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DandelionPowderman
Late 70s. The singing on TY is superb. I also agree with Treacle about Undercover Of The Night.
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Rocktiludrop
To my ears it's not so much when did it peak so much as when did it become too overbearing on albums, in the 60s 70s early 80s it meshed with the music, then it started to stand out from the music.
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DandelionPowderman
Late 70s. The singing on TY is superb. I also agree with Treacle about Undercover Of The Night.
Fantastic on record in 81' would you say he managed anything close to producing those vocals on the tour that followed TY ?
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windmelody
Maybe I was lucky, but when I heard the Stones live in 1998 and 1999, each time Mick Jagger's voice was great, same goes for Licks.
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DandelionPowderman
Late 70s. The singing on TY is superb. I also agree with Treacle about Undercover Of The Night.
Fantastic on record in 81' would you say he managed anything close to producing those vocals on the tour that followed TY ?
Yes and no. Songs like Waiting On A Friend and Black Limousine sound better live. Start Me Up, Hang Fire and Neighbours are better on record.
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Rocktiludrop
To my ears it's not so much when did it peak so much as when did it become too overbearing on albums, in the 60s 70s early 80s it meshed with the music, then it started to stand out from the music.
Somebody on this forum once observed that his voice has a timbre that makes it audible even if it's low in the mix. That quality served the Stones' recordings well until the more modern era, when he seems to have decided he prefers to be right up front and center. I agree that's too much, precisely because his voice stands out anyway.
Anyway, I vote for the late 60s/early 70s.
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KRiffhard
On Black and Blue and Tattoo You
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mosthigh
1966-1974, then had ups and downs until about 2014, then even more downhill after his heart surgery.