Artist: THE ROLLING STONES
Album: THE ROLLING STONES, NOW! REMASTERED (CD)

Year: 1965/ 2002
Media type: CD

The Rolling Stones, Now! is the third American studio album by the Rolling Stones, released in 1965 by their initial American distributor, London Records.

The album contained seven tracks from their second UK album The Rolling Stones No. 2, the recent US Top 20 hit "Heart of Stone", the recent UK No. 1 hit single "Little Red Rooster", "Surprise, Surprise", from The Lord's Taverners Charity Album, "Mona (I Need You Baby)" from The Rolling Stones and "Oh Baby (We Got A Good Thing Goin')" which would appear on the UK edition of the Stones' next album Out of Our Heads later in 1965. The album contains a different, and shorter, version of "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love" than the recording on The Rolling Stones No. 2, although the latter version was accidentally used on the 1986 CD of The Rolling Stones, Now!. The 2002 CD includes the shorter version, as heard on the original LP. Four of the songs on The Rolling Stones, Now! were penned by the songwriting team of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (who dropped the "s" from his surname until 1978).

For the back cover, London Records simply took the back cover of The Rolling Stones No. 2 and amended the tracklisting and label information. Where the UK liner cover said "No. 2" after 'THE ROLLING STONES' was simply whited out for the American cover. One thing that was overlooked, however, was a mention of Ian Stewart playing organ on "Time Is on My Side," which made no sense on The Rolling Stones, Now! as the song was not on that album. This credit was deleted from the 1986 and 2002 reissues.

In August 2002 The Rolling Stones, Now! was reissued in a new remastered CD and SACD digipak by ABKCO Records. This version included stereo mixes of "Heart of Stone", "What a Shame", and "Down the Road Apiece".

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

TRACKLIST:
No. Title Length

1. "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love" (Solomon Burke/Bert Berns/Jerry Wexler) 3:00
2. "Down Home Girl" (Jerry Leiber/Arthur Butler) 4:13
3. "You Can't Catch Me" (Chuck Berry) 3:40
4. "Heart of Stone"   2:49
5. "What a Shame"   3:06
6. "Mona (I Need You Baby)" (originally released on The Rolling Stones) (Ellas McDaniel) 3:35
 
7. "Down the Road Apiece" (Don Raye) 2:56
8. "Off the Hook"   2:36
9. "Pain in My Heart" (Allen Toussaint) 2:12
10. "Oh Baby (We Got a Good Thing Goin')" (Barbara Lynn Ozen) 2:06
11. "Little Red Rooster" (Willie Dixon) 3:04
12. "Surprise, Surprise"   2:29

LINE-UP:

Mick Jagger – lead vocals, harmonica, tambourine, percussion
Keith Richards – electric guitar, backing vocals
Brian Jones – electric and slide guitars, harmonica, backing vocals
Charlie Watts – drums, percussion
Bill Wyman – bass guitar, backing vocals

Additional personnel:
Jack Nitzsche – piano, sound effects ('Nitzsche' phone), tambourine
Ian Stewart – piano