Travellin' Man could easily be the best Stones outtake ever. Taylor plays some magic guitar! The song was recorded between 17 and 31 October 1970 in Olymic studios / Stargroves. But just a couple months before that (May 1970) the Stones recorded a song in the same studios called Travelling Tiger. As nobody has a tape with this songs I guess it's asking in vain, but: Could Travellin Tiger be a first version of Travellin'Man?

I never heard it. Is it the same as the very cool song from Creedence Clearwater Revivla??? Please answer Marc (Hi hi hi).

JumpingKentFlash

stop it

I agree it could be easily the best outtake ever!!

Cool song. Don't remember if it's on Touring Party or From The Vault?

First released on Trident tapes / mixes (1989 / Living Legend LLRCD 039). The entire cd was a revolution back then! All song on it were never released before.

I love that song as well. It's fun to play too!

Potted Shrimp wrote:
>First released on Trident tapes / mixes (1989 / Living Legend LLRCD 039). The >entire cd was a revolution back then! All song on it were never released ?>before.


It was indeed one of the first outakes cd's but taken from vinyl, so all songs were already available before...

Hendrik

Hendrik, what I meant to say was that they were never released before on cd. Sometimes I type too fast and don't read the post back. But I thought It was obvious in this case.........

I love it. My favorite outtake along with Highway Child.

Of the Trident Tapes tracks, I personally preferred the likes of Blood Red Wine and Two Trains, but as a somewhat extended "heavy jam session" Travellin'Man offers a tease of what could have been, had they bothered to finish it. Strong vocal performance, superb guitar work by Keith and MT, and a generally great collective band performance.

Compare it with the crap they put out on the Four Flicks disk one studio jam sessions! Perhaps not. That would be cruel!

Ooh, I've got a cassette of the Trident Outtakes, incl. Blood Red Wine. I'll have to see if Travelin' Man is on that tape. I've got so much bloody Stones stuff that I need a secretary to help me make my list!

"The wonder of Jimi Hendrix was that he could stand up at all he was so pumped full of drugs." Patsy, Patsy Stone

March - May: London, Olympic Sound Studios & Newbury, Stargroves (MJ’s house)
with Mobile Record Unit. Producer: Jimmy Miller. Sound engineers: Glyn Johns,
Andy Johns, Chris Kimsey (and Jimmy Miller for @#$%& Blues).
- As Now (MJ/KR) -unverified
- @#$%& Blues (MJ/KR) -MJ (voc & gtr) only
- Dancing In The Light (MJ/KR) -Nicky Hopkins on piano; instrumental
- I Got The Blues (MJ/KR) -Billy Preston on organ, Bobby Keys on sax, Jim Price on
trumpet; Sticky Fingers-version
- Rock It (MJ/KR) –unverified
- Travelling Tiger (MJ/KR) -unverified
- Tumbling Dice I (MJ/KR) -unverified early version, under title Good Time Woman
- Who Am I? I (MJ/KR) -unverified early version
- You Gotta Move IV (Fred McDowell/Rev. Gary Davis) -Sticky Fingers-version
Note: I Got The Blues was probably begun at Redlands with the MRU.

So maybe not even recorded. Is there any other info on this track?

1st time i heard it i almost fell otta my chair ! i think best outtake too with Claudine next

Could anyone have a link to the treasure?

- Doxa

Travelling Man is an absolute killer - something vaguely Stoogey about it to me, same with Highway Child. Both need to be considered when assessing the greatness of the Rolling Stones.

Travellin Man was a shock for me too, the first time I heard it. Terrific groove

Couldn't agree more. Fantastic outtake.

I don't care that they didn't finish it. I love it the way it is.



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Great outtake. Pity about the fade-in, though. Is the entire track available anywhere (except in The Vaults)?

No

I wonder if the Black Crowes delibrately picked up that musical line or if it was coincidental.
They are of course heavily Stones biased.
the song I'm on about is "Sting Me" from the Southern Harmony and Musical Companion.

1.JIVING SISTER FANNY / APRIL 17 - JULY 2, 1969, OLYMPIC SOUND STUDIOS, LONDON
2.I'M GOING DOWN / OCTOBER 17-26, 1969, SUNSET SOUND STUDIOS, LOS ANGELES & NOVEMBER 2, 1969, ELEKTRA STUDIOS, HOLLYWOOD
3.I DON'T KNOW WHY / APRIL 17 - JULY 2, 1969, OLYMPIC SOUND STUDIOS, LONDON
4.HAMBURGER TO GO /MAY 13-23, 1968, OLYMPIC SOUND STUDIOS, LONDON
5.DOWNTOWN SUSIE / MAY 13-23, 1968, OLYMPIC SOUND STUDIOS, LONDON
6.BLOOD RED WINE / MAY 13-23, 1968, OLYMPIC SOUND STUDIOS, LONDON
7.TRAVELLIN' MAN / OCTOBER 17 - 31, 1970, STARGROVES, NEWBURY / OLYMPIC SOUND STUDIOS, LONDON
8.FAMILY / MAY 13-23, 1968, OLYMPIC SOUND STUDIOS, LONDON
9.STILL A FOOL / MAY 13-23, 1968, OLYMPIC SOUND STUDIOS, LONDON
10.FAMILY (RETAKE) / JUNE 28, 1968, OLYMPIC SOUND STUDIOS, LONDON
11.LEATHER JACKET /JUNE 16 - JILY 27, 1970, OLYMPIC SOUND STUDIOS, LONDON
12.DANCING IN THE LIGHT / MARCH - MAY 1970, OLYMPIC SOUND STUDIOS, LONDON / STRARGROVES, NEWBURY
13.POTTED SHRIMP / OCTOBER 17 - 31, 1970, STARGROVES, NEWBURY / OLYMPIC SOUND STUDIOS, LONDON
14.ALLADIN STORY / OCTOBER 17 - 31, 1970, STARGROVES, NEWBURY / OLYMPIC SOUND STUDIOS, LONDON
15.I WAS JUST A COUNTRY BOY / FEBRUARY 10 - MARCH 31, 1969. OLYMPIC SOUND STUDIOS, LONDON
16.WHO AM I ? / MARCH - MAY 1970, OLYMPIC SOUND STUDIOS, LONDON / STRARGROVES, NEWBURY
17.TRIDENT JAM /MARCH - MAY 1970, OLYMPIC SOUND STUDIOS, LONDON / STRARGROVES, NEWBURY



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I don't think much of it as a song (off the Trident Mixes I clearly preferred "Blood Red Whine, Going Down (not exactly a song too) and I don't Know Why) but I like the feeling of it. It just rocks!!



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Speculation and aspiration are flying over
whether they include TRAVELLIN' MAN in their forthcoming box of previously unreleased materials.

i don't think i have any boots or tapes that include the beginning of the track...does any such version circulate?

I never heard any other version besides the one we all know and love Todd, though it would be interesting to know if other cuts exist. Hmmmmm,,,

yeah - i just wonder how the song begins, you know? maybe a little count in from charlie or perhaps mick with a little falsetto arpeggio or something?

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Speculation and aspiration are flying over
whether they include TRAVELLIN' MAN in their forthcoming box of previously unreleased materials.

It would be nice if there was a completed version of it in their vaults.

Musically, its absolutely brilliant but it's quite obviously a work in progress going by Jagger's clearly unfinished lyrics.

Chris Cross Mind does it for me. Or is it Criss Cross Man? Whatever.

I much prefer THAT sound than the later "weaving" sound of say, Respectable, and the other songs of that type. I'm not necessarily putting down the "Respectable" type of RnR songs, but a little of that goes a long way with me. Even after innumerable listens the guitars in TM still hold my interest. I also have a soft spot for Jagger's almost indecipherable singing of the lyrics.