The Rolling Stones — December's Children (and Everybody's) [USED]

Artwork: Very Good + / Media: Very Good + / Stereo / Original paste over labels that work for both Mono and Stereo by sliding them up or down.
"26" on labels denotes a PRC Recording Company, Compton, CA pressing. Mid 1970s pressing / Dig how even a tossed-together cash-in by the Stones' U.S. label--the group's third American album of 1965--ends up smoking like all but their very best. They invent thrash with the opener, "She Said Yeah" (a Specialty Records obscurity penned, under a pseudonym, by Sonny Bono!) before laying down a leering "Talkin' 'Bout You," a frenetic "I'm Movin' On" and their most consistent, varied list of originals yet. Dig, too, how even "As Tears Go By" sounds like a sneer in the midst of "Get Off of My Cloud," "Gotta Get Away," "I'm Free" and the dourly off-key "Blue Turns to Grey." --Rickey Wright Half the twelve tracks were written by Jagger/Richards and included is the fifth British No. 1 "Get Off My Cloud". It also features "As Tears Go By", the ninth US single, which made number 6 in the USA. "As Tears Go By" was arranged by Mike Leander (who later arranged strings on the Beatles "She's Leaving Home") and the only other band member to play on the song is Keith. The recording dates spanned over two years, with "You Better Move On" dating from August 1963, as well as two live tracks from the March 1965 UK tour - a cover of Bobby Troup's "Route 66" and Hank Snow's "I'm Moving On" that both appeared on the Got Live If You Want It EP.