LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JUNE 9, 2019…TODAY IS THE 41ST ANNIVERSARY OF THE RELEASE OF THE ROLLING STONES’ ALBUM ‘SOME GIRLS’
THIS WAS A PIVOTAL ALBUM IN THE HISTORY OF THE STONES.
MOST NOTABLY IT WAS THEIR FIRST ALBUM RECORDED WITH RONNIE WOOD AS A FULL MEMBER OF THE BAND.
IT ALSO ESTABLISHED THEM ONCE AGAIN AS A FORCE AFTER A FEW DISAPPOINTMENTS WITH PRIOR ALBUMS. IT IS BY FAR THE BEST SELLING ROLLING STONES ALBUM WITH OVER 11.3 MILLION COPIES SOLD.
IT WAS FUELED BY 3 HIT SINGLES ‘SHATTERED’ ‘BEAST OF BURDEN’ AND ‘MISS YOU’ PLUS EXCELLENT ALBUM TRACKS LIKE ‘RESPECTABLE’ ‘WHEN THE WHIP COMES DOWN’ AND THE TITLE TRACK ‘SOME GIRLS’
THE ALBUM COVER RAN INTO IMMEDIATE TROUBLE UPON RELEASE OF THE RECORD. IT FEATURED THE ROLLING STONES IN DRAG ALONGSIDE SELECT FEMALE CELEBRITIES AND LINGERIE ADS. RUH ROH !!! THE LAWYERS STARTED CALLING AND THE STONES WERE FORCED TO ISSUE A CENSORED VERSION ( THE CELEBRITIES WERE REMOVED WITH A NOTE “UNDER CONSTRUCTION” IN THEIR PLACE). THE STARS WERE LUCILLE BALL, JUDY GARLAND (REPRESENTED BY HER DAUGHTER LIZA MINNELLI), THE ESTATE OF MARILYN MONROE, RAQUEL WELCH, AND FARRAH FAWCETT.
AS A RESULT, THERE ARE 15 VARIATIONS OF THE ACTUAL COVER AND INNER SLEEVES. THERE ARE ALSO 2 KNOWN VERSIONS OF THE ALBUM MADE WITHOUT THE PEEPHOLES.
SOME GIRLS SPARKED A FRESH ROUND OF HIT RECORDS FOR THE STONES
AND PROVED WHEN THE STONES WHERE AT THE TOP OF THEIR GAME.
THIS IS THE OFFICIAL PROMO VIDEO FOR ‘MISS YOU’( IT’S ACTUALLY A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THE ALBUM AND SINGLE RELEASE)
AND HERE’S A LIVE VERSION OF ‘SHATTERED’
