Various Artists : Jamming With Edward !

YOU SAID YOU BEEN HURTIN'

ALMOST LOST YOUR MIND

THERE ARE YOU

BABY, ALL THE TIME

WHEN THINGS GO WRONG

GO WRONG WITH YOU

IT HURTS ME TOO

 Jamming with Edward!

 is a 

1972 album

 by 

three Rolling Stones

 band members

Mick Jagger,

 Charlie Watts 

and

 Bill Wyman

 accompanied by

 Nicky Hopkins 

and

 Ry Cooder,

 capturing an

 impromtpu

 jam session 

dating from 1969.

Background

The album was recorded at

 London's Olympic Studio 

on 

April 23, 1969, 

during

 the Let It Bleed sessions, 

and released on 

Rolling Stones Records

 in 1972.

 It consists of a

 series of loose jams

 performed by

 band members

 while waiting for

 Keith Richards

 to return to the studio. 

The reason for 

Richards' absence

 is uncertain; 

although it is 

commonly believed

 that he walked out

 over Cooder 

being brought in

 as a support guitarist, 

producer 

Glyn Johns 

has attributed 

his absence

 to a phone call

 from his girlfriend 

Anita Pallenberg. 

Although 

Jamming with Edward! 

reached No. 33

 on the US charts

 in February 1972

 during an 

11-week stay,

 it failed to make

 the UK listings.

"Edward

" is a nickname for pianist 

Nicky Hopkins,

 originating from 

some earlier 

studio conversation 

between Hopkins

 and another

 Rolling Stone, 

Brian Jones.

 Hopkins also contributed

 the cover art.

 In the original liner notes, 

Mick Jagger 

describes the album as

 "a nice piece of bullshit... 

which we cut 

one night in 

London, England 

while waiting for our

 guitar player

 to get out of bed. 

It was promptly forgotten 

(which may have been for the better) ... 

I hope you spend 

longer listening

 to this record

 than we did recording it." 

On the CD version 

there are additional notes

 written by 

Mark Paytress 

adding more context 

and describing 

the result as a

 "curio to top all curios, perhaps".

Johns said of the album:

"[It] was just a joke really, 

just a laugh.

 I recorded it 

and they played it, 

and then, 

I don't know how long later, 

we dug the tapes out, 

I mixed it 

and they stuck it out

 on album. 

It didn't really 

warrant releasing really, 

but it was okay, 

a bit of fun, 

and there's some

 good playing on it."

According to 

Rolling Stone,

 the release was delayed

 for several months 

due to the appearance 

of an expletive 

on the back cover art, 

which was 

partially covered 

with stars 

in the ultimate release

TRACKLIST

The Boudoir Stomp

It Hurts Me Too

Edward's Thrump Up

Blow With Ry

Interlude A La El Hopo

Highland Fling

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