I thought we should have a look on what The Stones really recorded during the June 1964 sessions and what is available.

A bootleg copy of these recordings have appeared, but there are several tracks which was not recorded there at Chess, but in England.

Songs we know for sure was recorded at Chess and released at the time:

It's All Over Now
Around And Around
If You Need Me
2120 South Michigan Avenue
I Can't Be Satisfied
Empty Heart
Confessin' The Blues
Down The Road Apiece
Look What You've Done

"Tell Me Baby" was released in West Germany in 1983.

From here on oppinions differ:

We know for sure that "Stewed And Keefed" "High Heeled Sneakers" and Down In The Bottom" is also from Chess, and is available on bootleg. What else?

"Don't Lie To Me" also sounds like a Chess recording to me.

What about "Fanny Mae", "Reelin' and Rockin" ??? From later Chess sessions???

These recordings is sometimes also reffered as Chess recordings, but they sound like Regent Sound recordings to me:

Good Times Bad Times
Time Is On My Side (Organ version)

[www.bootlegzone.com]

From "the rolling stones archives"
[www10.atwiki.jp]

CHESS RECORDING SESSIONS 1964 (41:56)
1 It's All Over Now (stereo version)
2 I Can't Be Satisfied (stereo version)
3 Stewed & Keefed (outtake)
4 Confenssin' The Blues (stereo version)
5 Around & Around (stereo version)
6 Look What You've Down (stereo version)
7 Down The Road Apiece (stereo version)
8 If You Need Me (stereo version)
9 Hi-Heel Sneakers (outtake)
10 Meet Me In The Bottom (outtake)
11 Empty Heart (stereo version)
12 Tell Me Baby, How Many More Time (outtake)
13 2120 South Michigan Avenue (full length stereo version)
14 Reelin' & Rockin' (outtake)

12X5 (abkco 94022) includes tracks 1, 4, 5, 8,11,13 stereo
MORE HOT ROCKS (abkco 96262) includes track 2 stereo
The Black Box CD-1 (Yellow Dog YD 046) includes tracks 3, 9-10,12 stereo
DECEMBER'S CHILDREN (abkco 94512) includes track 6 stereo
THE ROLLING STONES, NOW! (abkco 94202) includes track 7 stereo
Reelin' & Rockin' (VGP-274) includes track 14 mono

Note; Chess Studios, Chicago, Illinois, 6.10.1964 (tracks 1-3), 6.11.1964 (tracks 4-14)

Key To The Highway, Have Mercy and Goodbye Girl from Time Trip V are missing...



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2009-11-23 16:35 by mitch.

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DandelionPowderman
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This tells you everything other than the Time Trip 5 stuff mentioned earlier.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2009-11-23 16:42 by scottkeef.

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What about the " Unreleased Chess Sessions, 1964-65 " ? What's the difference ?Unreleased ?

( Variously known as 2120 South Michigan Avenue, Confessin’ The Blues, The Unreleased 1964 Blues Album and The Unreleased Chess Album )

June 10-11, 1964
1. It's All Over Now
2. I Can't Be Satisfied
3. Stewed And Keefed
4. Around And Around
5. Confessin' The Blues
6. Down In The Bottom
7. Empty Heart
8. Hi- Heel Sneakers
9. Down The Road Apiece
10. If You Need Me
11. Look What You've Done
12. Tell Me Baby
13. Time Is On My Side (Ver. 1)
14. Reelin' And Rockin'
15. Don't You Lie To Me
16. 2120 South Michigan Avenue

November 8, 1964
17. What A Shame
18. Fanny Mae
19. Little Red Rooster
20. Time Is On My Side (Ver. 2)
21. Goodbye Girl
22. Key To The Highway
23. Mercy, Mercy (Ver. 1)

May 10, 1965
24. Mercy, Mercy (Ver. 2)
25. That's How Strong My Love Is
26. The Under-Assistant West Coast Promotion Man
27. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (rejected mix used for live lip-sync, BBC date unknown)



I am a Frenchie ,as Mick affectionately called them in the Old Grey Whistle Test in 1977 .

Looks pretty complete.
Not sure about the first version of Time Is On My Side (organ) though. Wasn't that recorded in England???

SwayStones
According to ChrisM (http://www.rollingstonesnet.com/CollectorUnauthArchive2.html):

"2120 South Michigan Avenue"
Sound Quality: Excellent Official & Outtake Sources

Chess Studios, Chicago, June 10-11, 1964*
Chess Studios, Chicago, November 8, 1964+
Chess Studios, Chicago, May 10, 1965#

It's All Over Now* (12x5) 3:24/I Can't Be Satisfied* (More Hot Rocks) 3:25/"Stewed & Keefed"* (Bright Lights Big City) 4:07/Around And Around* (12x5) 3:02/Confessin' The Blues* (12x5)/Down In The Bottom* (Bright Lights Big City) 2:42/Empty Heart* (12x5) 2:36/Hi-Heel Sneakers* (Bright Lights Big City) 2:57/Down The Road Apiece* (Now!) 2:54/If You Need Me* (12x5) 2:02/Look What You've Done* (Outtake-december's children) 2:18/Tell Me Baby How Many Times* (Bright Lights Big City) 1:53/Time Is On My Side (Organ Intro - Regent Sound, June 24-26, 1964, on 12x5) 2:52/Reelin' And Rockin'* (Outtake) 3:36/Don't Lie To Me* (Metamorphosis) 1:59/2120 South Michigan Avenue* (12x5) 3:40/What A Shame+ (Now!) 3:04/Fanny Mae+ (BBC-Cops & Robbers) 2:12/Little Red Rooster+ (Now!) 3:06/Time Is On My Side+ (Guitar Intro - Big Hits (High Tide And Green Grass) 3:00/Goodbye Girl+ (Outtake - Time Trip Vol. 5) 2:08/Key To The Highway+ (Outtake - Time Trip Vol. 5) 3:18/Mercy Mercy+ (Outtake - Time Trip Vol. 5) 2:43/Mercy Mercy# (Out Of Our Heads) 2:45/That's How Strong My Love Is# (Out Of Our Heads) 2:24/Under Assistant West Cost Promotion Man# (Out Of Our Heads) 3:22/Satisfaction# (Shindig TV 5/20/65, Harmonica Version Backing Track) 2:44

Comment: The concept here is a collection of Chess Studio sessions with the liner notes going as far as to imply that these sides were intended for a Chess release for a re-signed Rolling Stones who had considered abandoning Pop Music for the pure Blues! Is this the lost Blues album from 1964 or are the Stones paying tribute to their significant influences at the end of their first US tour in '64? Well thought out compilation.

Beware, some boots present mono tracks while others offer the stereo versions...

16 songs in two days - impressive.