Jamming with Edward!

Jamming with Edward!
Jamming with Edward!
Studio album by Ry Cooder, Nicky Hopkins, Mick Jagger, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts
Released	7 January 1972
Recorded	23 April 1969, Olympic Studio, London, United Kingdom
Genre	Rock
Length	36:05
Language	English
Label	Rolling Stones
Producer	Glyn Johns
Ry Cooder chronology
Nicky Hopkins chronology
The Rolling Stones chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	C^[2]

Jamming with Edward! is a 1972 album by three Rolling Stones band members (Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts and Bill Wyman) accompanied by Nicky Hopkins and Ry Cooder.

Background

The album was recorded at London's Olympic Studio on April 23, 1969, during the Let It Bleed sessions, and released on Rolling Stones Records in 1972.^[3] It consists of a series of loose jams performed by band members while waiting for Keith Richards to return to the studio.^[4] The reason for Richards' absence is uncertain; although it is commonly believed that he walked out over Cooder being brought in as a support guitarist, producer Glyn Johns has attributed his absence to a phone call from his girlfriend Anita Pallenberg.^[3] Although Jamming with Edward! reached No. 33 on the US charts in February 1972 during an 11-week stay,^[5] it failed to make the UK listings.

"Edward" is a nickname for pianist Nicky Hopkins, originating from some earlier studio conversation between Hopkins and another Rolling Stone, Brian Jones.^[3] Hopkins also contributed the cover art. In the original liner notes, Mick Jagger describes the album as "a nice piece of bullshit... which we cut one night in London, England while waiting for our guitar player to get out of bed. It was promptly forgotten (which may have been for the better) ... I hope you spend longer listening to this record than we did recording it." On the CD version there are additional notes written by Mark Paytress adding more context and describing the result as a "curio to top all curios, perhaps".^[6]

Johns said of the album: "[It] was just a joke really, just a laugh. I recorded it and they played it, and then, I don't know how long later, we dug the tapes out, I mixed it and they stuck it out on album. It didn't really warrant releasing really, but it was okay, a bit of fun, and there's some good playing on it."^[3]

According to Rolling Stone, the release was delayed for several months due to the appearance of an expletive on the back cover art, which was partially covered with stars in the ultimate release.^[7]

Remaster

Jamming with Edward! was remastered and reissued by Virgin Records in 1995.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ry Cooder, Nicky Hopkins and Charlie Watts, except where noted

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Boudoir Stomp"	5:13
2.	"It Hurts Me Too" (Elmore James/Mel London; original version: Tampa Red, 1941; includes a quotation from "Pledging My Time" (Bob Dylan))	5:12
3.	"Edward's Thrump Up"	8:11

Side two
No.	Title	Length
4.	"Blow with Ry"	11:05
5.	"Interlude a la El Hopo" (Includes a quotation from "The Loveliest Night of the Year" [Webster, Ross])	2:04
6.	"Highland Fling"	4:20

Personnel

Chart performance

Chart (1972)	Peak position
Dutch Albums Chart^[8]	7
US Billboard Top LPs	33

References

^ Jamming with Edward! at AllMusic
^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: J". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved 27 February 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Giles, Jeff (6 January 2017). "When the Rolling Stones Hit the Top 40 without Keith Richards". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
^ Johns, Glyn (2015). Sound Man: A Life Recording Hits with the Rolling Stones, the Who, Led Zeppelin, the Eagles, Eric Clapton, the Faces... New York City: Plume. p. 26. ISBN 978-0-14-751657-2.
^ "Jamming with Edward! Charts and Awards". Allmusic. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011.
^ 1995 CD sleeve notes
^ "The Stones Set to Release Two LPs". Rolling Stone. 6 January 1971. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
^ "Discografie Mick Jagger". Dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 30 October 2023.

[1] Jamming with Edward! at AllMusic

[2] Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: J". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved 27 February 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.

[UltWithout-3] Giles, Jeff (6 January 2017). "When the Rolling Stones Hit the Top 40 without Keith Richards". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 11 August 2018.

[SoundMan-4] Johns, Glyn (2015). Sound Man: A Life Recording Hits with the Rolling Stones, the Who, Led Zeppelin, the Eagles, Eric Clapton, the Faces... New York City: Plume. p. 26. ISBN 978-0-14-751657-2.

[5] "Jamming with Edward! Charts and Awards". Allmusic. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011.

[6] 1995 CD sleeve notes

[7] "The Stones Set to Release Two LPs". Rolling Stone. 6 January 1971. Retrieved 11 August 2018.

[8] "Discografie Mick Jagger". Dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 30 October 2023.

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