Got Live If You Want It! (album)

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Got Live If You Want It!
Live album by The Rolling Stones
Released	10 December 1966
Recorded	1 & 7 October 1966 except: "I've Been Loving You Too Long": 11-12 1965 "Fortune Teller": 9 July 1963 both with audience overdubs and October 11-20 1966: studio overdubs
Genre	Rock
Length	33:09
Label	London/ABKCO
Producer	Andrew Loog Oldham
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The Rolling Stones chronology
Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) (1966 UK) Aftermath (1966 US) Got Live if You Want It! (1966) Between the Buttons (1967)

Got Live If You Want It! is the first live album by British rock band The Rolling Stones. It was released in the US in late 1966. At the time, it was not released officially in the UK; instead, the British market had the 1965 EP release Got Live If You Want It!, from which the album's name derived. The album had been compiled as a result of a contractural obligation with US distributor London Records, and the band themselves were not happy with it. They consequently disowned it, arguing that Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! (1970) was their true live album debut.

The performances captured for Got Live If You Want It reportedly occurred on October 1 and 7, 1966 in Newcastle upon Tyne and Bristol while on their last UK tour for three years, despite the album's assertion that the recording hailed from the Royal Albert Hall. Although the band went into the studio later in October 1966 to correct audio imperfections, Got Live If You Want It! was deemed a lacklustre and ragged live document upon release. Furthermore, to fill out the album, both "Fortune Teller" and "I've Been Loving You Too Long (which had an organ overdubbed)" were unissued studio recordings overdubbed with screaming girls.

The album was issued in December, as the group were nearing the end of Between the Buttons' sessions. It reached #6 in the US in early 1967 and went gold. Decca Records UK released the LP as Have You Seen Your Mother Live! for import purposes, while King Records Japan released the same LP under the title Hits LIVE.

In August 2002 Got Live If You Want It! was reissued in a new remastered CD and SACD digipak by ABKCO Records, for all markets.

[edit] Track listing

All songs by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, except where noted.

• Introduction by Long John Baldry

1. "Under My Thumb" – 2:54
   • The CD and Vinyl versions of the introduction and "Under My Thumb" are different.
2. "Get Off Of My Cloud" – 2:54
3. "Lady Jane" – 3:08
4. "Not Fade Away" (Buddy Holly/Norman Petty) – 2:04
5. "I've Been Loving You Too Long" (Otis Redding/Jerry Butler) – 2:55
   • A studio recording from May 11-12, 1965 with overdubbed screams and an organ. The recording without the overdubs can be found on More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies).
6. "Fortune Teller" (Naomi Neville) – 1:57
   • An edited studio recording from July 9, 1963 with overdubbed screams and a tambourine. The full, unedited version can be found on More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies).
7. "The Last Time" – 3:08
8. "19th Nervous Breakdown" – 3:31
9. "Time Is on My Side" (Norman Meade) – 2:49
10. "I'm Alright" (Nanker Phelge) – 2:27
    • A remix of this song was issued in 1965 on the UK live EP got LIVE if you want it! and in the US on Out of Our Heads with the same instrumental backing track but different vocals.
11. "Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?" – 2:19
12. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" – 3:05

[edit] Recording

• Introduction by Long John Baldry

1. "Under My Thumb" – 2:54
   • October 1, 1966: City Hall, Newcastle upon tyne
2. "Get Off Of My Cloud" – 2:54
   • October 1, 1966: City Hall, Newcastle upon tyne
3. "Lady Jane" – 3:08
   • October 7, 1966: Colston Hall, Bristol
4. "Not Fade Away" (Buddy Holly/Norman Petty) – 2:04
   • October 7, 1966: Colston Hall, Bristol
5. "I've Been Loving You Too Long" (Otis Redding/Jerry Butler) – 2:55
   • May 11-12, 1965 October 1 (and/or) October 7, circa October 11-20, 1966: RCA Studios, Los Angeles; City Hall, Newcastle upon tyne and/or Colston Hall, Bristol; IBC Studios, London.
6. "Fortune Teller" (Naomi Neville) – 1:57
   • July 9, 1963 October 1 (and/or) October 7, circa October 11-20, 1966: Decca Studios, London; City Hall, Newcastle upon tyne and/or Colston Hall, Bristol; IBC Studios, London.
7. "The Last Time" – 3:08
   • October 1, 1966: City Hall, Newcastle upon tyne
8. "19th Nervous Breakdown" – 3:31
   • October 1, 1966: City Hall, Newcastle upon tyne
9. "Time Is on My Side" (Norman Meade) – 2:49
   • October 1, 1966: City Hall, Newcastle upon tyne
10. "I'm Alright" (Nanker Phelge) – 2:27
    • March 5-7, 1965, October 7, 1966: Regal Theatre, London, Empire Theatre, Liverpool, or Palace Theatre, Manchester; Colston Hall, Bristol
11. "Have You Seen Your Mother Baby, Standing in the Shadow?" – 2:19
    • October 7, 1966: Colston Hall, Bristol
12. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" – 3:05
    • October 7, 1966: Colston Hall, Bristol

[edit] Personnel

• Mick Jagger - lead vocals, percussion
• Keith Richards - lead guitar, vocals
• Brian Jones - guitars, vocals, harmonica
• Charlie Watts - drums
• Bill Wyman - bass

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