ROLLING STONES [It's All Over Now] PICTURE SLEEVE:

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LONDON Records 45-9687
RARE 7" PICTURE SLEEVE
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"It's All Over Now" was the first British #1 single for the Rolling Stones, and while it wasn't nearly as successful in the United States, it did help break them to a wider audience as their third chart 45 in 1964, reaching the Top Thirty. The original version of the song had been recorded by the early soul group the Womacks, who included Bobby Womack and recorded for Sam Cooke's SAR label. The Rolling Stones, always on the lookout for interesting blues/R&B/soul songs to cover in the days before they started writing most of their material, were turned on to the song by famed New York disc jockey Murray the K. While some who favor original R&B versions over White rock group covers may disagree, for most listeners, the Rolling Stones' cover was substantially better and more exciting. In its original version, the song was a catchy but somewhat sluggish number, with a far more jaunty approach including almost country-influenced guitar and bells. The Stones, as was their wont, made the song far more guitar-rock-oriented, starting with the memorable, grandly echoing interweaving guitars of the instrumental intro. The far more jangling verses gave Mick Jagger his chance to sing the lyric of revenging a two-timer with a spiteful venom missing in the original. The group really launched into the chorus exultantly, with well-placed low growly guitar riffs after key lines emphasizing the sense of triumph. The guitars got a lot raunchier and bluesier in the break, with a high-amped freneticism suggesting a jilted lover let loose on the town to declare his freedom. The instrumental fadeout, again stressing those low booming guitar riffs, jangles on a little too long, helping to establish the Rolling Stones' tradition of using long fadeouts on their singles. There's some uncertainty about a potentially controversial lyric in the song; some hear the line "half-assed games" (which was quite risque for 1964), while others hear the milder "high class games." "It's All Over Now" has been covered a lot since the Rolling Stones and the Valentinos did it, some of the more high-visibility interpreters including John Anderson, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, the Chambers Brothers, Ry Cooder, the Grateful Dead, Rick Nelson, Molly Hatchet, Charlie Rich, Rod Stewart, and Johnny Winter; there was also a solo version by one of the Valentinos (and one of the song's co-writers), Bobby Womack.

All Music Guide

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