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12 × 5
is the
second
American
studio album
by the
English
Rock band
released in 1964
following the
success of their
American debut
The Rolling Stones
(England's Newest Hit Makers).
It is an
expanded version
of the
EP
which had
followed their
debut album
in the UK.
The five songs
on the
British EP
were fleshed out
with seven
additional tracks
to bring the work
to LP length.
Among the
additional tracks
were the UK
single-only release
"It's All Over Now",
a cover of a
Bobby Womack song
that was the
group's first
UK
number one hit,
an alternative version
of
"Time Is on My Side",
which appears in a
more familiar form
on other albums,
and three
Jagger/Richards
originals.
Composition
The album,
like its predecessor,
largely features
R&B covers.
However,
it also contains
three compositions
by the developing
Mick Jagger/Keith Richards
songwriting team,
as well as
two group compositions
under the pseudonym
"Nanker Phelge".
12 × 5
is notable for
featuring the first,
and less
often heard,
of the Stones'
two versions
of
Jerry Ragovoy's
"Time Is on My Side",
with a prominent
electronic organ
instead of the
better-known
version's
electric guitar.
After sessions
in Chicago
in June 1964,
the Stones'
UK label
Decca Records
released the
five-song EP
Five by Five.
Because EPs
were never a
lucrative format
in the US,
London Records
their
American distributor
at the time
spread its songs
across an album,
adding seven
new recordings
to create a release
of 12 songs
by five musicians,
hence the
album's title.
The rest of the songs
were singles
"It's All Over Now"
and
"Time Is on My Side"
with their B-sides,
plus three
that were later included
on
The Rolling Stones No. 2.
Decca would use
the same cover
(minus the lettering)
for the band's
second UK album,
The Rolling Stones No. 2,
in early 1965.
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