THE ROLLING STONES STICKY FINGERS W/ORIGINAL ANDY WARHOL ZIPPER COVER - WORKING
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Description
The Rolling Stones
"STICKY FINGERS"
1971 Original Pressing with working Andy Warhol Designed "Zipper Cover"
ATCO Records #COC 59100
The Rolling Stones Mick Jagger Keith Richards Bill Wyman Charlie Watts Mick Taylor
Songs
Side One BROWN SUGAR SWAY WILD HORSES CAN'T YOU HEAR ME KNOCKING YOU GOTTA MOVE
Side Two BITCH I GOT THE BLUES SISTER MORPHINE DEAD FLOWERS MOONLIGHT MILE
"Sticky Fingers" is the quintessential Rock album—from Andy Warhol's iconic artwork emphasizing the suggestive innuendo of the "Sticky Fingers" title showing a close-up of a jeans-clad male crotch with the visible outline of a penis; and the album features the first usage of the tongue and lips logo of Rolling Stones Records, originally designed by John Pasche.
The guitar sounds of Keith Richards and Mick Taylor on this album is the perfect representation of the Rock Music of the day. When you've been around as long as the Stones have it's hard for people to remember just why the Stones are so revered. The answer lies in four essential records, 1968's "Beggar's Banquet," 1969's "Let It Bleed," 1971's "Sticky Fingers," and 1972's "Exile On Main St." In this era of rock music, The Stones managed to achieve perfection. In these four albums lie everything you need to know about rock music—from it's early Rock 'n' Roll and Blues roots, to its sexual imagery and rebellion. Of the four aforementioned albums, it's "Sticky Fingers" that sticks out. Some would pick "Exile" or "Let It Bleed" as the masterpiece, but as great as those albums are, for me it's Sticky Fingers—my go to Stones album most of the time. Everyone that listens to classic rock radio or who's purchased a Rolling Stones compilation are familiar with "Brown Sugar" and "Wild Horses." However, it's the album cuts that make "Sticky Fingers" a definitive rock album. Fans, including some of the Stones themselves, feel that the lineup on this album is the best lineup the Stones ever had. The reason is the spectacular lead guitar of Mick Taylor, which is on full display on tunes like "Sway," "Can't You Hear Me Knockin'" and "Bitch." "Sway" in particular is an excellent showcase for Taylor with two solos from him. "Can't You Hear Me Knockin'" has an iconic Richards riff to open things up and it closes with a fantastic jam that features a great sax solo by Bobby Keys followed by another classic Mick Taylor solo. "Bitch" is the Stones' early and best use of a horn section. "I Got the Blues" is the Stones doing Stax and it includes a soulful organ solo from Billy Preston. "Dead Flowers" does a great job of capturing Country Music, as Mick sings in his faux Southern American accent, "I'll be in my basement room with a needle and spoon and another girl to take my pain away." "Moonlight Mile" closes the album on a somber note with some gorgeous string arrangements. The Stones next record expands upon the sound established here, but no record, Rock or otherwise, beats this one.
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