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The Rolling Stones: The Rolling Stones, Now! (1965)

The Stones have been around so long many people can’t remember when they were middle-age, let alone young. Here then are the emerging Stones on their third US album, like the Beatles’ US releases cobbled together from previous UK albums and B-sides. They confidently take on black American Southern soul, hard-edged Chicago blues, Chuck Berry, swinging rock’n’roll and a few originals. It still sounds exciting and the lifelong story started about here.

Next: The Rolling Stones, Got Live If You Want It, Out of Our Heads and 12 x 5; The Beatles, With the Beatles and A Hard Day’s Night

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