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August 31, 2025

20,000 vinyl LPs 392: The Rolling Stones ~ Goats Head Soup

vinyl LP front cover

cover artwork: John Pasche

photo of album cover by Styrous®

On Saturday, August 31, 1974, fifty-one years ago, The Rolling Stones released their eleventh studio album, Goats Head Soup.

I have three favorite songs on this album: Angie (at the top), Hide Your Love and my second favorite: 100 Years Ago. The song begins mellow but has tempo changes and speeds up. The song's lyrics are a reflection on aging:

Now all my friends is wearing worried smiles, Living out a dream of what they was; Don't you think it's sometimes wise not to grow up?

Went out walkin' through the wood the other day; Can't you see the furrows in my forehead? What tender days, we had no secrets hid away; Now it seems about a hundred years ago

The album was recorded in Jamaica, the US and UK from November 1972 to May 1973 and released on August 31st 1973. It is a gatefold format.

The Rolling Stones ~ Goats Head Soup

vinyl LP gatefold interor

cover artwork: John Pasche

photo of album cover by Styrous®

The Rolling Stones ~ Goats Head Soup

vinyl LP, side 1

photos by Styrous®

The Rolling Stones ~ Goats Head Soup

vinyl LP, side 2

photos by Styrous®

Tracklist:

Side 1:

A1 - Dancing With Mr. D. - 4:52
A2 - 100 Years Ago - 4:00
A3 - Coming Down Again - 5:55
A4 - Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) - 3:27
A5 - Angie - 4:31

Side 2:

B1 - Silver Train - 4:25
B2 - Hide Your Love - 4:10
B3 - Winter - 5:30
B4 - Can You Hear The Music - 5:32
B5 - Star Star - 4:25

Companies, etc.

Distributed By – Atlantic Recording Corporation
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Promotone B.V.
Copyright © – Promotone B.V.
Published By – Promopub B.V.
Recorded At – Dynamic Sounds Studios
Pressed By – Bestway Products Inc.

Credits:

Arranged By [Horns] – Jim Price (tracks: A4)
Arranged By [Strings] – Nicky Harrison (tracks: A5, B3)
Artwork [Goats Head Soup] – John Pasche
Bass – Bill Wyman
Clavinet – Billy Preston (tracks: A2)
Design [Album], Photography By – David Bailey (5)
Design [Designer] – Ray Lawrence (10)
Drums – Charlie Watts
Engineer [Assistant] – Carlton Lee, Doug Bennett, Howard Kilgour
Engineer [Chief], Mixed By – Andy Johns
Flute, Alto Saxophone – Jim Horn
Guitar, Bass, Vocals – Keith Richard*, Mick Taylor
Other [Jangles] – Stu
Percussion – Pascal*, Rebop*
Piano – Billy Preston (tracks: A4), Ian Stewart (tracks: B1), Nicky Hopkins (tracks: A1, A3, A5, B3, B4)
Producer, Percussion – Jimmy Miller
Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Bobby Keys
Trumpet – Chuck Finley*
Vocals, Guitar, Harp, Piano – Mick Jagger
Written-By – Mick Jagger, Keith Richard*

Notes:

Distributed by Atlantic Recording Corp.

℗ © 1973 Promotone B.V.

Printed in U.S.A.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout (A-side, etched, variant 1): ST-RS-732933-A AT PR BW
Matrix / Runout (B-side, etched, variant 1): ST-RS-732934-F PR BW
Matrix / Runout (A-side, variant 2): ST-RS-732934-D
Matrix / Runout (A-side, center label, variant 1): ST-RS-732933-BW
Matrix / Runout (B-side, center label, variant 1): ST-RS-732934-BW
Rights Society: ASCAP
Other (On spine): 0598

The Rolling Stones – Goats Head Soup
Label: Rolling Stones Records – COC 59101
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, BW - Bestway Pressing, Gatefold
Country: US
Released: Sep 12, 1973
Genre: Rock
Style: Classic Rock

Viewfinder links:

Mick Jagger

Billy Preston

Keith Richards

Charlie Watts

Bill Wyman

Net links:

Best Classic Bands ~ Richards, Wyman & Others Recall the ‘Magic’ of 1973

Bourbon & Vinyl ~ Goats Head Soup Deluxe Box Set

Esquire ~ Goats Head Soup Never Had a Chance to Be a Good Stones Album

Experience the Rolling Stones ~ The Story of Goats Head Soup

Grammy ~ 7 Reasons Why The Rolling Stones' Goats Head Soup Is Worth Savoring

The Rolling Stones ~ Goats Head Soup

SurgFM ~ Retrospective: Fifty years on from Goats Head Soup

udiscovermusic ~ The Rolling Stones Reach Beyond Rock With New Recipe

Ultimate Classic Rock ~ Goats Head Soup 50 years later

Vinyl District ~ Graded on a Curve: The Rolling Stones, Goats Head Soup

YouTube links:

100 Years Ago

Angie

Hide Your Love

Styrous® ~ Sunday, July 19, 2020

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Exile on Main St.

Some Girls Miss You

Sticky Fingers

Bill Wyman - 1968

photo by V. K. Hietanen

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February 7, 2025

45 RPMs 89: The Rolling Stones ~ Harlem Shuffle 12" 45

The Rolling Stones ~ Harlem Shuffle

12" 45 RPM front cover detail

photo by Styrous®

On February 7, 1986, The Rolling Stones shot the video for Harlem Shuffle in New York City and released a month later in March. The promo video for Harlem Shuffle is a brilliant example of excellent editing at it's very finest, quick, accurate and sharp (link below). It is one of my all-time great songs to dance to. The rhythm is a driving force that won't let go!

The Rolling Stones ~ Harlem Shuffle

12" 45 RPM front cover

photo by Styrous®

The song was written and originally recorded by Bob & Earl in 1963 and mentions several other contemporary dances of the early 1960s, including the Monkey Shine, the Limbo, the Hitch hike, the Slide, and the Pony. There was no pre-existing dance called the "Harlem Shuffle". The song was based on an instrumental number called Slauson Shuffletime (named after a boulevard in Los Angeles) by another Los Angeles singer, Round Robin of Round Robin And The Parlays (link below).

The Rolling Stones ~ Harlem Shuffle

12" 45 RPM back cover

photo by Styrous®

The music video for the Dr. Dre 1993 song Let Me Ride was shot on location on Slauson Avenue. One of Dr. Dre's lyrics in the song also references the avenue: "The sun went down when I hit Slauson, On my way to the strip, now I'm just flossin'".

Rapper Nipsey Hussle was from Los Angeles and frequently referred to Crenshaw and Slauson Avenue in his music; he was nicknamed Neighborhood Nip.

The Rolling Stones ~ Harlem Shuffle

12" 45 RPM back cover detail

photo by Styrous®

12" 45 RPM, side 1

photos by Styrous®

12" 45 RPM, side 2

photos by Styrous®

Tracklist:

Side 1:

A - Harlem Shuffle (NY Mix), Remix – Steve Thompson & Michael Barbiero - 6:35

Side 2:

B - Harlem Shuffle (London Mix), Remix – Steve Lillywhite - 6:19

Companies, etc.

    Manufactured By – Columbia Records
    Manufactured By – CBS Inc.
    Copyright © – Promotone B.V.
    Phonographic Copyright ℗ – CBS Grammofoonplaten B.V.
    Mastered At – Masterdisk

Credits:

Producer – Steve Lillywhite, The Glimmer Twins
Songwriter – Reif*, Nelson*

Barcode and Other Identifiers

    Rights Society: BMI
    Barcode (Text): 0 7464-05365-1
    Barcode (Scanned): 074640536519
    Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, etched, variant 1): P(T) () XXS−175009−1B
    Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, etched, variant 1): P(T) () XXS−175010−1B
    Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, etched, variant 2): P(T) XXS−175009−1A CJ MASTERDISK RL 1 0
    Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, etched, variant 2): P(T) XXS−175010−1B CJ MASTERDISK RL 1 D 0

The Rolling Stones – Harlem Shuffle
Label: Rolling Stones Records – 44 05365
Format: Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM, Stereo
Country: US
Released: 1986
Genre: Rock, Funk / Soul
Style: Rock & Roll

Viewfinder links:

The Rolling Stones

Net links:

LA Times ~ Crenshaw and Slauson intersection to be named in honor of Nipsey Hussle

YouTube links:

American Bandstand: Round Robin And The Parlays ~ Slauson Shuffletime

Harlem Shuffle ~

Bob & Earl

The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones (promo video)

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April 23, 2024

Music Note: Stickey Fingers Fifty-Five Years Zippered

I can't believe it was 55 years ago, on April 23, 1971, that the Rolling Stones released their phenomenal album, Sticky Fingers. It has lived with me all those years and I have written about it with great images (link below), so, I wont go into that again; I'll go into what I didn't before.

Sticky Fingers was the group's first release on its newly-formed label, Rolling Stones Records.

The album cover design was by Andy Warhol, and when you're Andy Warhol, you’re going to go over the top and above. He made it advertising magic and art all wrapped up in one. So what did Warhol do? He gave the record a denim fly to unzip. The whole thing was like an in-your-face closeup of the hip-swinging band frontman Mick Jagger—though the cover is said to be model Joe Dallesandro.

Sticky Fingers was the first album cover to feature a working zipper, and a blind alley for those who wanted to believe that was Jaggger’s enormous dong in those jeans. But the real owner of said penis giganticus remains a matter of some conjecture, but it can safely be said that it belonged to one of Warhol’s stable boys or hangers on.

The zipper was a bit of a nightmare for both retailers and the record label, as when a stack of the album was boxed up or smashed together in an album bin the little zip/unzip tabby would damage the album. This was later resolved by shipping the album with the zipper down so that the tab was only rubbing against the center of the album, where no music was contained. Eventually the real zipper was omitted, replaced by an image of a zipper.

I love every single track on the album but, as with all albums I love, I have a favorite and Moonlight Mile is IT! Moonlight Mile is really an under-appreciated work by the band, however, music critics Bill Janovitz and Robert Christgau are on record for praising the track's composition. On the subject of composition, it was the fruit of an all-night session between Mick Jagger and guitarist Mick Taylor.

Moonlight Mile

When the wind blows and the rain feels coldWith a head full of snow, with a head full of snowIn the window, there's a face you knowDon't the nights pass slow, don't the nights pass slow

The sound of strangers sending nothing to my mindJust another mad, mad day on the roadI am just living to be lying by your sideBut I'm just about a moonlight mile on down the road

Made a rag pile of my shiny clothesGonna warm my bones, gonna warm my bonesI got silence on my radioLet the air waves flow, let the air waves flow

Oh, I'm sleeping under strange, strange skiesJust another mad, mad day on the roadMy dreams is fading down the railway lineI'm just about a moonlight mile down the roadYeah-yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah

I'm hiding, sister, and I'm dreamingI'm riding down your moonlight mileI'm hiding, baby, and I'm dreamingI'm riding down your moonlight mileI'm riding down your moonlight mile

Let it go now, come on up, babeYeah, let it go nowYeah, flow now, babyYeah, home now, yeah

Yeah, I'm coming home'Cause I'm just about a moonlight mile on down the roadDown the road, down the road, yeahYeah-yeah-yeah, baby

Viewfinder links:

Joe Dallesandro

The Rolling Stones

Rolling Stones ~ Stickey Fingers

Mick Taylor

Andy Warhol

Net links:

Amateur Photographer ~ Greatest album photography: Sticky Fingers

UCR ~ Inspiration for Moonlight Mile

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Rolling Stones ~.