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RobertJohnson
I think that they didn't release Hampton due to the fact that the complete concert takes 3 or 4 LPs. There were no CD's in 1981, and double albums or even fourfold albums aren't selling as well as a single LP.
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RobertJohnson
I think that they didn't release Hampton due to the fact that the complete concert takes 3 or 4 LPs. There were no CD's in 1981, and double albums or even fourfold albums aren't selling as well as a single LP.
Good point, but I guess I should have mentioned that even if they took the best of it and edited it down to single album length it would still be better than Still Life, IMO.
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Chris Fountain
IIf not mistaken, it was the first Stones' live album that the Open G was utilized?
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IIf not mistaken, it was the first Stones' live album that the Open G was utilized?
Are you kidding? Get Your Ya-Ya's Out is full of open G (JJF, Honky Tonk Women, Street Fighting Man). Love You Live as well.
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IIf not mistaken, it was the first Stones' live album that the Open G was utilized?
Are you kidding? Get Your Ya-Ya's Out is full of open G (JJF, Honky Tonk Women, Street Fighting Man). Love You Live as well.
I'm not a musician. I'm only asking why the later Stones sound is more twangy than say GYYO or even studio albums? i thought it was because of the Open G revelation? After the Mick Taylor era it got the guitar sounds got kinda higher in tone. Do you all know what I mean?
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24FPS
Isn't Still Life tied in with the Hal Ashby movie? They seem one and the same, one meant to promote the other.
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Chris Fountain
IIf not mistaken, it was the first Stones' live album that the Open G was utilized?
Are you kidding? Get Your Ya-Ya's Out is full of open G (JJF, Honky Tonk Women, Street Fighting Man). Love You Live as well.
I'm not a musician. I'm only asking why the later Stones sound is more twangy than say GYYO or even studio albums? i thought it was because of the Open G revelation? After the Mick Taylor era it got the guitar sounds got kinda higher in tone. Do you all know what I mean?
So are the Gibsons more rich in sound?? Bruce , for example can hit those daunting huanting notes up the fret with a Fender whereas Nils Lofgren's sound his high pitched and not as appeasing. Nothing against Nils,
Sure. Sorry if I sounded like a wiseguy.
I think the answer lies not in the open G tuning at all, but rather the guitar sounds and production values. The Stones played a lot of Fender guitars (twangier and more trebly) around 1980 while ten years earlier they were into fat sounding Gibson guitars a lot more. Taylor played Gibsons almost exclusively. That was the trends overall -- early seventies it was heavy rock and prog, while early eighties was more about punk, pop, new wave, rockabilly, etc.
If you talk about really late Stones, i.e. the "Vegas era", it's because Keith loves to use Telecasters and Fender amps a lot. The typical rock sound of today is also more about clarity and treble compared to the 70s which had generally more muddy and nasal sounds.
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Chris Fountain
IIf not mistaken, it was the first Stones' live album that the Open G was utilized?
Are you kidding? Get Your Ya-Ya's Out is full of open G (JJF, Honky Tonk Women, Street Fighting Man). Love You Live as well.
I'm not a musician. I'm only asking why the later Stones sound is more twangy than say GYYO or even studio albums? i thought it was because of the Open G revelation? After the Mick Taylor era it got the guitar sounds got kinda higher in tone. Do you all know what I mean?
So are the Gibsons more rich in sound?? Bruce , for example can hit those daunting huanting notes up the fret with a Fender whereas Nils Lofgren's sound his high pitched and not as appeasing. Nothing against Nils,
Sure. Sorry if I sounded like a wiseguy.
I think the answer lies not in the open G tuning at all, but rather the guitar sounds and production values. The Stones played a lot of Fender guitars (twangier and more trebly) around 1980 while ten years earlier they were into fat sounding Gibson guitars a lot more. Taylor played Gibsons almost exclusively. That was the trends overall -- early seventies it was heavy rock and prog, while early eighties was more about punk, pop, new wave, rockabilly, etc.
If you talk about really late Stones, i.e. the "Vegas era", it's because Keith loves to use Telecasters and Fender amps a lot. The typical rock sound of today is also more about clarity and treble compared to the 70s which had generally more muddy and nasal sounds.
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Fender's generally have a more trebly, sharp tone. Gibson's generally have a fatter, more rounded tone. This is not a rule by any means. Alot of it depends on the amp used and especially, the player.
For instance, the really cleanly picked intro to Lynyrd Skynyrd's "I Know A Little"....most people would assume that was played on a Fender. I've read multiple accounts from band members claiming Steve Gaines played it on a Les Paul Custom. The tone is a result of the guitar, the amp, and the player.
Now for instance, if you listen to the "Layla" album, you can compare the tones of a Gibson and Fender a bit more. Clapton plays a Fender, Duane Allman plays a Gibson. Clapton gets a sharper, more biting tone. Allman himself described his tone as a "full-tilt screech". Both guitarists played at low volumes through small Fender amps on that particular album.
You could also compare the tones that Clapton got with the various setups he used through out his career. With the Yardbirds, it was mainly a Tele through a Vox AC30. Fairly thin sound. With the Bluesbreakers, he got what many would consider to be the apex of blues-rock electric guitar tone with a Les Paul through a Marshall. With Cream, he continued to use Gibsons (Les Paul standard, SG, ES-335, Firebird I, Les Paul Custom) and bigger (100 watt) Marshall amps. After Cream, he started to use Fenders some. He used various guitars with Blind Faith and Delaney and Bonnie, including the ES-335, the Les Paul Custom, a Telecaster Custom with a maple Strat neck, the Firebird I, and others. By the time he recorded his first solo album, his main guitar was a 1956 Fender Stratocaster. From this point until the mid-80's, his main guitars were two late-50's Strats. In the late '80's, Fender began producing his signature Strats which he still uses today. The point is, if you want to hear some differences in the sounds of Gibsons and Fenders, compare Clapton's tone with the Bluesbreakers or Cream to the sounds he got later on his solo deput and the Layla album, and even later on in the '70's with the Slowhand album.
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dandelion1967
It's funny the "overdubbing" point of the official live releases (Get yer ya-ya's - Mick's vocals, some guitars; Love you live, vocals at least; Still life, vocals; Flashpoint and all the rest until now, vocals, and some stuff) When they tried the "Unreleased Decca Live album" of the '72 tour, they also make overdubbing (Hopkins pianos, Vocals and even guitars)
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24FPS
Isn't Still Life tied in with the Hal Ashby movie? They seem one and the same, one meant to promote the other.