Slave was started for BLACK AND BLUE and they didn't finish it until 1981 when the saxophone overdub was done and the song was mixed and edited.
1975750122A 22nd January - 9th February: Rotterdam, Holland, De Doelen, Mobile Record Unit.
Producers: The Glimmer Twins. Sound engineers: Keith Harwood, Glyn Johns.
Recordings for the upcoming album Black And Blue.
Additional musicians: Billy Preston (p, org, string synthesizer, bvoc)/Wayne
Perkins (gtr)/Robert A. Johnson (gtr; 6.-9.02.)/Jeff Beck (gtr; 6.-9.02.)/Rory
Gallagher (gtr; 23.-24.01.)/Mick Ronson (gtr; unconfirmed)/Steve Marriott (gtr)
- Crazy Mama I (MJ/KR) -early take with partly different lyrics
- I Love Ladies (MJ/KR)
- Melody I (MJ/KR) -Billy Preston on vocals and piano; January 23
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Slave I (MJ/KR) -nearly instrumental, Billy Preston on piano- Worried About You I (MJ/KR) -Billy Preston on piano
1980801011B 11th October - 12th November & 25th November - ca. mid-December: Boulogne-
Billancourt (near Paris), France, Pathé-Marconi Studios. Producers: The Glimmer
Twins. Sound engineer: Chris Kimsey. Overdubbing, mixing and editing for the
upcoming album Tattoo You (only MJ, Chris Kimsey and sporadically KR), incl.
- Black Limousine IV (MJ/KR/RW) -with finished lyrics and backing vocals
- Black Limousine V (MJ/KR/RW) -shortened version of IV, with additional guitar
- Heaven II (MJ/KR) -first version with real lyrics
- Let’s Do It Right II (MJ/KR) -remix of version I
- Munich Reggae II (MJ/KR) -remix of version I
- Neighbours II (MJ/KR) -different solos, no sax
- No Use In Crying V (MJ/KR/RW) -with additional piano overdub
- Slave II (MJ/KR) -first version with vocals, very long- Tops III (MJ/KR) -using version I as backing, different lyrics
- Waiting On A Friend II (MJ/KR) -without sax
- Worried About You II (MJ/KR) -with different falsetto and backing vocals
1981810400C April - June: Paris, Mobile Recording Unit in some unlocated warehouse (only
MJ, ca. six weeks in April & May) & New York, Atlantic Studios. Producers:
The Glimmer Twins. Sound engineer: Chris Kimsey. Additional musicians:
Sonny Rollins (sax on Neighbours, Slave and Waiting On A Friend); Mike
Carabello (perc on Start Me Up, Slave & Waiting On A Friend), Chris Kimsey &
Barry Sage (handclaps on Start Me Up), Jennifer & Susan McLean (backing vocals
on Neighbours), Pete Townshend (bvoc on Slave).
- Black Limousine VI (MJ/KR/RW) -’Tattoo You’-version
- Hang Fire V (MJ/KR) -’Tattoo You’-version
- Heaven III (MJ/KR) -’Tattoo You’-version
- Little T & A IV (MJ/KR) -’Tattoo You’-version
- Neighbours III (MJ/KR) -different sax
- Neighbours IV (MJ/KR) -’Tattoo You’-version
- No Use In Crying VI (MJ/KR/RW) -’Tattoo You’-version
- Slave III (MJ/KR) -different sax
- Slave IV (MJ/KR) -’Tattoo You’-version
- Slave V (MJ/KR) -longer version IV, remastered ‘Tattoo You’-version- Start Me Up IV (MJ/KR) -‘Tattoo You’-version
- Start Me Up V (MJ/KR) -long version (maybe intended for a 12"-single)
- Tops IV (MJ/KR) -’Tattoo You’-version
- Waiting On A Friend III (MJ/KR) -different sax
- Waiting On A Friend IV (MJ/KR) -’Tattoo You’-version
- Waiting On A Friend V (MJ/KR) -edited promosingle-version
- Worried About You III (MJ/KR) -’Tattoo You’-version
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