ROLLING STONES
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RECENTLY DISCOVERED SESSIONS FOR VOODOO LOUNGE
LABEL: |
FTP 137 |
SOURCE: |
Disc One, Part I: First recordings for the upcoming album Voodoo Lounge: 9th July - 6th August 1993: St. Kildare, Ireland, Sandymount Studios (RW’s house), Part II: Other recordings for the upcoming album Voodoo Lounge: 3rd November - 11th December 1993: Dublin, Ireland, Windmill Lane Recording, Part III: Title to be confirmed, might come from another session. 30th April/mid-May 1993: St. Philip, Barbados, West Indies, Blue Wave Studios. Writing and demo sessions by Mick Jagger (vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass), KR (guitar, vocals, keyboards), Part IV: snippets from Windmill Lane sessions used on promotional videos, Part V: Voodoo Lounge tracks snippets from rehearsals in Toronto (mid 1994), Part VI: snippets from the Voodoo Lounge cd-rom recorded around December 11, 1994, at Video Studio in Minneapolis). Bonus: collage using 7 musical extracts coming from the Voodoo Stew studio chat devoted to these overdubs. Disc Two: Part VII: Overdubbing and mixing for the upcoming album 'Voodoo Lounge', 15th January - 23rd April 1994: Los Angeles, California, Don Was’ private studio (Chomsky's Ranch) and A&M Recording Studios. Producers: Don Was & The Glimmer Twins. Sound engineer: Don Smith. Additional musician: David McMurray (sax, flute) |
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2 downlioad cdrs |
RUNNING TIME: |
40.00/78.59 |
SOUND/SOURCE: |
Soundboard stereo except for Disc Two, Tracks 1-3,9,14,16,18,20: Soundboard mono. |
PACKAGING: |
Double Slimline Jewel case |
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SOUND 9 / PACKAGING 10
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TRACK LIST: |
Disc One,
Part I: First recordings for the
upcoming album Voodoo Lounge
1. You Got Me Rocking I, 2. Ivy League III, 3. Alright Charlie III, 4.
Hands Off II, 5. Don’t Want Somebody Else, 6. Medley:
Blinded By Rainbows – Anything For You- Moon
Is Up - I Go Wild – Love Is Strong, 7. Medley: Brand New Car - You Got Me
Rocking – I Go Wild - Sparks Will Fly – Love Is Strong,
8. Medley: Hey
Hey #1 (RW on guitar) - Hey Hey #2 (RW on guitar, Lisa Fischer) - 32-20 Blues -
Instrumental - Instrumental Jam,
Bonus
: 9. You Got It Made (rebuilt).
Disc Two: 1.
Sparks Will Fly seq 1, 2. Sparks Will Fly seq 2, 3. Sparks Will Fly (
seq1&2 combined), 4. Sparks Will Fly (4 & seq 1+2 merge), 5. Sparks Will
Fly seq 3, 6. Sparks Will Fly (4 & seq3 merge), 7. Sparks Will Fly seq 4, 8.
Sparks Will Fly (4 & seq 3 merge), 9. Sparks Will Fly seq 5, 10. Sparks
Will Fly (4 & seq 5 merge), 11. Baby Break It Down, 12. You Got Me Rocking
seq 1, 13. You Got Me Rocking seq 2, 14. You Got Me Rocking seq 3, 15. You Got
Me Rocking (5 & seq 3 merge), 16. Sweethearts Together (flute overdub), 17.
Sweethearts Together (5 & flute), 18. Sweethearts Together (soprano
overdub), 19. Sweethearts Together (5 & soprano merge), 20. It’s Funny (sax
overdub), 21. It’s Funny (3 & sax merge), 22. Sparks Will Fly (seq 1&2
merge).
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REVIEW: |
In 2024 we are celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Voodoo Lounge
album, so this new project is a supplement to the sessions already posted
(Voodoo Brew, Voodoo Stew, Voodoo Residue, Voodoo Lounge Writing Sessions)
based on the new tracks and takes that appeared in recent years.
These new tracks came from Glimmerman, Leeroy Strange Leaks, The Fully
Finished Studio Outtakes, Imthemastah's recent video upload (see FP 136) and
previously overseen snippets that appeared here and there. So, in detail: Disc
One, Part 1.
You Got Me Rocking I -take 1 with Keith
Richards on piano and allegedly Vinnie Karslake on bass (coming from Leeroy
Strange Leaks)
2. Ivy League III
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with vocals (coming from Fully
Finished Studio Outtakes) 3. Alright Charlie III -with vocals (coming from
Glimmerman), 4. Hands Off II -with audible vocals (coming from Fully Finished
Studio Outtakes), 5. Don’t Want Somebody Else (coming from Leeroy Strange Leaks),
6. Medley:
Blinded By Rainbows –
Anything For You – Guitar riffs – Drum solos - Moon Is Up - I Go Wild – Love Is
Strong
(only the
musical parts with exception of Moon Is Up),
7. Medley: Brand New Car -
You Got Me Rocking – I Go Wild - Sparks Will Fly – Love Is Strong
(with
interview extracts) and as 2nd bonus, out of topic, extracts from Shattered (coming
from Voodoo Lounge Special & EPK videos),
8. Medley: Hey Hey #1 (Ron
Wood on guitar) - Hey Hey #2 (Ron Wood on guitar, Lisa Fischer) - 32-20 Blues
(Keith Richards & Ron Wood on guitars) - instrumental (Mick Jagger on
harmonica) - instrumental jam (Mick Jagger on harmonica, Ron Wood on guitar coming
from Voodoo Lounge cd-rom recorded around December 11, 1994 at Video Studio in
Minneapolis),
9. You Got It Made (backing vocals overdub) -Keith Richards
& Ron Wood backing vocals overdubs (rebuilt collage using 7 musical
extracts coming from the Voodoo Stew studio chat devoted to these overdubs). Disc
Two starts with 1. Sparks Will Fly seq 1 – guitar overdub. The version used is
close to version 4 (with the same laughter from Keith Richards at the end) … but
without backing vocals, so probably anterior to #4; note that the sequence
started at 1’17 from version #4, 1b, Sparks Will Fly seq 2 – banter &
guitar overdub; this sequence contains the beginning of the previous overdub
session, 1c. It was decided to combine both sequences: only 1 sec was lost
between both versions (at 1’16). There is also a merged version with version #4
(1d) 2a - Sparks Will Fly seq 3 – guitar overdub. The version used is close to
version 04: it’s the same version used on video 1 (so without backing vocals) …but
the guitar overdubs are different, a merged version was done to compare them (2b),
3a. Sparks Will Fly seq 4 – guitar overdub. The version used is version 4 (the
one with backing vocals) and the guitar overdub is different to the previous
one. Another merged version was done (3b), 4a. Sparks Will Fly seq 5 – guitar
overdub. The version used is version 4 (the one with backing vocals
) and
the guitar overdub is different to the previous one; it was patched with a 3
second patch from 1’06 to 1’09. Another merged version was done (4b), 5. Baby Break
It Down: the version used as basic track is version #3; because the end was a
little longer (the fadeout shorter) it was decided to keep it, even if there’s
no overdub on it. The gap at 0’10 was patched. 6. You Got Me Rocking – sax
overdub: seq 1 The basic one used was a previously unknown version: more
percussions with lots of piano; this song has different lyrics, they sound more
confusing, so it was thought it could be anterior to #4, 7. You Got Me Rocking
– sax overdub: seq 2, we have only the 2nd part of the song (started
at around 2’); the basic one used is another previously unknown version without
backing vocals but with lyrics more elaborated than on video 1 and #4. It seems
posterior to the one used in video 1 but anterior to #5, 8a. You Got Me Rocking
– sax overdub: seq 3. The source used is close to #5 (same lyrics) but without
backing vocals and guitar overdub… so anterior to #5 but posterior to the
others; a merged version with #5 was done (8b), 9a. Sweethearts Together -
flute overdub: the version used is #5, note that seq 2 and 3 are identical to
the end of seq 1 (they only listen 3 times to the same flute overdub) so only
seq 1 was kept. 9b. A partially merged version was done using the flute overdub
from 1’14 to 3’06. 10a. Sweethearts Together – soprano sax overdub: the version
used is #5, a merged version from #5 with and without the overdub was done (10b).
11a. It’s Funny – sax overdub: the version used is #3 but the video sequence
starts at 0’47; so a merge was done showing that version #3 was edited
comparing it to the basic track used here; at the end, version #3 is missing a
12 seconds sequence (at 3’06) and also the last 40 seconds. Another merged
version was done (11b).
Conclusions:
about Sparks Will Fly the version used for the 3 first guitar overdubs is
different to the one we know as #4. This version is anterior (without backing vocals)
so the proposal is to name this version #4, then the already known version will
become version #5 and the version used in Voodoo Lounge version #6.
Some
complementary notes: about Baby Break It Down the first seconds are coming from
an unknown version with Mick Jagger saying, at 0’10, something like ‘get up’…
before the gap.
About You
Got Me Rocking the versions used on the 3 sax overdubs are different from the
known versions. As bonus was added a merge from sequences 1 & 2 of Sparks
Will Fly so it is possible to appreciate Don Was overdub choices. Overall, this
is a nice job that helps understand the many possibilities overdubs provide,
even if noy used in the final product.
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