![CAROL (Berry) Rec: Jan. 3, 1964 M. Jagger: Lead Vocal, Handclaps. K. Richard: Lead Guitar, Handclaps. B. Jones: Rhythm Guitar, Handclaps. B. Wyman: Bass, Handclaps. C. Watts: Drums, Handclaps.*]( "CAROL (Berry) Rec: Jan. 3, 1964 M. Jagger: Lead Vocal, Handclaps. K. Richard: Lead Guitar, Handclaps. B. Jones: Rhythm Guitar, Handclaps. B. Wyman: Bass, Handclaps. C. Watts: Drums, Handclaps.*")
CAROL (Berry) Rec: Jan. 3, 1964 M. Jagger: Lead Vocal, Handclaps. K. Richard: Lead Guitar, Handclaps. B. Jones: Rhythm Guitar, Handclaps. B. Wyman: Bass, Handclaps. C. Watts: Drums, Handclaps.*
*Sounds like there's more than three people clapping on this.
TELL ME (YOU'RE COMING BACK) (Jagger/Richard) Rec: Jan. 28, Feb. 3 and 4, 1964* M. Jagger: Lead and Harmony Vocals, Tambourine**. K. Richard: Lead Guitar, Bass***, Backing Vocals. B. Jones: Acoustic Guitar****, Tambourine (?)**. B. Wyman: Bass. C. Watts: Drums. I. Stewart: Piano.
*An earlier version, presumably from the January date was released on the first pressing of the album in the UK. It runs 2:52 and lacks a lot of overdubs. The U.S. 45 version of the final mix runs 2:57 to the U.K. CD's 3:47. The C.D.s fade early; on the original record, the song ran 4:05 and stopped abruptly. **Wyman (ROLLING WITH THE STONES) credits the tambourine to Jones; but also backing vocals to Jones and himself - I can hear a lot of overdubbed Mick's, but... (Mind you Wyman credits the back-ups on TIME IS ON MY SIDE (v.1) to himself and Brian, when it appears to be Keith and Brian, and also some vocals on BETWEEN THE BUTTONS to himself and Jones...that and a few mix-ups with recording dates lead me to be skeptical... ***Keith remembers "building the song up" and playing bass, it's possible that a) he's wrong or b) it's a composite track. To be on the safe side, both Stones are credited with bass. ****Sounds like a 12 string.
CAN I GET A WITNESS? (Holland-Dozier-Holland) Rec: Jan. 28, Feb. 3 or 4, 1964* M. Jagger: Lead Vocal. K. Richard: Guitar. B. Jones: Tambourine, Backing Vocal(?) B. Wyman: Bass, Backing Vocal (?) C. Watts: Drums. I. Stewart: Piano. Gene Pitney: Handclaps, Backing Vocal. Graham Nash: Handclaps, Backing Vocal. Allan Clarke: Handclaps, Backing Vocal.**
* Also recorded at this session was an instrumental jam logged as "Spector And Pitney Came Too" and an obscene jam known as "Andrew's Blues" featuring Jagger, Spector and Pitney on vocals. **The backing vocals are up in the air here. They're mixed down a little too much, but I believe I hear Pitney. There's evidence of Mick double-tracking his lead (or a remnant of an earlier take) in the fade out. It's very small. Apparently Mick is singing "I want a pee!" at the end!
YOU CAN MAKE IT IF YOU TRY (Jarrett) Rec: Jan. 3, 1964 M. Jagger: Lead Vocal, Tambourine. K. Richard: Guitar, Backing Vocal. B. Jones: Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocal. B. Wyman: Bass, Backing Vocal. C. Watts: Drums, Cowbell.(?) I. Stewart: Organ.
WALKING THE DOG (Thomas) Rec: Jan. 3, 1964* M. Jagger: Vocal, Handclaps. K. Richard: Lead Guitar, Handclaps. B. Jones: Vocal, Rhythm Guitar, Handclaps.** B. Wyman: Bass, Handclaps. C. Watts: Drums, Handclaps.
*This song was a massive hit in Australia. There's footage of the Stones miming to it there in early '65. **Brian also does the whistling here. As he's louder than Mick on the chorus,I've classified it a vocal, rather than a backing vocal.
Tracks recorded at this time: NOT FADE AWAY (Hardin, Petty) Rec: Probably Feb. 4, 1964* Rel: Feb. 21, 1964 (UK 45), Mar. 6, 1964 (U.S. 45) M. Jagger: Lead Vocal and Maracas, Tambourine (?), Handclaps (?)** Backing Vocal. K. Richard: Electric and Acoustic Guitars. B. Jones: Harmonica, Handclaps(?). B. Wyman: Bass, Handclaps(?). C. Watts: Drums, Tambourine (?). Gene Pitney: Tambourine (?)
*An alternate take has been booted, featuring a wilder harp track. **Wyman claims Jagger handled all the percussion (But they really didn't have enough mix down space, and a surfeit of percussionists for this be totally feasible)
GOOD TIMES, BAD TIMES (Jagger/Richard) Rec: Feb. 25 and possibly June 11, 1964* Rel: June 26, 1964 (UK B-Side), July 24, 1964 (U.S. B-Side) M. Jagger: Vocal. K. Richard: 12 String Acoustic Guitar. B. Jones: Harmonica. B. Wyman: Bass. C. Watts: Drums.
*It's quite possible that the June 11, 1964 version, recorded at Chess, is an entirely different take, and probably therefore the version released as the B-Side of IT'S ALL OVER NOW. If so, then the February version is unreleased. Then again, they could have just been overdubbing at Chess - except that there doesn't appear to be any overdubs on the track.... Also recorded on February 25 was OVER YOU (Toussaint/Orange) which was set to be the next single. Mick Jagger bought the acetate of this song in the late 90s at auction, if I remember correctly; and SUSIE Q, which appears on ROLLING STONES No. 2 in the UK and 12 x 5 in the States.
In Jan and Feb 1964 the Stones appeared as session men on a version of "To Know Him Is To Love Him" sung by Jagger's sometime beau Cleo Sylvestre, and on the instrumental B-Side, "There Are But Five Rolling Stones". Both songs were recorded for a 45 on Jan. 2, 1964. The Stones appeared (but perhaps not as a unit) on three Andrew Oldham "songs" recorded on Jan. 13, 1964: "365 Rolling Stones (One For Each Day Of The Year)", "Oh, I Do Like To See Me On The B-Side" and "Funky And Fleopatra". Jagger and Richard also recorded some other demos in March:
AS TIME GOES BY (Demo) (Jagger/ Richard) Rec: March 11 or 12, 1964* Rel: Only on bootleg. M. Jagger: Vocal.** K. Richard: Guitar.
*Also recorded on these days, with session guitarist Jim Sullivan and session bassist Erik Ford, was a demo of NO-ONE KNOWS, which according to James Karnbach was written by Brian Jones, who presumably doesn't appear at the session, which therefore precludes him singing it. Maybe it was recorded on the second day, with Brian present. Information on this title is sketchy at best.
Presumably Andrew Oldham "earned" his writing credit on AS TEARS GO BY (of which AS TIME GOES BY is a demo) by pointing out the similarities between this earlier title and that of the famous song from "Casablanca". **Horribly flat and amateurish.
