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rootsman
Let It Loose was first recorded at Olympic in April 1969, according to Bill Wyman in Rolling With The Stones.
(This could be an unknown version, or the basic instrumental track.)
I haven´t noticed any mellotron - where in the song can it be heard?
I think Loving Cup (the "drunk" version) was the next to be recorded - in June 1969 at Olympic.
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Loudei
Let it loose is one of the most "exile" sounding tunes. Hard to believe it was record first in 69'
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straycatblues73
i havent got the new record but in the exile preview videos it sounds like a totally different take doesnt it?
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CMan
And to me, the "string" sound at the start of "Let It Loose" sounds more like a harmonium than the string setting on a Mellotron.
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CMan
Bobby Whitlock has said that "Just Want To See His Face" was recorded at Olympic alright, but AFTER they returned from Nellcote...meaning around October or early November '71, BEFORE they went to L.A. Shouldn't be that much of a shock, since several sources have them in London around that time (wasn't the fire at Redlands in late '71? Keith and Anita were there when it happened).
More than one participant recalls them doing Nellcote overdubs of the Olympic material...specifically "Sweet Virginia" and "Sweet Black Angel". I think the rough mixes of all the Olympic and Stargroves "Exile" stuff (with the original guide vocals and some guitar parts that were later redone) are pre-Nellcote. These are probably the mixes that were played for them at Nellcotte by Trevor Churchill, or whatever his name is, to remind them of what they had in the can.
I really don't think any new tracks were recorded at Sunset...just lots of overdubs. "Shine A Light" probably comes from around the same time as "I Got The Blues", which Billy Preston also played on, at Olympic in 1970 (the original version was recorded with Leon Russell in 1969). "Tumbling Dice" (the "Exile" version) is definitely a Nellcote recording, and I'm sure "Torn And Frayed" is as well. And to me, the "string" sound at the start of "Let It Loose" sounds more like a harmonium than the string setting on a Mellotron.
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chenry9195
Exile On Main Street Blues? - recorded after pressing started. But it is definitely a related track.
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His Majesty
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CMan
And to me, the "string" sound at the start of "Let It Loose" sounds more like a harmonium than the string setting on a Mellotron.
It's definitely the string setting on Mellotron.
Geek fact: That infamous sound features 3 violinists playing in unison, recorded in Harry Chamberlin's home circa 1952.
The drum fills on Let It Loose reek of the crisp, but open Olympic sound. I think some form of Let It Loose recording including guitar, bass, drums piano and mellotron is from the wonderful Olympic Studios(RIP). Does Taylor play on Let it Loose?
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Loudei
Let it loose is one of the most "exile" sounding tunes. Hard to believe it was record first in 69'
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CMan
...the vocal-less bootleg version is minus the Mellotron, and has a couple of ill-fitting slide licks coming in toward the second verse or so...possibly attempts at a Taylor overdub that was discarded in the mix?
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CMan
Cool, thanks for the Mellotron triva...love minutae (sp?) like that! But wasn't the Chamberlin a competitor of the Mellotron? Not sure on the history there. And yes, "Let It Loose" is surely from Olympic. I don't think Mick T. is on it. FWIW, the vocal-less bootleg version is minus the Mellotron, and has a couple of ill-fitting slide licks coming in toward the second verse or so...possibly attempts at a Taylor overdub that was discarded in the mix?
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His Majesty
Does the bootleg version of Let It Loose have the effect on the guitar?
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His Majesty
Does the bootleg version of Let It Loose have the effect on the guitar?
What is this effect by the way? It sounds like a leslie speaker.
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straycatblues73
i havent got the new record but in the exile preview videos it sounds like a totally different take doesnt it?
It ís a totally different take.
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CMan
Cool, thanks for the Mellotron triva...love minutae (sp?) like that! But wasn't the Chamberlin a competitor of the Mellotron? Not sure on the history there. And yes, "Let It Loose" is surely from Olympic. I don't think Mick T. is on it. FWIW, the vocal-less bootleg version is minus the Mellotron, and has a couple of ill-fitting slide licks coming in toward the second verse or so...possibly attempts at a Taylor overdub that was discarded in the mix?
Long story short, a rogue employee took a chamberlin and the idea over to UK and soon after the Chamberlin rip off Mellotron was born.
Does the bootleg version of Let It Loose have the effect on the guitar?