Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!

The Rolling Stones 1969 American Tour's trek during November into December, with Terry Reid, B.B. King (replaced on some dates by Chuck Berry) and Ike and Tina Turner as supporting acts, played to venues with all tickets sold out. The tour was the first for guitarist Mick Taylor with the Stones, having replaced Brian Jones shortly before Jones's death in July; this was also the first album where Taylor appeared fully and prominently, having only played on two songs on Let It Bleed.{{cite magazine |last=Scapelliti |first=Christopher |date=2 November 2020 |url=https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/chaos-violence-and-rock-and-roll-the-story-of-the-rolling-stones-1969-us-tour |title=Chaos, Violence and Rock and Roll: the Story of the Rolling Stones' 1969 U.S. Tour |magazine=Guitar Player |accessdate=13 March 2025}} The performances captured for this release were recorded on 27 November 1969 (one show) and 28 November 1969 (two shows) at New York City's Madison Square Garden, except for "Love in Vain," recorded in Baltimore on 26 November 1969. Overdub sessions took place in January 1970 in London's Olympic Studios. The finished product featured overdubbed lead vocals on all tracks except "Love In Vain" and "Midnight Rambler," added back-up vocals on three tracks, and overdubbed guitar on two songs ("Little Queenie" and "Stray Cat Blues").{{citation needed|date=March 2020}} However, this album is widely recognized as one of few actual 'live' albums during this era.

Though the album's title is said to have been taken from "Get Your Yas Yas Out,"{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XmOeBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT115 |title=The Mammoth Book of the Rolling Stones: An anthology of the best writing about the greatest rock 'n' roll band in the world |first=Sean |last=Egan |date=20 June 2013 |publisher=Little, Brown Book Group |isbn=978-1-78033-647-3 |access-date=20 May 2018 |via=Google Books}} a song recorded by Blind Boy Fuller, no member of the Rolling Stones has ever addressed its meaning.{{Citation needed|date=February 2025}} In Fuller's recording, "yas yas" appears to be a euphemism, in warnings directed to an unwelcome, drunken visitor: "Here you come, raising hell, know what you been doin' by the way you smell. Now you got to leave my house this morning, don't I'll throw your yas yas out o' door ... Look at you drinking, went right through your head, had to drink a belt before you went to bed. Now you got to leave my house this morning, don't I'll throw your yas yas out o' door".{{cite book |author=Blind Boy Fuller |editor-last=Grossman |editor-first=Stefan |date=2007 |title=Blind Boy Fuller |url=https://archive.org/details/blindboyfuller00full |url-access=registration |location=Van Nuys, Calif. |publisher=Alfred Pub. |page=[https://archive.org/details/blindboyfuller00full/page/50 50] |isbn=978-0-7390-4331-8}}

Stones drummer Charlie Watts has said his wardrobe on the album cover was his usual stage clothing, complemented by Jagger's striped hat.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/stonesexhibitionism/videos/1719158698323631/|title=Exhibitionism – The Rolling Stones|website=Facebook|access-date=20 May 2018}}

Some of the performances, as well as one of the two photography sessions for the album cover featuring Charlie Watts and a donkey, are depicted in the documentary film Gimme Shelter, and shows Watts and Mick Jagger on a section of the M6 motorway adjacent to Bescot Rail Depot in Walsall, England, posing with a donkey. This is adjacent to where the RAC building now stands.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ch4pDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT213|title=Countercultures and Popular Music |first1=Sheila|last1=Whiteley|first2=Jedediah|last2=Sklower|date=13 May 2016|publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-15891-2 |access-date=20 May 2018 |via=Google Books}} The cover photo, however, was taken in early February 1970 in London, and does not originate from the 1969 session. The photo by David Bailey, featuring Watts with guitars and bass drums hanging from the neck of a donkey, was inspired by a line in Bob Dylan's song "Visions of Johanna": "Jewels and binoculars hang from the head of the mule" (though, as mentioned, the animal in the photo is a donkey, not a mule). The band would later say "we originally wanted an elephant but settled for a donkey".{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BJBAFVrhrX-/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/BJBAFVrhrX- |archive-date=26 December 2021 |url-access=registration|title=Exhibitionism – The Stones on Instagram: 'Charlie Watts 1970 Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! The Rolling Stones in Concert, David Bailey "We originally wanted an elephant but settled for a…"' |website=Instagram |access-date=20 May 2018}}{{cbignore}}

Jagger commissioned the back cover, featuring song titles and credits with photographs of the group in performance, from British artist Steve Thomas, who said he produced the design in 48 hours and that Jagger's response was "I really dig your artwork, man."{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08x9htd |title=Jim Moir and Steven Thomas, Series 2, Only Artists – BBC Radio 4 |website=BBC |access-date=20 May 2018}}

{{Music ratings

| MC = 81/100
(deluxe edition){{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/get-yer-ya-yas-out!-the-rolling-stones-in-concert-40th-anniversary-deluxe-box-set/the-rolling-stones |title=Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! The Rolling Stones In Concert [40th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set] by The Rolling Stones Reviews and Tracks |website=Metacritic |access-date=15 October 2021}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r16832|tab=review|last=Unterberger|first=Richie|label=Get Yer Ya-Yas Out!}}

| rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide

| rev2score = B{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: R|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=R&bk=70|access-date=9 March 2019}}

| rev3 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev3score = BEntertainment Weekly, 9/02, p.104

| rev4 = MusicHound Rock

| rev4score = 2/5Kot, Greg, "The Rolling Stones", in: {{cite book|editor-last1=Graff|editor-first1=Gary|editor-last2=Durchholz|editor-first2=Daniel|title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide|publisher=Visible Ink Press|location=Farmington Hills, Michigan|year=1999|isbn=1-57859-061-2|pages=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781578590612/page/952 952]|quote=Before Stripped [in 1995], the Stones released five albums, all of them stiffs. None offer tracks that improve upon the studio originals, including … the overrated Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out …|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781578590612/page/952}}

| rev5 = NME

| rev5score = 7/10{{cite web|url=http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=4937403&style=music&fulldesc=T |title=Rolling Stones – Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out CD Album |publisher=CD Universe/Muze|access-date=25 November 2014}}

| rev6 = Pitchfork

| rev6score = 5.4/10{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13675-get-yer-ya-yas-out-the-rolling-stones-in-concert-40th-anniversary-deluxe-box-set/ |title=The Rolling Stones: Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! The Rolling Stones in Concert [40th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set] Album Review |work=Pitchfork |date=13 November 2009 |access-date=15 October 2021 |last=Love |first=Joshua}}

| rev7 = Q

| rev7score = {{Rating|4|5}}

| rev8 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide

| rev8score = {{Rating|4|5}}[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/the-rolling-stones/albumguide The Rolling Stones Album Guide] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110412195111/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/the-rolling-stones/albumguide |date=12 April 2011 }}, Rolling Stone

| rev9 = Uncut

| rev9score = {{Rating|4|5}}

| rev10 = Record Collector

| rev10score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite web|url=http://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/get-your-ya-yas-out-the-rollingstones-in-concert-40th-anniversarydeluxe-box-set|title=Get Your Ya-Ya's Out! The Rolling Stones in Concert: 40th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set|website=Record Collector|access-date=20 May 2018}}

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In the Rolling Stone review of the album, critic Lester Bangs said, "I have no doubt that it's the best rock concert ever put on record."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/get-yer-ya-yas-out-112853/|title=Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out|author=Lester Bangs|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=4 September 1970|accessdate=17 July 2023}}

Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! was released in September 1970, well into sessions for the band's next studio album, Sticky Fingers, and was well-received critically and commercially, reaching number 1 in the UKGuinness Book British Hit Singles & Albums 19th Edition {{ISBN|1-904994-10-5}} and number 6 in the United States,{{cite magazine|title=The Rolling Stones Chart History|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-rolling-stones/chart-history/tlp/|magazine=Billboard|access-date=27 February 2018}} where it went platinum. Except for compilations, it was the last Rolling Stones album released through Decca Records in the UK and London Records in the United States before the band launched its own Rolling Stones Records label.

In August 2002, Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! was reissued in a new remastered album and SACD digipak by ABKCO Records.{{Cite news | last = Walsh| first = Christopher| title = Super audio CDs: The Rolling Stones Remastered| newspaper = Billboard| pages = 27| date = 24 August 2002 }}

In November 2009, the album was reissued with unreleased songs by the Rolling Stones and also by opening acts B.B King and Ike & Tina Turner. It includes a DVD and a 56-page booklet.[http://www.iorr.org/yayas/ "Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! The Rolling Stones 2009 Edition"], iorr.org, 4 September 2009

The album has received consistent praise from critics as one of the greatest live albums ever made. In 2000 it was voted number 816 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums.{{cite book|title=All Time Top 1000 Albums|author=Colin Larkin|author-link=Colin Larkin|publisher=Virgin Books|date=2000|edition=3rd|isbn=0-7535-0493-6|page=254}} In 2007, NME ranked the album as the seventh greatest live album of all time. Q ranked the album as the 14th greatest live album of all time.

{{Track listing

| headline = Side one

| all_writing = Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, except where noted

| title1 = Jumpin' Jack Flash

| note1 = 27 November 1969: Madison Square Garden, New York City

| length1 = 4:02

| title2 = Carol

| note2 = 28 November 1969: MSG – first show

| writer2 = Chuck Berry

| length2 = 3:47

| title3 = Stray Cat Blues

| note3 = 28 November 1969: MSG – first show

| length3 = 3:41

| title4 = Love in Vain

| note4 = 26 November 1969: Civic Center, Baltimore

| writer4 = Robert Johnson†

| length4 = 4:57

| title5 = Midnight Rambler

| note5 = 28 November 1969: MSG – second show

| length5 = 9:05

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Side two

| title1 = Sympathy for the Devil

| note1 = 28 November 1969: MSG – first show

| length1 = 6:52

| title2 = Live with Me

| note2 = 28 November 1969: MSG – second show

| length2 = 3:03

| title3 = Little Queenie

| note3 = 28 November 1969: MSG – first show

| writer3 = Chuck Berry

| length3 = 4:33

| title4 = Honky Tonk Women

| note4 = 27 November 1969: MSG and 28 November 1969: MSG – second show

| length4 = 3:35

| title5 = Street Fighting Man

| note5 = 28 November 1969: MSG – first show

| length5 = 4:03

}}

:{{small|† Originally credited as traditional with arrangement by Jagger, Richards. On Let It Bleed, "Love in Vain" was credited to Woody Payne, presumably a music publisher's creation.}}

1. "Jumpin' Jack Flash" – 4:03
2. "Carol" – 3:46
3. "Stray Cat Blues" – 3:47
4. "Love in Vain" – 4:56
5. "Midnight Rambler" – 9:04
6. "Sympathy for the Devil" – 6:51
7. "Live With Me" – 3:02
8. "Little Queenie" – 4:33
9. "Honky Tonk Women" – 3:34
10. "Street Fighting Man" – 4:04

1. "Prodigal Son" (Robert Wilkins) – 4:04
2. "You Gotta Move" (Fred McDowell, Rev. Gary Davis) – 2:18
3. "Under My Thumb" – 3:38
4. "I'm Free" – 2:47
5. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" – 5:38

{{small|*Released in 2009}}

1. "Everyday I Have the Blues" – 2:27
2. "How Blue Can You Get" – 5:30
3. "That's Wrong Little Mama" – 4:11
4. "Why I Sing The Blues" – 5:16
5. "Please Accept My Love" – 4:52
6. "Gimme Some Loving" – 0:49
7. "Sweet Soul Music" – 1:16
8. "Son of a Preacher Man" – 2:49
9. "Proud Mary" – 3:07
10. "I've Been Loving You Too Long" – 5:40
11. "Come Together" – 3:36
12. "Land of a Thousand Dances" – 2:40

{{small|*B.B. King Tracks 1–5; Ike & Tina Turner Tracks 6–12}}

1. Introduction (Madison Square Garden)
2. "Prodigal Son" – 2:40
3. "You Gotta Move" – 1:58
4. Photo shoot (of album cover) – 3:30
5. Keith in studio – 1:40
6. "Under My Thumb" / "I'm Free" / Backstage with Jimi Hendrix – 6:09
7. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" / Outside waiting for transport – 10:45
8. Credits

{{small|*Backstage footage shot by Albert and David Maysles with in-studio footage from album cover shoot}}

Audio

1. "Prodigal Son" – 4:04 {{small|(28 November 1969: Madison Square Garden, New York City (second show)}}
2. "You Gotta Move" – 2:18 {{small|(28 November 1969: MSG – second show)}}
3. "Under My Thumb" – 3:38 {{small|(27 November 1969: MSG)}}
4. "I'm Free" – 2:47 {{small|(27 November 1969: MSG)}}
5. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" – 5:38 {{small|(28 November 1969: MSG – first show)}}

Video

1. "Prodigal Son" – 2:40 {{small|(27 November 1969: MSG)}}
2. "You Gotta Move" – 1:50 {{small|(27 November 1969: MSG)}}
3. "Under My Thumb" – 3:30 {{small|(28 November 1969: MSG – first show)}}
4. "I'm Free" – 1:30 {{small|(28 November 1969: MSG – first show)}}
5. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" – 6:00 {{small|(27 November 1969: MSG)}}

• Mick Jagger – vocals; harmonica on "Midnight Rambler"
• Keith Richards – guitar, backing vocals
• Mick Taylor – guitar
• Bill Wyman – bass guitar
• Charlie Watts – drums

Additional musicians

• Ian Stewart – piano on "Carol", "Little Queenie" and "Honky Tonk Women"

• Recording and mixing engineer – Glyn Johns
• Mixing and editing – Andy Johns and Roy Thomas Baker
• Tape operator – Chris Kimsey
• Photography – David Bailey
• Art director – John Kosh
• Recording by Wally Heider Mobile

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|artist=The Rolling Stones|title=Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!|award=Platinum|certyear=1989|access-date=11 June 2016}}

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