hi - in another thread the use of vibraphone on Monkey Man was discussed, and got me thinking about all
the various songs the Stones used vibes, xylophone, marimba, and any other similar instruments.

What are they? These I'm just listing quickly and randomly, not methodically, or completely, as I run
out the door.

Under My Thumb
Out of Time
Yesterday's Papers
Monkey Man

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swiss

Ride On Baby?

Somethings Just Stick In Your Mind?



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Backstreet Girl - nobody seems quite sure what the thing is, but it's there.

Street Fighting Man, possibly marimbas.

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Green Lady
Backstreet Girl - nobody seems quite sure what the thing is, but it's there.

So true, Green Lady! I was wondering earlier today if "the thing" was a mellotron.

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MingSubu
Ride On Baby?

Somethings Just Stick In Your Mind?

MingSubu

Right on on Ride On!!

Some Things sounds like a sitar!(?)

- swiss

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Street Fighting Man, possibly marimbas.

tomcasagranda, thanks - Street Fighting Man was on my initial list, but I removed it after listening earlier -- only hear sitar or tamboura, and piano.

- swiss

Lady Jane; cembalo and marimba.

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tomcasagranda, thanks - Street Fighting Man was on my initial list, but I removed it after listening earlier -- only hear sitar or tamboura, and piano.

- swiss

Yes, sitar and tamboura, but the sitar is in the Philips tape machine recording, a distorted twanging within that recordings sound.

Nicky's piano is very ace on SFM!



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Lady Jane; cembalo and marimba.

Not a marimba, but a glockenspiel or some such instrument with a similar sound.

Thanks! Always thought it was a marimba. One question: does Brian play that beautiful accordion in Backstreet girl?

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LQ1977
Thanks! Always thought it was a marimba. One question: does Brian play that beautiful accordion in Backstreet girl?

No.

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MingSubu
Ride On Baby?

Somethings Just Stick In Your Mind?

MingSubu

Right on on Ride On!!

Some Things sounds like a sitar!(?)

- swiss

Around seconds 3 and 4, you hear it for the first time. It is something chimey.

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Thanks! Always thought it was a marimba. One question: does Brian play that beautiful accordion in Backstreet girl?

No.

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No - but I still wonder who first said - "what we need on this track is an accordion" - and I'd love to have seen the expressions on everyone else's face.

Marimba on Sweet Black Angel?

What instrument is a vibe?

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DGA35
What instrument is a vibe?

Vibraphone.

Don't Be A Stanger - Bill Wyman on Marimba

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Green Lady
Backstreet Girl - nobody seems quite sure what the thing is, but it's there.

According to Keno:

Backstreet Girl

First release in the UK on Between the Buttons, January 1967. In the US, release on Flowers, June 1967

Vocal: Mick Jagger Acoustic Guitar: Keith Richards Organ and Accordion:: Brian Jones Bass: Bill Wyman Percussion: Charlie Watts Harpsichord: Jack Nitzsche

According to Keno:

Barf!

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Backstreet Girl - nobody seems quite sure what the thing is, but it's there.

[www.iorr.org]

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His Majesty
It sounds like a vibraphone(or something similar) played higher up it's register with echo/reverb, hence the airy sound after the initial percussive strike to each note.

Played like this(slower of course), but with a bit more sustain and gentle touch:





As it is quite a melodic part, I'd assume it's more likely to be Brian or someone else rather than Charlie.

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His Majesty
According to Keno:

Barf!

LOL, yes, I hate to say it but I agree with HM.

What to Do- marimbas
Good Times-marimbas