notes taken from 'The Rolling Stones Complete Recording Sessions 1962-2002' by Martin Elliot

quote:
"COME ON (Berry)
10 May 1963: Place: Olympic, London, England.
Producer: Andrew Oldham, Eric Easton.
Engineer: Roger Savage.
Track status: UK Single: 7 June 1963: No 21 - 14 weeks
UK Compilation LP THANK YOUR LUCKY STARS VOL 2: 27 September 1963
UK Compilation LP READY STEADY GO!: 24 January 1964: No 20 - 1 week
UK Compilation LP BIG HITS (HIGH TIDE AND GREEN GRASS): 4 November 1966: No 4 - 43 weeks
UK Compilation LP ROCK ‘N’ ROLLING STONES: 13 October 1972: No 41-1 week
USA Compilation LP MORE HOT ROCKS (BIG HITS & FAZED COOKIES): 1 December 1972: No 9 - 12 weeks
UK Compilation LP ROLLED GOLD: 14 November 1975: No 7 - 50 weeks
UK & USA LP THE ROLLING STONES SINGLES COLLECTION - THE LONDON YEARS: 15 August 1989

Andrew Oldham and Eric Easton formed a company ‘Impact Sound’ to be the management and recording team behind the Rolling Stones. The contract was signed on 21 May 1963 by Brian Jones (as L B Jones) and Eric Easton for Impact Sound. On 9 May 1963, they had signed their management contract between Brian Jones, Eric Easton and Andrew Loog Oldham. Again, Brian signed himself as L B Jones and Mick Jagger who was described as a student. Andrew talked Brian Jones into returning to IBC, paying them for the time spent in the studio and the return of the tapes, thereby nulling the contract with them. This displeased Glyn Johns who had thought he would be producing the Stones early work. He did not produce them until later in their career when Andrew was off the scene. Andrew booked the Olympic studios for the first recording session on 9 May 1963, the day the management contract was signed. It was agreed that Roger Savage would be the recording engineer. Come On, a Chuck Berry number is played at a frenetic pace, faster than Chuck Berry’s version. Chuck Berry had a number of hits in the USA and UK in the fifties but had not enjoyed chart success in the early sixties. Come On was virtually unknown and to the public it could have been construed as an original. A harmonica guides the track throughout in a rail-road style. The outcome was a very clean recording with clearly defined instrumentation. Ian Stewart although present at the sessions did not contribute to the recording since his microphone had been switched off at Andrew’s instructions, according to Andrew Loog Oldham’s Stoned book. Roger Savage asked Andrew to mix the track thinking that was Andrew’s production role but he left Roger to perform the task. Andrew had more to think about. He needed a record company to sell the product. At the time there were only two major UK recording companies - EMI and Decca. Having been rejected by EMI there was only one more door to knock on. The Decca artiste and repertoire (A & R) man, Dick Rowe, who had previously turned down The Beatles in favour of Brian Poole and The Tremeloes, desperately wanted to rectify this mistake and recover some standing in the music industry. Ironically, Dick Rowe had already been tipped off by George Harrison to sign the band. Andrew Oldham negotiated a shrewd contract enabling the Stones to record independently and then sell the tapes to Decca. Naturally, Decca were not convinced of the Impact Sound and requested that Come On be re-recorded at Decca’s own studios on 18 May. Decca then listened to both versions and agreed to release the original Impact Sound/Roger Savage version. The band themselves were not too convinced of the result created by ‘no mix’ producer Andrew Oldham and sound engineer Roger Savage. To back this up, the song was not played at concerts. The speed of the record was significant - it was too fast to dance to. However, it entered the lower echelons of the UK charts on 25 July 1963 and became their first ‘hit’. The track was included on a THANK YOUR LUCKY STARS compilation of various artists released by Decca in September 1963."

Thanks Martin!

Don't forget this hit from 1981!






IORR............but I like it!

Yeah Sweet neo con, that is Keith's best hit.....