Get Yer Ya Ya's Out! The Rolling Stones in Concert

History

Having not toured since April 1967, the Rolling Stones were eager to hit the road by 1969. With their two most recent albums, Beggars Banquet and Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2) being highly praised, audiences were anticipating their live return. Their 1969 American Tour's trek during November into December, with Terry Reid, B.B. King (replaced on some dates by Chuck Berry) and Ike and Tina Turner as supporting acts, played to packed houses. The tour was the first for Mick Taylor with the Stones, having replaced Brian Jones shortly before Jones' death in July; this was also the first album where he appeared fully and prominently, having only featured on two songs on Let It Bleed.

The performances captured for this release were recorded on 27 November 1969 (one show) and 28 November 1969 (two shows) at New York City's Madison Square Garden, while "Love in Vain" was recorded in Baltimore, Maryland on 26 November 1969. Overdubbing sessions were undertaken during January 1970 in London's Olympic Studios. The finished product featured new lead and backing vocals vocals on most tracks, and some overdubbed guitars on Little Queenie and Stray Cat Blues.

The title Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! is taken from a Blind Boy Fuller song, "Get Your Yas Yas Out". The lyric in Fuller's song was "Now you got to leave my house this morning, don't I'll throw your yas yas out o' door", in which "yas yas" was a substitute for "ass".

Some of the performances, as well as one of the two photography sessions for the album cover featuring Charlie Watts and a donkey, are depicted in the documentary film Gimme Shelter, and shows Jagger and Watts on a road in Birmingham, UK in early December 1969 posing with the donkey. The actual cover photo however was taken in early February 1970 in London, and does not originate from the 1969 session. The photo by David Bailey, featuring Watts with guitars and bass drums hanging from the neck of a donkey, was inspired by a line in Bob Dylan's song, "Visions of Johanna": "Jewels and binoculars hang from the head of the mule" (though, as mentioned, the animal in the photo is a donkey, not a mule). The band would later say “we originally wanted an elephant but settled for a donkey” . Watts said that his wardrobe (which includes a T-shirt with a picture of woman's breasts) was his usual stage getup along with Jagger's striped hat.

Release and reception

In the Rolling Stone review of the album, critic Lester Bangs said, "I have no doubt that it's the best rock concert ever put on record."

'Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!': The Rolling Stones in Concert was released in September 1970, well into the sessions for their next studio album, Sticky Fingers, and was well-received critically and commercially, reaching number 1 in the UK and number 6 in the US, where it went platinum. Except for compilations, it was the last Rolling Stones album released through Decca Records in the UK and London Records in the US before launching their own Rolling Stones Records label.

In August 2002, 'Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!' The Rolling Stones in Concert was reissued in a new remastered album and SACD digipak by ABKCO Records.

In November 2009, the album was reissued with unreleased songs by the Rolling Stones but also by opening acts B.B King and Ike & Tina Turner. It includes a DVD and a 56-page booklet.

The songs on the second disc of this edition ["Prodigal Son", "You Gotta Move", "Under My Thumb", "I'm Free", and "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"] are downloadable tracks for the video games Guitar Hero 5 and Band Hero. Additionally, "Under My Thumb"" is included on the Nintendo DS version of the game Band Hero.

Track listing

All songs by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, except where noted.

Disc 1 – Original Release

1. "Jumpin' Jack Flash" – 4:03
2. "Carol" – 3:46
3. "Stray Cat Blues" – 3:47
4. "Love in Vain" – 4:56
5. "Midnight Rambler" – 9:04
6. "Sympathy for the Devil" – 6:51
7. "Live With Me" – 3:02
8. "Little Queenie" – 4:33
9. "Honky Tonk Women" – 3:34
10. "Street Fighting Man" – 4:04

Disc 2 – Unreleased Tracks

1. "Prodigal Son" (Robert Wilkins) – 4:04
2. "You Gotta Move" (Fred McDowell, Rev. Gary Davis) – 2:18
3. "Under My Thumb" – 3:38
4. "I'm Free" – 2:47
5. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" – 5:38

Disc 3 – B.B. King and Ike & Tina Turner Sets

1. "Everyday I Have the Blues" – 2:27
2. "How Blue Can You Get" – 5:30
3. "That's Wrong Little Mama" – 4:11
4. "Why I Sing The Blues" – 5:16
5. "Please Accept My Love" – 4:52
6. "Gimme Some Loving" – 0:49
7. "Sweet Soul Music" – 1:16
8. "Son of a Preacher Man" – 2:49
9. "Proud Mary" – 3:07
10. "I've Been Loving You Too Long" – 5:40
11. "Come Together" – 3:36
12. "Land of a Thousand Dances" – 2:40

Disc 4 – Bonus DVD (2.0 and 5.1)

1. Introduction (Madison Square Garden)
2. "Prodigal Son" – 2:40
3. "You Gotta Move" – 1:58
4. Photo shoot (of album cover) – 3:30
5. Keith in studio – 1:40
6. "Under My Thumb" / "I'm Free" / Backstage with Jimi Hendrix – 6:09
7. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" / Outside waiting for transport – 10:45
8. Credits

Bonus track recording dates

Audio

1. "Prodigal Son" – 4:04 (28 November 1969: Madison Square Garden, New York City (second show))
2. "You Gotta Move" – 2:18 (28 November 1969: MSG (second show))
3. "Under My Thumb" – 3:38 (27 November 1969: MSG)
4. "I'm Free" – 2:47 (27 November 1969: MSG)
5. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" – 5:38 (28 November 1969: MSG (first show))

Video

1. "Prodigal Son" – 2:40 (27 November 1969: MSG)
2. "You Gotta Move" – 1:50 (27 November 1969: MSG)
3. "Under My Thumb" – 3:30 (28 November 1969: MSG (first show))
4. "I'm Free" – 1:30 (28 November 1969: MSG (first show))
5. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" – 6:00 (27 November 1969: MSG)

Personnel