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I have mixed feelings on the album. On one hand, it has some really great songs, but on the other it's not a very great album. I think it needs a couple more good songs, and a little bit more flow, to be what I think they set out to make. Too much of the album seems like filler, but there are a few gems in there.

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Love this picture of Mick and Keith, great smiles from both of them. Thanks so much for the photobucket links, many of them are new to me.

Without some songs it would have made a stellar EP.

Remove Sing This All Together 1 and 2, Gomper, The Lantern and In Another Land and suddenly it's great.

Add on We Love You and it's even better, a 6 track LP that kicks.

February - October 1967 recording session instrument credits...

We Love You
Mick Jagger - vocals
Keith Richards - electric guitar, vocals
Brian Jones - mellotron
Bill Wyman - bass guitar
Charlie Watts - drums
Nicky Hopkins - piano
John Lennon, Paul McCartney - vocals

Dandelion
Mick Jagger - vocals
Keith Richards - acoustic guitar, vocals
Brian Jones - soprano saxophone
Bill Wyman - bass guitar
Charlie Watts - drums
John Lennon, Paul McCartney - vocals
(Brian Jones, Jack Nitzsche, Nicky Hopkins)??? - organ, harpischord

Sing This Altogether
Mick Jagger - vocals, percussion
Keith Richards - electric guitar, vocals
Brian Jones - mellotron, percussion
Bill Wyman - bass guitar
Charlie Watts - drums
Nicky Hopkins - piano
(Brian Jones, Uncredited musicians)??? - brass section, flute

Citadel
Mick Jagger - vocals, percussion
Keith Richards - electric guitar, vocals
Brian Jones - mellotron, soprano saxophone
Bill Wyman - bass guitar
Charlie Watts - drums
Nicky Hopkins - piano, harpsichord, mellotron
(Brian Jones, uncredited musician)??? - flute

In Another Land
Mick Jagger - vocals
Keith Richards - 12 string acoustic guitar, vocals
Brian Jones - mellotron
Bill Wyman - bass guitar, vocals
Charlie Watts - drums
Nicky Hopkins - piano, organ, harpsichord
Steve Marriott & Ronnie Lane - vocals

2000 Man
Mick Jagger - vocals, percussion
Keith Richards - acoustic guitar, 6 and 12 string electric guitar, vocals
Bill Wyman - bass guitar
Charlie Watts - drums
Nicky Hopkins - organ

Sing This All Together (See What Happens)
Mick Jagger - vocals, percussion
Keith Richards - electric guitar, mellotron, vocals
Brian Jones - mellotron, percussion
Bill Wyman - bass guitar
Charlie Watts - drums
Nicky Hopkins - piano
(Brian Jones, Uncredited musicians)??? - brass section, flute
(Uncredited)??? - vocals/talking

She's A Rainbow
Mick Jagger - vocals, percussion
Keith Richards - acoustic guitar, vocals
Brian Jones - mellotron
Bill Wyman - bass guitar
Charlie Watts - drums
Nicky Hopkins - piano
Paul McCartney - percussion
John Paul Jones - string and brass section arrangement
(Uncredited musicians)??? - string and brass section

The Lantern
Mick Jagger - vocals, percussion
Keith Richards - acoustic and electric guitar, vocals
Brian Jones - organ
Bill Wyman - bass guitar
Charlie Watts - drums
Nicky Hopkins - piano
(Brian Jones, Uncredited musicians)??? - brass section

Gomper
Mick Jagger - vocals, percussion
Keith Richards - 6 and 12 string electric guitar, vocals
Brian Jones - electric dulcimer, recorder
Bill Wyman - bass guitar
Charlie Watts - tablas
Nicky Hopkins - organ

2000 Light Years from Home
Mick Jagger - vocals, percussion
Keith Richards - electric guitar, vocals
Brian Jones - mellotron
Bill Wyman - bass guitar
Charlie Watts - drums
Nicky Hopkins - piano
(Brian Jones, Bill Wyman)??? - oscillator

On With The Show
Mick Jagger - vocals, percussion
Keith Richards - electric guitar
Brian Jones - mellotron
Bill Wyman - bass guitar
Charlie Watts - drums
Nicky Hopkins - piano and harpsichord

Gold Painted Nails
Keith Richards - acoustic guitar
Brian Jones - harmonica
Bill Wyman - bass guitar
Charlie Watts - drums
Nicky Hopkins - organ

Majesties Honky Tonk
Keith Richards - bass guitar
Brian Jones - organ
Charlie Watts - drums
Nicky Hopkins - piano

Title 5
Keith Richards - electric guitar
Bill Wyman - bass guitar
Charlie Watts - drums

Title 15
Mick Jagger - percussion
Keith Richards - 6 and 12 string electric guitar
Brian Jones - percussion
Bill Wyman - bass guitar
Charlie Watts - drums

Acid In The Grass (Bell Sound Acetate)
Keith Richards - acoustic guitar
Brian Jones - concert harp
Bill Wyman - bass guitar
Charlie Watts - drums
Nicky Hopkins - organ



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Uh, Bill Wyman's crowning achievement in the Stones, and he doesn't get mentioned as Lead Vocalist on In Another Land? Sigh.

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Uh, Bill Wyman's crowning achievement in the Stones, and he doesn't get mentioned as Lead Vocalist on In Another Land? Sigh.

well, on the back of the LP sleeve it says "songs and singing by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards("in another land", written and sung by bill wyman)

and on the LP itself Artist: The Rolling Stones except * which is bill wyman

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Uh, Bill Wyman's crowning achievement in the Stones, and he doesn't get mentioned as Lead Vocalist on In Another Land? Sigh.

well, on the back of the LP sleeve it says "songs and singing by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards("in another land", written and sung by bill wyman)

and on the LP itself Artist: The Rolling Stones except * which is bill wyman

He mean't my crediting above.

sorry! just mark it up to my dumb-ss!! ;-)

By the way, even tho I know theres not much respect for him here (believe me,I dont want to get that going again!!) I did like the way Mickboy restructured the line-up on his "remaster". It made for a pretty enjoyable listening experience.



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Man, I have never been able to even listen to most of the this album. Their worst cuts ever are on here. I just now tried to listen to Gomper and the Lantern and they're absolutely terrible. I'm a big Bill supporter but In Another Land is in reality a great B-side. But it's certainly better than some of the crap on here, surrounded of course by the absolutely brilliant She's A Rainbow, which is on par with the Beatles, and 2000 Light Years From Home, a unique piece of psychedelia and maybe Brian's last great moment before the sad coda of No Expectations.

Every band had to do their own 'Pet Sounds' 1967....I think Stones did great with this album....

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Mick plays glockenspiel on Citadel, doesn't he?

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Mick plays glockenspiel on Citadel, doesn't he?

No, it seems not after all. I listened closely to the Satanic Sessions disc featuring Citadel and the high pitched pinging sound is actually coming from Keith's guitar. Glyn can be heard asking Keith if he wants to keep the effect.

I wonder how they achieved it?

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Mick plays glockenspiel on Citadel, doesn't he?

No, it seems not after all. I listened closely to the Satanic Sessions disc featuring Citadel and the high pitched pinging sound is actually coming from Keith's guitar. Glyn can be heard asking Keith if he wants to keep the effect.

I wonder how they achieved it?

Could very well be. A "canny" feedback?

IMO the Satanic Majesties Period is a very interesting phase within the Stones career, especially regarding the connections to the follow-up album Beggar's Banquet. Contrary to the well known opinion that Beggar's meant a 180 degree turn, there are quite some similarities between tracks like Citadel, 2000 Man or The Lantern and Beggars-period tracks like Family, Blood Red Wine, Jumping Jack Flash, Street Fighting Man or Jigsaw Puzzle. Many of those tracks have this warm, distinctive acoustic guitar sound, and then there is this certain "ring" in tracks like Citadel, Jumping Jack Flash and Street Fighting man.

In my view Her Satanic Majesties Request was a big step forward in terms of sound and instrumentation, and there are only a few stinkers on it (not The Lantern IMO, which is one of my favourites from this album). The only thing that spoils the album is that it seems like a half-baked effort. You can sense it was born in the studio, but as these are real songs, contrary to many of their later, back-to-the-roots efforts, they would've needed some more shaping during the writing process. Released as they are they sound lavishly arranged, but sloppily conceived.



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Released as they are they sound lavishly arranged, but sloppily conceived.

A fair point I think, backed up by the fact that some of the songs didn't even have vocal melodies or lyrics when the music was recorded.

This is what happens when you don't have a permanent engineer and get to play around for yourself in the studio. A very very bad album. Sing This All Together (See What Happens) and Gomper are among the low-water marks in the Stones career. She's A Rainbow and 2000 Light Years From Home are on the other hand great songs, but that's it.

And man, they were doing a lot of Acid at the time...

I just put on some "Satanic Sessions" tracks, celebrating the event: "Gold Painted Nails" is a real cool track. One of my candidates for a career-spanning outtakes collection. Another great one is "Title 15 (Take 7)".

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This is what happens when you don't have a permanent engineer and get to play around for yourself in the studio. A very very bad album. Sing This All Together (See What Happens) and Gomper are among the low-water marks in the Stones career. She's A Rainbow and 2000 Light Years From Home are on the other hand great songs, but that's it.

And man, they were doing a lot of Acid at the time...

Looks more like hes been doing some downers. Acid is ha ha he he ha ha he he.

I don't get why this album gets so much hate. I just don't understand why Gomper and Sing this altogether (See what happens) were included when the Satanic Sessions features songs with a lot more promise.

Stick Dandelion and We Love You on the official release and you've got yourself a cracking album.

Here's the line up Mickboy gave it which flows really well

1. Sing this Song Alltogether 1:25
2. Citadel 2:52
3. Dandilion 3:32
4. In Another Land 3:14
5. 2000 Man 3:07
6. Child Of The Moon 3:09
7. Cosmick Christmas 0:27
8. She's A Rainbow 4:35
9. The Lantern 4:23
10. Gomper 5:09
11. 2000 Light Years From Home 4:44
12. We Love You

plus these "bonus " tracks
2000 Man - Vocal Isolation 1:51
14. She's A Rainbow - Vocal / Moog 4:17
15. Dandilion - Original 45 mono mix 3:49
16. We Love You - Original 45 mono mix 4:36
17. 2000 Light Years From Home - Vocal Isolation 4:49
18. Dandilion - Charlie Drum Mix 3:34
19. We Love You - Vocal Isolation with John Lennon and Paul McCartney vocals

Child of the Moon is from 1968 and thus can't have been and was never going to be on Their Satanic Majesties Request.

Yeah, you're right . Thats a big boo boo but as far as sound it sure does fit right in. I always thought it was a kinda strange b side to "JJF" because it just sounded so different in style..you know, really "pre" Beggars sounding..



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Yeah, you're right . Thats a big boo boo but as far as sound it sure does fit right in. I always thought it was a kinda strange b side to "JJF" because it just sounded so different in style..you know, really "pre" Beggars sounding..

I don't think so... it fits right in with Pay Your Dues/Street Fighting Man, Sympathy For The Devil, Jigsaw Puzzle, Stray Cat Blues, Family etc.

I respect your opinion but it doesnt fit in at all to me, especially the lyrical content..

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I respect your opinion but it doesnt fit in at all to me, especially the lyrical content..

I think we can all agree Child of the Moon is like a bridge between those albums.

Acid like content, but with more focused playing and production. Play it along side Pay Your Dues and Jigsaw Puzzle and maybe you can hear how different Beggars Banquet might have come across had they not honed in and included the more roots inspired stuff.

Child of the Moon is a great big tease for me, a glimpse of a what if, a Jimmy Miller produced TSMR! Ugh, that'd be perfection for me.



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An excellent and underated album. I can understand that's many fans consider it to be rubbish. But it wasn't meant to be straight forward and if you put it in context it makes so much sense. I mean even Gomper is very much Rolling Stones at that time. A greeting card from Marocco.

I have always been a bit ambivalent to this album, but it has grown on me.

The 8,5 minute Sing This All Together (See What Happens) could easily have been skipped - although they seemingly thought it was great fun.

2000 Light Years From Home is a classic, and probably is some of the best work they've ever done, imo.

She's A Rainbow is up there as well.

I have always liked the mystery feeling of The Lantern, as well as Keith's guitar playing on it.

Gomper has grown on me, and there has been times where I have dissed this track, but really meant to talk about Sing This All Together (See What Happens).

In Another Land is underrated, imo. The melody and the atmosphere in this track is really great. Bill's goofy vocals as well.

A good album. Had they included We Love You and Dandelion, it would have been a classic