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December's Children (And Everybody's) (1965)

Where the lyrics of December's Children (And Everybody's) take you, and where it was really made.

The Rolling Stones' fifth American studio album was assembled from earlier tracks, and no sessions were held to record the LP itself.

Key places

RCA Records studio, Hollywood (1965)

Recording site RCA Studios — Most of the songs on this album were recorded on 5–6 September 1965 at the RCA Records studio in Hollywood, California. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Decca Studios, London (1963)

Recording site Decca Studios — "You Better Move On" was recorded here on 8 August 1963, the oldest studio session listed for the album. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Chess Records studio, Chicago (1964)

Recording site Chicago Recording Company — "Look What You've Done" was recorded on 11 June 1964 at the Chess Records studio in Chicago, and is the album's only true stereo cut. The pin marks the city centre, not the building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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IBC Studios, London (1965)

Recording site IBC Studios — "As Tears Go By" was recorded here on 26 October 1965, the latest studio session listed for the album. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• December's Children (And Everybody's) is the fifth American studio album by the English rock band the Rolling Stones
• Released November 1965
• Compiled mainly from tracks already released across the band's recording career up to that point
• Includes the UK version of Out of Our Heads
• Features the transatlantic hit single "Get Off of My Cloud"
• Includes the band's own remake of Marianne Faithfull's Jagger/Richards-penned hit "As Tears Go By"
• "As Tears Go By" was released as the album's second single in the US

Background

• Bassist Bill Wyman quotes Jagger in 1968 calling the record a collection of songs rather than an album
• Wyman's book Rolling with the Stones covers the album only briefly
• Jagger and Richards wrote only half of the songs
• It is the last of the group's early releases to feature numerous cover songs

Recording

• No sessions were held to record the LP itself
• Many songs came from the UK edition of Out of Our Heads, recorded in September 1965 in Los Angeles
• Many tracks had earlier appeared on UK albums, singles or EPs but had not been heard in the American market
• Other tracks were unreleased songs recorded in other sessions
• Most songs were recorded 5–6 September 1965 at the RCA Records studio in Hollywood
• "You Better Move On" was recorded 8 August 1963 at Decca Studios, London
• "Look What You've Done" was recorded 11 June 1964 at the Chess Records studio, Chicago
• "Route 66" and "I'm Moving On" were live performances in England, 5–7 March 1965
• "As Tears Go By" was recorded 26 October 1965 at IBC Studios, London

Cover

• The title came from the band's manager, Andrew Loog Oldham
• Oldham facetiously credited the title to "Lou Folk-Rock Adler" in the liner notes on the back cover
• According to Jagger, the title was Oldham's idea of hip, Beat poetry
• The front cover photo by Gered Mankowitz had previously been used for the UK edition of Out of Our Heads

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Formed in London in 1962 as an English rock band; their first stable line-up was Brian Jones, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts.
• Jones named the band after a Muddy Waters song; they were rooted in blues and rock and roll.
• Manager Andrew Loog Oldham encouraged them to write their own songs, and the Jagger–Richards partnership became their main creative force.

Members

• Current: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood (joined 1975).
• Former: Brian Jones (died 1969), Mick Taylor (1969–1974), Bill Wyman (1962–1993), Charlie Watts (1963–2021, died 2021).
• Steve Jordan became their drummer after Watts' death.

Career

• Hits included "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (1965), "Paint It Black" (1966) and "Start Me Up" (1981).
• Their 1969 Hyde Park show and Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers and Exile on Main St. are key points of their career.
• Formed Rolling Stones Records in 1970, whose tongue-and-lips logo became their band logo.
• Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989; the band has sold more than 250 million albums.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Released November 1965
• Reached No. 4 in the US, where it was certified gold
• Its highest-charting single was "Get Off of My Cloud", the group's second US No. 1
• That single was also a major chart topper in the band's native UK and several other markets

Reappraisal

• In August 2002, ABKCO Records reissued the album in a new remastered CD and SACD digipak
• "Look What You've Done" remains the album's only cut issued in true stereo
• The reissue did not change the album's track selection drawn from earlier releases

Records

• United States: certified gold
• United States: reached No. 4
• "Get Off of My Cloud": the group's second US No. 1 and the album's highest-charting single
• "Get Off of My Cloud": also a major chart topper in the UK and several other markets
• August 2002: remastered CD and SACD digipak reissue by ABKCO Records
• "Look What You've Done": the only true stereo cut on the album

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The title came from manager Andrew Loog Oldham, who facetiously credited it to "Lou Folk-Rock Adler" on the back cover liner notes.
• Bill Wyman says Jagger called the record a collection of songs rather than an album in 1968.
• The front cover photo by Gered Mankowitz had already been used for the UK edition of Out of Our Heads.
• "Look What You've Done" is the only track on the album issued in true stereo.
• Wyman's exhaustive book Rolling with the Stones details this album only briefly.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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