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WHEN THINGS GO WRONG
I'LL BE THERE, RIGHT THERE
WHERE I BELONG
Stone Age
is a
compilation album
of songs by
the English rock band
released in 1971
by Decca Records.
Featuring songs
that had never
appeared on
a UK album,
it was the
first compilation
issued by Decca
after the Stones
had left the label
and set up their own
record label,
and was adamantly
opposed by the band.
It reached No. 4
on the UK charts.
Background
The songs on
Stone Age,
all dating from
the mid-1960s,
were chosen because they
had never before appeared
on a
UK studio album,
having been originally
released only on
singles or on
US studio albums
up to that point.
Four songs
made their overall
UK debut here:
"Blue Turns to Grey",
"One More Try",
"My Girl"
and
"Look What You've Done".
This is the first compilation album
released by Decca
after
the Rolling Stones
left the label,
stemming from
dissatisfaction with the
amount of royalties
they were receiving.
The band and label
had been
feuding since 1968,
after Decca rejected
the band's original cover
for their album
Beggars Banquet,
which featured an image
of a restroom
covered in graffiti.
This culminated in 1970
when the band recorded
the song
"Schoolboy Blues",
which featured
lurid lyrics
intended to thwart
Decca from releasing it.
Stone Age
was released
by Decca
just before the band's
new studio album,
Sticky Fingers,
was to be released
by their own new label.
Additionally,
Decca released
Stone Age
with a graffiti cover,
alluding to
the feud over
Beggars Banquet.
TRACKLIST
Look What You've Done
It's All Over Now
One More Try
As Tears Go By
The Spider And The Fly
My Girl
Paint It Black
If You Need Me
The Last Time
Blue Turns Grey
Around And Around
Walking The Dog
School Boy Blues
(Cock Sucker Blues)
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