tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post6447977513262276554..comments2024-02-13T10:20:04.888+00:00Comments on David Hepworth's blog: The best first album ever made is fifty years old todayDavid Hepworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05973053694541321308noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-52283392621518847712014-06-12T18:10:26.919+01:002014-06-12T18:10:26.919+01:00There's a simple reason why this is better tha...There's a simple reason why this is better than anyone else's first album. All the songs but one had been rhythm and blues hits, for people like Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, Rufus Thomas, Slim Harpo and the rest. They were all brilliant songs. Any album made up of a band's own songs won't be as good.David Hepworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05973053694541321308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-52468389065689254252014-06-12T17:58:30.187+01:002014-06-12T17:58:30.187+01:00Are you sure it's better than the first Led Ze...Are you sure it's better than the first Led Zeppelin?bob reamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05269018867353555509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-8266105942583969312014-04-23T09:28:09.780+01:002014-04-23T09:28:09.780+01:00Too old for The Clash then?Too old for The Clash then?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-55531279033950090592014-04-20T17:32:15.953+01:002014-04-20T17:32:15.953+01:00The Rolling Stones themselves have never seemed, l...The Rolling Stones themselves have never seemed, latterly, to care too much about their original sixties albums. Perhaps it was a legacy of their dire relationship with Decca, or a side-effect of climbing into bed with Allen Klein. Or perhaps their early move to US studios, hanging out with Phil Spector and Gene Pitney, created a confusion in their minds as to which album was what - Flowers, December's Children and the rest.<br />Whatever the reason, their fine debut is unavailable on CD outside Japan, and only the bastardised "England's Newest Hitmakers" (ie "Meet the Rolling Stones") is on catalogue here or in the US.<br />Having collected all the Decca albums when they were still laminated with Clarifoil manufactured by the British Celanese Company, it was (amongst other things) the Rolling Stones' commitment to their music and to their individual forms of album, EP and single that impressed me so much. Unlike any other act, they kept the three formats separate. Singles and B sides weren't on albums, EPs were standalone tracks. As far as I know, no one else did this, and they kept it up right through to their first own-label release, Sticky Fingers.<br />I do wonder whether the Glims themselves choose not to acknowledge how hardcore their self-imposed credibility was, in their peak years. After all, it didn't make them rich - they had to reinvent the rock'n'roll game for that to happen. (Stomps off to listen to 5x5.) Front of Storehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15565716120262706975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-5894351895431340562014-04-19T12:42:32.928+01:002014-04-19T12:42:32.928+01:00The first World War was much better than the sopho...The first World War was much better than the sophomore effort IMHO. Those battles still stand up today..https://www.blogger.com/profile/12723806547579467940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-30865830911179316212014-04-19T12:20:21.103+01:002014-04-19T12:20:21.103+01:00The best helping hand I had in getting into the St...The best helping hand I had in getting into the Stones was my parents reaction to them. Long-haired, simian, unwashed, wild, uncaring, anti-establishment. Not like those nice Beatles! Like The Who, a lot of the attraction to the Stones was their attitude. No-one really rebelled openly until they came along and that's why the establishment tried to put them down. The first Stones album is still a great listen today. And we are now living in a very different society in the UK. Thank goodness for both,Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08737007678059110909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-29317781520147035492014-04-18T23:35:32.596+01:002014-04-18T23:35:32.596+01:00It may be a case of “you had to be there” but I ag...It may be a case of “you had to be there” but I agree with David’s claim. Here was a bunch of snotty white English punks taking some of the most important black music of the time and mutating it into something fresh and new. They turned British kids onto black R&B and then most audaciously of all, they sold American music back to America. The first Stones’ LP may seem like a modest affair from this distance, but its importance echoes loud and clear down the decades.Stuart Penneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15065560771743676497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-32760443963812768062014-04-18T23:08:03.830+01:002014-04-18T23:08:03.830+01:00I've never been able to love the Stones and as...I've never been able to love the Stones and as for first albums, for my money Arctic Monkeys' can't be beat. And I'm 41<br />Andrew Greenhalghnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-12610097258261973082014-04-16T22:30:17.391+01:002014-04-16T22:30:17.391+01:00Perhaps as interesting as that album is the fact t...Perhaps as interesting as that album is the fact that we are looking back at it after 50 years. Had we done that in 1964 we would have been looking at the beginning of the Great War.Garethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01344889228458095563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-67584811709631014752014-04-16T20:41:43.619+01:002014-04-16T20:41:43.619+01:00"Can't Buy A Thrill" by Steely Dan i..."Can't Buy A Thrill" by Steely Dan is my Best First Album Ever Made. What a belter!Mark JFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00781648645708810273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-45255175914157611652014-04-16T18:12:42.069+01:002014-04-16T18:12:42.069+01:00That's fighting talk David. I take your point ...That's fighting talk David. I take your point but I'm guessing there'll be one or two naysayers who may not.John Meddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10547777949324509522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-54900774283196271932014-04-16T18:11:10.584+01:002014-04-16T18:11:10.584+01:00Fair enough. And Let it Bleed was by far the best ...Fair enough. And Let it Bleed was by far the best 8th Album ever made.Roghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09430706557035189147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-55624069534346140002014-04-16T17:44:57.033+01:002014-04-16T17:44:57.033+01:00I beleave my life would not change in any signific...I beleave my life would not change in any significant way if someone went back in time and stopped the Rolling Stones from ever forming or releasing music.<br /><br />The same can not be said for The Beatles or The Beach Boys, to name just to of their conteporaries.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com