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"Act Together"

Posted by: Elmo Lewis ()

Date: November 14, 2013 16:39

Been listening to lots of Ronnie's solo stuff lately and really love this song. It's on "I've Got My Own Album To Do". Written by Jagger/Richards but sang by Wood. A real Faces vibes.

Woulda been a great song for Mick to sing (with Keith harmonies) - think a better version of "Thru The Lonely Nights", if you haven't heard it. Ever played live? Your thoughts?

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Re: "Act Together"

Posted by: duke richardson ()

Date: November 14, 2013 16:42

great song from a great album. love the Wurlitzer piano. the female harmony vocals make the song, imho..

what a cool album.

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Re: "Act Together"

Posted by: Elmo Lewis ()

Date: November 14, 2013 16:45

What duke said! thumbs up

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Re: "Act Together"

Posted by: DandelionPowderman ()

Date: November 14, 2013 16:51

There's a (early) version of it on "Mahoney's Last Stand" as well (Wood/Lane album that came out after IGMOATD).

Here's the Stones's version.

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Re: "Act Together"

Posted by: duke richardson ()

Date: November 14, 2013 16:55

things get off to a pretty good start on that album..!

I Can Feel The Fire-

I mean this album has got great Stones tracks..only its not a Stones album. and the rhythm section is one of the finest ever, again just my opinion..

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Re: "Act Together"

Posted by: GasLightStreet ()

Date: November 14, 2013 16:58

Don't you mean Ronnie Woods?

Does anyone know why they screwed up his name?

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Posted by: DandelionPowderman ()

Date: November 14, 2013 16:59

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duke richardson
things get off to a pretty good start on that album..!

I Can Feel The Fire-

I mean this album has got great Stones tracks..only its not a Stones album. and the rhythm section is one of the finest ever, again just my opinion..

No doubt about that, Duke thumbs up

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Re: "Act Together"

Posted by: duke richardson ()

Date: November 14, 2013 18:09

the real lyric in 'Act Together' is another word..

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Re: "Act Together"

Posted by: scottkeef ()

Date: November 14, 2013 22:14

the thing about it is until I saw the Kilburn concert I was convinced Keith did the vocal on this one! I don't know if Ron was just taking off on him or if it just naturally came out that way but it does(imo) sound spot on like Keith's vocals from that period (before his voice seemed to lower as on Main Offender-what was up with that anyway? just aging?)

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Re: "Act Together"

Posted by: Elmo Lewis ()

Date: November 14, 2013 22:34

Yeah, "Seven Days" is Ronnie doing a pretty good Dylan voice, too.

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Re: "Act Together"

Posted by: CousinC ()

Date: November 14, 2013 23:28

Good album that I used to play a lot.The Keith songs Act and Sure the one are both very good.Take a look is a great rocker.
Hey, the whole album is great. Have to play it again.
Only downer is the sound.
Newmark was a great drummer.Together with Weeks a hot rhyt. section. But it was buried in the mix. I always hated that.

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Posted by: DandelionPowderman ()

Date: November 14, 2013 23:34

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CousinC
Good album that I used to play a lot.The Keith songs Act and Sure the one are both very good.Take a look is a great rocker.
Hey, the whole album is great. Have to play it again.
Only downer is the sound.
Newmark was a great drummer.Together with Weeks a hot rhyt. section. But it was buried in the mix. I always hated that.

I think the vinyl release sounds excellent. The cd is crap, unfortunately. ..

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Re: "Act Together"

Posted by: Ross ()

Date: November 14, 2013 23:38

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GasLightStreet
Don't you mean Ronnie Woods?

Does anyone know why they screwed up his name?

I think it is a joke on how Keith used to leave the "s" off of his name in the early days. Its obviously intentional.

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Posted by: bob r ()

Date: November 15, 2013 01:37

Are you sure that's Ronnie singing on that track ? I always thought it was Keith...........

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Posted by: Lien ()

Date: November 15, 2013 22:53

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Elmo Lewis
Been listening to lots of Ronnie's solo stuff lately and really love this song. It's on "I've Got My Own Album To Do". Written by Jagger/Richards but sang by Wood. A real Faces vibes.

Woulda been a great song for Mick to sing (with Keith harmonies) - think a better version of "Thru The Lonely Nights", if you haven't heard it. Ever played live? Your thoughts?

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Posted by: GasLightStreet ()

Date: November 15, 2013 23:08

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Ross
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GasLightStreet
Don't you mean Ronnie Woods?

Does anyone know why they screwed up his name?

I think it is a joke on how Keith used to leave the "s" off of his name in the early days. Its obviously intentional.

That's the first I've heard of it! I always thought it was a screw up.

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Posted by: loog droog ()

Date: November 16, 2013 02:21

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Ross
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GasLightStreet
Don't you mean Ronnie Woods?

Does anyone know why they screwed up his name?

I think it is a joke on how Keith used to leave the "s" off of his name in the early days. Its obviously intentional.

I don't believe it was intentional. I knew a guy with the last name Wood, and he complained that people always put his name down as "Woods."

I seem to recall Ronnie saying that it was a screw up. Remember, in those days production art was all done by hand....there was no easy fix to center the album title. Do it all over or just scratch out the "S"

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Re: "Act Together"

Posted by: scottkeef ()

Date: November 16, 2013 05:42

I think it was intentional. I operated printing presses from the late 70s-early 90s and that would have been proofread before a big run.It would not have taken much to create a new negative and burn new plates.
...it was on the negatives( you used multiple stations and plates on multi color) like that I'm sure.

Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 2013-11-16 05:46 by scottkeef.

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Posted by: LeonidP ()

Date: November 16, 2013 06:23

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bob r
Are you sure that's Ronnie singing on that track ? I always thought it was Keith...........

100% Ronnie!

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Re: "Act Together"

Posted by: KeithNacho ()

Date: November 16, 2013 12:20

I love that fuzz guitar sound. I think that there is no pedal on it, just Ronnie + guitar + amp.

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Posted by: Ross ()

Date: November 16, 2013 15:53

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scottkeef
I think it was intentional. I operated printing presses from the late 70s-early 90s and that would have been proofread before a big run.It would not have taken much to create a new negative and burn new plates.
...it was on the negatives( you used multiple stations and plates on multi color) like that I'm sure.

This!

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Re: "Act Together"

Posted by: Elmo Lewis ()

Date: November 19, 2013 16:41

This album is the genesis for the Wood era Stones.

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Posted by: Donnebr ()

Date: November 19, 2013 16:47

Love that album

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Posted by: Spud ()

Date: November 19, 2013 18:09

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DandelionPowderman
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CousinC
Good album that I used to play a lot.The Keith songs Act and Sure the one are both very good.Take a look is a great rocker.
Hey, the whole album is great. Have to play it again.
Only downer is the sound.
Newmark was a great drummer.Together with Weeks a hot rhyt. section. But it was buried in the mix. I always hated that.

I think the vinyl release sounds excellent. The cd is crap, unfortunately. ..

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Re: "Act Together"

Posted by: woodyweaving ()

Date: November 20, 2013 12:04

I have both the vinyl album and the live concert dvd. Both are quality! Love the album. Mystifies Me is one of my favourites both on the album and live.

The First Barbarians live performance makes me wish Ronnie and Keef didn't smoke so they kept their voices for longer... However not many people are fans of Woody's voice I have found.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2013-11-20 12:05 by woodyweaving.

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Posted by: DandelionPowderman ()

Date: November 20, 2013 12:10

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woodyweaving
I have both the vinyl album and the live concert dvd. Both are quality! Love the album. Mystifies Me is one of my favourites both on the album and live.

The First Barbarians live performance makes me wish Ronnie and Keef didn't smoke so they kept their voices for longer... However not many people are fans of Woody's voice I have found.

He came back with a bang on "I Feel like Playing", singing quite good again, imo.

His singing on on "Not For Beginners" was hilarious.

Nice moniker! grinning smiley