On April 23, 1976, “Rolling Stones” label released “Black and Blue”, the 13th Rolling Stones album. It was recorded December 1974, January – February 1975, March – April 1975, and was produced by The Glimmer Twins. It was the band’s first studio album with Ronnie Wood as the replacement for Mick Taylor.
Personnel:
- Mick Jagger– lead, backing and harmony vocals, rhythm guitar, acoustic and electric piano, foot stomp, percussion
- Keith Richards– electric guitars, bass guitar, Fender Rhodes electric piano, electric wah-wah guitar. backing and harmony vocals
- Ronnie Wood– lead electric guitar, electric guitar, co-lead guitar, backing vocals
- Bill Wyman– bass guitar, percussion
- Charlie Watts– drums, percussion
- Harvey Mandel– lead electric guitar
- Wayne Perkins– acoustic guitar, lead electric guitar
- Billy Preston– organ, piano, string synthesizer, percussion, harmony and backing vocals
- Nicky Hopkins– piano, ARP String Ensemble
- Ollie Brown– percussion
- Ian Stewart– percussion
- Arif Mardin– horn arrangements
- Keith Harwood, Glyn Johns, Phil McDonald, Lew Hahn – engineer
- Jeremy Gee, Dave Richards, Tapani, Steve Dowd, Gene Paul – engineer assistant
- Lee Hulko – LP mastering
Track listing:
All tracks by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, except where noted.
- Hot Stuff
- Hand of Fate
- Cherry on Baby – Eric Donaldson
- Memory Motel
- Hey Negrita – inspiration by Ron Wood
- Melody – Inspiration by Billy Preston
- Fool to Cry
- Crazy Mama
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