Disc One The Rolling Stones
The Aftermath Sessions (Studio Outtakes and Recording Sessions)
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Recording order isn't known. Songs are sequenced with instrumental backing first,
then vocals, song by song in random mostly alphabetical order.
4-track recording is assumed.
Also not known is whether or not any reduction mixes or internal bounces were done
(it sounds like there had to be, on many of the songs). On all of the Dec '65
sessions, it sounds like the music on the left ch is all one complete band basic
take (minus Brian?) while the instruments on the right were all overdubbed.
The Mar '66 sessions sound like the basic take was recorded to two tracks split
left and right, with bass and drums left and guitars right. Many of these songs
sound like an overdub has been added left or right or both, which would have
necessitated a reduction mix or internal bounce to accomodate the extra
instruments.
"I did all the parts on half the album that Brian normally would have done. Sure I
was mad. It wasn't like now where you spend 4 to 6 months making an album. Those
albums had to be done in 10 days, plus another single. That was a fact of life...
With Brian becoming a dead weight on top of the work, it threw a lot of the
pressure on me." - Keith 1979
The half of the album Keith is referring to could be what was recorded in Dec 65.
Photos show that at least some monitoring was done with headphones.
Mixing dates aren't known. No official mono or stereo mixes are included.
Disc 1 - Sessions Dec 3-8 1965 - 70:55
1. 19th Nervous Breakdown - backing rhythm track - from L ch of UM7 stereo
mix. Some piano heard at the end. Mick's vocal is double-tracked so R ch must all
be one take of overdubs unless there was an internal bounce.
2. 19th Nervous Breakdown - overdub track from R ch - must be Brian on
guitar, Keith on fuzz guitar doubling left-ch riff, bass run must be an
overdub by Bill
3. 19th Nervous Breakdown - alternate vocals C - might be live vocal for tv
show, with studio backing tracks
4. 19th Nervous Breakdown - master vocals C
5. Sad Day - mono
6. Mother's Little Helper - backing L
7. Mother's Little Helper - overdub R - (The strange guitar sound is) a 12-string
with a slide on it. It's played slightly Oriental-ish. The track just needed
something to make it twang. Otherwise, the song was quite vaudeville in a way. I
wanted to add some nice bite to it. And it was just one of those things where
someone walked in and, Look, it's an electric 12-string. It was some gashed-up job.
No name on it. God knows where it came from. Or where it went. But I put it together
with a bottleneck. Then we had a riff that tied the whole thing together. And I
think we overdubbed onto that. Because I played an acoustic guitar as
well. -Keith 2002
8. Mother's Little Helper - vocals C
9. Doncha Bother Me - backing L
10. Doncha Bother Me - guitar overdubs R - 3 guitars in the R ch, one in the L ch.
11. Doncha Bother Me - vocals/harmonica C
12. Goin' Home - Keith speaks
13. Goin' Home - false start
14. Goin' Home - backing L - Mick on tambourine must mean his lvs were an
overdub, otherwise those lvs would have bled all over this track on the
tambourine mic.
15. Goin' Home - overdubs R - lead guitar and bvs, overdubs stop at 3:10
16. Goin' Home - lv overdub C
Bonus:
17. 19th Nervous Breakdown - stereo backing LR
18. Mother's Little Helper - stereo backing LR
19. Doncha Bother Me - stereo backing LR
Checked and OK. I do this in sections.