"The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man" debuted in the United States on June 6, 1965. It was the B side of "Satisfaction" (in the UK, "The Spider and the Fly" was the B side). It was the last song credited to Nanker Phelge. The Stones recorded it in the Chess Studios. It appears on the album "Out of Our Heads."

The Stones don't play satirical songs very often, which makes it rare (the only other satirical song I can think of is "Far Away Eyes"). I always liked the song for poking fun at the A&R side of the music industry. And it has a great harmonica part played by Brian Jones, which shows yet again what a versatile musician Jones was.

"I sure do earn my pay/Sitting on the beach everyday"

Read all about it in the original track talk thread.

Track Talk: The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man

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Rip this joint, gonna save your soul, round and round and round we go......

If memory serves me well, the Stones committed acts of satire with Something Happened to Me Yesterday - a takeoff on Winchester Cathedral by The New Vaudeville Band - and Who's Been Sleeping Here - a lyrical takeoff on Bob Dylan. The music and Mick's vocals on Cool Calm Collected make it seem like a satire on English music hall style, but the increasingly frantic beat of this song along with the social commentary woven into the lyrics make it something beyond satire.

Of course, the preceding is just one fan's musings on a few tunes and I could be totally off base in my thoughts. I am sure if any of us looked hard enough we could find the notion of satire in songs buried away on Stones albums, official and otherwise. Might be a fun and worthwhile search.

It’s a good job title.

And now look, today, Prince Harry and his un-English actress gal all day
front page The New York Times no less
Who IS the ultimate promotion man, what few are the deciders?
Is there a fee?

Go for the 3.18 unedited version .....

I have two clerks ... I break my ass everyday ....

Singles Collection - The London Years ..
The Rolling stones In Mono - on Stray Cat disc ...



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