THE ROLLING STONES

'Under My Thumb'

Not entirely sexist as has often been presumed but a role reversal song about the shift in power within a romantic relationship 'Under My Thumb' is classic Stones and check out the bass on this mix which you can hear better than on the original I reckon . . . . . . . Wyman at his best. The arrangement too is simply brilliant and should be rightly considered a Brian Jones masterpieces

Peabrained IFPI banned the last video under copyright law. Idiots! Explain how that helps anyone? The Rolling Stones? The listener? The Fan? No thought not. . . 

So here they are on Ready Steady Go! Introduced by the great Cathy McGowan

This one's for Brian . . . . . . . 

Tell you what just because they stripped that last version lets have another . . . . . . . .

This from The Vault in Leeds Roundhay Park 1982! 

This is for Mick! 

"It's Alright!"

On this day in music history: April 15, 1966 - “Aftermath”, the fourth album (sixth US) by The Rolling Stones is released in the UK. (The US release is on June 20, 1966). Produced by Andrew Loog Oldham, it is recorded at RCA Studios in Hollywood, CA from December 3 - 8, 1965, and March 6 - 9, 1966. Issued as the follow up to the chart topping “Out Of Our Heads”, it is first Rolling Stones album to be recorded entirely in the US, and is their first to feature all original material written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards. It is also a significant creative leap forward for the band as they experiment with new sounds and instruments, with guitarist Brian Jones being the main catalyst.The UK LP features different cover art and fourteen songs, and the US LP has eleven, removing the songs “Out of Time”, “Take It or Leave It”, “What to Do”, and “Mother’s Little Helper”, adding the then current single “Paint It Black” (#1 Pop) to the track listing. The UK version of the album features the full length version of “Out Of Time”, with guitarist Brian Jones playing a marimba (an African percussion instrument). The edited hit single version running under three and a half minutes,  makes its LP debut on the US compilation “Flowers” in 1967. A third version featuring strings in the place of the marimba part, is included on the later hits compilations “More Hot Rocks (Big Hits And Fazed Cookies)”, “Metamorphosis” and “GRRR!” (Super Deluxe Edition). Though it is not released as a single, the album track “Under My Thumb” featuring Brian Jones playing marimba, becomes one of The Stones’ most popular and enduring songs. In later years, the song takes on a much darker subtext, when it becomes associated with the tragic stabbing death of Meredith Hunter, at the infamous Altamont Speedway concert in December of 1969. The band are performing the song onstage, while Hunter is stabbed by one the Hells Angels motorcycle gang, who are hired as security for the concert. Originally released on CD in 1988, both the UK and US versions of the album are remastered and reissued on CD in 2002 as a hybrid SACD. The high def versions are discontinued and reissued as standard red book CD’s after the initial press run. The stereo vinyl LP (UK) is remastered and reissued in 2003. In 2016, the long out of print mono mix of “Aftermath” is reissued as part of the box set “The Rolling Stones In Mono”. The mono version is remastered by Bob Ludwig, with the lacquers being cut at Abbey Road Studios in London by mastering engineers Sean Magee and Alex Wharton. “Aftermath” hits number one on the UK album chart, peaking at number two (for 2 weeks) on the Billboard Top 200, and is certified Platinum in the US by the RIAA.

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