The Rolling Stones

1 page (8 x 5 in.) with 11 lines of text and 4 signatures, plus 1 page with one signature, no place or date [London, Fall 1965], to "Steven"; formerly folded.

See A. Babiuk & G. Prevost, Rolling Stones Gear (2014), page 170

fold creases, clean.
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Early fuzz-tone appreciation.

Brian writes to a fan who asked him about "the strange backing on 'Satisfaction': "Thank you for your letter. Please forgive for not answering until now. I'm not sure about the film. It has been put off until the Spring [referring to the announcement in late September 1965 of a feature film scheduled to go into production in 1966]. Yes, it is Keith who play[s] the strange backing on 'Satisfaction,' hope you like it. Thanks again for writing. I must rush, honestly. Yours, Brian Jones."

Richards ran his guitar through a Gibson Maestro Fuzz Box to create the distortion effect. He had no intention of using the sound on the record, but Gibson had just sent him the device, and he thought the Fuzz Box would create sustained notes to help resemble a horn section.  "The truth is if I'd had it my way, it never would have been released ... I mean the song was basic as the hills, and I thought the fuzz guitar thing was a bit of a gimmick. So when they said they wanted it as a single, I got up on my hind legs for the first time and said, 'No Way!' I really hadn't grasped what Mick and the band had done with it" (quoted in Babiuk).