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: [
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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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next tomorrow
Norbert
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