This is what Brian is most likely to have played on Beggars Banquet:
Sympathy for the Devil - Near inaudible acoustic guitar and backing vocals... this can all be seen in the One Plus One footage.
It is likely however that Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Jimmy Miller re-did the "whoo whoo" backing vocals during the mixing sessions at Sunset Sound mid 1968.
No Expectations - slide guitar
Dear Doctor - It is either Brian or Dave Mason on harmonica.
Dave is sometimes credited with playing acoustic guitar on this track, but there is only one heard on the outakes and the released version, but if he is supposed to have been present then perhaps he plays the harmonica.
Compare these two harmonica tracks...
Dear Doctor: [
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Don't Be Sad(Confirmed as Dave Mason on harmonica): [
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Parachute Woman - Brian most likely plays the harmonica(mixed fairly low) throughout the song, but Mick Jagger plays the loud wailing end part. Brian's playing can still be heard at this point as well though.
Jigsaw Puzzle - The strange whining sound heard on the left channel is a MKII Mellotron played by Brian using the flute sound.
It has been mentioned elsewhere that this is a moog synthesizer played by Bill Wyman, but The Rolling Stones did not buy one until September 1968(see link below) which was used by Mick on the soundtrack for the Kenneth Anger film Invocation of my Demon Brother the same moog was also used on the soundtrack for the film Performance and can actually be seen in the film.
Street Fighting Man - Brain plays both sitar and tamboura, there is clear sonic evidence of multi tracking with regards to these instruments.
The sitar can be heard on the right channel mixed in the with the distorted acoustic guitars. It sounds like it was recorded as per Keith's description through the philips tape machine.
"The basic track of that was done on a mono cassette with very distorted overrecording, on a Phillips with no limiters. Brian is playing sitar, it twangs away. He's holding notes that wouldn't come through if you had a board, you wouldn't be able to fit it in. But on a cassette if you just move the people, it does. Cut in the studio and then put on a tape. Started putting percussion and bass on it. That was really an electronic track, up in the realms." - Keith Richards, 1971
listen closely and you can hear the the sitar from very early on before the singing begins at 00.5 secs The sitar also plays the same melody as the piano after the chorus's. It can actually be heard throughout the entire track if you listen close enough.
The tamboura is on the right channel, appearing during the chorus's and the piano motifs which follow them.
Prodigal Son - Brian most likely plays the harmonica that you can hear in the background.
Stray Cat Blues - MKII Mellotron with the (saxophone, trombone, trumpet) mixed brass sound. He is heard from the just after the first chorus(on the right channel) playing jarring chords similar to his playing on We Love You, then more reserved playing for the fade out.
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Brian does not play the slide heard on Jigsaw Puzzle or Salt of the Earth, that is without a doubt Keith Richards playing. Nicky Hopkins or Dave Mason play the MKII Mellotron on Factory Girl, using the rarely heard mandolin sound, yes that is a mellotron! Rick Grech of Family(who Dave was producing at the time) plays Violin on the song.
So, Brian is possibly on 8 of the 10 tracks on Beggars Banquet!
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 2007-05-20 15:11 by His Majesty.