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!

Note: « ACT » refers to the Art Collins tapes and « RS » to « Tattoo Too » from Rattlesnake
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Volume 4:
07 - WORRIED ABOUT YOU
22nd January - 9th February 1975: Rotterdam, Holland, De Doelen, Mobile Record Unit. Producers: The Glimmer Twins. Sound engineers: Keith Harwood, Glyn Johns. Rehearsals, recordings (and playbacks of already recorded tracks). Additional musicians: Billy Preston (p, org, string synthesizer, bvoc)/Jeff Beck (gtr) & maybe others
33a - Worried About You #1 (8’40) (Rotterdam Rehearsals) - working sessions part I - instrumental, slower
33b1 - Worried About You - sequence 1 (2’57) (reworked *)
33b2 - Worried About You - sequence2 (2’00) (reworked *)
33b3 - Worried About You - sequence3 (1’02) (reworked *)
33b4 - Worried About You - sequence4 (2’58) (reworked *)
34a - Worried About You #1 (2’33) (Rotterdam Rehearsals) - working sessions part II -instrumental, faster
34b - Worried About You - sequence 5 (2’26) (reworked *)
35a - Worried About You#1 (0’41) (Rotterdam Rehearsals) - working sessions part III - Billy Preston on piano
35b - Worried About You - sequence 6 (0’41) (reworked *)
* reworked = declicked, noises deleted, amplified & speed corrected (-7%)


11th October - 12th November & 25th November - ca. mid-December 1980: Boulogne-
Billancourt (near Paris), France, Pathé-Marconi Studios. Producers: The Glimmer Twins. Sound engineer: Chris Kimsey. Overdubbing, mixing and editing for the upcoming album Tattoo You (only MJ, Chris Kimsey and sporadically KR).
36a - Worried About You #2a* (7’31) (DAC 088) - different falsetto and backing vocals
36b - Worried About You #2a (7’32) (reworked) decelerated by -0,240%
37a - Worried About You #2b* (7’26) (DAC 021) - different falsetto and backing vocals
37b - Worried About You #2b (7’26) (reworked)

* Note: DAC 088 is a little different: drums intro, « E minor » says MJ at 1’40b …so I distinguished both versions !
Note: Worried About You #3 is the version kept for Tattoo You


08 - TOPS
Between 22nd January - 9th February 1975: Rotterdam, Holland, De Doelen, Mobile Record Unit. Producers: The Glimmer Twins. Sound engineers: Keith Harwood, Glyn Johns. Playback of already recorded tracks : 25th - 30th November & 6th - 21st December 1972: Kingston, Jamaica, Dynamic Sounds Studios. Producer: Jimmy Miller. Sound engineer: Andy Johns (with Carlton Lee).Additional musicians: Nicky Hopkins (p; first three weeks)/Billy Preston (keyb; last week)
38a - Tops #1 (4’22) (Rotterdam Rehearsals) - working sessions -instrumental
38b - Tops #1 (4’34) (reworked) decelerated by 7%

22nd January - 9th February 1975: Rotterdam, Holland, De Doelen, Mobile Record Unit. Producers: The Glimmer Twins. Sound engineers: Keith Harwood, Glyn Johns. Rehearsals, recordings (and playbacks of already recorded tracks). Additional musicians: Billy Preston (p, org, string synthesizer, bvoc)/Jeff Beck (gtr) & maybe others
39a - Tops #2 (4’42) (VGP 197) - instrumental; playback
39b - Tops #2 (4’42) (reworked) decelerated by -0,230%, noises deleted at 0’30, 1’47, 2’40, 3’15, 3’45, 4’10, 4’33 and 4’35

11th October - 12th November & 25th November - ca. mid-December 1980: Boulogne-
Billancourt (near Paris), France, Pathé-Marconi Studios. Producers: The Glimmer Twins. Sound engineer: Chris Kimsey. Overdubbing, mixing and editing for the upcoming album Tattoo You (only MJ, Chris Kimsey and sporadically KR)
40a - Tops #3 (4’22) (ACT 20_10) - using version1 as backing, different lyrics
40b - Tops #3 (4’17) (reworked) decelerated by - 0,103%
Note: Tops #4 is the version kept for Tattoo You


09 - HEAVEN
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)/BozScaggs (voc, gtr)
41a - Heaven #1 (5’25) (DAC 104) - early version with guide vocals
41b - Heaven #1 (5’26) (reworked)

11th October - 12th November & 25th November - ca. mid-December 1980: Boulogne-
Billancourt (near Paris), France, Pathé-Marconi Studios. Producers: The Glimmer Twins. Sound engineer: Chris Kimsey. Overdubbing, mixing and editing for the upcoming album Tattoo You (only MJ, Chris Kimsey and sporadically KR).
42a - Heaven #2 (5’28) (DAC 02) - first version with real lyrics
42b - Heaven #2 (5’28) (reworked)
Note: Heaven #3 is the version kept for Tattoo You








Posted by StonyRoad in 2020 on IORR: [iorr.org]
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I must go for some days so last volume will be probably on 01 July

Norbert
email: stonyroad58@gmail.com

Thank you

Thanks a lot!
CrazyMama

Thank you

Thanks very much!!!

I just can't wait (which song ?)

Thank you very much, great work!

Thanks a lot Norbert, very much appreciated!

Thank you

Thanks!

[glimmerkkp.blogspot.rs]

Thank you so much for the effort at assembling these and providing the notes/descriptions/identifiers.

Thank you very much!!

Thanks Norbert !!

Thanks

Thanks a lot Norbert!

Excellent series. Really appreciate all your time and effort. A great listen.

Thanks Norbert!

tHNAKS

Thanks a lot!

thanks a lot * merci * gracias * danke

Thank you. Great project.

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Greg44
Did I miss vol.5?
Or it hasn't been posted yet?

read the last sentence of the mail!
so if all get well tomorrow evening

damn missed this one can someone re up ? tx

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Peterdv
damn missed this one can someone re up ? tx

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Thank You!!

Thank you very much and also thanks for the Re-up