Quotebabyblue I really cant see the new lp finished by October. But if they are going to Ca then maybe it is. But why do 6 other dates and not 15, maybe they will and arent saying. ______________________________________ Well is your opinion based on what you 'think' they have finished on it thus far and what you 'think' they have done? Or what you presume is the c
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I actually / honestly think I heard Keith was sort of playing around with the idea of doing a few shows to promote Crosseyed Heart after The Stones tour .. (didn't he mention that in an interview before Zip Code once?) depending .. ? I guess it never came to fruition.
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Quotetreaclefingers QuoteHonkeyTonkFlash Quotebbeliko The only thing that actually gives me hope is that this is the first time they record an album on a touring year since when? Undercover? Yep - It can't hurt that they recorded while still warmed up from the road! that's a fair point ____________________________________________ It is a great point. I am very curious to see
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Thanks, Mate.
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IMO Steel Wheels was <ok> .. nothing spectacular. More of a sound track to go with a monster tour (but as I said.. oh what a tour Steel Wheels was!). Voodoo Lounge was wonderful IMO. Warm .. fun ... an album that pleases the party with a classic Let It bleed / Beggars Banquet style with some new additions. Love Is Strong is their best single since Start Me Up IMO. A dark, seductive cl
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Here all along I thought 'Babyface' was the executive producer on Bridges to Babylon ( Lol .. kidding.. couldn't resist that one).
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Quotegeorgelicks Ian, about 60-70% of the ABB songs were done when they got together to record: The ones I laid on (Mick) were Rough Justice, Infamy, and This Place Is Empty. Mick comes in far more prepared than I do. - Keith Richards, July 2005 Mick came up with the basic song (Let Me Down Slow) but I came up with the chimes (sings descending major chorus melody). But I'd say t
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QuoteBILLPERKS ian, if you think they write together from scratch these days you should find a new hobby. ______________________________________ Right we know Bill. You know because you were there. I guess all the talk about Back of My Hand, It Wont Take Long and Driving Too Fast being created there at Micks house in France (including the friggin time of day and the very conception o
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QuoteRocky Dijon They don't like spending a long time in the studio any more. They are more than capable of having substantially completed a new album in the limited time they have spent in the studio since December. The days are long gone when they would spend a month jamming to develop ideas, then spend a few months laying down backing tracks, and then spend a few months mixing and overdub
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QuoteDandelionPowderman It was a joke, simply because he was so much more than a "Executive Producer" on B2B. I bet he laughed, too. Or maybe not... ________________________________________ Ahhhh Yes. We read ya on that. Cheers. (was an informative conversation though).
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Quotempj200 QuoteRocky Dijon Quotempj200 QuoteRocky Dijon Quotempj200 QuoteRocky Dijon His executive producer credit is used to denote seniority. It's a movie/TV credit rarely used in the music world. A bit of a joke. Meantime, look at the track by track credits. His name is on nearly every track as producer. The Dust Brothers and Danny Saber did some production work, but final say went to D
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QuoteMaindefender QuoteBashlets I'm wondering how far they are along with this album. Does anyone have any idea if they recorded at all in April? I'm getting a little concerned that they are not going to have it ready by the Fall tour. Hope I'm wrong but aren't they starting to get down to the wire. PErhaps they actually had some of it already done prior to last December?
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Quotempj200 QuoteRocky Dijon His executive producer credit is used to denote seniority. It's a movie/TV credit rarely used in the music world. A bit of a joke. Meantime, look at the track by track credits. His name is on nearly every track as producer. The Dust Brothers and Danny Saber did some production work, but final say went to Don Was. The only thing you can say is the number of differ
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Quotegotdablouse Quotebeachbreak IMHO Bridges to Babylon was a very good album. Better than ABB, Steel Wheels and Voodoo Lounge. Absolutely and coincidentally, or not, Don Was only acted as the executive producer. To be honest they also got a lot of help from outside musicians and there were some memorable songs. It's too bad they didn't go for that formula again as it worked well and
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Quotempj200 QuoteIanBillen Actually .. I am very impressed with Don Was (with The Stones.. and even some with other artists he's worked with). IMO Steel Wheels was 'fairly ok' but nothing totally spectacular. Steel wheels the album was more of a theme to go along with a monster tour (and oh what a tour it was!). Voodoo Lounge was excellent IMO Even giving us IMO their strongest
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Actually .. I am very impressed with Don Was (with The Stones.. and even some with other artists he's worked with). Steel wheels was their last album before they got ahold of DW. IMO Steel Wheels was 'fairly ok' but nothing totally spectacular. Steel wheels, the album, was more of a theme to go along with a monster tour (and oh what a tour it was!). Voodoo Lounge was excellent
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QuoteKRiffhard Hi Ian! Don't forget that Mick had many demos...almost finished tracks. And remember Ronnie's son words:"I've heard snippets of the album, yes, it's amazing. It's different - I can't say different how, cause I wouldn't want to ruin it - but it's good" Imo this album is already done. ________________________________________
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QuoteRocky Dijon One presumes the basic tracks were done by January. Now it's down to mixing and overdubbing for which Mick said late Spring. Plenty of time. ________________________________________________ Well as I understood it they were simply going in to record just a few songs in December and feel things out (but they ended up doing a lot with many blues covers to boot). Two
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QuoteRocky Dijon In fairness, STEEL WHEELS was cut when Mick and Keith had both come off the road from their solo tours just a few weeks earlier. The fact that it was a different calendar year is inconsequential. VOODOO LOUNGE was started right after Keith got off the road and Mick had just played Webster Hall and SNL. However, it isn't the same as a band playing together and then cutting tr
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QuoteRocky Dijon It was posted here, too, but not by me - at least not first. I presumed there would be confirmation from an official source, but they're being rather tight-lipped about the project. Perhaps Soldatti can confirm from label sources? _________________________________________ Yes... this project/ album is pretty darn 'tight lipped' indeed.. even for their stan
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QuoteRocky Dijon Serious answer to Ian who is a very nice person at all times: Someone I trust told me it was Don Was behind the board in December. I choose to believe them. No other reason. _______________________________________________________ I see and thank you. I actually heard he was there in December as well .. not from any 'source' or anything.. but from someone her
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QuoteRocky Dijon It's not a mystery. The producer is Don Was as it has been since 1993. There may be other producers on an individual track or two (as there was with BRIDGES TO BABYLON), but Don Was is producing the album. ________________________________________________________ Mr. Dijon, I'm not saying you are wrong.. and I heard he was there in December with them .. but h
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QuoteHairball QuoteBILLPERKS QuoteHairball Sounds reasonable Ian, and you're theories could be 100% correct! Believe me, he's not. Haha, well I was being polite - he put quite a bit of effort into that post! ____________________________________ Pay no mind to Perks.. (besides he does not know the meaning of the word 'polite'). He's one of these Troll types
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QuoteHairball QuoteIanBillen QuoteGasLightStreet QuoteIanBillenRonnie is expecting Twins mid June.. so he will probably have to be by the wifey or at least very close to her for the period in which she is due. So I am not sure how much time they will have .. I am sure he will need to take a couple weeks off with the newborns you'd think. Or at least a week .. They tracked A BIGGER BANG wit
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QuoteGasLightStreet QuoteIanBillenRonnie is expecting Twins mid June.. so he will probably have to be by the wifey or at least very close to her for the period in which she is due. So I am not sure how much time they will have .. I am sure he will need to take a couple weeks off with the newborns you'd think. Or at least a week .. They tracked A BIGGER BANG without Ronnie so... _______
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Quotemailexile67 They'll come back in the studio "at the end of spring" as said Mick in the Brazilian TV interview...So end of May, early June sounds fine to me! ____________________________________________________ While Keith claimed they were 'currently' in the studio cutting new stuff during and around the time of Their Exhibition kick off. I had hoped (
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*As well disregard B. Fowlers recent blurry, black and white photo of Keith as being taken 'in the studio' recently. Fowler released a color image today that shows Keith with the same clothes, sitting on the floor in the same environment and this time he stated this image was taken in Havana. It was obviously the same location (being in Cuba) as the blurry, black and white image posted
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Not sure how accurate or legit this is but supposedly Ronnie's son gave a little insight on the new album and what they got going (like father ...like son eh? ). He says it is 'different' .... as in not the norm for them... (though that isn't exactly telling us much). See it here (IF this article is legit / accurate): Ian
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Quotebv I have info but if I start posting everything I have now then all my info will bounce back through uncontrolled sources like it is new and separate sources. So at this stage I don't have anything to say, but there will be more live stuff happening later this year, I think I said that in my last blog entry. ________________________________________________________ Ok ..
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QuoteWoz QuoteIanBillen Quotemailexile67 Are they currently in the studio?! ___________________________________________________ We are 'next to positive' they are. Keith claims they are currently in the studio cutting new stuff and just two days ago Bernard Fowler snapped a photo of Keith in The Studio. Anything more anyone? Anyone have a link to that photo of KR in t
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