RELEASED IN THE UK IN JANUARY 1967 BY DECCA RECORDS AND FEBRUARY BY LONDON RECORDS IN THE US – BETWEEN THE BUTTONS WAS THE STONES’ FIFTH BRITISH AND SEVENTH US STUDIO ALBUM. RELEASED AS THE FOLLOW-UP TO AFTERMATH, THIS ALBUM MARKED A HIGH POINT IN THE BAND’S CAREER, CONTINUING THEIR VENTURES INTO PSYCHEDELIA AND BAROQUE POP BALLADRY, IT IS AMONG THE BAND’S MOST MUSICALLY ECLECTIC WORKS. BRIAN JONES SIDELINED HIS GUITAR ON MUCH OF THE ALBUM, INSTEAD PLAYING A WIDE VARIETY OF OTHER INSTRUMENTS INCLUDING ORGAN, MARIMBA, VIBRAPHONE, AND KAZOO.

THE US VERSION INCLUDES CONTEMPORANEOUS HITS – THE TWO SONGS THAT GAVE THE GROUP A DOUBLE-SIDED NUMBER ONE IN EARLY 1967: THE SHAMELESS AND CONTROVERSIAL LET’S SPEND THE NIGHT TOGETHER AND THE BEAUTIFUL, MELANCHOLY RUBY TUESDAY.

Tracklist

SIDE A

1. LET’S SPEND THE NIGHT TOGETHER
2. YESTERDAY’S PAPERS
3. RUBY TUESDAY
4. CONNECTION
5. SHE SMILED SWEETLY
6. COOL, CALM, COLLECTED

SIDE B

1. ALL SOLD OUT
2. MY OBSESSION
3. WHO’S BEEN SLEEPING HERE
4. COMPLICATED
5. MISS AMANDA JONES
6. SOMETHING HAPPENED TO ME YESTERDAY