Got Live If You Want It! (album)

History

At the time, it was not released officially in the UK; instead, the British market had the 1965 EP release Got Live If You Want It!, from which the album's name derived (a different recording of "I'm Alright" appeared on this EP.) The album had been compiled as a result of a contractual obligation with US distributor London Records, and the band themselves were not happy with it. Two songs ("I've Been Loving You Too Long" and "Fortune Teller") were not even live recordings, but studio takes, overdubbed with audience background noises. They consequently disowned it, arguing that Get Yer Ya-Yas Out! The Rolling Stones in Concert (1970) was their true live album debut.

The performances captured for Got Live If You Want It reportedly occurred on 1 and 7 October 1966, in Newcastle upon Tyne and Bristol while on their last UK tour for three years, despite the album's assertion that the recording hailed from the Royal Albert Hall.

The album was issued in December, as the group were nearing the end of Between the Buttons' sessions. It reached No. 6 in the US in early 1967 and went gold. Decca Records UK released the LP as Have You Seen Your Mother Live! for export purposes, while King Records Japan released the same LP under the title Hits LIVE.

In August 2002 Got Live If You Want It! was reissued in a new remastered CD and SACD digipak by ABKCO Records, for all markets.

Track listing

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

1. "Under My Thumb" – 2:46
2. "Get Off of My Cloud" – 2:54
3. "Lady Jane" – 3:05
4. "Not Fade Away" (Norman Petty/Charles Hardin) – 2:00
5. "I've Been Loving You Too Long" (Otis Redding/Jerry Butler) – 2:53
6. "Fortune Teller" (Naomi Neville) – 2:09

1. "The Last Time" – 3:09
2. "19th Nervous Breakdown" – 3:24
3. "Time Is on My Side" (Norman Meade) – 2:49
4. "I'm Alright" (Ellas McDaniel) – 2:21
5. "Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?" – 2:13
6. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" – 3:45

Recording dates

1. "Under My Thumb" – 2:54
2. 1 October 1966: City Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne, England on LP and CD – changed to 7 October 1966: Colston Hall, Bristol, England on SACD
3. "Get Off of My Cloud" – 2:54
4. 1 October 1966: City Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne
5. "Lady Jane" – 3:08
6. 7 October 1966: Colston Hall, Bristol
7. "Not Fade Away" – 2:04
8. 7 October 1966: Colston Hall, Bristol
9. "I've Been Loving You Too Long" – 2:55
10. 11 – 12 May 1965, RCA Studios, Los Angeles, California; 1966: IBC Studios, London, England
11. "Fortune Teller" – 1:57
12. 9 July 1963, Decca Studios, London; 1966: IBC Studios, London
13. "The Last Time" – 3:08
14. 1 October 1966: City Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
15. "19th Nervous Breakdown" – 3:31
16. 1 October 1966: City Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
17. "Time Is on My Side" – 2:49
18. 5 – 7 March 1965: Regal Theatre, London, Empire Theatre, Liverpool, Merseyside, England or Palace Theatre, Manchester
19. "I'm Alright" – 2:27
20. 5 – 7 March 1965: Regal Theatre, London, Empire Theatre, Liverpool, or Palace Theatre, Manchester
21. "Have You Seen Your Mother Baby, Standing in the Shadow?" – 2:19
22. 7 October 1966: Colston Hall, Bristol
23. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" – 3:05
24. 7 October 1966: Colston Hall, Bristol

Personnel