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ovalvox
According to Bill Wyman Brian did play on this. Probably the main riff along with Keith. More proof is Brian playing the main riff live on the two promo videos, the Rock and Roll Circus and probably the 1968 NME pollwinners concert that no one has ever seen because Britain lost that along with RSG, TOTP's and TYLS's episodes. The high parts are Keith on 12 string electric guitar. The end is supposedly Bill Wyman on organ. And Brian told Ronny Money "they are going back to rock and roll" in Mandy Aftel's book so Brian was there when they recorded it. Keith can't be trusted on anything he says. He made sure he told the world he overdubbed a lot of guitars on Flash to ensure Brian gets no mention. He also said they overdubbed most of their first album which would be very limited on a two track Revox. Legend has it that Bill wrote the main riff and Brian was playing it on guitar when Mick walked into the studio and told them to keep playing because he liked it and that became the arrangement we all know and love. Brian played the riff in standard tuning. Keith plays acoustic guitars in open E tuning through a tape recorder that gave it the perfect distorted sound. Keith also played the bass on this.
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DandelionPowderman
The good ol' Phillips tape recorder...
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DandelionPowderman
The good ol' Phillips tape recorder...
Great memories of those things.