Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass)

The Rolling Stones | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Original Release Date: 1986
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Abkco
• ASIN: B000003BES
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #130,342 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

2. The Last Time

3. As Tears Go By

4. Time Is on My Side

5. It's All Over Now

6. Tell Me

7. 19th Nervous Breakdown

8. Heart of Stone

9. Get Off of My Cloud

10. Not Fade Away

11. Good Times, Bad Times

12. Play with Fire

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Noteworthy for the first album appearance of "19th Nervous Breakdown" and the hit version of "Time Is on My Side," this first collection in a long line of Rolling Stones retrospectives collects the early singles of a band that was slowly and surely becoming the World's Greatest Rock & Roll Band. They're hungry here and they churn out a scruffy version of the Buddy Holly hit "Not Fade Away" as well as their own compositions ("(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction," "Get Off of My Cloud"). Their ability to work ballads into their rough-hewn repertoire is apparent ("Play with Fire" and "As Tears Go By") and Jagger's persona as the devil incarnate is taking shape. --Rob O'Connor

Product Description

Limited Edition vinyl LP repressing of this classic Rolling Stones album, originally released in 1966. Decca. --This text refers to the Vinyl edition.

Customer Reviews

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Could you walk on the water?, June 4, 2001

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brad lonard (Sydney, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) (Audio CD)

It beggars belief that this miserly 12-track US compilation is available on CD instead of the UK edition, which featured more music, all the Stones' A-sides up till the end of 1966, and a better cover. Just chalk it up to good ol' record company exploitation. If you want the early classic singles on a well-compiled CD, you're out of luck, so this or the exorbitantly priced Hot Rocks (or the even more exorbitantly priced London Years set) will have to do. Sigh.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars 1st Greatest Hits Album, September 20, 2002

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Richard R. Carlton (Ada, MI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) (Audio CD)

With the release of the remastered super audio CDs (SACD) of the Stones ABCKO catalog (which includes all the early Decca/London material), there is now some confusion as they have released some of the early albums in both US and UK versions.

This is the version of Big Hits (High Tide & Green Grass) that was released on Apr 1, 1966 in the US. The American record company execs had tampered with the original UK design of most of the Stones albums up to this time, often releasing inferior American versions. On this one they reversed the trend and the UK design, which was released Nov 4, 1966, did not include Paint It, Black. The UK version substituted Mother's Little Helper and added 3 additional tracks (Take It Or Leave It, Out Of Time, and What To do).

This US version covered their American hits from 1964-1966. Here are the songs on this album, in the order they were released as singles in the U.S.:
3-6-64 Not Fade Away
6-12-64 Tell Me (version 2)
7-24-64 It's All Over Now
7-24-64 Good Times, Bad Times (B side of It's All Over Now)
9-25-64 Time Is On My Side (version 2)
12-18-64 Heart Of Stone
3-12-65 The Last Time
3-12-65 Play With Fire (B side of The Last Time)
6-4-65 (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
9-24-65 Get Off Of My Cloud
12-17-65 As Tears Go By
2-11-66 19th Nervous Breakdown

There is an interesting story about the cover art and 8 page photo book that was part of the original album. The photos were originally done for an album to be called Could You Walk On The Water?, but the concept was so controversial at that time that the photo of the Band walking on the water of a California reservoir was dropped and the photo of them standing on the bank was used. The album was renamed After-Math (although the American version dropped the hyphen) and the artwork was used for this greatest hits album.

This information comes from "It's Only Rock And Roll: The Ultimate Guide To The Rolling Stones" by Karnbach and Bernson and from my own collection, with some of the notes from Davis' "Old Gods Almost Dead." Both books are available from amazon.com.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THESE GUYS AT THEIR BEST, December 24, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) (Audio CD)

THIS IS FROM THE ERA WHEN THESE GUYS WERE A GOOD SINGLES BAND,AND HERE ARE THOSE SONGS. I HAVE OFTEN FELT "THE LAST TIME" WAS PROBABLY THERE MOST UNDERRATED SONG,AND HERE IT IS,ALONG WITH OTHER GEMS FROM THIS ERA. THIS ALBUM IS WELL WORTH OWNING FROM A TIME WHEN THESE GUYS WERE YOUNG AND GOOD!