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Got Live If You Want It was a generally disappointing live album, marred by screaming fans and overdubbing in the studio. Nevertheless, it is of historic interest as the only authorised live release during the Brian Jones era. (US:6)
"The first in the Stones' grand tradition of interesting but non-essential live albums. The music itself is pretty good - nice if you want to hear The Stones' flowery early material done in a more ragged way. The sound quality isn't fantastic, but it's passable."
"This album was a rip-off, and The Stones knew it. If you use the balance you'll notice that on one side there's the band and audience noise, and on the other there's Mick and Keith's overdubbed vocals. Some songs aren't even live, it's the studio version on one side and screaming chicks on the other."
"The Rolling Stones have probably released more live albums than any other rock band in history. Got Live If You Want It was their first and probably the worst. The selection of songs culls their early classics, but the fact that a couple of the songs were actually recorded in the studio with crowd noise added, you feel cheated. Concerts at this time, were more for girls to go and scream at their idols and the bands really didn't experiment much."
"The worst official Stones album ever released. Poorly overdubbed, poorly recorded but it is also the only live document of the Brian Jones era." "People are harsh on this. I like it. It does have the screaming teenage girls, but they still play great music despite this."
"This record is great because it's raw and sloppy and energetic. Although you can tell there are studio overdubs galore without having known beforehand."
"Captured in those days of very limited technology, the fury and jungle mayhem that was a Stones concert."
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