Join in and contribute!

Recording session photo album link...

[s51.photobucket.com]

March - July recording session instrument credits...

Jumpin' Jack Flash
Mick Jagger - vocals
Keith Richards - electric and acoustic guitar, bass guitar, floor tom, vocals
Brian Jones - acoustic guitar
Bill Wyman - organ
Charlie Watts - drums
Nicky Hopkins - piano, organ

Child Of The Moon
Mick Jagger - vocals
Keith Richards - electric guitar, vocals
Brian Jones - soprano saxophone
Bill Wyman - bass guitar
Charlie Watts - drums
Nicky Hopkins - piano, organ

Sympathy For The Devil
Mick Jagger - vocals
Keith Richards - electric guitar, bass guitar, vocals
Brian Jones - vocals
Bill Wyman - percussion, vocals
Charlie Watts - drums, vocals
Nicky Hopkins - piano
Rocky Dijon - percussion
Michael Cooper, Marianne Faithfull, Anita Pallenberg - vocals

No Expectations
Mick Jagger - vocals
Keith Richards - acoustic guitar
Brian Jones - acoustic slide guitar
Bill Wyman - bass guitar
Charlie Watts - percussion
Nicky Hopkins - piano, organ

Dear Doctor
Mick Jagger - vocals
Keith Richards - acoustic guitar, vocals
Brian Jones - harmonica
Bill Wyman - bass guitar
Charlie Watts - drums
Nicky Hopkins - tack piano
Dave Mason - acoustic guitar

Parachute Woman
Mick Jagger - vocals, harmonica
Keith Richards - acoustic and electric guitar
Brian Jones - harmonica
Bill Wyman - bass guitar
Charlie Watts - drums

Jigsaw Puzzle
Mick Jagger - vocals
Keith Richards - acoustic guitar, electric slide guitar
Brian Jones - mellotron
Bill Wyman - bass guitar
Charlie Watts - drums
Nicky Hopkins - piano

Street Fighting Man
Mick Jagger - vocals
Keith Richards - acoustic guitar, bass guitar
Brian Jones - sitar, tamboura
Charlie Watts - drums
Nicky Hopkins - piano, organ
Dave Mason - bass drum, Shehnai

Prodigal Son
Mick Jagger - vocals
Keith Richards - acoustic guitar
Brian Jones - harmonica
(Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts)??? - percussion

Stray Cat Blues
Mick Jagger - vocals
Keith Richards - electric guitar
Brian Jones - mellotron
Bill Wyman - bass guitar
Charlie Watts - drums
Nicky Hopkins - piano
(Rocky Dijon)??? - percussion

Factory Girl
Mick Jagger - vocals
Keith Richards - acoustic guitar
Bill Wyman - bass guitar
Charlie Watts - tabla
Rick Grech - violin
(Brian Jones, Nicky Hopkins, Dave Mason)??? - mellotron

Salt Of The Earth
Mick Jagger - vocals
Keith Richards - acoustic guitar, electric slide guitar, vocals
Bill Wyman - bass guitar
Charlie Watts - drums
Nicky Hopkins - piano
Watts Street (L.A.) gospel choir - vocals

Family
Mick Jagger - vocals
Keith Richards - acoustic and electric guitar
Bill Wyman - bass guitar
Charlie Watts - drums
Nicky Hopkins - piano

Still A Fool
Mick Jagger - vocals, harmonica
Keith Richards - electric guitar
Brian Jones - electric slide guitar
Bill Wyman - bass guitar
Charlie Watts - drums
(Ian Stewart, Nicky Hopkins)??? - piano



Edited 5 time(s). Last edit at 2012-06-28 03:37 by His Majesty.

WOW, The Pearl in my Stones vinyl-collection....

2 1 2 0

Did Mason really play acoustic guitar on Dear Doctor?

Quote
DandelionPowderman
Did Mason really play acoustic guitar on Dear Doctor?

He isncredited in Bill's, Rolling With The Stones as playing acoustic guitar. I asked Dave about it and told him of this credit and he said...

"I think Bill is right."

If he did it must have been some kind of subtle, additional guitar. I only hear one though and that is obviously Keith playing it.

Quote
His Majesty

Quote
DandelionPowderman
Did Mason really play acoustic guitar on Dear Doctor?

He isncredited in Bill's, Rolling With The Stones as playing acoustic guitar. I asked Dave about it and told him of this credit and he said...

"I think Bill is right."

If he did it must have been some kind of subtle, additional guitar. I only hear one though and that is obviously Keith playing it.

Thanks

Quite possibly my favourite Stones album...... And its up against some stiff competion from an incredible era. Theres not a song on it that I ever skip, even the songs that didnt make the album are worthy.

My favourite track being No expectations....... will be played at my funeral.

What a drag it is gettin' old

Reckon we'll ever see a deluxe ed for Beggars?

Quote
Father Ted
Reckon we'll ever see a deluxe ed for Beggars?

Then it would have to be something like the brilliant bootleg R.S.V.P.

Quote
DandelionPowderman

Quote
Father Ted
Reckon we'll ever see a deluxe ed for Beggars?

Then it would have to be something like the brilliant bootleg R.S.V.P.

This one?

[www.allmusic.com]

Yes truly great! The influences from Dylan are clear. But Stones makes the field their own. Godard's movie shows for instance how Sympathy grew from being a Dylan-pastische into complete magnificence. The only weak spot is Salt of the earth. Stray Cat Blues, which MJ said is influence by Velvet Underground, is a classic too.

Quote
Father Ted

Quote
DandelionPowderman

Quote
Father Ted
Reckon we'll ever see a deluxe ed for Beggars?

Then it would have to be something like the brilliant bootleg R.S.V.P.

This one?

[www.allmusic.com]

Yep

my favourite album of all time, up to 1968.

Best LP stones ever did, along with jumping jack flq
Flash and child of the moon, best release ever

One of their best, almost perfect. But I would prefer SFTD with a little more "flesh", more guitars, the version of BB works on me somewhat "down-stripped". Never understood why they edited or rather cut the acoustic rhythm guitar out by Brian.

Quote
RobertJohnson
One of their best, almost perfect. But I would prefer SFTD with a little more "flesh", more guitars, the version of BB works on me somewhat "down-stripped". Never understood why they edited or rather cut the acoustic rhythm guitar out by Brian.

Judging by One Plus One footage they probably had to as he moved back and forth from the mic, missed chord changes etc during takes.

Best rock album ever made by anyone.

"Sympathy for the Devil...Sympathy for the Devil..."

Those lyrics really are better.

Through The Looking Glass: Child Of The Moon

Officially released as the B side of Jumpin' Jack Flash in May 1968, the earliest known and available to listen to attempts at recording Child Of The Moon can be found on the Midnight Beat - Satanic Sessions bootleg double box sets. The majority of the set covers recordings from 1967, but there are exceptions in the form of 3 takes of Child of the Moon(takes 10 - 12) and 14 takes of Jigsaw Puzzle(takes 1 - 14), both dating from the spring 1968 sessions for Beggars Banquet.

The early live takes of Child of the Moon are interesting due to their stripped down sound, more laid back feel and alternate arrangement when compared to the officially released version.

The line up for the 3 takes are:
Keith Richards - acoustic guitar(tuned to open D)
Nicky Hopkins - piano
Charlie Watts - drums(using brushes)
(Unidentified musician)??? - electric piano(probably a Hohner Pianet N)

Child of the Moon: takes 10 - 12.




Moving on to the officially released version finds Child Of The Moon cast in a more tougher, electric arrangement. The mix featured below is missing the lead vocal, but features the wonderful backing vocals. The line up for this version and the fully completed version is most likely...

Mick Jagger - vocals
Keith Richards - electric guitar(tuned to open D), vocals
Brian Jones - soprano saxophone
Bill Wyman - bass guitar(with fuzz/distortion effect)
Charlie Watts - drums
Nicky Hopkins - piano, organ.

It's worth noting that the electric piano line featured in the early takes appears as the bass line in the electric version. So perhaps it is Bill who plays the electric piano in those early takes.

Child Of The Moon: Backing Vocal Mix




Here is a short review and an article from around the time of realease of the Jumpin' Jack Flash/Child Of The Moon single. Interesting that Brian initially preffered Child Of The Moon to Jumpin' Jack Flash and that Mick considers Child Of The Moon the more original of the two songs.

Record Mirror - 25th May 1968



New Musical Express - 1st June 1968







Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2012-06-30 15:15 by His Majesty.

Wow - you think "Salt of the Earth" is a weak spot?

Quote
GetYerAngie
Yes truly great! The influences from Dylan are clear. But Stones makes the field their own. Godard's movie shows for instance how Sympathy grew from being a Dylan-pastische into complete magnificence. The only weak spot is Salt of the earth. Stray Cat Blues, which MJ said is influence by Velvet Underground, is a classic too.

Just LOVE these five album threads!

At a time when Bill's work is getting long overdue credit, shouldn't we add another wonderful outtake?

I love it...but I love "Dear Doctor" more.


Downtown Suzie
(Bill Wyman)

Olympic Sound Studios, London, UK, May 13 - 23, 1968 & April 17 - July 2, 1969

Mick Jagger - lead vocals, backing vocals
Keith Richards - backing vocals
Charlie Watts - drums
Bill Wyman - bass, backing vocals
Ry Cooder - acoustic guitar, electric slide guitar
Jimmy Miller - percussion, backing vocals

The available song as found on numerous bootlegs and Metamorphosis is from Spring 1969, the alleged versions from 1968, which I have doubts about, have never surfaced. That track belongs in Let It Bleed thread.