The Last Time (The Rolling Stones song) canon, it was regularly performed in concert during the band's 1965, 1966 and 1967 tours. It was left off their concert set lists until 1997–98, when it reappeared on the Bridges to Babylon Tour. It later appeared on some of the band's set lists in 2012–13 on the 50 & Counting tour. In 1965, Andrew Oldham Orchestra recorded the song for the album "The Rolling Stones Songbook". The recording and its distinctive passage for strings was written and arranged by David Whitaker. In 1997, former Rolling Stones business manager Allen Klein, whose company ABKCO Records owns the rights to all
The Rolling Stones ten minutes. I think we thought it was a bit of a laugh, and it turned out to be something of an apprenticeship for us. The writing of "The Last Time", the Rolling Stones' first major single, proved a turning point. Richards called it "a bridge into thinking about writing for the Stones. It gave us a level of confidence; a pathway of how to do it." The song was based on a traditional gospel song popularised by the Staple Singers, but the Rolling Stones' number features a distinctive guitar riff, played by Brian Jones. Prior to the emergence of