Could Aftermath work as a double album?

Oh yes! I would compile the double LP version exactly like this and take the artwork (I recently made) with it.

 

Wonder if George is holding a 'Paint It Black' or '19th Nervous Breakdown' 45 for completion or something^^

 

The Aftermath LP sounds best in mono. If we compile it together with the singles from that period... just perfect without that switching stereo to mono back and forth.^^

 

This looks very good actually. I can hear it in my head.

 

Ace!

 

Really nice. It's got just the right (European) feel.

I want one!

 

Haha! Thank you! Yeah it's quite an eye catcher. Looks a bit like The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn^^

 

If only they'd gone with that for the actual album!

 

I'm surprised that so few people have added the band's other "Mother" song from this time period.

 

'Have You Seen Your Mother Baby, Standing In The Shadow'?... Hmm wouldn't fit so good, I think. That track was recorded late 1966.
Aftermath is mostly stuff from December 1965 over early 1966. The sound of the band changed rapidly towards the year. But could be because of the different studio locations and its recording qualities.

 

Yeah, Have you seen... is post Aftermath. It was started in August 1966 at RCA along with Who's Driving Your Plane? and some other tracks, the others being released on Between The Buttons.

 

Final steps recorded at IBC in London. 31 August - 2 September 1966. Same with the b-side. The single wouldn't fit to an extended Aftermath... or Between The Buttons neither.

 

It works on an expanded Buttons, mostly due to the shared guitar sounds and general production.

 

No. I dislike revisionism of this kind. Leave well enough alone.

 

UK Album:

01 - Mother's Little Helper
02 - Stupid Girl
03 - Lady Jane
04 - Under My Thumb
05 - Doncha Bother Me
06 - Goin' Home
07 - Flight 505
08 - High And Dry
09 - Out Of Time
10 - It's Not Easy
11 - I Am Waiting
12 - Take It Or Leave It
13 - Think
14 - What To Do
Bonus:
15 - Ride On Baby
16 - Sittin' On A Fence
17 - My Girl
18 - Out Of Time (US. Version)

Nah, leave it as is.

 

'Have You Seen...' sound a bit too reverbed than the ones on Buttons. Maybe 'Plane' could get a chance, although most of the vocals are strange, echoey. Can be that I think more of a concept album style, audio wise.^^

 

Just a heads-up for those who don't know: the UK mono mix is finally seeing its CD debut on 30 September!:
Rolling Stones in Mono - 2016 - Content Discussion Only (Mixes, Tracks, etc.)* »

 

I'd separate it into two LPs:

The Rolling Stones - Could You Walk on Water?
Side One:
01 19th Nervous Breakdown
02 Sad Day
03 Lookin' Tired
04 I've Been Loving You Too Long (recorded in between these sessions and Out of Our Heads, so fair game)
05 Take it Or Leave It
06 Mother's Little Helper
Side Two:
07 Goin' Home (3-minute edit)
08 Ride On, Baby
09 As Tears Go By (ditto "I've Been Loving You Too Long")
10 Think
11 Doncha Bother Me
12 Sittin' on a Fence

The Rolling Stones - Aftermath
Side One:
01 Paint It, Black
02 Stupid Girl
03 Lady Jane
04 Under My Thumb
05 If You Let Me
06 Long Long While
Side Two:
07 Flight 505
08 High and Dry
09 It's Not Easy
10 Out of Time (short version)
11 I Am Waiting
12 What to Do?

It's really obvious that Aftermath would be the stronger album, but CYWOW? would still be a nice one. For album covers, I'll use @andrewskyDE's fantastic cover in Aftermath, and this:

for the other one. And that's by Jon Hunt, from idesignalbumcovers.tumblr.com

 

Isn't "If You Let Me" from the Between the Buttons sessions?

 

Some sources put it at the end of the Aftermath sessions and some at the beginning of the Between The Buttons sessions.

Here is an example.

660306A 6th - 9th March: Los Angeles, RCA Studios, Hollywood. Producer: Andrew
Oldham. Sound engineer: Dave Hassinger.

- Flight 505 (MJ/KR) -STU on piano; Aftermath-version
- High And Dry (MJ/KR) -Aftermath-version
- I Am Waiting (MJ/KR) -Aftermath-version
- If You Let Me (MJ/KR) -Metamorphosis-version
- It's Not Easy (MJ/KR) -STU on organ; Aftermath version
- Lady Jane I (MJ/KR) -Jack Nitzsche on harpsichord; instrumental (a fake?)
- Lady Jane II (MJ/KR) -Jack Nitzsche on harpsichord; Aftermath-version
- Long Long While (MJ/KR) -STU on organ, Jack Nitzsche on piano and
tambourine; 7“ version
- Out Of Time I (MJ/KR) -STU on organ, Jack Nitzsche on piano; instrumental
- Out Of Time II (MJ/KR) -STU on organ, Jack Nitzsche on piano; Aftermath- version
- Paint It Black I (MJ/KR) -Jack Nitzsche on piano; edited instrumental backing
track of version III
- Paint It Black II (MJ/KR) -Jack Nitzsche on piano; slightly longer version with
definite ending of III; Guitar Hero-version (see 071028C)
- Paint It Black III (MJ/KR) -Jack Nitzsche on piano; 7“-version
- Paint It Black IV (MJ/KR) -Jack Nitzsche on piano; edit (see 680800A)
- Stupid Girl (MJ/KR) -STU on organ, Jack Nitzsche on harpsichord;
Aftermath-version
- Tracks Of My Tears (Smokey Robinson) -unverified
- Under My Thumb (MJ/KR) -Aftermath-version
- What To Do (MJ/KR) -STU on piano; Aftermath-version
+ probably more (all in all about 20 new songs)
Additional musician: Jack Nitzsche on percussion.

 

I'm revisiting this thread, and at the moment, have changed my mind. I like the idea of having a CD-R with all 20 Aftermath-era tracks together, but as an official release, Aftermath would have been a little bloated as a double album. Right now, my ideal Aftermath is a hybrid of both the U.K. and U.S. releases:

Side 1:
1. Paint It Black
2. Stupid Girl
3. Mother's Little Helper
4. Lady Jane
5. Under My Thumb
6. Doncha Bother Me
7. Think

Side 2:
1. Flight 505
2. High and Dry
3. Out of Time
4. It's Not Easy
5. I Am Waiting
6. Take It or Leave It
7. Going Home


Similarly, here's my current Between The Buttons sequence:

Side 1:
1. Yesterday's Papers
2. Ruby Tuesday
3. My Obsession
4. Back Street Girl
5. Connection
6. She Smiled Sweetly
7. Cool, Calm, and Collected

Side 2:
1. All Sold Out
2. Please Go Home
3. Who's Been Sleeping Here?
4. Complicated
5. Miss Amanda Jones
6. Let's Spend The Night Together
7. Something Happened To Me Yesterday

 

I’d love for it to be a MoFi reissue.

 

Funny, I was trying this out on my own tonight, then googled to see if this had been discussed anywhere. Lo and behold, on my fave geek out forum, here's that thread.

Here's the Itunes playlist I'd just tried before finding the thread. It's working OK so far. I may tweak it.
In places I tried to tell vague stories by sequencing songs back to back. In other places I went for musical contrast.

I left out B-sides "Sad Day" and "Long Long While" because I think they are pretty dire. But "Looking Tired," which is basically Robert Johnson's "32-20 Blues" with some new words (and some old ones), isn't bad.

Miraculously, each side is 19 minutes long, except for the short side 3.

Side 1:
19th Nervous Breakdown (old mix, prior to reissue program's "Diddley Daddy" mixout)
It's Not Easy
Lady Jane
Looking Tired (unreleased)
Take It or Leave It
Under My Thumb

Side Two
Mother's Little Helper
I Am Waiting
High And Dry
Stupid Girl (mono single mix)
Doncha Bother Me
Out of Time (Flowers Edit)

Side Three
Goin' Home

Side Four
Flight 505
Think
What To Do
Ride On Baby
Sittin' On A Fence
Paint It Black (long mono mix)

I was surprised to find myself putting "Goin' Home" on Side Three, all alone. I thought for sure I'd want it at the end....but you really can't beat "Sittin' on a Fence," with" Paint It Black" as an apocalyptic encore.

 

Eh. This is less radical and better.

AFTERMATH EXPANDED

Side 1:
Mother's Little Helper
Stupid Girl
It's Not Easy
Lady Jane
Under My Thumb
Looking Tired [unreleased]

Side 2
19th Nervous Breakdown [single]
Flight 505
High And Dry
Out of Time
I Am Waiting

Side 3
Ride On Baby [Flowers]
Sad Day [B-side]
Doncha Bother Me
Goin' Home

Side 4
Take It or Leave It
Think
What To Do
Paint It Black [single/US album]
Sittin' On A Fence [Flowers]

 

That's a freeeeeeeeeeeeeekin masterpiece.