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Rockman
Just another thinly disguised dislike thread
planted here on IORR in the hope of getting the hate sabres rattling ...

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Witness

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Big Al

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GasLightStreet
They didn't get good at playing blues for a few more years.

ok maybe goin' home isn't there best but that's a little much

they most certainly could play the blues well by 1965

though admittedly they got significantly better at it by the late 60's early 70's

In my opinion, they were at their best as a rhythm-and-blues during the 1963-1965 period. From 1966 onwards, they began to evolve into something different. Yes, I guess that 'musically', they only improved as time went on, but certainly, in terms of recordings, the blues and rock 'n roll are most greatly represented on those early-to-mid 1960's recordings. Their U.K. debut is a masterclass in youthful energy and enthusiasm.

I agree to a large extent with Big Al here. Apart from their debut UK-album, the way I got to know their first two EPs and the single "It's All Over Now" and the now much neglected blues song, an early Jagger & Richards composition, "Good Times, Bad Times", months delayed on my part I have to admit, were by German Decca's compilation AROUND AND AROUND. A compilation that I therefore always have experienced as a studio album.

By the way, I guess that "Goin' Home" appropriately would be characterized as a blues jam.