The covers on this 1965 gem are a bit more obscure than on the Stones' first two long-players, not a bad thing for a band still getting its writing chops together (if admirably; Heart of Stone and Surprise, Surprise are particularly strong). If there were still doubts that these London kids had any business playing this music, a casually scorching Down the Road Apiece should have allayed them; the stomp they lay on Bo Diddley's Mona and Jagger's lazy drawl on the New Orleans obscurity Down Home Girl make for canny mood changes.