12 X 5 includes material recorded by the Stones at Chicago's Chess Studios (home to the band's idols Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf) on their first US tour. Though this document of the group's early R&B period kicks off with a couple of covers from unsurprising sources (Chuck Berry's "Around and Around,") Mick and Keith waste little time in displaying their own compositional acumen. The acoustic-based, bluesy "Good Times, Bad Times" harkens back to even earlier, more seminal Stones influences than Berry, as does the instrumental "2120 South Michigan Avenue," where the blues-obsessed Jagger's harp is featured a la his hero Little Walter. The downbeat, Arthur Alexanderish "Congratulations" is an effective expression of romantic melancholy, complete with acoustic guitar solo. The slide guitar chords on "Grown Up Wrong" echo another early blues influence, Elmore James. The milestones on this album are two R&B covers to which the Stones take more than a rote approach, "It's All Over Now" and the majestic "Time Is On My Side," which they make completely their own.

滚石乐队( The Rolling Stones )的第一张英国发行的专辑。稍后的美国版专辑《England's Newest Hit Makers》只改变了一个曲目：去掉了第四首Mona ( I Need You Baby )，加上了Not Fade Away。

在翻唱Beatles的"I Wanna Be Your Man"大获成功后，滚石乐队的首张EP顺利发行，一经推出便取得英国EP榜榜首。这四首歌中，"Bye Bye Johnny"和"Money"出现在1972年的精选《More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies)》中，"You Better Move On"则收录进《December's Children (And Everybody's)》，"Poison Ivy"则直到2002年的精选《More Hot Rocks》才收录进来。

Japanese exclusive reissue of 1964 album. This Toshiba/EMI pressing features an OBI strip (different from the last Japanese pressings issued in 1990) & an insert with Japanese text & lyrics in Japanese & English. Manufactured & pressed in Japan. Gatefold sleeve. 2003.

披头士的第一部电影《A Hard Day´s Night》诞生于1964年。随即推出的这张同名专辑收录了电影中出现的歌曲以及与电影无关的几首作品。制作这部电影的最初目的是进一步宣传披头士，而数十年后，这部黑白色调的小制作却成为公认的经典。 在音乐上，这张专辑获得巨大成功，留下数首名作，如《A Hard Day´s Night》，《And I Love Her》，《Can´t Buy Me Love》等。