The Rolling Stones - Now! + 9 Bonus (Reissue, Remastered) (1965/2002)

Although their third American album was patched together (in the usual British Invasion tradition) from a variety of sources, it's their best early R&B-oriented effort. Most of the Stones' early albums suffer from three or four very weak cuts; Now! is almost uniformly strong start-to-finish, the emphasis on some of their blackest material. The covers of "Down Home Girl," Bo Diddley's vibrating "Mona," Otis Redding's "Pain in My Heart," and Barbara Lynn's "Oh Baby" are all among the group's best R&B interpretations. The best gem is "Little Red Rooster," a pure blues with wonderful slide guitar from Brian Jones (and a number one single in Britain, although it was only an album track in the U.S.). As songwriters, Jagger and Richards are still struggling, but they come up with one of their first winners (and an American Top 20 hit) with the yearning, soulful "Heart of Stone."
Tracklist
01. Everybody Needs Somebody To Love
02. Down Home Girl
03. You Can't Catch Me
04. Heart Of Stone
05. What A Shame
06. I Need You Baby (Mona)
07. Down The Road Apiece
08. Off The Hook
09. Pain In My Heart
10. Oh Baby (We Got A Good Thing Goin')
11. Little Red Rooster
12. Surprise, Surprise

Bonus Tracks
13. Come On[Saturday Clubs, October 26, 1963]
14. Memphis Tennessee[Saturday Clubs, October 26, 1963]
15. Roll Over Beethoven[Saturday Clubs, October 26, 1963]
16. Route 66[Blues In Rhythm, May 9, 1964]
17. Cops And Robbers[Blues In Rhythm, May 9, 1964]
18. You Better Move On[Blues In Rhythm, May 9, 1964]
19. Mona[Blues In Rhythm, May 9, 1964]
20. Not Fade Away[Saturday Clubs, April 18, 1964]
21. Walking The Dog[Saturday Clubs, April 18, 1964]