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12 X 5 is the second US album by The Rolling Stones released in 1964 following the massive success of their debut The Rolling Stones in the UK and the promising sales of its American substitute England's Newest Hit Makers. Not surprisingly, 12 X 5 followed its predecessor's tendency to largely feature R&B covers, however it does contain three compositions from the still-developing Mick Jagger/Keith Richards songwriting team, as well as two group compositions under the pseudonym of "Nanker Phelge".

After a series of sessions in Chicago in June 1964, The Rolling Stones' UK label Decca Records released the five song EP Five By Five. Because EPs were never a lucrative format in the US, London Records - their American distributor at the time - spread the EP songs across an entire album, adding seven new recordings to create a release of 12 songs by 5 musicians, hence the album's title. Decca would use the same cover (minus the lettering) for The Rolling Stones' second UK album The Rolling Stones No. 2 in early 1965.

12 X 5 proved to be a faster seller than England's Newest Hit Makers, reaching #3 and going gold quickly.

In August 2002, 12 X 5 was reissued in a new remastered CD and SACD digipak by ABKCO Records.

Track listing

"Around And Around" (Chuck Berry) – 3:03
"Confessin' The Blues" (Jay McShann/Walter Brown) – 2:47
"Empty Heart" (Nanker Phelge) – 2:37
"Time Is On My Side" (Norman Meade) – 2:53
* This is the "organ" version of this song, as opposed to the version with the guitar intro
"Good Times, Bad Times" (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards) – 2:30
"It's All Over Now" (Bobby Womack/Shirley Jean Womack) – 3:26
"2120 South Michigan Avenue" (Nanker Phelge) – 3:38
* This is the full length version, previously only heard on bootleg
"Under The Boardwalk" (Arthur Resnick/Kenny Young) – 2:46
"Congratulations" (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards) – 2:29
"Grown Up Wrong" (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards) – 2:05
"If You Need Me" (Robert Bateman/Wilson Pickett) – 2:04
"Susie Q" (Eleanor Broadwater/Stan Lewis/Dale Hawkins) – 1:50

External links

[Rolling Stones 12 X 5] 12 X 5 Rolling Stones

Albums by The Rolling Stones
U.K. studio albums and EPs 1964 - 1967: The Rolling Stones (EP) \| The Rolling Stones \| Five by Five (EP) \| The Rolling Stones No. 2 \| Out of Our Heads \| Aftermath \| Between the Buttons
U.S. albums 1964 - 1967: England's Newest Hitmakers \| 12 X 5 \| The Rolling Stones, Now! \| Out of Our Heads \| December's Children (And Everybody's) \| Aftermath \| Between the Buttons \| Flowers
Albums 1967 - present: Their Satanic Majesties Request \| Beggars Banquet \| Let It Bleed \| Sticky Fingers \| Exile on Main St. \| Goats Head Soup \| It's Only Rock'n Roll \| Black and Blue \| Some Girls \| Emotional Rescue \| Tattoo You \| Undercover \| Dirty Work \| Steel Wheels \| Voodoo Lounge \| Bridges to Babylon \| A Bigger Bang
Live albums: got LIVE if you want it! (EP) \| Got Live if You Want It! \| Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! The Rolling Stones in Concert \| Love You Live \| "Still Life" (American Concert 1981) \| Flashpoint \| Stripped \| No Security \| Live Licks
Compilations: Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) (US) \| Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) (UK) \| Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2) \| Made in the Shade \| Sucking in the Seventies \| Rewind (1971-1984) \| [[Jump Back: The Best of The Rolling Stones]] \| Forty Licks \| Rarities 1971-2003
Post-contract ABKCO albums: Hot Rocks 1964-1971 \| More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies) \| Metamorphosis \| [[Singles Collection: The London Years]]\| The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus \| Singles 1963-1965 \| Singles 1965-1967 \| Singles 1968-1971
Nicky Hopkins, Ry Cooder, Mick Jagger, Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts: Jamming with Edward

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