Monday’s Song : I Wanna Be Your Man

 

I don’t know why I chose this one to be the first of the week, while John Lennon was dismissive of the song in 1980, saying:  “It was a throwaway. The only two versions of the song were Ringo and the Rolling Stones. That shows how much importance we put on it: We weren't going to give them anything great, right?”

 

Here are the two versions of the song:

 

 

 

After the savage rendition of the Lennon-McCartney song, complete with slide guitar and a bass that sounded like its amplifier was cranked up to 12, the Rolling Stones were ready to take the next step.

 

The Rolling Stones is the debut EP released by The Rolling Stones on 17th [other say it was the 10th] of January 1964. It was released both to capitalise on their first Top 20 hit "I Wanna Be Your Man" and to test the commercial appeal of the band before their UK label Decca Records would commit to letting them record an album. The Rolling Stones includes four songs recorded at two separate sessions in August and November 1963.The Rolling Stones features R&B covers of some of the band's favourite artists, and some recent American hits. Despite the rawness of the production, the EP reached no. 1 in the UK EP charts in February 1964, having entered the chart the week after its release.

 

 

 

Check the "rawness" of the production!!