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I am still a bit puzzled on Brian's sound oon the RnR Circus. Was he really meant to sound like this? Wasn't this a technical glitch the only found out about during play-back? Could this be part of the reason they didn't like the recording and shelved it for 35 years?

I mean, they spent two days rehearsing and recording, for sure the engineer, the producer, or the Stones would have said to Brian his sound was way off, his microphone broken or whatever? According to Bill Wyman the Circus was incredibly expensive, and then you end up with the guitarist sounding like this?

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Mathijs
I am still a bit puzzled on Brian's sound oon the RnR Circus. Was he really meant to sound like this? Wasn't this a technical glitch the only found out about during play-back? Could this be part of the reason they didn't like the recording and shelved it for 35 years?

I mean, they spent two days rehearsing and recording, for sure the engineer, the producer, or the Stones would have said to Brian his sound was way off, his microphone broken or whatever? According to Bill Wyman the Circus was incredibly expensive, and then you end up with the guitarist sounding like this?

Mathijs

Sounds like he forgot to turn the treble on on his guitar.

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His Majesty
Maybe it's intentional. It is only like that on two songs.

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LieB
Thanks for all your great analyses about Brian's contributions! It's always interesting and great fun to read, still after all these years of Stones listening.

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His Majesty
As a follow up to my Rock and Roll Circus posts, here's two alternate takes of Parachute Woman and You Can't Always Get What You Want.

Brian played near enough the same exact guitar parts as he did for the officially released takes. I've added my 'essentials of' demonstrations as ear guides.

Parachute Woman

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His Majesty
As a follow up to my Rock and Roll Circus posts, here's two alternate takes of Parachute Woman and You Can't Always Get What You Want.

Brian played near enough the same exact guitar parts as he did for the officially released takes. I've added my 'essentials of' demonstrations as ear guides.

Parachute Woman

Good rendition. A pity Brian didn't play slide on this.

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His Majesty
The Rolling Stones - Ruby Tuesday - Hyde Park, London - July 2013:





Ruby Tuesday is my favourite Rolling Stones song, studio recording and features my favourite recorded performance and contribution by Brian Jones.

The Rolling Stones - 'Sweet Summer Sun' DVD features a great live performance of Ruby Tuesday. One of the things that I love about this particular performance is Tim Ries's interpretation of Brian's original recorder melodies, but played on soprano saxophone. All very connected as soprano saxophone was a favourite instrument of Brian's in the last 2 years of his life.

For me, Tim played wonderfully, capturing some of the emotion of the original recording, Brian's performance, and beautifully projecting the sense of loss and wonder that relates to the song itself, but also to Brian Jones, the creator of those beautiful melodic lines.

Thank you Tim.



Photo: Lourdes Delgado.

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Brian Jones interviewed by André Heller - Ö3 Radio, Vienna, Austria - September 1968.





Photo 1: Brian and Suki in Vienna with an award from Ö3 radio station for Jumpin' Jack Flash being top of the Ö3 disc parade. Courtesy of Interfoto.



Photo 2-3: The Ö3 award for Jumpin' Jack Flash. Courtesy of Susanne Stadler.

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Taylor1
He Also sounds intelligent and that he was not so messed up that he couldn’t have gotten himself together had he lived.

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From this interview he sounds like he was still involved in the recordings with the band.He sounds intelligent and that he was not so messed up that he couldn’t have gotten himself together had he lived.He was only in his twenties when he died.I think Mick and Keith exaggerate how messed up his when he died as if it was inevitable..Maybe they felt guilty for firing him and then him dying a month later