''The Rolling Stones No. 2'' is the second studio album by the English
rock band
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 in 1965 following the success of their 1964 debut album ''
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 ...
''. It followed its predecessor's tendency to largely feature American
R&B and
rock and roll
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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
Andrew Loog Oldham (born 29 January 1944) is an English record producer, talent manager, impresario and author. He was manager and producer of the Rolling Stones from 1963 to 1967, and was noted for his flamboyant style.
Early life
Loog Oldha ...
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
William George Wyman ( né Perks; born 24 October 1936) is an English musician who achieved international fame as the bassist for the Rolling Stones from 1962 until 1993. In 1989, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member ...
in his book ''Stone Alone: The Story of a Rock 'n' Roll Band'',
John Lennon
John Winston Ono Lennon (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 19408 December 1980) was an English singer, songwriter, musician and peace activist who achieved worldwide fame as founder, co-songwriter, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of ...
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
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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
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 ...
–
lead vocals
The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of th ...
,
harmonica
The harmonica, also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used worldwide in many musical genres, notably in blues, American folk music, classical music, jazz, country, and rock. The many types of harmonica incl ...
,
tambourine
The tambourine is a musical instrument in the percussion family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingles, called " zills". Classically the term tambourine denotes an instrument with a drumhead, though ...
*
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 ...
–
electric guitar
An electric guitar is a guitar that requires external amplification in order to be heard at typical performance volumes, unlike a standard acoustic guitar (however combinations of the two - a semi-acoustic guitar and an electric acoustic g ...
,
backing vocals
A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are use ...
,
acoustic guitar
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*
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 pro ...
– electric guitar ,
percussion
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, backing vocals
*
Bill Wyman
William George Wyman ( né Perks; born 24 October 1936) is an English musician who achieved international fame as the bassist for the Rolling Stones from 1962 until 1993. In 1989, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member ...
–
bass guitar
The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and sc ...
, backing vocals
*
Charlie Watts
Charles Robert Watts (2 June 1941 – 24 August 2021) was an English musician who achieved international fame as the drummer of the Rolling Stones from 1963 until his death in 2021.
Originally trained as a graphic artist, Watts developed an i ...
–
drums
Additional personnel
*
Jack Nitzsche
Bernard Alfred "Jack" Nitzsche ( '; April 22, 1937 – August 25, 2000) was an American musician, arranger, songwriter, composer, and record producer. He first came to prominence in the early 1960s as the right-hand-man of producer Phil Spec ...
–
piano
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*
Ian Stewart – piano ,
organ
*
David Bailey
David Royston Bailey (born 2 January 1938) is an English photographer and director, most widely known for his fashion photography and portraiture, and role in shaping the image of the Swinging Sixties.
Early life
David Bailey was born at Wh ...
- 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