Here we
have some outtakes & alternates from It's Only Rock'n'Roll and Goat's Head
Soup albums from 1972-1974, coming from a silver disc which have been phase and
level corrected with some very gentle equalization applied. Track by track:
It's Only
Rock 'N' Roll is the rough mix, Ain't Too Proud To Beg the alternate mix like
Winter and Silver Train from Island Studios where some mixing and overdubs for
the album Goat’s Head Soup were done, partially without Keith Richards. Then
comes Drift Away a well-known unreleased song, followed by Time Waits For No
One long version. At the time of this release Criss Cross Man was unreleased,
next comes Through The Lonely Nights which was released in 1974 as b-side.
Living In The Heart Of Love was unreleased too then, just like Too Many Cooks which
later came out officially on The Very Best Of Mick Jagger version. This track
was produced by John Lennon, the line-up being: John Lennon on guitar, Jesse Ed
Davis on guitar, Danny Kortchmar on guitar, Al Kooper on keyboards, Jim Keltner
on drums, Bobby Keys on sax, Trevor Lawrence on sax, Jack Bruce on bass, Bruce
Gary on drums, Mike Finnegan on keyboards, Wolfgang Metz on bass, Rocky Djubano
on percussions, Harry Nilsson & some unidentified girls on backing vocals.
Next comes Angie rough mix without reverb & with a 2nd keyboard
overdub, Dance Little Sister alternate mix like Till The Next Goodbye and If
You Can't Rock Me. Finally Fingerprint File alternate longer mix closes the compilation.
Some observations:
As usual, all
info was taken from Nico Zentgraf (
http://www.nzentgraf.de/books/tcw/works1.htm), not from the back cover of the cd,
which by the way, was not 100% accurate, for instance:
1. Tracks
1, 2, 5, 6, 12, 13, 14, 15 were not recorded at Musicland Studios, Munich,
April 1974 like the back cover said, and some sites repeated.
2. On April
1974, the Stones were in England (Newbury & London), not in Munich.
3. The
Stones were in Munich on January (14th - 28th) recording early versions and
primitive takes of Dance Little Sister, Drift Away, If You Really Want To Be My
Friend, Living In The Heart Of Love, Luxury, Till The Next Goodbye, Time Waits
For No One, Labour Swing, but I don't think any of the cd tracks are early
versions or primitive takes.
4. The
Stones were again in Munich on December (7th - 15th) without Mick Taylor, but
they did not play any of the tracks from this cd. In fact, they played Act
Together, Cherry Oh Baby, Fool To Cry, I Got A Letter.
5. Tracks
1, 2, 5, 6, 12, 13, 14, 15 were recorded at Newbury, England, Stargroves at Mick
Jagger’s house with the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio (1974, April 10th - 15th)
and in London, at Island’s Recording Studios (1974, May 20th - 25th).
Note:
Officially Mick Taylor left the Rolling Stones on December 12, 1974. This is a
very nice compilation with famous alternates.
