Have You Seen Your Mother LIVE!
Released in Europe in the end of 1966 or possibly in January of 1967. No exact issue date has been found. The US "Got Live If You Want It" was released on December 10th 1966.
This is an UK made LP but it was never sold in UK during the 60’s. It was mostly sold in Scandinavia and possibly also in Germany. It became available in UK in the mid 70’s with the boxed logo. Part of the record was also put out in UK officially in 1971 on the LP Gimme Shelter. The B side on Shelter was a mixture of songs taken from Have You Seen. The LP naturally sold in very small quantities and is one of the most difficult Stones LP’s from the 60’s to find today, especially the mono version.
This was the first Rolling Stones live album on DECCA. Well, was it LIVE? Some sources say that is was all studio recordings with added audience noise. Some are of the opinion that it partly is studio material and mostly live. The following information has come my way as of when and where the recordings may have taken place, if they were live…
Under My Thumb – City Hall, Newcastle, October 1, 1966
Get Off My Cloud – City Hall, Newcastle, October 1, 1966
The Last Time – City Hall, Newcastle, October 1, 1966
19th Nervous Breakdown – City Hall, Newcastle, October 1, 1966
Lady Jane – Colston Hall, Bristol, October 7, 1966
Not Fade Away – Colston Hall, Bristol, October 7, 1966
Time Is On My Side – Colston Hall, Bristol, October 7, 1966
I´m Alright – Colston Hall, Bristol, October 7, 1966
Have You Seen Your Mother.. – Colston Hall, Bristol, October 7, 1966
(I Can Get No) Satisfaction – Colston Hall, Bristol, October 7, 1966
At least 2 tracks would be studio takes. I´ve Been Loving You Too Long was recorded at RCA Studios in Los Angeles in May of 1965. Fortune Teller was recorded At ICB Studios in London in 1963.
Another interesting opining has also been given to me by Stones collector Roy-Erik Andersen:
“The master used for the UK LP is a different one than the master used for the US version. In fact they differ so much in production and performance that they could almost be listed as two different albums. And the most crucial fact is that NONE of the albums ever were recorded live. It’s all studio outtakes with overdubbed audience”
Vinyl versions
Grooved and non-grooved labels
The Mono record is known to exist only with grooved pressing.
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The Stereo record is found bouth with grooved and non-grooved pressings.
Matrix numbers on stereo LP's
I have not generally taken up matrix number issues on my pages for individual LP’s. But on this LP there is an interesting feature that can be mentioned:
As the pressing of this LP was very small, the pressing plates did not wear out. All my stereo copies, beginning with original -67 grooved label on to the last boxed 70’s print have the same matrix numbers:
Side 1 : ZAL 7517-1W
Side 2 : ZAL 7518-1W
Cover versions
This is a rather non interesting LP to work with from a collectors point of view. There are no cover versions to look for whatsoever. All covers are looking the same, from the very first print in 1967 to the last one made in mid 70’s.
Mono and Stereo on the front cover
Mono and Stereo on the back cover
Printed by
Most of the covers has “Printed in England by MacNeill Press London”. Late 70’s / early 80’s covers were printed by Robert Stace. The same boxed label can be found in both MacNeill and Stace made covers.
Label versions
This LP was pressed in rather small quantities compared to other Stones LP’s from the same time.
Not very many label versions exist because of this.
Design No 4 / Version 1 (LK4838/S1/D4/V1) + (LK4888/S2/D4/V1)
Font: Times New Roman looking font style
Tax Code: K/T
Copyright box: BIEM box on the right side of the label
Publishers: On the left side of the label
Original label from 1966. So far has only one version of the label been found. The Tax code K/T on this label was probably a mistake from the label department. As this was only intended for export, then no UK Tax code should have been on the label.
Stereo non boxed labels - Side 1
Side 1 / Design No 9 / Version 1 (SKL4838/S1/D9/V1)
Font: Times New Roman looking font style
Tax Code: No tax code
Copyright box: BIEM and NCB on the left side of the label
Publishing year: At the bottom of the label
Publishers: After each song
Side number: On the left side of the label
There is a dot separating the SKL and 4838 on the catalogue number. Grooved pressing made in between 1966 and 1968.
Side 1 / Design No 9 / Version 2 (SKL4838/S1/D9/V2)
Font: Times New Roman looking font style
Tax Code: No tax code
Copyright box: BIEM and NCB on the left side of the label
Publishing year: At the bottom of the label
Publishers: After each song
Side number: On the left side of the label
The catalogue number SKL 4838 is in smaller font than the previous version and there is no dot in between SKL and 4838. This label has been used on grooved and non-grooved pressings of the LP. The text is a bit closer to the FFSS bar on the non-grooved LP but the difference is so small so I have not considered it to be a different version as all other detail are identical.
Stereo non boxed labels - Side 2
Side 2 / Design No 9 / Version 1 (SKL4838/S2/D9/V1)
Font: Times New Roman looking font style
Tax Code: No tax code
Copyright box: BIEM and NCB on the left side of the label
Publishing year: At the bottom of the label
Publishers: After each song
Side number: On the left side of the label
There is a dot separating the SKL and 4838 on the catalogue number. This is a grooved pressing made 1966 to 1968.
Side 2 / Design No 9 / Version 2 (SKL4838/S2/D9/V2)
Font: Times New Roman looking font style
Tax Code: No tax code
Copyright box: BIEM and NCB on the left side of the label
Publishing year: At the bottom of the label
Publishers: After each song
Side number: On the left side of the label
The catalogue number SKL 4838 is in smaller font than the previous version and there is no dot in between SKL and 4838. This label has been used on grooved and non-grooved pressings of the LP. The text is a bit closer to the FFSS bar on the non-grooved LP but the difference is so small so I have not considered it to be a different version as all other detail are identical.
Stereo boxed label
Side 1 / Design No null / Version null (LK 4838/S1/Dnull/Vnull)
Font style: Ariel looking font
Publishing year: At the bottom of the label
Estimated use: 1972 to 1975.
Design No 12 / Version 1 (SKL4838/S1/D12/V1) + (SKL4838/S2/D12/V1)
Font style: Ariel looking font
Publishing year: On the left side of the label
Estimated use: 1982
Early 80’s pressing with “rim label”. This is pressed on very thin vinyl.
Counterfeit Warning
Counterfeit Mono record
One counterfeit vinyl of the Mono non-boxed version has surfaced in 2011. The LP is being offered to Stones collectors by an English trader who also sells a lot of material on e-bay. This LP has not yet been on the bay but offered directly. If you ever are offered a mono HYSYML LP, please ask for good quality pictures and have a close look on the labels. Please also ask for matrix numbers. The LP is being offered without any sleeve.
The person who made the fake LP has downloaded the pictures of the labels from this page and made photocopies of them. Then they have been put on an US made mono Got Live If You Want It and offered as a real Decca mono LP. By the way, the same person who did this LP is also heavily into counterfeit activities on acetates and test pressings as well.
The LP to the left is the real LP and the one to the right is the fake LP.
