ROLLING STONES. "BIG HITS [HIGH TIDE & GREEN GRASS]" DECCA UK 1966.LP.

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 ‎– Big Hits [High Tide And Green Grass] Label:  ‎– TXS 101,  ‎– TXS.101 Format: , LP, Compilation, Gatefold Sleeve 
Country: Released: Genre: Style: Tracklist A1Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In The Shadow?A2Paint It BlackA3It's All Over NowA4The Last TimeA5Heart Of StoneA6Not Fade AwayA7Come OnB1(I Can't Get No) SatisfactionB2Get Off Of My CloudB3As Tears Go ByB419th Nervous BreakdownB5Lady JaneB6Time Is On My SideB7Little Red Rooster Companies etc Mastered At –  Credits Arranged By –  Mastered By –  Photography By – , , * Producer –  Notes Pale blue title text on gatefold sleeve. Laminated externally, matt-print inner. 6-page full-color varnish-print picture booklet included that fits in one side of the gatefold sleeve.
Printed in England by Robert Stace.
'Clarifoil' laminate by British Celanese Limited.

"Stereo TXS 101" printed on backside cover, no box, no arrow pointing.
Tracks marked with a cross:
A1, A4, A6, A7, B1, B2, B3, B7 are reprocessed for stereo.

Vinyl; Silver on green labels
Review by Bruce Eder 

The first hits compilation of  is still one of the most potent collections of singles that one can find. Listening to it in 1966 or today, one can understand how, almost prematurely for the 1960s -- as most of the material here dates from 1964 or 1965 --  set themselves up as the decade's most visible rock & roll rebels. The defiant, in-your-face fuzztone riff and sexually frustrated lyrics of "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" and the frenetic pounding punk anthem "Get Off of My Cloud" are highlights of a 12-song set that has no weak points, only peaks -- the louder-than-life rhythm guitars on "It's All Over Now" and "The Last Time," the wailing R&B of "Time Is on My Side," the balladry, folk, and soul style of "As Tears Go By" and "Tell Me," and all of the rest make for a body of work that's still amazing to hear decades after the fact. Appearing as it did in the late winter of 1966, this collection completely missed the group's drift into psychedelia, and it has since been supplanted by  and , but  is still the most concentrated dose of the early  at their most accessible that is to be had, short of simply playing their first five U.S. albums. The artwork and photography were pretty cool too, and the original LP had one of rock's early classic gatefold album designs.