Re-.listening to Abkco M.Rambler short instrumental I do not believe it was recorded on February 9 or 10 1969 at all. This short instrumental guitar-driven track is miles away from the mild studio version that was recorded at the times and ended on Let it Bleed. Had they have developed such an arrangement do you believe they wouldn’t have used that instead? This instrumental is a clear improvement version that is more likely to come from a tour rehearsal session, possibly at Los Angeles Warner Bros. Studios on 2-5 Nov.69 or even at the Lyceum Theatre in London on 27-28 August 70 when they rehearsed the Euro 70 tour (the fact that is so short could mean they knew how to play it live already and just needed to rehearse the essential core). What do you think?



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It sounds like Keith hadn't decided on the intro yet. That leads me to believe it's a part of an early version.

It is certainly not the same intro of the studio track, let alone the well- developed riffs which are only hinted at in the studio and playing sped. More similar to the live version of the song though.



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The riffs are there on the studio version, but down in the mix.

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There’s the engineer’s announcement, right? Also, I think this was intended as an edit piece of the last verse, maybe the previous take broke down before the end. To my ears, the main riff, and the sound of the instruments is quite similar to the LIB take. My 2 cents.

It is 100% an early instrumental. The rhythm guitar sounds like the exact same one on the finished track. Plus, like others have stated, you can hear the recording engineer say "Take 18" or at least that's what I hear. Sounds like Keith is working out the riff here.

If you don't hear the arrangement progression, it's like saying a summary of a novel was written before the novel itself.

Where can I find this recording?

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It sounds like Keith hadn't decided on the intro yet. That leads me to believe it's a part of an early version.

An argument none of you would consider when it was made about that version of Ruby Tuesday

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Someone find me a snippet where Brian Jones can actually be heard playing "percussion" on Rambler.

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There’s the engineer’s announcement, right? Also, I think this was intended as an edit piece of the last verse, maybe the previous take broke down before the end. To my ears, the main riff, and the sound of the instruments is quite similar to the LIB take. My 2 cents.

Sounds plausible.

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It sounds like Keith hadn't decided on the intro yet. That leads me to believe it's a part of an early version.

An argument none of you would consider when it was made about that version of Ruby Tuesday

Because so many other factors obviously pointed at 1968 or 1969.

On MR we have the same sound and playing style as on the original. A lot happened between 1966 and 1968 playing-wise with Keith and Charlie in particular. Also, we knew that Nicky didn't play with the Stones before 1967.

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Someone find me a snippet where Brian Jones can actually be heard playing "percussion" on Rambler.

Listen to the "bang" after "did you hear about the Boston...".

Wasn't an earlier instrumental that sounded like parts of Midnight Rambler on the 'Jamming with Edward" release ? Don't remember the tracks title, but I do recall it sounding like MR .....

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Someone find me a snippet where Brian Jones can actually be heard playing "percussion" on Rambler.

Listen to the "bang" after "did you hear about the Boston...".

Right you are, I was wondering the same thing... and if he played throughout the track he was mixed out, as his acoustic guitar on Sympathy.
Btw, I always thought that the picture on the Promotional Radio sampler LP from 1969 was indeed taken during the recording session for MR (and another picture of Brian playing an african drum: [images.app.goo.gl]).
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Someone find me a snippet where Brian Jones can actually be heard playing "percussion" on Rambler.

Listen to the "bang" after "did you hear about the Boston...".

Right you are, I was wondering the same thing... and if he played throughout the track he was mixed out, as his acoustic guitar on Sympathy.
Btw, I always thought that the picture on the Promotional Radio sampler LP from 1969 was indeed taken during the recording session for MR (and another picture of Brian playing an african drum: [images.app.goo.gl]).
Doc

Most likely.