Are some of the pitch tones on The Rolling Stones cds and downloads speeded up? Because when I lower the pitch 1or 2semitones they sound so much better

Fingerprint File is speeded up.
Beggars Banquet was slowed down (corrected in 2002 I think).
Any others..?

Mick's vocals on Angie. The tape ran slower when he recorded it, according to Miller.

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Mick's vocals on Angie. The tape ran slower when he recorded it, according to Miller.

I"ve never heard of it. Was this done because Mick was having trouble reaching the high notes?

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Mick's vocals on Angie. The tape ran slower when he recorded it, according to Miller.

I"ve never heard of it. Was this done because Mick was having trouble reaching the high notes?

Yep. I think the interview with Jimmy Miller was posted here a few weeks ago. Great interview, btw.

one of the weirdest things the Stones ever uploaded on youtube was a "Doom and Gloom Live Video" which consisted of random 2012 live clips (partially in slomo) playing over a sped-up studio version of the song. That didn't make any sense at all

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Mick's vocals on Angie. The tape ran slower when he recorded it, according to Miller.

I"ve never heard of it. Was this done because Mick was having trouble reaching the high notes?

Yep. I think the interview with Jimmy Miller was posted here a few weeks ago. Great interview, btw.

Yes, a pretty common studio technique. Led Zeppelin, amongst others, also get an honourable mention here ("The Song Remains The Same" and other stuff). Usually noticable when live versions of certain songs have the melody of the lead voice altered to avoid the high notes that appear in the studio versions.

A lot of songs sound better if you lower the pitch tone.I lowered it on Time Waits For No One Angie andothers and both sound much better.

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Mick's vocals on Angie. The tape ran slower when he recorded it, according to Miller.

I"ve never heard of it. Was this done because Mick was having trouble reaching the high notes?

Yep. I think the interview with Jimmy Miller was posted here a few weeks ago. Great interview, btw.

Yes, a pretty common studio technique. Led Zeppelin, amongst others, also get an honourable mention here ("The Song Remains The Same" and other stuff). Usually noticable when live versions of certain songs have the melody of the lead voice altered to avoid the high notes that appear in the studio versions.

Yeah, onstage Mick usually alters the melody, but in the promo videos he doesn't seem to have much problem going up.

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Mick's vocals on Angie. The tape ran slower when he recorded it, according to Miller.

That's funny, when I played along my guitar tuner says exactly 440Hz. That would imply that the entire band was recorded with a slower running tape, not Jagger only.Or am I missing something?



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Mick's vocals on Angie. The tape ran slower when he recorded it, according to Miller.

That's funny, when I played along my guitar tuner says exactly 440Hz. That would imply that the entire band was recorded with a slower running tape, not Jagger only.Or am I missing something?

The band was recorded normally and the tape was slowed down only during the vocal overdub. When played back at the right speed, the whole thing goes back to "440Hz" and only Mick's part is actually manipulated.

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Mick's vocals on Angie. The tape ran slower when he recorded it, according to Miller.

That's funny, when I played along my guitar tuner says exactly 440Hz. That would imply that the entire band was recorded with a slower running tape, not Jagger only.Or am I missing something?

The band was recorded normally and the tape was slowed down only during the vocal overdub. When played back at the right speed, the whole thing goes back to "440Hz" and only Mick's part is actually manipulated.

Yup, I missed that. Thanks, I was thinking too deep.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2020-12-02 22:08 by TheflyingDutchman.

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Mick's vocals on Angie. The tape ran slower when he recorded it, according to Miller.

I"ve never heard of it. Was this done because Mick was having trouble reaching the high notes?

Yep. I think the interview with Jimmy Miller was posted here a few weeks ago. Great interview, btw.

Can't find that interview, can you please post it here? Thanks