It's not badly played IMHO. There's an indian feeling caused by many embellishments. At that time, Mick Jagger couldn't play at all those licks. It' quite hard to identify on which string instrument it's played.
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I don't think so. I hear that part on "Gomper part 1 (Take 2)" too, after 4 minutes, til the end, with Bill Wyman still playing bass. A very indian-like instrument. It's the take we can hear it longer. It seems to be recorded on the same track as Keith Richards (on the right). At one moment Keith stop playing, and then near 5:30, Keith make arpegios (with a clearer sound th
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QuoteHis Majesty QuoteMathijs Concerning Gomper: judging on the outtakes Brian only plays the vox Bijou (electric dulcimer). The version on this outtakes set is the basic track for the released version, and only percussion and vocals seemed to be added. Concerning The Lantern: all brass is from the mellotron, I do not believe Brian actually played sax. On Gomper, it'll be Charlie on
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Are we sure that the Stones ever performed live this song? The "Got Live If You Want It" version didn't sound at all like the others 1966 tracks. The intro and the outro sound quite like the studio version. Could this version could be a studio out-take?
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QuoteHis Majesty QuoteMingSubu Down Home Girl What A Shame The above two don't feature tremolo as an effect, they feature use of the whammy bar. Grown Up Wrong is a track which features vibrato effect from an amp, ie it's like tremolo effect, but the pitch wobbles slightly instead of the volume. Some people mistakenly think the guitars in those 3 tracks is being played with
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There's only one guitar on the 1964 take, played by Keith I think. As the harp solo seems to be Mick, does that mean that Brian didn't play on "Key To The Highway" ?
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Hi I'm Ayler, from France (pardon my english...) It's a great forum, with a lot of things to learn! Quotebbkink That song reminds me so much of this song. Am I wrong or did the Stones record "Off The Hook" before the Diddley single was released?
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