Release date: 06-10-2017(originally in 1963)

2017 EU issue on 180g 2LP= New Collection of 1960's BBC Recordings Which Offer a Unique Insight Into the Formative Days of the Band! 

The lead track from the collection is a version of their first single, Chuck Berry's "Come On," recorded for Saturday Club in 1963. Additional highlights include "Fannie Mae," first recorded by blues artist Buster Brown in 1959, Tommy Tucker's "Hi Heel Sneakers" and Bo Diddley's "Cops And Robbers." There's also the chance to hear vibrantly live radio renditions of such early Jagger-Richards co-writes as "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction," "The Last Time" and "The Spider And The Fly."

Capturing the formative years of the Rolling Stones as they've rarely been heard before, On Air is a new compilation of radio recordings made by the group between 1963 and 1965 for BBC shows such as Saturday Club, Top Gear, Rhythm and Blues and the Joe Loss Pop Show. Eight tracks performed for the various shows were never recorded by the Stones for a commercial release; seven more made their debut on air before being released on albums or EPs. That underlines the fact that as their stature as major artists grew ever greater, the Stones were such frequent visitors to the BBC that they were constantly striving to perform a wide selection of material.

The lead track from the collection is a version of their first single, Chuck Berry's "Come On," recorded for Saturday Club in 1963. Additional highlights include "Fannie Mae," first recorded by blues artist Buster Brown in 1959, Tommy Tucker's "Hi Heel Sneakers" and Bo Diddley's "Cops And Robbers." There's also the chance to hear vibrantly live radio renditions of such early Jagger-Richards co-writes as "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction," "The Last Time" and "The Spider And The Fly."
More than 50 years after they were recorded, the tapes have been through an "audio source separation" process at Abbey Road Studios in London, to rebalance and remix the source material into a fuller sound. This is the Rolling Stones where it all started, playing the music they loved so much – blues, R&B and even country!

Tracks:
A1 Come On

A2 (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

A3 Roll Over Beethoven

A4 The Spider And The Fly

A5 Cops And Robbers

A6 It's All Over Now

A7 Route 66

B1 Memphis, Tennessee

B2 Down The Road Apiece

B3 The Last Time

B4 Cry To Me

B5 Mercy, Mercy

B6 Oh! Baby (We Got A Good Thing Goin')

B7 Around And Around

B8 Hi Heel Sneakers

B9 Fannie Mae

LP2
C1 You Better Move On

C2 Mona

C3 I Wanna Be Your Man

C4 Carol

C5 I'm Moving On

C6 If You Need Me

C7 Walking The Dog

C8 Confessin' The Blues

D1 Everybody Needs Somebody To Love

D2 Little By Little

D3 Ain't That Loving You Baby

D4 Beautiful Delilah

D5 Crackin' Up

D6 I Can't Be Satisfied

D7 I Just Want To Make Love To You

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