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roryfaninva
Interestingly, Glyn was introduced to Ronnie Wood while producing "Ooh La La" for The Faces
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TravelinMan
I can't really figure out which album he is talking about regarding Taylor. Goats Head where he did a handful of mixes that weren't used? He didn't mix anything on Exile, Goats, or IORR.
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dcba
Since Johns never took drugs his memories should be 100% reliable, but...
"There is another story showing my total incompetence during the making of Let It Bleed. Jimmy Miller and I were mixing “You Got the Silver” and he had the idea of putting reverse echo on the lead guitar. This is achieved by turning the tape upside down and playing it backwards while putting echo on the guitar and recording the return from the chamber on an empty track.
I had never done it before and I miscalculated which was the empty track to record on and succeeded in erasing Mick’s vocal. Unfortunately, Mick was ten thousand miles away in Australia, making the movie Ned Kelly. I was mortified, but fortunately there was a positive result to my mistake. We asked Keith to sing it. I think I am right in saying it is his first lead vocal on a Stones album and he did a really fine job".
Well we know a version of YGTS with Mick’s vocal has been released on countless boots. And that track was recorded in Feb.69 while "Ned Kelly" was shot in June'69.
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dcba
Since Johns never took drugs his memories should be 100% reliable, but...
"There is another story showing my total incompetence during the making of Let It Bleed. Jimmy Miller and I were mixing “You Got the Silver” and he had the idea of putting reverse echo on the lead guitar. This is achieved by turning the tape upside down and playing it backwards while putting echo on the guitar and recording the return from the chamber on an empty track.
I had never done it before and I miscalculated which was the empty track to record on and succeeded in erasing Mick’s vocal. Unfortunately, Mick was ten thousand miles away in Australia, making the movie Ned Kelly. I was mortified, but fortunately there was a positive result to my mistake. We asked Keith to sing it. I think I am right in saying it is his first lead vocal on a Stones album and he did a really fine job".
Well we know a version of YGTS with Mick’s vocal has been released on countless boots. And that track was recorded in Feb.69 while "Ned Kelly" was shot in June'69.
So not everything Johns "remembers" should be taken for solid gold... therefore the MT incident might have happened in 72 or 73 or 74.
73 or 74 are more logical... Keith was starting to fall apart and consequently MT might have seen a possibility to advance his ideas within the band.
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dcba
Wasn't it in 72?
"The flush of Mick Taylor joining the band had subsided somewhat. Substance abuse had changed him almost beyond recognition from the quiet fresh-faced genius I met when he joined the band.
In fact, the last time I had worked for the Stones was in 1972, recording and mixing some of Exile on Main St. My brother Andy did most of the album at Keith’s house in the South of France, where, sadly, he fell under the spell of Keith and heroin. Things had not gone particularly well as a result of a massive amount of drug taking by everyone except Mick, Charlie, and Bill.
So Mick invited me down to visit, and not long after, he asked if I would go in with him on his own to help him finish a couple of vocals and do some mixing. My one condition was that it would only be him and me, with no interference from any other member of the band, after what I had witnessed in France.
We started back in London at Basing Street Studios and were getting on really well, slipping straight back right where we left off. Until, on the second day, the control room door opened and much to my surprise in walked Mick Taylor.
We had been working on a mix for about half an hour and had discovered that Mick Taylor had overdubbed himself on drums and bass and was singing background parts, all of which I had decided not to use, as The Rolling Stones already had the best rhythm section that I knew of and I would not insult them by using what he had played as a substitute in the mix. As for the singing, I felt it would be best if he stuck to playing the guitar.
On realizing that I was only using his guitar part, Mr. Taylor became quite upset and demanded to know where his bass, drums, and singing were. I politely explained that they would be remaining on the multitrack tape and that I would not be using them in the mix, as I felt they added nothing of value to the track. This was a changed man. He had become an insufferable egomaniac.
I reminded Mick Jagger of our agreement, and he asked Mick Taylor to leave, agreeing with me that having him there was not going to work"
(from the 2014 book "Sound man").
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CindyC
Couple of questions after reading this...
"McCartney was not used to Johns no bullshit approach".
- so did Glyn change his ways after the Let It Be album? Glyn was in the studio the whole time as far as I can see from the Get Back documentary. If this is true, maybe Glyn is the one who turned into the egomanic.
and what is this? "and said to Mick Jagger, ‘Either he goes or I go.’” (Jagger told Taylor to get lost)"
- Is he talking about just one night or are they implying that MJ told MT to leave the band? We all know that MT quit, so it's just a bit confusing.
I think you are right , as Glyn was like a wallflower during the Get Back documentary . What was priceless to me was how John Lennon addresses Glyn by calling him Glynis .Quote
CindyC
Couple of questions after reading this...
"McCartney was not used to Johns no bullshit approach".
- so did Glyn change his ways after the Let It Be album? Glyn was in the studio the whole time as far as I can see from the Get Back documentary. If this is true, maybe Glyn is the one who turned into the egomanic.
and what is this? "and said to Mick Jagger, ‘Either he goes or I go.’” (Jagger told Taylor to get lost)"
- Is he talking about just one night or are they implying that MJ told MT to leave the band? We all know that MT quit, so it's just a bit confusing.