There must be hundreds of compilations involving early Rolling Stones recordings. Most of them tampered with in studios, having audio and more or less legit re-mixes adjusted to some common perception about sound quality at time for releases. I always go for the earliest, or at least the ones where I can get closest to the original recordings. Of those there are especially two that make my day - German "Around And Around" and this. Initially issued in US (London NP-1/NPS-1) as a twelve track in March -66. When the UK version was due in November same year the band had already released a couple of new singles. That and the fact that earlier US and UK album releases had altering tracking made this very different with five cuts not appearing on the US release - "Come On", "Paint It Black", "Lady Jane", "Little Red Rooster" and "Have You Seen Yor Mother Baby, Standing In The Shadow" - omitting "Tell Me", "Play With Fire" and "Good Times Bad Times" from the US version. Both are good in their own ways, but since I get "Little Red Rooster" and "Paint It Black" originals here it's my preference. I can't find one bad thing to say about it. You get a couple of top notch UK non-LP cuts, all true mono with excellent audio. The laminated fold/out sleeve has stapled sheets with pictures and Andrew Loog Oldham credit notes inside. In all a very plush package. Premiere issues had ridged labels. The copy shown here hasn't. Considering the flat label, -1/-2 matrixes and thick unflexible vinyl it's probably pressed early 1968. (RÅ*)(PÖP*)
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