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England's Newest Hit Makers (1964)

Where the lyrics of England's Newest Hit Makers take you, and where it was really made.

The American edition was not a copy of the British debut: one track was swapped for a hit single and the title changed, yet it still went gold.

Key places

Regent Sound Studios, London (1964)

Recording site Regent Sound Studios — The album was recorded at Regent Sound Studios in London in January and February 1964, and the US edition reuses these recordings. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• England's Newest Hit Makers: the American edition of the Rolling Stones' debut album
• Released by London Records on 29 May 1964, about six weeks after the British version
• Originally self-titled, later officially called England's Newest Hit Makers
• Track list differs slightly from the British album
• The band's first American album

Background

• The British version came out on Decca Records, while the US edition was issued by London Records
• Overseas versions of British albums at the time often added more hit singles to help sales
• Not Fade Away, the A-side of the band's third UK single, replaced I Need You Baby
• On most American releases, Now I've Got a Witness and Tell Me had shorter titles

Recording

• Recorded at Regent Sound Studios in London in January and February 1964, and the US edition reuses these tracks
• Produced by Andrew Loog Oldham and Eric Easton, who were then the band's managers

Cover

• The US cover carries the title, changing the concept Andrew Oldham had planned
• The British cover had no title, only the photo and the Decca logo

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com · pt.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com

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 by London Records on 29 May 1964, the US edition reached No. 11 on the album chart
• The US release went gold in the process
• Originally self-titled, the album was later officially called England's Newest Hit Makers
• It was the band's debut American album, sold with its own track list

Reappraisal

• Sean Egan of BBC Music wrote in 2012 that the record was still the best album to come out of the early 1960s British blues boom
• Egan said the group lovingly delivered some of its favourite rhythm and blues numbers
• The American track list kept the blues and R&B covers at the core of the record

Records

• Peak on the US album chart: No. 11
• Gold certification in the US
• Reissued in August 2002 by ABKCO as a remastered CD and SACD Digipak under the England's Newest Hit Makers name

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Not Fade Away, the A-side of the band's third UK single, took the place of I Need You Baby on this edition
• The first US pressing had an unboxed red ffrr label with the old-style London logo
• The album was reissued in August 2002 as a remastered CD
• The group's recording was credited to Regent Sound Studios, with production by Oldham and Easton

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com · pt.wikipedia.org

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