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His Majesty
There are loads of stones tracks which don't quite sit on concert pitch.
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His Majesty
There are loads of stones tracks which don't quite sit on concert pitch.
That could just be dodgy tuning rather than tape faults though. It's even more common on U.S. 50s rock & roll, blues, country (etc) records (try playing along to many Chuck Berry or Bo Diddley records).
The live version is in a different, lower key altogether to save Mick Jagger's vocals from going out too soon from high notes.Quote
ryanpow
There's a point in the Middle of the Studio Version of IORR where it sounds like the speed changes, like it slows down a little then speeds up again.
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BrianJones1969
Can anyone think of any Rolling Stones songs that were intended to be recorded in the key of, say, G, and then some problem with the tape machine causes the final speed of the recording to either speed up or slow down?
Of course, for many years some of the songs didn't really sound right aside from the LP versions because of such speed discrepancies.
Aside from the Stones, there are a couple of suspects:
"Light My Fire" - The Doors (1967) (original version is 6:50, but tape speed issues caused the final running time of the song to be 7:05) - original key of song was in G, but for many years the bastardized version slowed it down between F#-G. The story behind this speed problem is legendary.
"Roxanne" - The Police (1978/1979) - Song sounds like in key of G, but speed problems changed it to a microtonal G-G#.
"Layla" - Eric Clapton/Derek & the Dominos (1970/1972) - live version is in key of A (going by the first guitar note), but for some reason the original LP version's pitch is closer to A#. The piano outro should be in key of C but the speed problem increased it to C#.
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JumpingKentFlash
All of Shine A Light (the 2008 film and live album). It's a half pitch higher on all songs I think.
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DandelionPowderman
The Let´s Spend The Night Together-movie is sped up for sure.
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stones78
Love In Vain from the old Ladies And Gentlemen was on G sharp, it was corrected for the DVD release.
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stones78
Love In Vain from the old Ladies And Gentlemen was on G sharp, it was corrected for the DVD release.
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ryanpow
I don't think its the wrong speed, but around the Between the Buttons Era, their stuff sound sped up. Micks Vocals sound higher than what is natural for him on LSTNT and Miss Amanda Jones.