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TravelinMan
I think the original Hide Your Love on GHS is the early version from the Sticky Fingers sessions. The alternate take sounds like they recorded it in Jamaica and probably relearned it. Ultimately, they preferred the earlier, raw take more and added overdubs.
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JordyLicks96
The new mix of Goats Head Soup, while taking away it's original murkiness at times, provides a much more clear listening experience in accordance to the lead vocals and instruments. I noticed a lot less reverb in the 2020 mix as well. The bonus material is a real treat. While we already know about 'Scarlet' and 'Criss Cross', 'All The Rage' is a catchy, cowbell-rocker with new vocals from Jagger. The instrumentals of 'DWMD' and 'Heartbreaker' give us an inside look at the recordings in Jamaica of how these two songs evolved into the songs they would become. The album lists the bonus 'Hide Your Love' as an alternate mix, but it is clearly an alternate version, one that is much more bluesy and hard-hitting than it's finished version counterpart. The Glyn Johns 1973 mixes of 'DWMD' and 'Heartbreaker' give us another look at how differently these songs could have sounded on the original album. The 'Silver Train' version on here sounds like it has early lead vocals too. Saving the best for last, the '100 Years Ago' piano demo gets the recognition of the standout bonus track. Nicky Hopkins plays a stunningly beautiful piano along with Mick's wistful and wonderfully sung vocals.
I'd rank the Goats Head Soup reissue at #1 of the 4 reissues released thus far. It's a whole new listening experience of the original album and gives us the best batch of bonus material of the 4 reissues. Plus, we get the entire Brussels Affair concert as an added bonus. Goats Head Soup is the most underrated Stones album in their long, extensive catalogue, and this reissue is the appreciation it rightfully so deserves.
JordyLicks96 Rating: 10/10
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TravelinMan
I think the original Hide Your Love on GHS is the early version from the Sticky Fingers sessions. The alternate take sounds like they recorded it in Jamaica and probably relearned it. Ultimately, they preferred the earlier, raw take more and added overdubs.
I may be confusing Hide Your Love with another song but... wasn't that done at the Los Angeles 1973 sessions because Ahmet requested it? They had done it earlier but then did it again and that is the more laid back version done in California? I thought that was posted somewhere earlier this year or last year.
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Chris Fountain
It seems like that the Stones are surprised by this unexpected global interest! Universal excitement may have led to current marketing and distribution confusion.
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TravelinMan
I think the original Hide Your Love on GHS is the early version from the Sticky Fingers sessions. The alternate take sounds like they recorded it in Jamaica and probably relearned it. Ultimately, they preferred the earlier, raw take more and added overdubs.
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Donnebr
Ok I am going to buy GHS. Is there a deluxe package? Is Amazon the best place to get it in the US. Thanks but my eyes won’t let me scroll through 84 pages & a few vinos
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DandelionPowderman
Good to hear Keith kicking off the alternate Hide Your Love and Heartbreaker, as well as his acoustic on the latter in the Glyn Johns-mix.
This lays the 'Keith was absent during the GHS-sessions' to rest once and for all.
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exilestones
Do we have a list of the songs rehearsed for the '73 tour of Europe? Do we have recordings to compare Hide You Love rehearsal? I'd bet we'd find this version of Hide Your Love.
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Doxa
Okay, according to Karnbach (cheers Rockie!), "Hide Your Love" was about the last track they recorded for the album, even though initially about the first one crafted for it. So its story began in October 1970 at Olympic and, after a full cicle, ended there in May 1972. Supposedly the 'alternate mix' is what they tried in Jamaica, but seemingly weren't satisfied, so gave it another go again at Olympic. Was this closer to the initial jam in October 1970 or was the piano-driven version something they come up at last minute in May 1972, who knows.
- Doxa
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powerage78
Mister D instrumental, fantastic.
Who plays side guitar ?
Heartbreaker great too.
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TravelinMan
I think the original Hide Your Love on GHS is the early version from the Sticky Fingers sessions. The alternate take sounds like they recorded it in Jamaica and probably relearned it. Ultimately, they preferred the earlier, raw take more and added overdubs.
Yeah, that sounds likely to me also. So there is probably two years gap between the versions (or the backing tracks). That said, I understand their decision: the original, raw, Mick's piano-driven version (from Stargroves?) has such an unique feel in it that the new take misses in capturing, no matter how nice Keith's and Taylor's guitars are to listen. The Jamaican version at least to me sounds more standard or even 'by-the-numbers' take on blues. Still great, though (naturally: you put the Stones to jam blues, and it is always exciting).
- Doxa
Ok. We got new location for recording of Scarlet. Keith told in an interview today that it was his basement
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powerage78
Mister D instrumental, fantastic.
Who plays side guitar ?
Heartbreaker great too.
Taylor.
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TravelinMan
It doesn’t have an Exile vibe to me. Maybe it’s from Olympic and they overdubbed in LA.
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TravelinMan
It doesn’t have an Exile vibe to me. Maybe it’s from Olympic and they overdubbed in LA.
[StonesSessions.com] - Session List as well as [Aeppli.ch] - (0.204) say end of 1971, Rolling Stones Mobile, Nellcôte.
In a footnote Felix Aeppli says about 'Fast Talking Slow Walking' also: "Cut 8: Not to be confused with the later version from Dynamic Studios, Jamaica".
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TravelinMan
The Leslie speaker and what sounds like Billy Preston lead me to believe the version we know wasn’t done in the South of France.