TATTOO YOU early takes
Presentation, objectives and thanks:
After uploading the “Undercover”-sessions project, "Mick Stone" asked me to rework some “Tattoo You”- tracks
Because there weren't regular “Tattoo You”-sessions, as this album was created with reworking and finishing outtakes of previous albums, the idea was to collect all circulating versions of the tracks used for “Tattoo You”.
As for “Undercover” I did two versions: one with the untouched tracks and another one with my DIY ….always with the idea in mind that you can only keep what you prefer.

I decided to post this project in 5 volumes of two CD’s: the first CD of each volume containing the untouched versions and the second CD my DIY.
Vol 1: « Start Me Up » & « Hang Fire »
Vol 2: « Slave »
Vol 3: « Little T&A », « Black Limousine » & « Neighbours »
Vol 4: « Worried About You », « Heaven » & « Tops »
Vol 5: « No Use In Crying » & « Waiting On A Friend »

For this compilation I left out all the versions that were used for official releases.

I used Nico Zentgraf's Rolling Stones Complete Works Database a lot: [www.nzentgraf.de] of which I tried to respect the chronology and the order of the proposed versions. It was not always easy to spot the different versions; the result is not perfect and surely to be criticized. It's possible that I made (I certainly did!) mistakes ... I thank you in advance for helping me to find and correct them. Don’t forget that all this is done for pleasure and passion....
I also used the Rolling Stones Bootleg Database: [www.dbboots.com]
I thank them warmly and also my partners in crime, Jaap and nzb, for their advice and revisions!
Posted by StonyRoad in 2020 on IORR: [iorr.org]

Note: « ACT » refers to the Art Collins tapes and « RS » to « Tattoo Too » from Rattlesnake
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Volume 1:


01 - START ME UP
10th October - 29th November and 6th - 15th December 1977:
Boulogne Billancourt (near Paris), France, Pathé Marconi Studios. Producer: The Glimmer Twins. Sound engineer: Chris Kimsey.
01a - Start Me Up #1 (4’54) (DAC 107) - Reggae-ish version, under title aka Never Stop
01a - Start Me Up #1 (4’55) (reworked)
02a - Start Me Up #2 (3’54) (DAC 097) - very early, less lyrics, no backing vocals
02b - Start Me Up #2 (3’57) (reworked) decelerated by 0,960%
02c - Start Me Up #2b (3’47) mix DAC 021 #2 and + RS (beat in the background)
03a - Start Me Up #3 (3’48) (DAC 021 v1) - early version, backing vocals still no lead gtr
03b - Start Me Up #3 (3’48) (reworked)

April – June 1981: Paris, Mobile Recording Unit in some unlocated warehouse (only MJ, ca. six weeks in April & May) & New York, Atlantic Studios. Producers: The Glimmer Twins. Sound engineer: Chris Kimsey.
04a - Start Me Up #5 (6’07) (“Honky Tonk Heaven”) - long version (maybe intended for a 12"-single)
04b - Start Me Up #5 (5’44) (reworked) accelerated by 6%
Note: Start Me Up #4 is the version kept for Tattoo You


02 - HANG FIRE
10th October - 29th November and 6th - 15th December 1977:
Boulogne Billancourt (near Paris), France, Pathé Marconi Studios. Producer: The Glimmer Twins. Sound engineer: Chris Kimsey.
05a - Hang Fire #1 (3’21) (ACT17_07) - instrumental
05a - Hang Fire #1 (3’21) (reworked)
06a - Hang Fire #2a (6’33) (DAC 114_v1) aka “Lazy Bitch”- early lyrics
06b - Hang Fire #2a (6’33) (reworked)
07a - Hang Fire #2b (6’21) (DAC 105) count in early lyrics (“Lazy Bitch”) better version
07b - Hang Fire #2b (6’21) (reworked) mix with DAC 105 & DAC 097
08a - Hang Fire #3 (6’47) (DAC 114_ v2) - long intro, piano, early lyrics, different version
08b - Hang Fire #3 (6’47) (reworked)

10th June - 7th July &late July - 25th August & 12th September - 19th October 1979:
Boulogne-Billancourt (near Paris), France, Pathé Marconi Studios. Producers: The Glimmer Twins. Sound engineer: Chris Kimsey. Additional musicians: Bobby Keys (sax)/Sugar Blue (harm)/Martin Gordon (bass; two days in September)/Boz Scaggs (voc, gtr)
09a - Hang Fire #4 (2’21) (DAC 096) - no piano, no backing vocals
09b - Hang Fire #4 (2’22) (reworked) decelerated by -0,436% *
10a - Hang Fire #5 (2’24) (DAC 021 v2) -first version with ‘doodoodoo’-chorus but no piano
10a - Hang Fire #5 (2’23) (reworked) accelerated by +0,265 *
11a - Hang Fire #6 (2’23) (DAC 021 v1) - with piano added on version V
11b - Hang Fire #6 (2’24) decelerated by -0,087%*
*to be synchro with official
Note: Hang Fire #7 is the version kept for Tattoo You







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Norbert
email: stonyroad58@gmail.com



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2020-06-22 12:59 by StonyRoad.

Another great project. Huge works and researches. Thank you very much for all you did for all stones Fans.

Thank you very much

Great project! Bravo!!

Many thanks!

Thanks!

Thank you!

massive :-)

Very well done.

Many thanks!

thank you for your research, comparisons, assembling, and remastering. Labor of love

Thanks for your work.

Thanks very much!!!

I love this wonderful project, thanks so much Norbert!

Thanks Norbert

Thank you!

Thanks very much.

Wow! Thank you!

Thanks a lot!

Thanks

Thanks

Awesome project, thanks !!!
By "reworked" without additional mention of speed correction, what have you done ? Dehiss ? Equalizing ?

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Awesome project, thanks !!!
By "reworked" without additional mention of speed correction, what have you done ? Dehiss ? Equalizing ?

Exactly: dehissed, equalized and dupplicated

02c - Start Me Up #2b (3’47) mix DAC 021 #2 and + RS (beat in the background)
03b - Start Me Up #3 (3’48) (reworked)

Same?

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okenny
02c - Start Me Up #2b (3’47) mix DAC 021 #2 and + RS (beat in the background)
03b - Start Me Up #3 (3’48) (reworked)

Same?

Yes: the 2 are similar but the background is a little different and I did not want to miss a version so I kept it

Thanks Norbert !!

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StonyRoad

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okenny
02c - Start Me Up #2b (3’47) mix DAC 021 #2 and + RS (beat in the background)
03b - Start Me Up #3 (3’48) (reworked)

Same?

Yes: the 2 are similar but the background is a little different and I did not want to miss a version so I kept it

Thank you Great job!

Thank you!

Fantastic work. Thank you.