Edit 4a for headphones, May 2024.
First recorded in July of 1964 with Jimmy Page, that version was not released until 1975 on the album "Metamorphosis". Re-recorded November 2, 1964 and released two weeks later in the US as a single, and then released in the US on the album "The Rolling Stones, Now!" in February of 1965. Released in September of 1965 in the UK on the album "Out Of Our Heads". Source file of this edit: the 1966 album "Big Hits (High Tide And Green Grass)" UK release (1989 Japanese release on London Records label- P25L 25039).
Lead and rhythm guitar: Brian Jones (bass sounding six string). Keith Richards (rhythm guitar & solo). Lead vocals: Mick Jagger. Bass: Bill Wyman. Drums: Charlie Watts. Background vocals: Mick Jagger & Keith Richards. Tambourine & piano: Jack Nitzsche.
The EP reached #6 in Holland, the single was their second hit in the US, it reached #19.
This song was released in the US as a single in 1964 when many radio stations refused to play "Little Red Rooster," which contained lyrics that were too "suggestive" for many listeners. "Little Red Rooster" was #1 in England, but did not chart in the US.
The Stones recorded this at RCA studios in Hollywood*, Los Angeles. It became just the second American hit - after "Tell Me (You're Coming Back)" - for the group that was written by their band members. Per their custom the song is credited to Mick Jagger/Keith Richards.
Jack Nitzsche played piano and tambourine on this track. Nitzsche was an important behind-the-scenes player, producer and arranger for The Rolling Stones and many other rock artists. He worked with Phil Spector as an arranger, helping create the famous Wall Of Sound on '60s recordings by The Ronettes, The Crystals and The Righteous Brothers.
The b-side was "What A Shame", mono at first, later on it was released in stereo on several albums.
HEART OF STONE
(Jagger/Richards)
there've been so many
girls that I've known
I made so many cry
and still I wonder why
here comes a little girl
I see you walking down the street
she's all by herself
I try and knock her off her feet
but she'll never break never break never break never break
this heart of stone
oh no no this heart of stone
what's different about her
I don't really know
no matter how I try
I just can't make her cry
'cause she'll never break never break never break never break
this heart of stone
oh no no no this heart of stone
don't keep on looking
that some old way
if you try acting sad
you will only make me glad
better listen little girl
you go on walking down the street
I ain't got no love
I ain't the kind to meet
'cause you'll never break never break never break never break
this heart of stone
oh no no you'll never break this heart of stone darling
no no this heart of stone
you'll never break it darling
you won't break this heart of stone
oh no no no
you better go
you better go home
'cause you'll you'll never break this heart of stone
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And here is your bonus for reading (that distinguishes us from the animals)(so you're not an animal):
From the book "The Rolling Stones All the Songs" by Philippe Margotin:
The Rolling Stones recorded “Heart of Stone” at the RCA Studios in Hollywood during their second United States tour of 1964. Dave Hassinger recalls: “I really don’t know the Stones, or any of them that well. I didn’t socialize with them, but we were friends in the studio… The first record I did was ‘Heart Of Stone’…”40 Contrary to their habit of entering the studio and working up numbers on the spot, some time had already been spent on “Heart of Stone” prior to the November 2 session. A demo exists (included on the 1975 album Metamorphosis) that had been recorded on July 21 at Regent Sound Studios in London with Bill Farley at the controls, Mick Jagger as the only representative of the Stones, a certain Jimmy Page on guitar, and Clem Cattini on drums. The words are the same (both verses and refrain). The arrangement, however, has changed. Whereas the number was originally a country-folk ballad with pedal steel guitar and vocal harmonies, at the RCA Studios “Heart of Stone” was transformed into a soul ballad in the spirit of those recorded by Otis Redding or Bobby Blue Bland.
Unusually, the intro is strummed by Keith Richards on his Gibson Les Paul. He is immediately joined by Brian Jones, who comes in with the main riff, identical to that created by Jimmy Page on the Regent Sound demo. Two other guitar parts are overdubbed: a second rhythm part with plenty of vibrato (no doubt Brian on his Vox “Teardrop”).
