Early and timeless masterpiece of the Stones

When Brian Jones guitar intones the famous rhythmic motto of Not Fade Away, the listener is immediately embraced by the aura rough naturalness which surrounded the early Stones or even surrounds. The reviewer, in which puberty the debut album of the Stones struck like a musical natural phenomenon, aware of their effect can still, 42 years later, unable to escape. Amazingly, from today's perspective, how much the Stones at that time which are basically established models. It has made them the many cover versions, too criticized. But who is listening today Buddy Holly Not fade away, or Nat King Cole Route 66 or Walking the Dog Rufus Thomas? The energy of the British R & B have the Stones set a lasting monument to their debut album makes breathtaking transformations possible. I Just Want To Make Love To You about, in the original version of Muddy Waters Blues is a fairly sedate, in the cover to a hysterical outbreak of pure ecstasy. Such a thing has never been heard before. Despite the roughness but the musical quality of early Stones must not be underestimated. In A King Bee for example, where Mick Jagger's voice (at that time still somewhat natural sound, not so convulsively distorted as so often from Get off of my cloud), brings almost hypnotic to bear, together with a refined instrumental arrangements, for the greater good Brian Jones was responsible, is a masterpiece. Certainly Tell Me is the final blatantly sentimental in the album version of the United States at that time was also censored because of it - but what a sincerity! This desperate love song goes even today to everyone who hears it for the first time, under the skin. But the most varied album also happy tracks, little by little, for example, a jam session with the participation of Gene Pitney and Phil Spector (which at that time belonged to Musikestablishment), and finally the snotty Walking the Dog, with dust-dry drums and daring catcalls.

Unfortunately, the record company has ABKCO can not bring themselves finally compact group all early Stones title to the cutting edge of technical preparation in a cartridge, with competent and full documentation. This would be an editorial feat! Instead, still relies on the cult status of the original disks which can be marketed well better ...