Recorded & mixed: December 3-8, 1965: RCA Studios, Los Angeles, USA March 6-9, 1966: RCA Studios, Los Angeles, USA Producer: Andrew Oldham Engineer: Dave Hassinger Released: April 1966 Original label: Decca Records
We recorded 21 Jagger-Richard compositions while we were in Los Angeles. We were so busy, I was thinking of moving my bed down into the recording studio... We've got a new instrument on some of the tracks, but I can't tell you what it is or everyone will run out and do the same thing. - Mick Jagger, March 1966
All songs by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.
Side 1
1. "Mother's Little Helper" – 2:45
2. "Stupid Girl" – 2:55
3. "Lady Jane" – 3:08
4. "Under My Thumb" – 3:41
5. "Doncha Bother Me" – 2:41
6. "Going Home" – 11:13
7. "Flight 505" – 3:27
Side 2
1. "High and Dry" – 3:08
2. "Out of Time" – 5:37
3. "It's Not Easy" – 2:56
4. "I Am Waiting" – 3:11
5. "Take It or Leave It" – 2:47
6. "Think" – 3:09
7. "What to Do" – 2:32
2. "Out of Time" – 5:37
3. "It's Not Easy" – 2:56
4. "I Am Waiting" – 3:11
5. "Take It or Leave It" – 2:47
6. "Think" – 3:09
7. "What to Do" – 2:32
US version
1. "Paint It, Black" – 3:45
2. "Stupid Girl" – 2:55
3. "Lady Jane" – 3:09
4. "Under My Thumb" – 3:41
5. "Doncha Bother Me" – 2:41
6. "Think" – 3:09
7. "Flight 505" – 3:27
8. "High And Dry" – 3:08
9. "It's Not Easy" – 2:56
10. "I Am Waiting" – 3:11
11. "Going Home" – 11:13
Mick Jagger - Vocals, Percussion, Lighting, Harmonica
Keith Richards - Guitar, Vocals
Brian Jones - Guitar, Marimba, Bells, Dulcimer, Sitar, Piano, Organ, Harpsichord, Harmonica
Charlie Watts - Drums, Percussion, Marimba, Bells
Bill Wyman - Bass, Marimba, Bells, Piano, Organ, Harpsichord
Jack Nitzsche - Percussion, Piano, Organ, Harpsichord
Ian Stewart - Piano, Organ, Harpsichord
1966 uk album chart pos.1 – 1966 billboard pop album pos.2 – 1967 billboard pop album pos.40
Basically, we released everything in mono - up to Aftermath - because we always liked the mono sound on the original R&B records. You don't have that polarity you get with stereo, that spreads out the sound. With stereo you lose a lot of the guts of the sound. We liked the RAWNESS of mono back then. On 2-track you couldn't do much anyways. For one thing, it couldn't be released in stereo. The band was on one track, the vocals on the other, and you couldn't mix stereo on 2-track. In any case, in '64 stereo was just coming into use, it wasn't in people's homes until '66. Also, you couldn't mix a single other than mono at that time because if it was mixed in stereo and you played it on a mono machine the sound was not balanced.
- Bill Wyman
2. "Stupid Girl" – 2:55
3. "Lady Jane" – 3:09
4. "Under My Thumb" – 3:41
5. "Doncha Bother Me" – 2:41
6. "Think" – 3:09
7. "Flight 505" – 3:27
8. "High And Dry" – 3:08
9. "It's Not Easy" – 2:56
10. "I Am Waiting" – 3:11
11. "Going Home" – 11:13
Mick Jagger - Vocals, Percussion, Lighting, Harmonica
Keith Richards - Guitar, Vocals
Brian Jones - Guitar, Marimba, Bells, Dulcimer, Sitar, Piano, Organ, Harpsichord, Harmonica
Charlie Watts - Drums, Percussion, Marimba, Bells
Bill Wyman - Bass, Marimba, Bells, Piano, Organ, Harpsichord
Jack Nitzsche - Percussion, Piano, Organ, Harpsichord
Ian Stewart - Piano, Organ, Harpsichord
1966 uk album chart pos.1 – 1966 billboard pop album pos.2 – 1967 billboard pop album pos.40
Basically, we released everything in mono - up to Aftermath - because we always liked the mono sound on the original R&B records. You don't have that polarity you get with stereo, that spreads out the sound. With stereo you lose a lot of the guts of the sound. We liked the RAWNESS of mono back then. On 2-track you couldn't do much anyways. For one thing, it couldn't be released in stereo. The band was on one track, the vocals on the other, and you couldn't mix stereo on 2-track. In any case, in '64 stereo was just coming into use, it wasn't in people's homes until '66. Also, you couldn't mix a single other than mono at that time because if it was mixed in stereo and you played it on a mono machine the sound was not balanced.
- Bill Wyman
BIG HIT ( HIGH TIDE AND GREEN GRASS)
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Released Englad 4 november. 1966
Released US 28 march 1966
Recorded 10 may 1963 – 2 september 1966
Label Decca uk – abkco US
Producer Andrew Loog Oldham
U.S. releaseReaching #3 on the US charts, where it remained for two years, Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) proved to be a big smash and currently remains a popular Rolling Stones retrospective.In August 2002 this US edition of Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) was reissued in a new remastered CD and SACD digipak by ABKCO Records, with the British version remaining unavailable. U.K. releaseThe UK Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) includes tracks released after the American edition appeared. The Rolling Stones' debut 1963 single, a cover of Chuck Berry's "Come On", was included, but its more successful follow-up, "I Wanna Be Your Man" - composed by rivals (although in reality as friends) Lennon-McCartney - was left off the album.Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) reached #4 in the UK charts.The album has been out of print in the UK for years, although it was officially released on CD in Japan for a time.
All songs by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, except where noted.
"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" – 3:43
"The Last Time" – 3:40
"As Tears Go By" (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards/Andrew Loog Oldham) – 2:45
"Time Is on My Side" (Norman Meade) – 2:58
"It's All Over Now" (Bobby Womack/Shirley Jean Womack) – 3:26
"Tell Me (You're Coming Back)" – 3:46
"19th Nervous Breakdown" – 3:56
"Heart of Stone" – 2:50
"Get Off of My Cloud" – 2:55
"Not Fade Away" (Buddy Holly/Norman Petty) – 1:48
"Good Times, Bad Times" – 2:31
"Play With Fire" – 2:13
"The Last Time" – 3:40
"As Tears Go By" (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards/Andrew Loog Oldham) – 2:45
"Time Is on My Side" (Norman Meade) – 2:58
"It's All Over Now" (Bobby Womack/Shirley Jean Womack) – 3:26
"Tell Me (You're Coming Back)" – 3:46
"19th Nervous Breakdown" – 3:56
"Heart of Stone" – 2:50
"Get Off of My Cloud" – 2:55
"Not Fade Away" (Buddy Holly/Norman Petty) – 1:48
"Good Times, Bad Times" – 2:31
"Play With Fire" – 2:13
UK version
"Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?" – 2:34
"Paint It, Black" – 3:45
"It's All Over Now" (Bobby Womack/Shirley Jean Womack) – 3:27
"The Last Time" – 3:40
"Heart of Stone" – 2:46
"Not Fade Away" (Buddy Holly/Norman Petty) – 1:48
"Come On" (Chuck Berry) – 1:49
"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" – 3:43
"Get Off of My Cloud" – 2:55
"As Tears Go By" (Mick Jagger/Keith Richard/Andrew Loog Oldham) – 2:45
"19th Nervous Breakdown" – 3:57
"Lady Jane" – 3:08
"Time Is on My Side" (Norman Meade) – 2:53
"Little Red Rooster" (Willie Dixon) – 3:05
"Paint It, Black" – 3:45
"It's All Over Now" (Bobby Womack/Shirley Jean Womack) – 3:27
"The Last Time" – 3:40
"Heart of Stone" – 2:46
"Not Fade Away" (Buddy Holly/Norman Petty) – 1:48
"Come On" (Chuck Berry) – 1:49
"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" – 3:43
"Get Off of My Cloud" – 2:55
"As Tears Go By" (Mick Jagger/Keith Richard/Andrew Loog Oldham) – 2:45
"19th Nervous Breakdown" – 3:57
"Lady Jane" – 3:08
"Time Is on My Side" (Norman Meade) – 2:53
"Little Red Rooster" (Willie Dixon) – 3:05
1966 uk top 40 albums pos. 4 – 1967 uk top 20 albums pos. 6 – 1969 uk top 50 albums pos. 20 -1970 uk top 50 albums pos. 23 – 1971 uk top 50 albums pos.33 – 1972 uk top 50 albums pos. 34 – 1966 billboard pop albums pos. 3 – 1967 billboard pop albums pos. 50