ok, i love LYL. the best stones live album. what a fat sound. but what makes the sound so excellent? does keith use a tele all along, it looks like he played a lot on a gibson.

Any idea?

The total outcome is the result of many parts: not just guitars ans amps, but also the microphones, pre-amps for the mics, the recorder, the mixing desk, the halls they recorded in, the performance etc. And everything in those days was analogue offcourse. I think what's really important is the balance between ambience (the mikes recording the sound in the hall) and close miking (the mikes just a few inches from the amps). I think Ya Ya's and LYL have a nice balance.

let's not forget the coke....

They were using a lot of Mesa amps on stage at the time...with a thicker and smoother cascading gain sound than the traditional [now vintage] Fenders used before and after that period.

It was a good tour yes.... but it's not nearly as good as the 72-73 shows.

T&A Wrote:
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> let's not forget the coke....

that's what I remember about 1975...

T&A Wrote:
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> let's not forget the coke....


Mick looked, sounded and acted like the poster boy for coke on this tour. Can't think of another time period where Mick looked so messed up. I think this might have played a part in his bad singing.

Spud Wrote:
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> They were using a lot of Mesa amps on stage at the
> time...with a thicker and smoother cascading gain
> sound than the traditional Fenders used before
> and after that period.


Theyused Ampeg SVT amps from 1969 until 1976, Boogie Mark I slaved through Ampeg SVT in 1978, Boogie Mrk IIC in 1981 and 1982, Twins from 1989 on.

Mathijs

>> does Keith use a tele all along, it looks like he played a lot on a gibson. <<

that (and 76) was also Keith's Zemaitis-heavy tour of course - at least the photos are full of Keith's Zemaitis ...
but yeah: in addition to the Zemaitis, he had assorted Teles, that pretty dark-red LP Junior and a Travis Bean on at least one occasion.
a nice shot of (among other things) some of the stage gear:


- 1975, by David Brown (courtesy of Shad)

Keith, be well - all the way, baby, all the way

rear view ...


- 1975, by Annie Leibowitz or Christopher Simon Sykes

Keith, be well - all the way, baby, all the way



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No lip synching.

"The wonder of Jimi Hendrix was that he could stand up at all he was so pumped full of drugs." Patsy, Patsy Stone

I love the sound on LYL. It's just great. Listen to Keiths opening riffs on Honky Tonk Woman, or Woodys sound on can't always get...., og both of them on You gotta move.... Splendid!!!

Maybe in isolated moments it sounds good, but the album overall is horribly produced. The overdubs are so apparent, and there's a kind of haze over the whole sound.