654 The Rolling Stones - Get Yer Ya Yas Out (1970)

 654 The Rolling Stones - Get Yer Ya Yas Out (1970)

Live Album - Rock



About the Act:

Let's start with the facts. The Rolling Stones were formed in 1962 and are still going. They are a British band who were formed on Dartford Railway Station. Their frontman and singer Mick Jagger is famous for big lips and strutting. 

In the very early years they played songs by Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Howlin' Wolf. Bod Diddley and Muddy Waters. These days this doesn't sound all that remarkable, but at the time it was, because this Chicago Blues music was not well known on this side of the pond. There were some very influential bands and acts involved in moving the blues on into rock, like Eric Clapton, but the Stones may have been the first, certainly the first high-profile band. They moved on from doing covers to their own compositions, and have achieved mega-stardom and sales. In the mid-60s they were successfully marketed as being bad boys, a counterpoint to the "clean" image of the Beatles an people like Cliff Richards. 

About the Album:

This was the first live album to get to no. 1 in the UK charts.

My History with this Album:

None

Review:

It's a good album. It's not a remarkable album. I was a little disappointed to hear that there are studio overdubs all over this, but hey. It was recorded mostly at Madison Sq Gardens in N Y, with one track recorded in Baltimore. Some songs are well-known classics like Jumping Jack Flash, and Honkey Tonk Women. There are a couple of Chuck Berry tracks, and there's even a Robert Johnson track. Other than a short comment about trousers falling down, there is little in the way of chat. There are some elongated tracks with some jamming, especially in Midnight Rambler.

This is a well-regarded live album. Maybe it's because there is a balance between sound quality and live feel, which is reasonable. I suspect that the Stones were (and maybe still are) awesome live. The perpetual challenge with a live album is to deliver the feel and excitement of being there in a live venue, while listening in your living room. I'm not convinced that this album does that as well as some other, later, live albums. Technology just got better.

Still, quite nice to listen to, especially the rockier, upbeat numbers. I was less engaged with the quieter tracks.

7.3/10


Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/4suYsHGYvk6fnJPHiODljd

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLglUu7rOaMDvLniIzKSkkPnQgRaiUj5p_

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_Yer_Ya-Ya%27s_Out!_The_Rolling_Stones_in_Concert



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