{"product_id":"between-the-buttons-uk-edition-vinyl-lp","title":"Between the Buttons (UK Edition): Vinyl LP","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eReleased in the UK in January 1967 by Decca Records and February by London Records in the US – \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBetween The Buttons\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e was the Stones’ fifth British and seventh US studio album. Released as the follow-up to Aftermath, this album marked a high point in the band’s career, continuing their ventures into psychedelia and baroque pop balladry, it is among the band’s most musically eclectic works. Brian Jones sidelined his guitar on much of the album, instead playing a wide variety of other instruments including organ, marimba, vibraphone, and kazoo.\u003cbr\u003e\n\t \u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003ePiano contributions came from two session players: former Rolling Stones member Ian Stewart and frequent contributor and studio legend Jack Nitzsche. It was the last album produced by Andrew Loog Oldham, the band’s manager and producer of all of their albums to this point.\u003cbr\u003e\n\t \u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eThe album has one of the most striking sleeves of the period, featuring a classic Gered Mankowitz image on the cover. The photo shoot took place at 5:30 in the morning following an all-night recording session at Olympic Studios. Using a home-made camera filter constructed of black card, glass and Vaseline, Mankowitz created the effect of the Stones dissolving into their surroundings – according to Mankowitz…\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e“to capture the ethereal, druggy feel of the time; that feeling at the end of the night when dawn was breaking and they’d been up all night making music, stoned.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eThe songs continued Aftermath’s lyrics of acute social observation and savage insight, their earlier raw, rootsy power enhanced by other influences of the period – notably The Beatles, The Kinks, and again Dylan. It is one of their strongest, most varied LPs, with many great songs that remain unknown to all but Stones devotees.\u003cbr\u003e\n\t \u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eThe inventive arrangements and innovative instrumentation on brooding near-classics like \u003cstrong\u003eAll Sold Out\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eMy Obsession\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eYesterday’s Papers\u003c\/strong\u003e brought a new dimension to the music. \u003cstrong\u003eShe Smiled Sweetly\u003c\/strong\u003e shows their hidden romantic side at its best, \u003cstrong\u003eConnection\u003c\/strong\u003e is one of the record’s few pieces of more conventional driving rock and album closer \u003cstrong\u003eSomething Happened To Me Yesterday \u003c\/strong\u003eincludes Keith’s first solo vocal.\u003cbr\u003e\n\t \u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eThe US version includes contemporaneous hits – the two songs that gave the group a double-sided number one in early 1967: the shameless and controversial \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLet’s Spend The Night Together\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e and the beautiful, melancholy \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eRuby Tuesday\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracks\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide A\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003col\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eYesterday’s Papers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eMy Obsession\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eBackstreet Girl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eConnection\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eShe Smiled Sweetly\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eCool, Calm and Collected\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide B\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003col\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eAll Sold Out\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003ePlease Go Home\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eWho’s Been Sleeping Here?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eComplicated\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eMiss Amanda Jones\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eSomething Happened To Me Yesterday\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n","brand":"The Rolling Stones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45879997300970,"sku":"7121271","price":29.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0703\/6102\/2698\/files\/Between_The_Buttons.png?v=1775575954","url":"https:\/\/fontana-records.com\/products\/between-the-buttons-uk-edition-vinyl-lp","provider":"Fontana Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}