ROLLING STONES [Not Fade Away] LONDON 45-9657 [Pic Sleeve/45]:

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 LONDON Records 45-9657

PICTURE SLEEVE & ORIGINAL 45
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VINYL is VG-

 SLEEVE is VG+(+) light edge/surface/ring wear very nice shape!

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"Not Fade Away" was the first big British hit for the Rolling Stones, reaching #3 in the UK in 1964. It was the first American chart entry for the group as well, though a small one, stalling at #48. Although the Rolling Stones' version is by far the most famous one, it's now become pretty well known that "Not Fade Away" was originally done by Buddy Holly, on the 1957 B-side of his hit "Oh Boy!" (billed at the time to his group the Crickets). Bo Diddley's influence on white rock'n'rollers in the late 1950s was considerable -- the Everly Brothers, for instance, picked up by the Bo Diddley beat on the opening riffs to their first hit, "Bye Bye Love." The Bo Diddley bomp, bomp-ba-bomp, bomp-bomp rhythm is also a big influence on Holly's "Not Fade Away," though in a somewhat gentler, more muted fashion than Diddley usually employed himself. Against that beat, Holly sings a sweet blues-pop song, almost in a pidgin language or baby talk, cutting romantic foreplay to the essentials. Doo wop-influenced backup vocals help Holly along, and there's a brief, sprightly rockabilly guitar solo. "Not Fade Away" would have remained primarily known to Holly fans had it not been for the Rolling Stones digging it out in early 1964. The Stones at that time had barely begun to write their own songs and were still looking to American blues, R&B, soul, and rock'n'roll records for most of their material. It's often generalized that the Stones covered Black blues and soul artists, and while those sources certainly accounted for the bulk of their cover versions, from time to time they also covered White '50s rock'n'roll. For "Not Fade Away," they actually didn't alter Holly's arrangement too much, keeping a similar rhythm. But they did speed up and fatten that rhythm considerably, with furious acoustic guitar strums and shaking of the maracas. Mick Jagger's vocal delivery, too, was considerably more aggressive and insouciant than Holly's, and the band dispensed with the chipper backup harmonies, though some harmonies are briefly heard on the fade. The instrumental break is far more savage than on the Holly version, too, with the guitar slashing and a blues harmonica wailing, as it does in a more punctuative manner in the verses. It's been reported that the session for recording the single wasn't going too well, but got oiled when a couple of the Hollies, Gene Pitney, and Phil Spector showed up, adding some encouragement and liquor; Phil Spector, Keith Richards has said, is the one shaking the maracas. Several other artists have covered "Not Fade Away" since then, the most prominent probably being the Grateful Dead, who often played a laidback version in concert.

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