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RobertJohnson
Yes, I prefer the British leg of the Stones albums, too. Unfortunately only the American versions of the first two albums are on CD. Further here in Germany there was a third, great album, very blues oriented, in 64 or 65, named "Around and Around", between "No. 2" and "Out of our Heads". Unfortunately this seems to be out of print today.
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georgie48
As a European, I do have the vinyl (red label) of No 2 and when I was visiting Hong Kong in the mid 80s I purchased the poor quality ABKCO CD version. Luckily ABKCO much later released a SACD version, which sounds great. I frequently enjoy listening to those 1964/1965 albums (incl. Now and 12x5). They were the basis for me to become a timeless Rolling Stones fan. My favorite of No 2 is Down The Road Apiece. A great swinger.
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Big Al
Am I alone in finding The Rolling Stones No.2 to be a little inferior to the U.K. debut?
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Am I alone in finding The Rolling Stones No.2 to be a little inferior to the U.K. debut?
Yes, and I think this is partly why...
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Aside from I Can't Be Satisfied there are no Brian stand outs which in turn affects the over all clout of a number of recordings which make up the album.
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Big Al
Am I alone in finding The Rolling Stones No.2 to be a little inferior to the U.K. debut?
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DandelionPowderman
The Rolling Stones beat Some Girls chart-wise?
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The Rolling Stones beat Some Girls chart-wise?
Not globally, of course. Some Girls is their biggest-seller overall, and it certainly is in the U.S.A. I think, however, that Rolling Stones No.2 could be their biggest-selling in the U.K. it did spend an incredible 10 weeks at #1 in early 1965.
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Well, at least we can now buy it digitally on iTunes
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DandelionPowderman
The Rolling Stones beat Some Girls chart-wise?
Not globally, of course. Some Girls is their biggest-seller overall, and it certainly is in the U.S.A. I think, however, that Rolling Stones No.2 could be their biggest-selling in the U.K. it did spend an incredible 10 weeks at #1 in early 1965.
Their debut spend even 12 weeks at #1 in UK . It is also their best selling studio album in their home country (NO 2 being second - they really peaked in popularity there then, so it's downhill ever since.. ). SOME GIRLS sold only about half of its sales there, reaching #2 at best. Interestingly, decades later, when the album market was already suffering terribly, BLUE & LONESOME managed to sell almost the same amount of copies as the big album era hit album SOME GIRLS in UK. The British love the Stones playing the blues! Cool!
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DandelionPowderman
The Rolling Stones beat Some Girls chart-wise?
Not globally, of course. Some Girls is their biggest-seller overall, and it certainly is in the U.S.A. I think, however, that Rolling Stones No.2 could be their biggest-selling in the U.K. it did spend an incredible 10 weeks at #1 in early 1965.
Their debut spend even 12 weeks at #1 in UK . It is also their best selling studio album in their home country (NO 2 being second - they really peaked in popularity there then, so it's downhill ever since.. ). SOME GIRLS sold only about half of its sales there, reaching #2 at best. Interestingly, decades later, when the album market was already suffering terribly, BLUE & LONESOME managed to sell almost the same amount of copies as the big album era hit album SOME GIRLS in UK. The British love the Stones playing the blues! Cool!
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That is trez interesting. I had no idea albums like LIB, Sticky, Exile, Some Girls, Tattoo You couldn't outsell their debut album in the UK.