12 X 5

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12 X 5
Studio album by The Rolling Stones
Released	17 October 1964
Recorded	25 February, 12 May, 10 June-11, 24-26, 2 September, 28-29, 1964: Regent; Chess
Genre	Rock
Length	32:24
Label	London
Producer	Andrew Loog Oldham
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The Rolling Stones chronology
The Rolling Stones (1964) 12 X 5 (1964 US) The Rolling Stones No. 2 (1965 UK) The Rolling Stones, Now! (1965 US)

12 X 5 is the second US album by The Rolling Stones released in 1964 following the massive success of their debut The Rolling Stones in the UK and the promising sales of its American substitute England's Newest Hit Makers .

Not surprisingly, 12 X 5 followed its predecessor's tendency to largely feature R&B covers, however it does contain three compositions from the still-developing Mick Jagger/Keith Richards songwriting team, as well as two group compositions under the pseudonym of "Nanker Phelge".

After a series of sessions in Chicago in June 1964, The Rolling Stones' UK label Decca Records released the five song EP Five by Five. Because EPs were never a lucrative format in the US, London Records - their American distributor at the time - spread the EP songs across an entire album, adding seven new recordings to create a release of 12 songs by 5 musicians, hence the album's title. Decca would use the same cover (minus the lettering) for The Rolling Stones' second UK album The Rolling Stones No. 2 in early 1965.

12 X 5 proved to be a faster seller than England's Newest Hit Makers, reaching #3 and going gold quickly.

In August 2002, 12 X 5 was reissued in a new remastered CD and SACD digipak by ABKCO Records.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Around and Around" (Chuck Berry) – 3:03
2. "Confessin' the Blues" (Jay McShann/Walter Brown) – 2:47
3. "Empty Heart" (Nanker Phelge) – 2:37
4. "Time Is on My Side" (Norman Meade) – 2:53
   • This is the "organ" version of this song, as opposed to the version with the guitar intro which appeared on The Rolling Stones No. 2
5. "Good Times, Bad Times" (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards) – 2:30
   • Released as the B-Side of "It's All Over Now"
6. "It's All Over Now" (Bobby Womack/Shirley Jean Womack) – 3:26
7. "2120 South Michigan Avenue" (Nanker Phelge) – 3:38
   • This is the full length version, previously only available on German compilation Around and Around (1964)
8. "Under the Boardwalk" (Arthur Resnick/Kenny Young) – 2:46
   • also appears on The Rolling Stones No. 2
9. "Congratulations" (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards) – 2:29
   • Misspelled as "Congradulations" on the tracklisting of the 2002 Hybrid SACD release
10. "Grown Up Wrong" (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards) – 2:05
    • also appears on The Rolling Stones No. 2
11. "If You Need Me" (Robert Bateman/Wilson Pickett) – 2:04
12. "Susie Q" (Eleanor Broadwater/Stan Lewis/Dale Hawkins) – 1:50
    • also appears on The Rolling Stones No. 2'

[edit] Personnel

• Mick Jagger - Lead vocals, harmonica, percussion
• Keith Richards - Guitars, acoustic guitar, vocals
• Brian Jones - rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, harmonica, tambourine, vocals
• Charlie Watts - Drums, tambourine
• Bill Wyman - Bass guitar, vocals

• Ian Stewart - Piano, organ

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[edit] Singles

[edit] External links

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