Side A:
The Last Time
Side B:
Play With Fire
I can't tell if this was double A-side, or if 'Play With Fire' was actually the B-side. Either way, both sides of this single are essential, two of the best early Stones songs from their pre-Aftermath period. I have a great many of the Stones' 60's singles, but I think this was one of the very first I ever bought.
Funnily enough, after explaining why I love 60's singles in the last batch of 7" blogs, 'The Last Time' actually sounds pretty lifeless on this single, compared to how it sounds on the various albums it appears on. 'Play With Fire', though, sounds great. While it doesn't sound so bad on CD since the Stones' 60's catalogue was remastered in the early 00's, I'm still scarred from how utterly terrible it sounded on the original Stones CD's, released in the 80's. I don't know why, but 'Play With Fire' - out of every 60's Stones song - seemed to suffer the worst. I'm eternally grateful that this has been rectified!
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