The Rolling Stones “Out of Our Heads” 1965. Just read the news that Stones drummer Charlie Watts died this morning at age 80 (b. 1941, d. 2021) so I’m spinning one of their earlier LP’s in honor of his incredible career (he continued to perform on tour through 2019). This is the US version of Out of Our Heads; the UK version has a very different track listing due to the UK habit of not including singles on full-length albums. The LP has a mix of covers and Jagger-Richards and Stones originals. The Jagger-Richards penned tracks include the classics “The Last Time” (#1 UK, #9 US), “Satisfaction” (#1 in the US and UK), “The Spider and the Fly” (b-side to the UK “Satisfaction” single) and “One More Try.” Two tracks are credited to Nanker Phelge, which is an alias of sorts indicating the writing credits (and royalties) to the entire band plus their early manager/producer Andrew Oldham: “The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man” and one of my all-time Stones favorites, “Play With Fire.” Covers include “Hitch Hike” (Marvin Gaye), “Good Times” (Same Cooke), “Cry to Me” (Bert Berns, performed originally by Solomon Burke) and a live recording of Bo Diddley’s “I’m All Right.”