessions for the album cover featuring Charlie Watts and a donkey, are depicted in the documentary film ''
Gimme Shelter
"Gimme Shelter" is a song by English rock band the Rolling Stones. Released as the opening track from band's 1969 album ''Let It Bleed''. The song covers topics of war, murder, rape and fear. It features prominent guest vocals by American singe ...
'', and shows Watts and
Mick Jagger
Sir Michael Philip Jagger (born 26 July 1943) is an English singer and songwriter who has achieved international fame as the lead vocalist and one of the founder members of the rock band the Rolling Stones. His ongoing songwriting partnershi ...
on a section of the M6 motorway adjacent to
Bescot Rail Depot in Birmingham, England, posing with a donkey. This is adjacent to where the RAC building now stands. The cover photo, however, was taken in early February 1970 in London, and does not originate from the 1969 session. The photo by
David Bailey, featuring Watts with guitars and bass drums hanging from the neck of a donkey, was inspired by a line in
Bob Dylan
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's song "
Visions of Johanna
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": "Jewels and binoculars hang from the head of the mule" (though, as mentioned, the animal in the photo is a donkey, not a mule). The band would later say "we originally wanted an elephant but settled for a donkey".
Jagger commissioned the back cover, featuring song titles and credits with photographs of the group in performance, from British artist
Steve Thomas, who has said he produced the design in 48 hours and that Jagger's response was "I really dig your artwork, man."
Release and reception
In the ''
Rolling Stone
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'' review of the album, critic
Lester Bangs
Leslie Conway "Lester" Bangs (December 14, 1948 – April 30, 1982) was an American music journalist, critic, author, and musician. He wrote for '' Creem'' and ''Rolling Stone'' magazines, and was known for his leading influence in rock music ...
said, "I have no doubt that it's the best rock concert ever put on record."
''Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!'' was released in September 1970, well into the sessions for their next studio album, ''
Sticky Fingers
''Sticky Fingers'' is the 9th British and 11th American studio album by the English rock band the Rolling Stones. The Stones released it on 23 April 1971 on their new, and own label Rolling Stones Records. They had been contracted by Decc ...
'', and was well-received critically and commercially, reaching number 1 in the UK and number 6 in the US, where it went platinum. Except for compilations, it was the last Rolling Stones album released through
Decca Records in the UK and
London Records in the US before they launched their own
Rolling Stones Records
Rolling Stones Records was the record label formed by the Rolling Stones members Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Mick Taylor, Charlie Watts and Bill Wyman in 1970, after their recording contract with Decca Records expired. The label was initia ...
label.
In August 2002, ''Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!'' was reissued in a new remastered album and
SACD
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digipak
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Jewel case
...
by
ABKCO Records
ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. (Allen & Betty Klein Company) is a major American independent record label, music publisher, and film and video production company. It owns and/or administers the rights to music by Sam Cooke, the Rolling Stones, the ...
.
In November 2009, the album was reissued with unreleased songs by the Rolling Stones but also by opening acts B.B King and Ike & Tina Turner. It includes a DVD and a 56-page booklet.
"Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! The Rolling Stones 2009 Edition"
iorr.org, 4 September 2009
The album has received consistent praise from critics as one of the greatest live albums ever made. In 2000 it was voted number 816 in Colin Larkin
Colin Larkin (born 1949) is a British writer and entrepreneur. He founded, and was the editor-in-chief of, the ''Encyclopedia of Popular Music'', described by ''The Times'' as "the standard against which all others must be judged".
Along wit ...
's ''All Time Top 1000 Albums
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''. In 2007, ''NME'' ranked the album as the 7th greatest live album of all time. ''Q'' ranked the album as the 14th greatest live album of all time.
Track listing
Original release
:
40th anniversary deluxe box set
Disc one – original release
# "Jumpin' Jack Flash" – 4:03
# "Carol" – 3:46
# "Stray Cat Blues" – 3:47
# "Love in Vain" – 4:56
# "Midnight Rambler" – 9:04
# "Sympathy for the Devil" – 6:51
# "Live With Me" – 3:02
# "Little Queenie" – 4:33
# "Honky Tonk Women" – 3:34
# "Street Fighting Man" – 4:04
Disc two – unreleased tracks
# " Prodigal Son" (Robert Wilkins
Robert Timothy Wilkins (January 16, 1896 – May 26, 1987) was an American country blues guitarist and vocalist, of African-American and Cherokee descent. His distinction was his versatility: he could play ragtime, blues, minstrel songs, and g ...
) – 4:04
# " You Gotta Move" (Fred McDowell
Fred McDowell (January 12, 1904 – July 3, 1972), known by his stage name Mississippi Fred McDowell, was an American hill country blues singer and guitar player.
Career
McDowell was born in Rossville, Tennessee, United States. His parents were f ...
, Rev. Gary Davis) – 2:18
# "Under My Thumb
"Under My Thumb" is a song recorded by the English rock band the Rolling Stones. Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, "Under My Thumb" features a marimba played by Brian Jones. Although it was never released as a single in English-spea ...
" – 3:38
# " I'm Free" – 2:47
# " (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" – 5:38
Disc three – opening sets
# "Everyday I Have the Blues
"Every Day I Have the Blues" is a blues song that has been performed in a variety of styles. An early version of the song is attributed to Pinetop Sparks and his brother Milton. It was first performed in the taverns of St. Louis by the Spark ...
" – 2:27
# "How Blue Can You Get
"How Blue Can You Get" (alternatively "Downhearted") is a blues song first recorded by Johnny Moore's Three Blazers in 1949. It is a slow 12-bar blues that jazz critic Leonard Feather and his wife, Jane Feather, are credited with writing. The so ...
" – 5:30
# "That's Wrong Little Mama" – 4:11
# "Why I Sing The Blues" – 5:16
# "Please Accept My Love" – 4:52
# "Gimme Some Loving
In golf, a gimme is a shot that the other players agree can count automatically without being played.
When a player has only a very short putt left to play, other players may grant a gimme (i.e., one stroke is counted), but the ball is not play ...
" – 0:49
# " Sweet Soul Music" – 1:16
# "Son of a Preacher Man
"Son of a Preacher Man" is a song written and composed by American songwriters John Hurley and Ronnie Wilkins and recorded by British singer Dusty Springfield in September 1968 for the album ''Dusty in Memphis.''
Springfield's version was produ ...
" – 2:49
# "Proud Mary
"Proud Mary" is a song written by John Fogerty and first recorded by his band Creedence Clearwater Revival. It was released by Fantasy Records as a single from the band's second studio album, '' Bayou Country'', which was issued by the same ...
" – 3:07
# "I've Been Loving You Too Long
"I've Been Loving You Too Long" (originally "I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)") is a soul music ballad written by Otis Redding and Jerry Butler.
Considered by music critics and writers to be one of Redding's finest performances and a ...
" – 5:40
# "Come Together
"Come Together" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney. The song is the opening track on their 1969 album ''Abbey Road'' and was also released as a single coupled with " Somethi ...
" – 3:36
# " Land of a Thousand Dances" – 2:40
Disc four – bonus DVD (2.0 and 5.1)
# Introduction (Madison Square Garden)
# "Prodigal Son" – 2:40
# "You Gotta Move" – 1:58
# Photo shoot (of album cover) – 3:30
# Keith in studio – 1:40
# "Under My Thumb" / "I'm Free" / Backstage with Jimi Hendrix – 6:09
# "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" / Outside waiting for transport – 10:45
# Credits
Bonus track recording dates
Audio
# "Prodigal Son" – 4:04
# "You Gotta Move" – 2:18
# "Under My Thumb" – 3:38
# "I'm Free" – 2:47
# "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" – 5:38
Video
# "Prodigal Son" – 2:40
# "You Gotta Move" – 1:50
# "Under My Thumb" – 3:30
# "I'm Free" – 1:30
# "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" – 6:00
Personnel
* Mick Jagger
Sir Michael Philip Jagger (born 26 July 1943) is an English singer and songwriter who has achieved international fame as the lead vocalist and one of the founder members of the rock band the Rolling Stones. His ongoing songwriting partnershi ...
– vocals; harmonica
* Keith Richards
Keith Richards (born 18 December 1943), often referred to during the 1960s and 1970s as "Keith Richard", is an English musician and songwriter who has achieved international fame as the co-founder, guitarist, secondary vocalist, and co-princi ...
– guitar, backing vocals
* Mick Taylor
Michael Kevin Taylor (born 17 January 1949) is an English guitarist, best known as a former member of John Mayall's Bluesbreakers (1967–1969) and the Rolling Stones (1969–1974). As a member of the Stones, he appeared on: ''Let It Bleed'' ...
– guitar
* Bill Wyman – bass guitar
* Charlie Watts – drums
Additional musicians
* Ian Stewart – piano
Production
* Recording and mixing engineer – Glyn Johns
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Biography
Early history
Johns was born in Epsom, Surrey, England. He had three siblings, two older sisters and a younger brother, Andy ...
* Mixing and editing – Andy Johns
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and Roy Thomas Baker
Roy Thomas Baker (born 10 November 1946) is an English record producer, songwriter and arranger, who has produced rock and pop and songs since the 1970s.
Career
Baker began his career at Decca Records at the age of 14 and later worked as an a ...
* Tape operator – Chris Kimsey
* Photography – David Bailey
* Art director – John Kosh
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* Recording by Wally Heider Mobile
Charts and certifications
Charts
Certifications
References
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1970 live albums
2009 video albums
Albums produced by Glyn Johns
The Rolling Stones live albums
Live video albums
ABKCO Records live albums
Decca Records live albums
ABKCO Records video albums
London Records live albums
Albums produced by Mick Jagger
Albums produced by Mick Taylor
Albums produced by Keith Richards
Albums produced by Charlie Watts
Albums produced by Bill Wyman
Albums recorded at Madison Square Garden
The Rolling Stones documentary films
The Rolling Stones video albums