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Great pics! First time I see the 10-band EQ from MXR on top of Keith's Boogie amp.

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I wonder if these boogies are collector's items or still in use a lot. Any guitarists over here?

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It's called HEAVEN

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this page 31, second ken regan-photo (nr. 172073404) ...
ian stewart is wearing a mocambo-t-shirt with printing "cockroaches 1977",
i want to buy that one :-)

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My Boogie MK1 has the full package, but with black covering, not hardwood. It's four numbers away from Keith's, and part of a batch ordered by the Stones and manufactured in February 1977. Eight of them went to the Stones
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Oh the a-hole on the left with a fag in his mouth trying to look blase and cool...

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My Boogie MK1 has the full package, but with black covering, not hardwood. It's four numbers away from Keith's, and part of a batch ordered by the Stones and manufactured in February 1977. Eight of them went to the Stones
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Didn't they record SG with them?
Didn't Randall Smith have a rather hard time gtting paid for his work?
(I'm quoting you from memory Mathijs).

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this page 31, second ken regan-photo (nr. 172073404) ...
ian stewart is wearing a mocambo-t-shirt with printing "cockroaches 1977",
i want to buy that one :-)

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Oh the a-hole on the left with a fag in his mouth trying to look blase and cool...

He was there to see April Wine.

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Bill in the last years of his militancy in the Stones, was often absent and disinterested, so much so that very often he was replaced by Ronnie or Keith. So it wasn't Bill waiting for Keith outside the bathroom, but the other Stones waiting for Bill.

I don't know where you get that impression. Most accounts of studio time with the Stones have Bill and Charlie arriving first, and then waiting. And waiting. The only time they had to kowtow to Bill was when he told them he was leaving. He's not on two or three throw away songs on Steel Wheels, probably because he was getting married. But excepting Continental Drift, he's on all the songs that matter. Bill always made the best songs better.

Harlem Shuffle is the best thing on Dirty Work, and it's a great Bill song. Ronnie had one good bass part playing bass for the Stones, Emotional Rescue.

And he's great on El Mocambo. His playing often brings a sense of humor to songs. Try doing that with a bass.

The tracks without Wyman were done when he was off dealing with his future marital disaster's health issues.

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I wonder if these boogies are collector's items or still in use a lot. Any guitarists over here?

Yes they are, but to be honest that's for a large part due to Santana and Metallica. Santana used a Boogie MK1 for his best albums, and many people seek out his tone. Metallica used a Boogie IIC+ for their most famous work, and these amps are almost impossible to find. So people use MK1's and MKIIB's to simulate that tone.

The most sought after Boogie's are the ones with the complete package: hardwood cabinet with wicker cane, Altec Lansing AlNiCo speaker, 60/100 watt simulclass, international power supply, reverb and the 5-band EQ. These go for around $4000, but incredibly difficult to find as only about 300 were made with the full package.

My Boogie MK1 has the full package, but with black covering, not hardwood. It's four numbers away from Keith's, and part of a batch ordered by the Stones and manufactured in February 1977. Eight of them went to the Stones, 1 to Andy Summers of the Police, and one to a Munich rental company, much like S.I.R. The latter is the one I bought about 10 years ago.

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Bill in the last years of his militancy in the Stones, was often absent and disinterested, so much so that very often he was replaced by Ronnie or Keith. So it wasn't Bill waiting for Keith outside the bathroom, but the other Stones waiting for Bill.

I don't know where you get that impression. Most accounts of studio time with the Stones have Bill and Charlie arriving first, and then waiting. And waiting. The only time they had to kowtow to Bill was when he told them he was leaving. He's not on two or three throw away songs on Steel Wheels, probably because he was getting married. But excepting Continental Drift, he's on all the songs that matter. Bill always made the best songs better.

Harlem Shuffle is the best thing on Dirty Work, and it's a great Bill song. Ronnie had one good bass part playing bass for the Stones, Emotional Rescue.

And he's great on El Mocambo. His playing often brings a sense of humor to songs. Try doing that with a bass.

The tracks without Wyman were done when he was off dealing with his future marital disaster's health issues.

Bill has been missing on many songs even on Emotional Rescue and also on many songs from 70s albums.
However, I'm not accusing Bill of anything, I'm just saying he wasn't the saint that many paint. Bill is the only Stones who has often been assende, there must be a reason! Charlie has always been on all tracks except IORR which was recorded at Ronnie's house and Charlie wasn't there, like no other Stones but Mick.

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No one said he was a saint. But he was a professional. Never missed a gig with the Stones. Never endangered the group by his arrests. (Pissing on a service station wall didn't stop anything)...

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Oh the a-hole on the left with a fag in his mouth trying to look blase and cool...

He was there to see April Wine.

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Lookwise Keith wasn't probably at his most elegant (even in his own blessed wasted terms) in El Mocambo, but let's say it wasn't either Mick's best moment lookwise.... That damn white overalls, and I think Mick's over-all habitus showed some signs of the lived life, even with some extra fat in his face, as unbelievable as it is (now or usually) to think... (probably Jerry was right at the time that the dude needed to clean his act, something Mick seemingly did).

Probably the legendary El Mocambo gigs and 1977 over-all was the last stop of the hedonistic, druggie life style the band was used during the decadent 70's. It started to catch them in many ways (not just creatively). It wasn't just Keith.

But oh boy, they played mighty mighty fine....

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Bill in the last years of his militancy in the Stones, was often absent and disinterested, so much so that very often he was replaced by Ronnie or Keith. So it wasn't Bill waiting for Keith outside the bathroom, but the other Stones waiting for Bill.

I don't know where you get that impression. Most accounts of studio time with the Stones have Bill and Charlie arriving first, and then waiting. And waiting. The only time they had to kowtow to Bill was when he told them he was leaving. He's not on two or three throw away songs on Steel Wheels, probably because he was getting married. But excepting Continental Drift, he's on all the songs that matter. Bill always made the best songs better.

Harlem Shuffle is the best thing on Dirty Work, and it's a great Bill song. Ronnie had one good bass part playing bass for the Stones, Emotional Rescue.

And he's great on El Mocambo. His playing often brings a sense of humor to songs. Try doing that with a bass.

The tracks without Wyman were done when he was off dealing with his future marital disaster's health issues.

Bill has been missing on many songs even on Emotional Rescue and also on many songs from 70s albums.
However, I'm not accusing Bill of anything, I'm just saying he wasn't the saint that many paint. Bill is the only Stones who has often been assende, there must be a reason! Charlie has always been on all tracks except IORR which was recorded at Ronnie's house and Charlie wasn't there, like no other Stones but Mick.

No one said he was a saint. But he was a professional. Never missed a gig with the Stones. Never endangered the group by his arrests. (Pissing on a service station wall didn't stop anything). How about 'Heaven', where it's only him, and the two Micks? Or 'Moonlight Mile' where Keith doesn't participate? Except for maybe 'SFTD', I can't think of a Stones song Bill might have not been able to play on as good, or better. And no Charlie wasn't on all tracks. Ever heard of You Can't Always Good What You Want? Jimmy Miller. 'I Just Want To See His Face'. 'Shine A Light' - Jimmy Miller. 'Happy' - Jimmy Miller.

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Bill in the last years of his militancy in the Stones, was often absent and disinterested, so much so that very often he was replaced by Ronnie or Keith. So it wasn't Bill waiting for Keith outside the bathroom, but the other Stones waiting for Bill.

I don't know where you get that impression. Most accounts of studio time with the Stones have Bill and Charlie arriving first, and then waiting. And waiting. The only time they had to kowtow to Bill was when he told them he was leaving. He's not on two or three throw away songs on Steel Wheels, probably because he was getting married. But excepting Continental Drift, he's on all the songs that matter. Bill always made the best songs better.

Harlem Shuffle is the best thing on Dirty Work, and it's a great Bill song. Ronnie had one good bass part playing bass for the Stones, Emotional Rescue.

And he's great on El Mocambo. His playing often brings a sense of humor to songs. Try doing that with a bass.

The tracks without Wyman were done when he was off dealing with his future marital disaster's health issues.

Bill has been missing on many songs even on Emotional Rescue and also on many songs from 70s albums.
However, I'm not accusing Bill of anything, I'm just saying he wasn't the saint that many paint. Bill is the only Stones who has often been assende, there must be a reason! Charlie has always been on all tracks except IORR which was recorded at Ronnie's house and Charlie wasn't there, like no other Stones but Mick.

No one said he was a saint. But he was a professional. Never missed a gig with the Stones. Never endangered the group by his arrests. (Pissing on a service station wall didn't stop anything). How about 'Heaven', where it's only him, and the two Micks? Or 'Moonlight Mile' where Keith doesn't participate? Except for maybe 'SFTD', I can't think of a Stones song Bill might have not been able to play on as good, or better. And no Charlie wasn't on all tracks. Ever heard of You Can't Always Good What You Want? Jimmy Miller. 'I Just Want To See His Face'. 'Shine A Light' - Jimmy Miller. 'Happy' - Jimmy Miller.

Heaven was recorded during the 1979 EMOTIONAL RESCUE sessions. Charlie, Mick, Bill and Chris.

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Bill in the last years of his militancy in the Stones, was often absent and disinterested, so much so that very often he was replaced by Ronnie or Keith. So it wasn't Bill waiting for Keith outside the bathroom, but the other Stones waiting for Bill.

I don't know where you get that impression. Most accounts of studio time with the Stones have Bill and Charlie arriving first, and then waiting. And waiting. The only time they had to kowtow to Bill was when he told them he was leaving. He's not on two or three throw away songs on Steel Wheels, probably because he was getting married. But excepting Continental Drift, he's on all the songs that matter. Bill always made the best songs better.

Harlem Shuffle is the best thing on Dirty Work, and it's a great Bill song. Ronnie had one good bass part playing bass for the Stones, Emotional Rescue.

And he's great on El Mocambo. His playing often brings a sense of humor to songs. Try doing that with a bass.

The tracks without Wyman were done when he was off dealing with his future marital disaster's health issues.

Bill has been missing on many songs even on Emotional Rescue and also on many songs from 70s albums.
However, I'm not accusing Bill of anything, I'm just saying he wasn't the saint that many paint. Bill is the only Stones who has often been assende, there must be a reason! Charlie has always been on all tracks except IORR which was recorded at Ronnie's house and Charlie wasn't there, like no other Stones but Mick.

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Did Keith played the Musicman Silhouette already in 1977 (first picture on this page)?