The Rolling Stones Most Overlooked ‘60s Album 

Between the Buttons is a jewel from the Sixties! Brian made this album SHINE with his arrangements

Between The Buttons (UK Version) has been my favorite Rolling Stones album for years...

I love this album. It's their most "British" sounding record. It reminds me of The Kinks of that period. BTW Brian also plays piano on Ruby Tuesday.

’Yesterday's Papers’, ’My obsession’ and ’Complicated’ are my favorites from that album.

Love Brian Wilson's response to the question. Didn't even need to think about it! :)

It's a crime that "Backstreet Girl" wasn't put on the US album. It's one of the best stones songs of the time

Best of the Brian Jones years

I wasn't familiar with this album, Andrew so thank you for the deep dive! Brian Jones was a fantastic multi instrumentalist who added an interesting sonic layer to the Stones' mid 60s albums. It's a tragedy that he died so young.

Can't go wrong with any of the Brian Jones Stone; albums. My favorite period of theirs. So inventive!!

I bought this album originally in 1979. I was 13 teen . I just love the Brian Jones years. It’s my favorite Stones music! Good video Andrew!

I'm not a Stones fan, but this album was absolute the best album of them.

Charlie drew the artwork for the back cover which is very cool! Charlie was a graphic illustrator and did a book with his pictures in tribute to Jazz musician Charlie Parker

This is one of my very favorite Stones albums! I remember The Chocolate Watch Band covering "My Obsession" at a dance I saw them play at.

My first Stones album ever...I received it as a present in the Spring of 1967..I was nine years old! 🥰

It's always been my favorite album of theirs since I'm mostly a fan of the Jones era. I made a comp that includes all the US and UK tracks plus singles.

I bought this when it was first released and I loved it. I played it constantly and I still play it on a fairly regular basis. I consider it one of their best albums.

It’s my favorite Stones LP, and one of my favorite albums ever.

Thanks for the deep dive into this overlooked record. Definitely has some gems on this album especially Connection, She Smiles Sweetly and Miss Amanda Jones. Thanks Andrew!

I really enjoy all your Beatle videos but I am super happy seeing you stretching out. I'm looking forward to more "deep diving" into the Stones' catalogue.

Out if all the you tube presenters, yours is the most informative and concise channels. Always a pleasure to watch. Please do more of sixties band like the Stones, Kinks and even The Who. Love your knowledge

'Who's been sleeping here' is brilliant.

Has always been one of my favorites since 1967. Brian Jones also played the dulcimer on Cool Calm Collective.

I've always enjoyed this album!

I love mid-60s Stones. Their music was more inventive and varied. They made great albums in the 1968-72 period, but they became more formulaic.

Thank you for throwing The Kinks some love

I think this album has one of the best stereo mixes ever created.

I've been saying it all along this album is extremely underrated. I bought this album I think it was January or February of 67 and played it to death. I love this album. I always wondered was it the stones idea or the record companies idea to not put some of the songs on between the buttons and save them for flowers. It's kind of like the revolver yesterday and today thing. I actually love flowers too.

Wonderful video, Andrew! I enjoy your detours away from The Beatles from time to time, and The Rolling Stones are an all-time favorite of mine.

Hi Andrew, Thanks for a great video! I think the cover photo is very eye-catching and the songs work together!

Love it! Always suspected this was Brian Jones' GEM.

Hello Andrew - this was the first Stones LP I bought way back and I still love it so much my wife bought me the CD. Cheers

It’s literally one my favorites. It really shows a giant evolution. My favorite is “Yesterday’s Papers”, but I love most of the other songs

Fascinating sounding and liberating album!

Both RS 1967 albums are great

Always a big favorite of mine.

Love the Stones detours, Andrew. It’s a very British, tongue in cheek vibe for me. It has a spring in its step. They weren’t taking themselves seriously. After this things changed in every way.

You are sparkling with obvious pleasure at rating this, my favorite Stones album! Very enjoyable, it's like an art school masterpiece. I had not realized the extent of Brian Jones' involvement. I'll take my U.S. version with Ruby Tuesday over to my corner with headphones on, thank you very much!

Rumored that "Something Happened to me Yesterday" was an ode to their first "psychedelic" experience. I own only a Mint British Stereo pressing. Can't afford the box set. Great Review!

Every fun person in my town had this LP in their collection. Often played after the pub closed on a Saturday night served with Tea 😊.

The Rolling Stones like the Beatles and other great bands of that 1966-67 period had an experimental, eclectic period with Aftermath, Between the Buttons, & Flowers. These albums often get overshadowed by Beggar's Banquet, Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers & Exile on Mainstreet.

Great video. Between the Buttons is a sublime album from start to finish. I was amazed to discover at how much the Stones were an album band on par with the Beatles. This album, the UK version, had much less distractions that a hit usually creates and a lot of unity. Like Aftermath, I don’t find there to be fillers. All compositions are a joy to listen to in one sitting. I credit these two albums for being the reason why they are at the tops of my favorite bands.

I like "Between The Buttons". It's got a trippy pop feel that fit those times very well.

My band the Regime (which functioned 1966-70) loved this album and we featured two of its tracks in our stage act: "Complicated" and "Cool, calm & collected". The latter always went down well with audiences as they competed with each other to kept up with the tempo as it speeded up at the end. Even at the time, sadly very few people seemed to know the song so it was album that simply didn't cut through - more's the pity. It's still my favourite Stones album.

The Stones at their Jones-iest. And Jack always did amazing work with The Stones (and everyone). As I said before, my personal favorite Stones album. Hearing it for the first time really threw me off. The only two tracks I knew going in were Backstreet Girl and Please Go Home, because they were on the Flowers comp, and I did like them a lot. The rest were new to me and quite different than the Stones I knew. But over the years, I came to love every note on it. I love Let's Spend The Night Together and Ruby Tuesday, but I listen to them as a single. My dad grew up with the Stones (and owned that Flowers comp), but never heard Between The Buttons until he heard my CD. Now he adores it. I bought him a UK pressing for Christmas one year. He says Who's Been Sleeping Here is Mick's finest vocal. Super Dylan-y track right there. Mick really went out of his way to shred Chrissy Shrimpton at every damn turn, huh? And I love the "music hall" tracks to close each side. But I love When I'm 64, too, so there ya go. Paul McCartney and Ray Davies really got me into that sound in a rock context.

I've re-discovered this great LP a few months ago and have been playing it regularly since! Truly a breath of fresh air!

You always do such a great job, Andrew! I look forward to all your videos. I played the US "Between The Buttons" just a few weeks ago, having not heard it for years and came to the same conclusions as you: it's underrated Stones and wonderful to pull out from time to time. Thanks for all you do!

This was my first Stones LP when I was 12 y.o. Almost 60 years have passed and I still love it so much !

It is my eighth favorite stones album, which means I love it.

Love those Stones and John and Paul collaborations.

I’m so glad you actually picked this album to review. I have that Mono box set. Totally worth the price. I do think the song selection is better on the American version. I really think those singles really helped to sell those records in the United States. And for what it’s worth because of changing the song selection around we got the excellent album “Flowers “

A must watch and really informative as always, great to see the same level of research and entertaining facts as the usual Beatles content. Thanks Andrew, i look forward to this every Saturday!

Much like you, I love this period of Stones career, and Between the Buttons has always been a favorite. But being from the US and growing up on Flowers, that was my favorite album from this ear. At that time we had no idea it was compilation album of singles and leftover tracks. Great video, keep it going with more Stones contest. Thanks for sharing.

Great album. Woefully undervalued.

Many thanks Andrew ✌️ have a great afternoon!

Likely explanation: Between the Buttons reminds the band of Brian Jones. This brings back uncomfortable memories of a difficult person. The album is top notch…the Stones’ “Revolver”. The orchestral version of Out of Time completed this album on my playlist.

Excellent. I haven't watched your work before but will dig in some. More Stones please.

One of the best Stones 60s Albums Great songs and production very British , one of my all time faves.

"Yesterday's Papers", a real classic. 🍻🍻

Flawed but fascinating. Any album that has Yesterday's Papers has got to be good.

Thanks a lot Andrew, that was really cool, and I feel you summed up just the whole thing perfectly, highlighting the influence of Dylan and The Kinks, but also Brian Jones' contribution with unusual and heterogeneous instruments. Though not my favorite Stones LP (I've always been keener on Their Satanic Majesties Request), it has a few of my all-time favorite songs (Yesterday's Papers, All Sold Out) and I feel it is the most elegant one they did, with a very distinctive European touch, moving away from their blues roots. Of course, since 1965 they had been building a more personal identity with a more diversified songwriting and a determining contribution from Brian Jones, but I feel that this was never as much accomplished as on that album. What I love the most here is the somewhat weird and blurred atmosphere all throughout the album, echoing to the artwork, and which relies both on the arrangements (Yesterday's Papers, Complicated) than on production (Please Go Home). And on top of that, there's rather charming humor (Cool Calm & Collected, Something Happened To me Yesterday) which still leaves me with a smile. So, as to which edition I love the most, I'd say the one from the UK (preferably in mono indeed), because its American counterpart misses much of what makes that collection of songs that peculiar. And however bombastic Let's Spend The Night Together might be, I think Yesterday's Paper is no weak opener at all, on the contrary, I feel it sets the mood : they're somewhat out of their minds, just as they look on the picture sleeve. Thanks again, you do such a fantastic job ! Best wishes from France.

I’ve always loved it.

This album is my favourite stones :)

In the USA, Between the Buttons was soon eclipsed by Flowers, on which both Ruby Tuesday and Let's Spend the Night Together were also included. Flowers was a US-only compilation album, but American fans were none the wiser. All we knew was Flowers had the hot tracks: Have You Seen Your Mother Baby, Out of Time, Mother's Little Helper, Back Street Girl, Sittin' on a Fence, and for the baroque-inclined, Lady Jane. I was there and I don't even remember most of the songs on Between the Buttons.

Oh I love this record..I've had it forever..I did get Flowers on ebay tho,mainly for Backstreet Girl.which is a song that always hits the spot! Thank you for the backstory..I'm not as fluent on Stones info as I would like to be so this is fun stuff!

Nice. Been so long since I last heard this album. Gotta go back and revisit. Thank you.

Wow, just discussed this album with my son yesterday! We both love it so much! Happy to have a copy of the American Mono 1st press and UK Stereo! Love them both, maybe the US Mono a little better. Well to make the happiness complete NEED THE UK MONO 1st PRESS! Thank you so much, Andrew, another brilliant short documentary.. The only pity.. why is it so short? WE WANT THE SONES! 😀♥🎸🎙🎬🎞📺❤😝😛🤪😜😝

For whatever reason, I find myself playing Between the Buttons more than any of their other albums. I think of it as their Rubber Soul.

The USA version is absolutely one of my favorite albums; I can't begin to imagine how many times I've listened to it from beginning to end ✌️

Another revealing and enjoyable posting Andrew. I alway felt this album was the sound of “Swinging London” before they hit on a formula

Another good episode Andrew! I truly loved Between The Buttons. The British version and the U.S. Lp’s respectively. That whole period of The Kinks, The Yardbirds, The Stones was an era earful of noise candy showing how much music was embracing styles of yesteryear and creating pathways for new generations (next several indeed) that showcased new avenues of sounds, lyrics, etc. Pop culture was on the rise! This was a period where you couldn’t pin the Stones as a Beatles copy band either. Great influences in Between The Buttons for sure, but the feels were still purely The Stones (in stoned glory perhaps). “Flowers” for us in the States was sort of the “Yesterday & Today” album but had a great overall feel like the US Rubber Soul. Lots of acoustic guitars with a rocker or two thrown in for good measure. Thanks for showing the label differences as well.

I absolutely LOVE this album. Definitely their most underrated.

I love 'Yesterday's Papers' and 'Who's Been Sleeping Here', and prefer The Stones when Brian Jones was involved. Great video, as always.

Thank you for a great video on a favorite album of mine. I really enjoy the trivia that you included. I wasn't aware of a lot of that information. Good stuff!

Having worn out Beggars through Exile, Between The Buttons and Goats Head Soup are now my go to Stones records. I LOVE everything up through Undercover, but this record paints such a wonderful picture.

Andrew, thanks so much for dedicating a whole video to this album. I agree with your notion that it lacks anything as strong as the Aftermath highlights, yet works better as an overall album. It´s the Stones at their most unique, when they combined their English roots with R&B, "Old" and World music (at least in the instrumentation). They were still working hard at the melodic element. Yesterday´s Papers, while not a great song as such, has a fantastic, all-encompassing vibrancy about it ( listen to the evolving soundscape!). Complicated is the single most underrated song in their whole catalogue. Cool, Calm & Collected is one of the most original tracks, with harmonies, instruments and a vocal delivery you´ll find nowhere else. Mick and Keith were at the top of their game as pop song writers, and Brian at his most versatile and adventurous. You can tell this record was made by a bunch of guys who followed their love of music instead of just the latest trend. One of their very best.

I’m loving The Rolling Stones content Andrew! I just saw them live for the first time ever the other night and I’m still riding that high 😁

Excellent stuff as usual. Thanks Andrew. Wasn't a bad album and was always intrigued as to whether they did any of these tracks live in the short tour they did in '67. Keith said that '67 had a hole in it somewhere. Considering what happened to them that year, it's a miracle they got anything done at all.

great video that makes me remember what an interesting album btb is. though that thought escaped meat the time of purchase when i was 13 years old in california. living in the uk now i think the uk version is my preferred one...growing up btb was rather neglected in my house and least listened to stones album...i think that will change now...thank you very much for this reappraisal.

Thank you for this video. For me the most interesting and underrated album of the Stones (no filler songs!!!) and my favourite beside Beggars Banquet.

I bought the second colour mono boxset on vinyl..including this album but haven't listened to it yet! I will put that right!

'All Sold Out' has always been one my favorites

Great album. Thank you for your content. Always enjoyable.

This is a very interesting and entertaining video. I will soon listen to the album myself.

Another great video Andrew! I’ll have to give this - or Flowers, which I really like even if it’s a bit of an odd compilation. BTW thank you for the recommendation of Brian Auger’s Open. As a rock and jazz guy who loves organ the first two tracks are just amazing!

Another great video,I’m seeing them June 20th.👍🏻🍏🍏🍏🍏

Deep cuts, overlooked gems, or the finest in UK pop... it's all Stones and we love The Stones! Thank you Parlogram

Excellent video, Andrew! Between the Buttons is perhaps my favourite Stones' 60s album. P.S. Amanda Lear also appears on the iconic cover of Roxy Music's For Your Pleasure. Another Roxy girl related to the Stones is Jerry Hall, but that's another story...rs All the best!

Excellent episode, Andrew!!! I would love to see more on The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Beach Boys, The Byrds, etc. - Roger

Loved it, played it over and over, so interesting

I think that Yesterday's Paper it's not weak at all. Great atmosphere on the verses

My personal favorite!!

Thanks Andrew for another fine video. Love the Stones! My Sunday is now complete!👍

You said the word "baroque!" That word alone is enough to get me to listen to this album. Baroque and...very oddly...ragtime...are two of my favourite musical styles. Why, I even like these little film clips of "Swingin' London" you added! They make this a video I can watch (and not merely listen to in the background) again and again! Looks like my stereo is gonna be very busy this week! It's lovely out here at the moment. Hope you're out enjoying the sights in Tara Bordeaux, Andrew! Aloha to all of you out there!

Love that album. My favorite of the Brian Jones period. All Sold Out is the sleeper hit for me. I guess I need to listen to the mono version. The US stereo is the one I have.

My favourite too

Great review again Andrew!! "Between The Buttons" was one of the first Stones albums i ever bought. I've always rated it highly. The UK edition is best. I agree with you - it is stronger than "Aftermath". Great to listen all the way thru.

I have, and enjoy both versions of Between The Buttons.

It's certainly an unusual album and one that I need to revisit now having watched your video. The first track I knew from it was Yesterday's Papers due to it being on Rolled Gold (still the best 60s compilation I reckon). They certainly had quite a year in 1967 with some well publicised activities!

Between The Buttons and Flowers are two of my favorite Rolling Stones albums. To me, it reminds me of their Hippie era. I tried to get a few of my bands to play My Obsession. Such a great, strange, Rolling Stones rocker.

I got so excited when I saw that this video was about between the button. Super underrated, one of their best and way better than aftermath. I think it’s as good as the jimmy miller albums