Rolling stones - Sticky Fingers

The new, post-Decca records age of the Rolling Stones began here. Sticky Fingers, released on Rolling Stones Records, a company run by Marshall Chess, saw the birth of the famous red lips on yellow logo. It came housed in Andy Warhol's audacious sleeve depicting a pair of jeans and a real zip. (Hence...Sticky Fingers. Yes, incredibly rude but most people didn't notice that at the time.) It was a new beginning in musical terms, too. Mick Taylor's influence helped pull the band deeper into the blues, while Keith Richard's burgeoning friendship with Gram Parsons brought a country beat to the Stones' heart. Fired by an enthusiasm that would weaken somewhat a week later at Altamont, they converged on Mussel Shoals Studios, deep in Alabama. In three hyper-productive days they pinned down the backing tracks for "Brown Sugar," "Wild Horses" (first recorded by Parsons' Flying Burrito Brothers) and "You Gotta Move." The rich flavour of Sticky Fingers was forged in that brief, early session, recorded in a studio that was buried deep in an old coffin factory. The remainder of the album came from Berkshire (the Rolling Stones' mobile parked next to Jagger's manor house) and Olympic Studios, London. The country/blues theme continued throughout the album, though.