I used to hate this album but have gradually got into it over the years. I think knowing the state most of the band were in at the time helps you appreciate that they did a surprisingly good job. Also some of the weaker albums that followed have made it seem better that it is in retrospect. It is so close to being really good. I wish there were a few more tracks on it actually as it always se
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QuoteMunichhilton If I had 5 favorites...this is #1...its gotta be my homemade vesion that includes Save Me, Through The Lonely Nights, Separately and a few others. Just a fantastic piece of recorded history. Bobby Keys is great Could you send me the track list for your alternate GHS? Thanks, interested to hear what you had in mind!
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Are there any good alternate versions of Goats Head Soup tunes out there? I have heard a few IORR alternate takes that I like more than the official releases and wondered if there were any superior GHS takes or mixes?
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Re Goats Head Soup I feel it becomes a stronger album if you add Tops and Waiting on a Friend to it. I don't know what state the tunes were in during the GHS sessions but if they were reasonably complete I think it is a shame they were not included.If it was a timing issue I would happily remove Coming Down Again. Dancing with Mr. D 100 Years Ago Coming Down Again Waiting on a Frie
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QuoteDandelionPowderman QuoteFP I remember hearing a version of Brown Sugar where Taylor plays a counter melody under the chorus. It is the melody he tends to play live.I can't seem to find it now, does anyone know which take this is? I maybe simply mistaken of course. So far I have heard a version with Taylor playing some simple arpeggios and a very brief solo and then another with more
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I remember hearing a version of Brown Sugar where Taylor plays a counter melody under the chorus. It is the melody he tends to play live.I can't seem to find it now, does anyone know which take this is? I maybe simply mistaken of course. So far I have heard a version with Taylor playing some simple arpeggios and a very brief solo and then another with more Keith lead guitar on the intro a
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There is a rehearsal of Rip This Joint with Taylor slide that is not on the released version. However this feels like practice jam through it rather than something then wiped as the slide is a bit out of tune. While I like some of the ideas I can understand why it was not recorded like this as the slide does not really fir with the 50's rock and roll vibe Keith was after. video: I
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I have read a LOT about Taylor having his guitar parts wiped or minimised in the mix of some songs by Richards. However I am interested to know a list of specific songs where we know this happened and then if there is any recorded evidence of the parts wiped, ie bootlegs early takes? I have heard several other versions of Brown Sugar which show parts removed but other songs which feature promi
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QuoteMunichhilton CYHTM has guitar that no other Stones song ever had. It's a singular anomaly....Keith's guitar sounds like it's struggling for breath while Taylor is doing a mean Brian May...perfect This has always been a bit of a favourite of mine, lots of people hate it but it has a strange atmosphere and fits with the voodoo vibe of Mr D. It also makes me think of some of th
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QuoteGasLightStreet Line-up ‘Mr. D.’: MJ (voc)/KR (gtr, bvoc)/MT (gtr, bass)/CW (dr)/Nicky Hopkins (p)/Rebop (congas)/Pascal (perc)/& screams from some movie Line-up ‘100 Years Ago’: MJ (voc)/KR (bass)/MT (gtr)/CW (dr)/Billy Preston (clavinet)/Nicky Hopkins (p)/Jimmy Miller (perc) L
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I thought I would follow up the threads on Taylor's Sticky Fingers and Goats Head Soup guitar parts with the next album Goats Head Soup. After the complex mix of Exile GHS is a bit more straight forward, maybe to it's detriment? Dancing with Mr. D Taylor plays lead guitar which sounds like a mix of both straight and slide. Playing through a leslie speaker? A thick heavy sound that m
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Doesn't MT only play the solo at the end of Casino Boogie? Soul Survivor is interesting because it is a pretty simple part for MT to play, but it shows that he could keep it straight forward and serve the song rather than just riffing. I always find it odd that he gets a credit on Ventilator Blues when I heard he only plays the solo again on it! I suspect some of the lack of Taylor gui
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I was listening to Sticky Fingers today and it started me thinking about Mick Taylor's rhythm guitar playing. I read a thread here about some of his rhythm playing being replaced on Ya Ya's and there is a school of thought that he was a poor rhythm player who just wanted to noodle. However he plays good simple complimentary parts on Bitch, I Got The Blues and Moonlight Mile, CYHM
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QuoteLuxuryStones QuoteLuxuryStones Taylor never overplayed on stage, imo. QuoteFP I'm a huge Taylor fan but to me he does just go over the top sometimes live, particularly on Brussels live album. I mean I love every lick but for me a lead guitar should not be playing over a vocal. It is only because Jagger is such a confident front man and singer that it is not in the way. I think a lead
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Quotekleermaker QuoteFP QuoteLuxuryStones QuoteFP Quotesmokeydusky QuoteMathijs QuoteFP Any idea who plays what on Brown Sugar? Live in 1972 and 1973 Taylor would play very close to his original rhythm track, which is a tremelo picked guitar. Mathijs Rather than the "I hear it"/"I hear it not" thing, you can see in both CS Blues and the Dick Cavett Show during the third v
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QuoteLuxuryStones QuoteFP Quotesmokeydusky QuoteMathijs QuoteFP Any idea who plays what on Brown Sugar? Live in 1972 and 1973 Taylor would play very close to his original rhythm track, which is a tremelo picked guitar. Mathijs Rather than the "I hear it"/"I hear it not" thing, you can see in both CS Blues and the Dick Cavett Show during the third verse, Taylor appears to
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QuoteDandelionPowderman Quotekleermaker QuoteFP What about the guitar parts on Dead Flowers and Bitch? On Dead Flowers I always assumed the left hand soloing that sounds like a peddle steel was Al Perkins but when I got the CD the credits say Taylor as lead guitar? If this is so Does Keith do the main solo? And on Bitch is it Richards or Taylor on lead as Taylor says it's him while everyone
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Quotekleermaker QuoteDandelionPowderman Quotekleermaker QuoteFP What about the guitar parts on Dead Flowers and Bitch? On Dead Flowers I always assumed the left hand soloing that sounds like a peddle steel was Al Perkins but when I got the CD the credits say Taylor as lead guitar? If this is so Does Keith do the main solo? And on Bitch is it Richards or Taylor on lead as Taylor says it's him
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What about the guitar parts on Dead Flowers and Bitch? On Dead Flowers I always assumed the left hand soloing that sounds like a peddle steel was Al Perkins but when I got the CD the credits say Taylor as lead guitar? If this is so Does Keith do the main solo? And on Bitch is it Richards or Taylor on lead as Taylor says it's him while everyone else thinks Keith!
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Quotesmokeydusky QuoteMathijs QuoteFP Any idea who plays what on Brown Sugar? Live in 1972 and 1973 Taylor would play very close to his original rhythm track, which is a tremelo picked guitar. Mathijs Rather than the "I hear it"/"I hear it not" thing, you can see in both CS Blues and the Dick Cavett Show during the third verse, Taylor appears to be playing a "Berry-l
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QuoteDoxa QuoteFP Quotekleermaker QuoteFP Quotedcba RE Moonlight Mile it's plausible that either : - he added a few licks to an already-finished Jagger composition - or he was one day noodling on an acoustic guitar and Jagger told him "hey this sounds cool". MJ kept the random notes in his head and built the whole song around them, alone. In either case MT now feels enti
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Quotekleermaker QuoteFP Quotedcba RE Moonlight Mile it's plausible that either : - he added a few licks to an already-finished Jagger composition - or he was one day noodling on an acoustic guitar and Jagger told him "hey this sounds cool". MJ kept the random notes in his head and built the whole song around them, alone. In either case MT now feels entitled to say he wro
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QuoteMathijs QuoteFP Any idea who plays what on Brown Sugar? Richards plays all guitars. Taylor's original part as can be heard on the outtakes, have been removed completely for the released track. What you hear is about five Keith parts. Left is the original open G track from Muscle Shoals, right is a rhtyhm track by Richards that is composed from three or 4 tracks. There's 2 guitars
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QuoteDreamer QuoteFP I read somewhere that Mick Taylor said something to the effect that he wrote all the ballads when he was in the Stones. I presume this is based on his collaborations with Jagger on songs like Moonlight Mile, Time Waits for No One and Shine a Light where Keith was barely present at the session but still got a songwriting credit. I was interested to see if there was any truth t
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Quotedcba RE Moonlight Mile it's plausible that either : - he added a few licks to an already-finished Jagger composition - or he was one day noodling on an acoustic guitar and Jagger told him "hey this sounds cool". MJ kept the random notes in his head and built the whole song around them, alone. In either case MT now feels entitled to say he wrote MM with Jag. ><
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Any idea who plays what on Brown Sugar?
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QuoteMathijs This is what I hear: Rocks Off –jazzy intro lick, in the far back throughout the song jazzy chords drenched in reverb, outro solo Rip This Joint – rhythm guitar and slide guitar: Richards. Shake Your Hips - The main rhythm guitar, starting from the intro on. Casino Boogie: all guitars are Keith except for the lead guitar starting at 2.12m. Tumbling Dice: bass. Main
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Yes the virgin CD version.
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QuoteDandelionPowderman QuoteFP QuoteDandelionPowderman If you hear him, can you tell when he's audible? Sorry I don't understand? There was some dispute over whether he is on this track apart from the end solo. I always liked the strange textures in the background of the released version and was convinced it was Taylor, even though it sounds like an electric piano part or maybe backi
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After getting so many interesting thoughts on my post about Taylor's EOMS contributions I thought I would ask a few questions about Sticky Finger. It is an easier album to hear the what guitars are doing but I still would like to know WHO plays what on the songs I love! I find it interesting that after Taylor's clear role in so many memorable guitar p However all the twangy lead on t
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