Jump Up - The Rise of the Rolling Stones

The Stones kicked straight into the first day of 1964 with an appearance on the very first edition of the new BBC pop show Top Of The Pops before embarking on their second nationwide tour of Great Britain two days later. On this outing, the Stones shared top billing with Phil Spector's all-girl American group The Ronettes. The endless round of Odeon Theatres and ballroom appearances continued at a relentless pace for the next few months, with barely two days off in a row. There were two shows a night with each one as frantic as the one before. A fearsome pace that didn't let up as their first album was released.
The Rolling Stones shot straight to number one, with a cover featuring a dark and moody close-up portrait of the group, by then aspiring young photographer David Bailey. The white bordered photograph on the sleeve had no graphics or title except the Decca record company logo in the top right hand corner. This was a risky and pioneering step on part of Decca, implying that The Rolling Stones themselves, were bigger than their music.
‘That entire record, remembers Keith, ‘was virtually our stage act apart from one or two dubs thrown in. Most of it was straight from what we had played at Studio 51 or Richmond, but when we recorded it, we did it on a two-track Revox in a room insulated with egg cartons at Regent Sound. Under those primitive conditions it was very easy to make that kind of sound.’
It was also single time again. Oldham realised that if the success was to continue following their latest hit and number one album, they needed a healthy shot of commercialism in their choice of material to record. He also realised that the Lennon-McCartney songwriting set-up had taken The Beatles to new heights of acceptance and success. He set about developing an enforced songwriting partnership for Jagger and Richards.