Three DAYS in MontserraT
Writing and recording sessions for STEEL WHEELS
Montserrat Air Studios
25. - 27. April 1989
FP 138
This project started when Imthemastah posted the video of this and when BlueTurns2Grey proposed me to do a new collaborative work on it.
My idea is to do a complete version from the audio of this great testimony, deleting the silence and deteriorated parts (it’s this version you will find here) and a second version posted separately with only the musical parts that I will combine with some other newly circulating outtakes (these you will find in FP 139).
A big thank you to Imthemastah who shared his video, to ExileStones who provided the front cover and to my two accomplices nzb and BlueTurns2Grey for their help, advice and inspiration.
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Producers: Chris Kimsey & The Glimmer Twins.
Sound engineer: Christopher Marc Potter
Additional musician: Matt Clifford (keyb)
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The duration corresponds to the timing of the original video.
As usual the tracks are edited, declicked, treated against distortion, treated against the rumble (smoothly so the music wouldn't get altered), the silents or altered parts are deleted and the segments reconnected (when it was possible) and I cleaned it up by deleting lots of noises (all ‘by hands’) in particular in the songs.

CD1:
Part I: 'dinner at Montserrat’
01 - during the dinner: lots of segments reconnected with fade ins/outs (0.00.00 to 0.30.17) and banter over Continental Drift with RW adding some percussion with his cigarette box!
02 - banter ‘after the dinner’: KR, RW, Jo & Patti talking (0.30.17 - 0.33.12)
“So now we make a record or a movie? … or both?”

Part II: 'warm up and first Rock And A Hard Place try-outs’
03 - banter “Welcome to another fabulous session” (0.34.40 – 0.36.38)
04 - from Malaguena to Rock And A Hard Place (0.36.38 – 0.38.25)
05 - RAAHP riff (0.38.25 – 0.38.50)
06 - banter (0.38.50 – 0.39.47)
07 - RAAHP #1 with MJ indications, cut abruptly (0.39.43 – 0.45.03)

Part III: ‘in the studio’
08 - banter & warm-up (CW drums) (0.45.22 – 0.46.09)
09 - banter and Spanish flavored warm-up (Malaguena citation) (0.46.20 – 0.48.26)
10 - RAAHP #2 part 1 (0.48.26 – cut at 0.50.31)
11 - RAAHP #2 part 3 (part 2 is missing) stopped by KR (0.50.50 to 0.52.34)
12 - banter with instructions by KR ‘to G’ (0.52.34 to 0.55.29)
13 - RAAHP #3 cut, end is missing (0.55.29 – 0.56.59)

Part IV: ‘check in the control room’
14 - banter and & MJ clapping hands over RAAHP #3 (beginning is missing) (0.57.09 - 1.01.26)
15 - banter ‘rushes’ (1.01.26 – 1.01.44)

Part V: ‘other checking and try-outs in the studio and the control room’.
16 - banter in the studio with some RAAHP parts (1.02.44 - 01.04.37)
17 - partial RAAHP #4 (only part 1)
18 - RAAHP #4 part 3 (part 2 is missing) (1.08.30 – 1.09.40)
19 - banter ‘wise’ (01.09.40 – 01.10.29)
20 - checking 4 extracts (0.10.29 to 1.11.49)
21 - banter ‘Feeling was great’ (1.11.49 to 1.12.50)
22 - checking a last short RAAHP extract (1.12.59 to 1.13.08)
23 - banter MJ with Charlie (1.13.08 to 1.14.02
24 - ‘We gonna get his movie’ (1.14.15 to 1.17.08)

Part VI: first Mixed Emotions ideas (KR solo, RW with an acoustic guitar)
25 - warm-up KR blues improvisation (1.17.45 - 1.18.45)
26 - Mixed Emotions-riff & banter (1.18.45 to 1.20.31)

27 - bonus: beginning of RAAHP #3 (Part III n°13) reconnected at 1’26 with Part IV n°14.
28 - bonus: blues improvisation/Hellhound On My Trail (coming from 25X5 video outtake)

CD2:

Part VII: KR showing ME riff and idea to MJ (writing sessions for Mixed Emotions part 1) (solely KR & MJ on guitar) several silences and damaged parts in between the extracts.
01 - work in progress 1: KR showing his ideas to MJ (1.21.00 to 1.25.37)
02 - banter ‘Chris 2 and Chris 1’ (1.25.37 to 1.25.57)
03 - work in progress 2 (1.26.14 to 1.27.04)
04 - banter ‘I never smoke…’ (1.27.04 to 1.27.58)
05 - work in progress 3 (1.28.09 to 1.29.37)
06 - Work in progress 4 ‘E minor’ (1.30.05 to 1.30.33)
07 - Work in progress 5 (1.30.45 to 1.31.20)
08 - banter ‘we left here’ (1.31.20 to 1.32.16)
09 - work in progress 6 ‘3 or 4: choose a number’ (1.32.28 to 1.33.08)
10 - work in progress 7 (KR improvisation) (1.33.09 to 1.33.36)

Part VIII: KR & MJ searching ideas around ME riff.
11 - work in progress 8 (1.33.50 – 1.36.24) -KR on guitar & MJ vocal

Part IX: joining by the band.
12 - work in progress 9: ‘new beat’ with first keyboard try-outs (1.36.42 to 1.38.03)
13 - work in progress 10: KR showing his ideas to RW (on acoustic guitar) with drums and first ideas for a bridge (1.38.20 to 1.40.05)
14 - work in progress #11 with chorus 1.40.16 – 1.42.34
15 - work in progress # 12 ‘I like the way that’s going’ (1.42.59 – 1.45.46)

Part X: new work in progress extracts of Mixed Emotions
16 - a short work in progress extract cut abruptly (1.46.24 - 1.47.14)
17 - short extract & banter ‘Mister compromise’ (1.47.35 - 1.49.49)

Part XI: working on the 2nd chorus.
18 - work in progress more elaborated version broken off by MJ on the 2nd chorus (1.50.11 –1.51.56)
19 - discussion about 2nd chorus (1.51.56 – 1.53.32)
20 - restart on 2nd chorus (1.53.32 – 1.56.11)

Part XII: more reworkings in the studio
21 - banter ‘the last only one’ (1.58.30 to 2.00.14)
22 - new try-out for Mixed Emotions stopped by KR & banter (2.00.14 to 2.02.17)
23 - short banter shown from the control room 2.02.42 – 2.2.56
24 - more banter shown from the control room ‘out of question’ (2.03.06 – 02.03.50)

Part XIII: from the control room
25 - banter over an elaborated version of Mixed Emotions #1 with a gap (2.04.00 – 2.08.28):
26 - banter ‘bonjour ma colombe’ (2.08.28 - 2.12.04)
27 - 2 short banters (in total 23 seconds) separated by a gap (2.12.14 - 2.12.45)

Part XIV: back in studio
28 - rehearsing Mixed Emotion’, a flaw patched at 1.37 (time track) (2.13.11 – 2.15.04)
29 - banter & warm-up ‘You’re not the only one’ (2.15.04 – 2.16.37)
30 - more elaborated music, approximative lyrics Mixed Emotions #2 very long version (2.16.37 – 2.23.15)
31 - final studio banters, separated by a gap (2.23.20 – 2.24.14)

Part XV: checking the result in the control room.
32 - banter over the previous recorded long version (beginning is missing) (2.24.24 – 2.30.41)
33 - banter "I @#$%& up a little bit", "I think we could repair that" (2.30.41 – 2.31.20)
34 - the last banters and laughs (2.31.27 – 2.35.00)

Part XVI: MJ vocal overdubs (very partial)
35 - short MJ voice overdub extract #1 (2.35.12 – 2.36.18)
36 - banter from the control room (2.36.18 - 2.37.18)
37 - short vocal overdub extract #2 (2.37.18 – 2.37.43)
38 - short control room comment (2.37.52 to 2.38.01)
39 - short vocal overdub extract #3 (2.38.15 to 2.38.51)

40 - bonus: Mixed Emotions #1: 2 segments reconnected at 0’57 seconds.

As usual all the infos are coming from Nico Zentgraf's Rolling Stones Complete Works Database: [www.nzentgraf.de]







Posted in 2024 by StonyRoad at IORR [iorr.org]

new link valid until 12/02/24
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Norbert
email: stonyroad58@gmail.com



Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 2024-02-05 19:22 by StonyRoad.

Perfect. Thanks for everything !

Thanks and have a nice weekend SR!




Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2024-02-02 22:57 by StoneZP.

Thanks a lot Norbert!
What a work you have done... once again!

many thanks for all your work

Thank you.

Great work - thanks a lot to all involved!

N

Thank you very much to everyone who participated in this project

Thank you very much

Thank You

THX

Because the dates from the sessions are now better identified I did new covers and text.
The initial post is now updated with the new covers.

but if you already download the volume then you can uploaded only the new text and covers here:

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2024-02-05 19:17 by StonyRoad.

Thanks for your update.

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BlueTurns2Grey
Thanks for your update.

+1

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BlueTurns2Grey
Thanks for your update.

+1

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This is so interesting! Thanks to all involved!

Thanks a lot!

Thank you for the update

Hi, yo'all! Thanks a lot for the original upload. Unfortunately I missed it. Is there a kind soul who could re-up this nice little thing? Thanks!

WeT expired, see if anyone and reup this one? thanks

Good evening unfortunately I missed the original up. Is there a kind soul who could re-up this one Thanks!

reupload would be great

Eibert

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Thank you for the reup!

Thanks a lot to StonyRoad for creating this little gem for to Broesel2404 for the re-up! Great!

THX FOR THE REUP