ROLLING STONES
- CD
THE AFTERMATH RECORDING SESSIONS
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WLR-Ultrasonic Stoned Production |
SOURCE: |
Disc One, Tracks 1,5,6,12,13,15,16-18: RCA St. Hollywood 8-10 December 65; Tracks 2-4,7-11,14,19-21: RCA St. Hollywood 7-11 March 1966. Disc Two, Tracks 1,5,6,12,13: RCA St. Hollywood 8-10 December 65; Tracks 2-4,7-11,14: RCA St. Hollywood 7-11 March 1966, Tracks 15-21: 3UZ Radio, Palais Theatre, St.Kilda Melbourne 25 Feb.1966. Disc Three: RCA St. Hollywood 8-10 December 65 (on booklet 3-8 Dec.); Disc Four, Tracks 1-10,18,21: RCA St. Hollywood 8-10 December 65; Tracks 11-17,22-26: RCA St. Hollywood 7-11 March 1966. Disc Five, Tracks 1-4: RCA St. Hollywood 7-11 March 1966, Tracks 5,6: RCA St. Hollywood 3-11 August 1966, Tracks 7-21: RCA St. Hollywood 7-11 March 1966. Disc Six, Tracks 1-5,8,22: RCA St. Hollywood 7-11 March 1966, Tracks 6,7: RCA St. Hollywood 3-11 August 66; Disc Seven, Tracks 1-5: RCA St. Hollywood 8-10 December 1965, Track 6: Regent St. London 3,4 February 64, Track 7: BBC Saturday Club 18 Sept.65, Tracks 8,9: IBC St. London 5 March 66, Track 10: RCA St. Hollywood 3-11 August 1966, Track 11,13-15,17-19,21: RCA St. Hollywood 7-11 March 1966, Tracks 12,16,20: RCA St. Hollywood 8-10 December 65; Disc Eight, Tracks 1-10: RCA St. Hollywood 8-10 December 1965, Tracks 11-18: K-POI International Center, Honolulu 28 July 66. Disc Nine: RCA St. Hollywood 8-10 December 65. Disc Ten: Europe 1 Musicorama, L’Olympia, Paris 29 March 66, Tracks 1-14: 1st show, Tracks 15-25: 2nd show. Disc Eleven, Tracks 1-3: CBS, Ed Sullivan Show 13 Febr.66; Track 4: ARTV Ready Steady Go-Live Wembley 27 May 66, Track 5: ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars, Birmingham 8 May 66, Tracks 6,7: CBS Ed Sullivan Show 11 Sept.66, Tracks 8,9: ABC E. Andrews Show 6 Feb.66, Tracks 10-12: London early 66, Aranbee Pop Symphony Orchestra, Track 13: IBC St. London 66, Track 14: London, early 66, Track 15: IBC St. London 5 Jan.66. Disc Twelve: RCA St. Hollywood 8-10 December 65. Disc Thirteen, Track 1: London February 66, Tracks 2,3: IBC St. London 6 May 66, Tracks 4,5,9,10: Pye St. London from 14 Sept.66 onwards, Tracks 6-8: London Dec.65, Track 11: London 66, Tracks 12,13; London 19 March 66, Track 14: London Febr.66, Tracks 15.16: London April 66, Track 17: London August 64, Track 18: Athens 1968, Track 19: Pittsburgh 67, Track 20: Los Angeles 20 July 66, Track 21: London 66, Track 22: Los Angeles Dec.65, Track 23: London April 66, Track 24: London May 66, Track 25: Germany Febr.67, Track 26: Germany 66. |
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13 picture discs |
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SOUND/SOURCE: |
Disc One: Soundboard mono (Tracks 1-14: Aftermath mono, Spain 72, Tracks 15,16,19,20: Singles Collection, Tracks 17,18,21: The RS In Mono, Track 15: Hot Rocks 1964-71 (guitar intro only); Disc Two, Tracks 1-14 Soundboard stereo, Tracks 15-22: Soundboard mono. Discs Three-Seven Tracks 1,2,4,5,10,13,15,16,18,19: Soundboard stereo, Disc Seven, Tracks 6-8: Soundboard mono; Disc Eight: Soundboard mono; Disc Nine, Tracks 1-10: Soundboard stereo, Tracks 11-19: Soundboard mono. Disc Ten, Soundboard mono Tracks 1-14,19,25: Musicorama Mixdown (ASO 101-1/2), Tracks 15,22,23: Still I’m Gonna Miss You (VGP 073), Tracks 16-18,20,21,24: Gods in Olympia (TMOQ 02-004). Disc Eleven: Soundboard mono, except for Tracks 10-12,14: Soundboard stereo. Disc Twelve: Soundboard stereo. Disc Thirteen, Tracks 1,2,4,6,9,11,12,14,15,17-26: Soundboard mono, Tracks 3,5,7,8,10,13,16: Soundboard stereo. Disc One: Soundboard mono (Tracks 1-14: Aftermath mono, Spain 72, Tracks 15,16,19,20: Singles Collection, Tracks 17,18,21: The RS In Mono, Track 15: Hot Rocks 1964-71 (guitar intro only); Disc Two, Tracks 1-14 Soundboard stereo, Tracks 15-22: Soundboard mono. Discs Three-Seven Tracks 1,2,4,5,10,13,15,16,18,19: Soundboard stereo, Disc Seven, Tracks 6-8: Soundboard mono; Disc Eight: Soundboard mono; Disc Nine, Tracks 1-10: Soundboard stereo, Tracks 11-19: Soundboard mono. Disc Ten, Soundboard mono Tracks 1-14,19,25: Musicorama Mixdown (ASO 101-1/2), Tracks 15,22,23: Still I’m Gonna Miss You (VGP 073), Tracks 16-18,20,21,24: Gods in Olympia (TMOQ 02-004). Disc Eleven: Soundboard mono, except for Tracks 10-12,14: Soundboard stereo. Disc Twelve: Soundboard stereo. Disc Thirteen, Tracks 1,2,4,6,9,11,12,14,15,17-26: Soundboard mono, Tracks 3,5,7,8,10,13,16: Soundboard stereo. |
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Packaging: Cardboard box holding 13 discs wrapped in antistatic sleeves and a 24 pages booklet Packaging: Cardboard box holding 13 discs wrapped in antistatic sleeves and a 24 pages booklet |
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SOUND 9 / PACKAGING 10
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TRACK LIST: |
Disc One: 1.
Mother s Little Helper, 2. Stupid Girl, 3. Lady Jane, 4. Under My Thumb, 5. Doncha
Bother Me, 6. Goin Home, 7. Flight 505, 8. High And Dry, 9. Out Of Time, 10. It’s
Not Easy, 11. I Am Waiting, 12. Take It Or Leave It, 13. Think, 14. What To Do,
Bonus Tracks 15. 19th Nervous Breakdown, 16. Sad Day, 17. Ride On,
Baby, 18. Sittin’ On A Fence, 19. Paint It, Black, 20. Long Long While, 21. Out
Of Time (USA Version).
Disc Two:
1. Mother s Little Helper, 2. Stupid Girl, 3. Lady Jane, 4. Under My Thumb, 5. Doncha
Bother Me, 6. Goin Home, 7. Flight 505, 8. High And Dry, 9. Out Of Time, 10. It’s
Not Easy, 11. I Am Waiting, 12. Take It Or Leave It, 13. Think, 14. What To Do,
15. The Last Time, 16. Mercy Mercy, 17. She Said Yeah, 18. Play With Fire, 19.
Not Fade Away, 20. That’s How Strong My Love Is, 21. Get Off Of My Cloud, 22. (I
Can’t Get No) Satisfaction.
Disc Three:
1. 19th Nervous Breakdown, 2. 19th Nervous Breakdown, 3. 19th
Nervous Breakdown, 4. 9th Nervous Breakdown, 5. Mother’s Little
Helper, 6. Mother’s Little Helper, 7. Mother’s Little Helper, 8.
Mother’s Little Helper, 9. Doncha Bother Me,
10. Doncha Bother Me, 11. Doncha Bother Me, 12. Goin’ Home, 13. Goin’ Home, 14.
Goin’ Home, 15. Goin’ Home, 16. Goin’ Home, 17. 19th Nervous
Breakdown, 18. Mother’s Little Helper, 19. Doncha Bother Me, 20. Take It Or Leave
It, 21. Take Or Leave It, 22. Take It Or Leave It.
Disc Four:
1. Think, 2. Think, 3. Think, 4. Ride On,
Baby, 5. Ride On, Baby, 6. Ride On, Baby, 7. Ride On, Baby, 8. Sittin’ On A Fence,
9. Sittin’ On A Fence, 10. Sittin’ On A fence, 11. Paint It Black, 12. Paint It
Black, 13. Paint It Black, 14. Lady Jane, 15. Lady Jane, 16. Lady Jane, 17. Lady
Jane, 18. Take It Or Leave It, 19. Think, 20. Ride On, Baby, 21. Sittin’ On A
Fence, 22. Lady Jane, 23. Stupid Girl, 24. Stupid Girl, 25. Flight 505, 26.
Flight 505.
Disc Five:
1. High And Dry, 2. High And Dry, 3. I Am Waiting, 4. I Am Waiting, 5. If You
Let Me, 6. If You Let Me, 7. It’s Not Easy, 8. It’s Not Easy, 9. Out Of Time,
10. Out Of Time, 11. Out Of Time, 12. Under My Thumb, 13. Under My Thumb, 14. What
To Do, 15. What To Do, 16. Paint It Black, 17. Paint It Black, 18. Stupid Girl,
19. Stupid Girl, 20. Flight 505, 21. Flight 505.
Disc Six:
1. High And Dry, 2. High And Dry, 3. High And Dry, 4. I Am Waiting, 5. I Am
Waiting, 6. If You Let Me, 7. If You Let Me, 8. It’s Not Easy, 09. It’s Not
Easy, 10. Out Of Time, 11. Out Of Time, 12. Under My Thumb, 13. Under My Thumb,
14. What To Do, 15. What to Do, 16. Paint It Black, 17. Paint
It Black, 18. Paint It Black, 19. Paint It Black, 20. Paint It Black, 21. Paint
It Black, 22. Paint It Black.
Disc Seven:
1. 19th Nervous Breakdown, 2. 19th Nervous Breakdown, 3.
19th Nervous Breakdown, 4. 19th Nervous Breakdown, 5. Sad
Day, 6. And Mr. Spector And Mr. Pitney Came Too (on booklet Aftermath), 7. Fanny
Mae, 8. Con Le Mie Lacrime, 9. Con Le Mie Lacrime. 10. If You Let Me, 11. Long Long
While, 12. Mother’s Little Helper, 13. Out Of Time, 14. Out Of Time, 15. Out Of
Time, 16. Think, 17. Paint It Black, 18. Paint It Black, 19. Paint It Black, 20.
Goin’ Home, 21. What To Do (remix).
Disc Eight:
1. 19th Nervous Breakdown, 2. Sad Day, 3. Take It Or Leave It, 4. Think,
5. Mother’s Little Helper, 6. Goin’ Home, 7. Sittin’ On A Fence, 8. Doncha Bother
Me, 9. Ride On, Baby, 10. Looking Tired, 11. Not Fade Away, 12. The Last Time,
13. Paint It Black, 14. Lady Jane, 15. Mother’s Little Helper, 16. Get Off Of
My Cloud, 17. 19th Nervous Breakdown, 18. (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction.
Disc Nine: 1.
Take It Or Leave It, 2. Doncha Bother Me, 3. Sittin’ On A Fence, 4. Mother’s
Little Helper, 5. Think, 6. Sad Day, 7. Ride On, Baby, 8. Looking Toed, 9. Goin’
Home, 10. 19th Nervous Breakdown, 11. Take It Or Leave It, 12. Doncha
Bother Me, 13. Sittin’ On A Fence, 14. Mother’s Little Helper, 15. Think, 16.
Ride On, Baby, 17. Looking Tired, 18. Goin’ Home, 19 19th Nervous Breakdown.
Disc Ten:
1. The Last Time, 2. Mercy Mercy, 3. She Said Yeah, 4.
Play With Fire, 5. Not Fade Away, 6. That’s How Strong My love Is, 7. I’m Moving
On, 8. The Spider And The Fly, 9. Time Is On My Side, 10. 19th Nervous
Breakdown, 11. Around And Around, 12. Get Off Of My Cloud, 13. I’m Alright, 14.
(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction, 15. The Last Time, 16. Mercy Mercy, 17. She
Said Yeah, 19. Play With Fire, 19. Not Fade Away, 20. Spider And The Fly, 21. Time
Is On My Side, 22. 19th Nervous Breakdown, 23. Get Off Of My Cloud, 24.
I’m Alright, 25. (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction.
Disc
Eleven: 1. (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction, 2. As Tears Go By, 3. 19th
Nervous Breakdown, 4. Under My Thumb-I Am Waiting-Paint It Black, 5. Lady Jane-Interview-Paint
It Black, 6. Paint It Black, 7. Lady Jane, 8. Mick Jagger Interview, 9. 19th
Nervous Breakdown, 10. Mother’s Little Helper, 11. Sittin’ On A Fence, 12. Take
It Or Leave It, 13. Lady Jane, 14. (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction, 15. Stu Ball.
Disc
Twelve: 1. Mother s Little Helper, 2. Stupid Girl, 3. Lady Jane, 4. Under My
Thumb, 5. Doncha Bother Me, 6. Goin Home, 7. Flight 505, 8. High And Dry, 9. Out
Of Time, 10. It’s Not Easy, 11. I Am Waiting, 12. Take It Or Leave It, 13.
Think, 14. What To Do.
Disc
Thirteen: 1.
So Much In Love, 2.
Out Of Time, 3. Out Of Tine, 4. Ride On,
Baby, 5. Ride On, Baby, 6. Think, 7. Think, 8. Think, 9. Paint It Black, 10.
Paint It Black, 11. Lady Jane, 12. Sittin’ On A Fence, 13. Sittin’ On A Fence,
14. So Much In Love, 15. Take It Or Leave It, 16. Take It Or Leave It, 17. So Much
In Love, 18. Long Long While, 19. It’s Not Easy, 20. Mother’s Little Helper,
21. I Am Waiting, 22. 19th Nervous Breakdown, 23. Under My Thumb,
24. Stupid Girl, 25. Baby, Du Kommst Viel Zu Spat (Out Of Time), 26. Rot Und
Schwarz (Paint It Black).
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REVIEW: |
This
release whose main title is Could You Walk On The Water?, which was the original
title that was rejected by Decca, presents the recording sessions for Aftermath,
the first album with all own compositions the band had, that still fascinates for
its originality and wide variety of inspirations as well as innovative musical
solutions. The first disc presents the mono version of the original album
remastered with bonus tracks. Sources are the Spanish album released by Decca
in 1972, the Singles Collection box Abkco put out in 2005, RS in Mono that was
released in 2016 and Hot Rocks 1964-1971 for 19th Nervous Breakdown
guitar only intro; all this transferred, restored and mastered by Prof. Stoned.
Disc Two
has the stereo MDSL version of Aftermath that came out just on vinyl format in
1984 plus the recording of the 66 Melbourne concert as broadcasted by 3UZ Radio;
this is an important document as there is no official compact disc counterpart
of that vinyl only release. Funnily on the booklet are listed just 21 songs
from this disc, it seems arithmetic is not their forte. Disc Three has many of
the recording sessions for Aftermath in the so called isolated tracks form, mostly
take from London cds, but suspected to be outfakes rather than outtakes,
created thanks to the extreme stereo separation Aftermath had as an album using
multi tracks extracting devices. They first surfaced on a famous now defunct torrent
site, then as Isolated Tracks (Toothless Bearded Hag) and from this same label
in 2008 You Can’t Always Get What Yu Want 8 cd/1 DVD box (WLR 33255-4587-3).
This disc starts
with 4 takes of 19th Nervous Breakdown; the first is the backing rhythm
track left channel of a stereo mix with Jagger’s vocals double tracked in order
to have the right channel free for overdubs, the second being the overdubs
track with Richards on fuzz bass and Wyman overdubbed bass run; take 3 presents
alternate vocals, possibly from a tv show, while take 4 has master vocals. Next
are 3 takes of Mother’s Little Helper, the backing track with intro, the left channel
and the right channel where the acoustic 12 strings guitar played with a bottleneck
by Richards; the last take has vocals in the centre. Doncha Bother Me takes
come next, the first the left channel of the backing track, the second with the
guitar overdubs, 3 on the left and 1 on the right channel and the last with
harmonica in the centre. Goin’ Home is in 5 takes too, the first starts with Jagger
speaking, the second has a false start and the third with Jagger on tambourine and
vocals which must have been overdubbed otherwise they would have interfered
with the tambourine microphone. The following version has overdubbed lead
guitar and backing vocals which stop at 3.10 and the last has overdubbed live
vocals. Other instrumentals stereo follow, 19th Nervous Breakdown,
Mother’s Little Helper and Doncha Bother Me, then we get Take It Or Leave It
backing track left channel with Jones plating koto and harpsichord, Jack Nitzsche
on harp and Jones on overdubbed organ, the second take has backing vocals and
organ overdubbed on the right channel and the last one lead vocals in the
centre. Disc Four begins with three takes of Think, the first has live vocals
double tracked on the left channel, so everything on the right channel must be overdubs,
on the second take there are what seem 3 guitars, an acoustic one, an electric
and fuzz guitar, while the last one has double tracked vocals in the centre.
Next are 4 takes of Ride On Baby the first having backing instrumental track
from the left channel, the second with drums and vocal reduction, the third
seems to indicate a leak of live vocals on some instrument mics or overdubs
recorded after the vocals, while the last one gas vocals in the centre. 3 versions
of Sittin’ On A Fence follow, the first the instrumental left channel track,
the second showing a guitar overdub and the third having vocals at the centre.
Paint It Black is here in 3 takes too, the first is an instrumental said to
come from the Black Box, the second and third from strictly Stereo. 4 takes of
Lady Jane come then, again the first an instrumental from the Black Box, then
the backing track left channel, a take with harpsichord overdubbed and then vocals
at the centre. Then there is Take It Or Leave It with stereo vocals at the centre
and right channel, then stereo backing tracks for Think, Ride On Baby, Sittin’
On A Fence, Lady Jane and Stupid Girl. The disc ends with Stupid Girl that has
vocals at the centre, Flight 505 stereo backing track that seems to have a lead
guitar overdub on the right channel and another take with vocals at the centre.
Disc Five starts with 2 takes of High and Dry I Am Waiting, If You Let Me and
It’s Not Easy that all have stereo backing track with live vocals on the first
one, the latter with a guitar solo overdubbed. Next are 3 takes of Out Of Time,
the first the backing track with acoustic guitar solo, the second stereo wit
just backing vocals on the right channel and then double tracked vocals at the
centre on the third one. Two takes of Under My Thumb are next, the first with electric
guitar and fuzz bass overdubbed; What To Do first take is the stereo backing track,
Paint It Black is then offered in stereo, the first take with drum and bass
upfront, the second just the instrumental backing track. Finally on Stupid Girl
and Flight 505 first take we get organ, bass and drums, in the second one just
the guitars. On Disc Six we get 3 takes of High And Dry and 2 of I Am Waiting,
If You Let Me, It’s Not Easy, Out Of Time, Under My Thumb and What To Do that
focus on the vocals side offering alternatively left and right channels, the
first song also has isolated vocals. As bonus tracks the same treatment for 7
takes of Paint It Black that has been deeply dissected; all sessions having
been improved soundwise. Disc Seven present more rarities and outtakes starting
with 4 takes of 19th Nervous Breakdown that was not included in Aftermath,
anyway these are alternate mixes, then Sad Day remixed from mono to stereo and a
track Abkco or A.Oldham called Aftermath for the proposed Necrophilia album, which
is in fact And Mr. Spector And Mr. Pitney Came Too from 1964 that is kind of out
of context here. Then follows Fanny Mae from a BBC broadcast and 2 versions of
Con le Mie Lacrime, the song recorded in Italian by Jagger-Richards. From Metamorphosis
come If You let me and Long Long While in stereo followed by Mother’s Little
Helper with Keith Richards vocals and 3 takes of Out Of Time, the last being
the duet with Chris Farlowe, Think alternate version comes next, followed by 3
more takes of Paint It Black consisting of an alternate mix, of the stereo Rolled
Gold version and of another stereo alternate mix. The most remarkable track
here is Goin’ Home that lasts just less than 7 minutes and is said to come from
an acetate having been edited and reconstructed, the last song being What To Do
remixed.
Disc Eight presents a copy of
the first Could You Walk On The Water? Bootleg, allegedly the one disc version
of Sister Morphine, followed by the 66 Honolulu concert broadcasted by a local
radio that remains the last live appearance of Brian Jones in the States. Disc
Nine has the second version of Could You Walk on The Water? bootleg featuring
mono and stereo tracks (the latter except for Sad Day) and the correct track listing
following Abkco inventory; notable here is the original mono mix of 19th
Nervous Breakdown free of the serious tape damage in the intro that has caused
many problems to engineers since the 70s.
In fact
there have been many bootlegs called Could You Walk On The Water, starting with
VGP 027 which was however a collection of 70s outtakes, like Pignose PGN 054
that had no less than 12 tracks from the 66 sessions, but was actually called Could
You Walk Upon The Water? Then we got two version by Sister Morphine (Morph 14)
which omitted “the” in the title, that released a single and a double disc
versions, 2 cdr (Decca 6846515) that came out on a single digipack in 2018, a single
disc in 2011, a 2 discs digipack set by HEN (059), the one from Ass Blaster 037
that had this same front cover and another outtakes compilation in 2 discs also
named After the Fact and Big Hits; there were also Necrophilia (VGP 317 and no
label) on cd and on vinyl (More Licks ARF 11082 & TSP 500-74). Only When It’s
Frozen by Mickboy (Torn & Frayed 009), Aftermath 1965-66 (Teague 2011), The
Aftermath Sessions that came out in 2016 (NSU Records 49-52). Disc Ten is
devoted to both shows the band played in Paris at the Olympia in late March 66
that are here from various sources including Europe 1 broadcasts; as specified
in the booklet they come from 3 different bootlegs, the 2 cdr Musicorama
Mixdown (ASO 101 1/2), Still I’m Gonna Miss You (VGP 073) and Gods In Olympia
(TMOQ 02-004). Disc Eleven has TV Appearances, from the Ed Sullivan Show from February
as well as from September to Ready Steady Go, Thank Your Lucky Stars to the Eammon
Andrews Show; at the end of this disc there are 3 Aftermath tracks by the
Aranbee Pop Symphony Orchestra (directed by K.Richards), Glyn Johns single Lady
Jane that features Brian Jones on sitar and was only released in Spain, Nicky
Hopkins version of Satisfaction from his first album The Revolutionary Piano
and Ian Stewart single with the Railroaders Stu Ball that has Bill Wyman on
bass and Keith Richards on guitar (Tony Meehan played the drums); it came out
on March 11th 1966 as B Side of Bobbie Miller single Everywhere.
Disc Twelve has yet another version of Aftermath, this being the stereo album
remastered by Teague Raw. The last disc has a bunch of cover versions by different
bands, some in mono and stereo; the most interesting being Chris Farlowe 2 versions
of Out Of Time, the first features Jagger on backing vocals and Jimmy Page on
guitar and the second just Jagger on backing vocals that were redone; on Think
too Jagger is on backing vocals. So, what can we say about this box? In a way it
is interesting because it holds some music hard to locate on silver, like the
1984 MFSL stereo version, of course there are useless recordings, like the
Honolulu 66 concert or the cover versions discs, but all in all it can be
considered positively; in addition to that there are no huge mistakes on the
accompanying booklet which makes this release one of a kind in the label’s long
history.
This
release whose main title is Could You Walk On The Water?, which was the original
title that was rejected by Decca, presents the recording sessions for Aftermath,
the first album with all own compositions the band had, that still fascinates for
its originality and wide variety of inspirations as well as innovative musical
solutions. The first disc presents the mono version of the original album
remastered with bonus tracks. Sources are the Spanish album released by Decca
in 1972, the Singles Collection box Abkco put out in 2005, RS in Mono that was
released in 2016 and Hot Rocks 1964-1971 for 19th Nervous Breakdown
guitar only intro; all this transferred, restored and mastered by Prof. Stoned.
Disc Two
has the stereo MDSL version of Aftermath that came out just on vinyl format in
1984 plus the recording of the 66 Melbourne concert as broadcasted by 3UZ Radio;
this is an important document as there is no official compact disc counterpart
of that vinyl only release. Funnily on the booklet are listed just 21 songs
from this disc, it seems arithmetic is not their forte. Disc Three has many of
the recording sessions for Aftermath in the so called isolated tracks form, mostly
take from London cds, but suspected to be outfakes rather than outtakes,
created thanks to the extreme stereo separation Aftermath had as an album using
multi tracks extracting devices. They first surfaced on a famous now defunct torrent
site, then as Isolated Tracks (Toothless Bearded Hag) and from this same label
in 2008 You Can’t Always Get What Yu Want 8 cd/1 DVD box (WLR 33255-4587-3).
This disc starts
with 4 takes of 19th Nervous Breakdown; the first is the backing rhythm
track left channel of a stereo mix with Jagger’s vocals double tracked in order
to have the right channel free for overdubs, the second being the overdubs
track with Richards on fuzz bass and Wyman overdubbed bass run; take 3 presents
alternate vocals, possibly from a tv show, while take 4 has master vocals. Next
are 3 takes of Mother’s Little Helper, the backing track with intro, the left channel
and the right channel where the acoustic 12 strings guitar played with a bottleneck
by Richards; the last take has vocals in the centre. Doncha Bother Me takes
come next, the first the left channel of the backing track, the second with the
guitar overdubs, 3 on the left and 1 on the right channel and the last with
harmonica in the centre. Goin’ Home is in 5 takes too, the first starts with Jagger
speaking, the second has a false start and the third with Jagger on tambourine and
vocals which must have been overdubbed otherwise they would have interfered
with the tambourine microphone. The following version has overdubbed lead
guitar and backing vocals which stop at 3.10 and the last has overdubbed live
vocals. Other instrumentals stereo follow, 19th Nervous Breakdown,
Mother’s Little Helper and Doncha Bother Me, then we get Take It Or Leave It
backing track left channel with Jones plating koto and harpsichord, Jack Nitzsche
on harp and Jones on overdubbed organ, the second take has backing vocals and
organ overdubbed on the right channel and the last one lead vocals in the
centre. Disc Four begins with three takes of Think, the first has live vocals
double tracked on the left channel, so everything on the right channel must be overdubs,
on the second take there are what seem 3 guitars, an acoustic one, an electric
and fuzz guitar, while the last one has double tracked vocals in the centre.
Next are 4 takes of Ride On Baby the first having backing instrumental track
from the left channel, the second with drums and vocal reduction, the third
seems to indicate a leak of live vocals on some instrument mics or overdubs
recorded after the vocals, while the last one gas vocals in the centre. 3 versions
of Sittin’ On A Fence follow, the first the instrumental left channel track,
the second showing a guitar overdub and the third having vocals at the centre.
Paint It Black is here in 3 takes too, the first is an instrumental said to
come from the Black Box, the second and third from strictly Stereo. 4 takes of
Lady Jane come then, again the first an instrumental from the Black Box, then
the backing track left channel, a take with harpsichord overdubbed and then vocals
at the centre. Then there is Take It Or Leave It with stereo vocals at the centre
and right channel, then stereo backing tracks for Think, Ride On Baby, Sittin’
On A Fence, Lady Jane and Stupid Girl. The disc ends with Stupid Girl that has
vocals at the centre, Flight 505 stereo backing track that seems to have a lead
guitar overdub on the right channel and another take with vocals at the centre.
Disc Five starts with 2 takes of High and Dry I Am Waiting, If You Let Me and
It’s Not Easy that all have stereo backing track with live vocals on the first
one, the latter with a guitar solo overdubbed. Next are 3 takes of Out Of Time,
the first the backing track with acoustic guitar solo, the second stereo wit
just backing vocals on the right channel and then double tracked vocals at the
centre on the third one. Two takes of Under My Thumb are next, the first with electric
guitar and fuzz bass overdubbed; What To Do first take is the stereo backing track,
Paint It Black is then offered in stereo, the first take with drum and bass
upfront, the second just the instrumental backing track. Finally on Stupid Girl
and Flight 505 first take we get organ, bass and drums, in the second one just
the guitars. On Disc Six we get 3 takes of High And Dry and 2 of I Am Waiting,
If You Let Me, It’s Not Easy, Out Of Time, Under My Thumb and What To Do that
focus on the vocals side offering alternatively left and right channels, the
first song also has isolated vocals. As bonus tracks the same treatment for 7
takes of Paint It Black that has been deeply dissected; all sessions having
been improved soundwise. Disc Seven present more rarities and outtakes starting
with 4 takes of 19th Nervous Breakdown that was not included in Aftermath,
anyway these are alternate mixes, then Sad Day remixed from mono to stereo and a
track Abkco or A.Oldham called Aftermath for the proposed Necrophilia album, which
is in fact And Mr. Spector And Mr. Pitney Came Too from 1964 that is kind of out
of context here. Then follows Fanny Mae from a BBC broadcast and 2 versions of
Con le Mie Lacrime, the song recorded in Italian by Jagger-Richards. From Metamorphosis
come If You let me and Long Long While in stereo followed by Mother’s Little
Helper with Keith Richards vocals and 3 takes of Out Of Time, the last being
the duet with Chris Farlowe, Think alternate version comes next, followed by 3
more takes of Paint It Black consisting of an alternate mix, of the stereo Rolled
Gold version and of another stereo alternate mix. The most remarkable track
here is Goin’ Home that lasts just less than 7 minutes and is said to come from
an acetate having been edited and reconstructed, the last song being What To Do
remixed.
Disc Eight presents a copy of
the first Could You Walk On The Water? Bootleg, allegedly the one disc version
of Sister Morphine, followed by the 66 Honolulu concert broadcasted by a local
radio that remains the last live appearance of Brian Jones in the States. Disc
Nine has the second version of Could You Walk on The Water? bootleg featuring
mono and stereo tracks (the latter except for Sad Day) and the correct track listing
following Abkco inventory; notable here is the original mono mix of 19th
Nervous Breakdown free of the serious tape damage in the intro that has caused
many problems to engineers since the 70s.
In fact
there have been many bootlegs called Could You Walk On The Water, starting with
VGP 027 which was however a collection of 70s outtakes, like Pignose PGN 054
that had no less than 12 tracks from the 66 sessions, but was actually called Could
You Walk Upon The Water? Then we got two version by Sister Morphine (Morph 14)
which omitted “the” in the title, that released a single and a double disc
versions, 2 cdr (Decca 6846515) that came out on a single digipack in 2018, a single
disc in 2011, a 2 discs digipack set by HEN (059), the one from Ass Blaster 037
that had this same front cover and another outtakes compilation in 2 discs also
named After the Fact and Big Hits; there were also Necrophilia (VGP 317 and no
label) on cd and on vinyl (More Licks ARF 11082 & TSP 500-74). Only When It’s
Frozen by Mickboy (Torn & Frayed 009), Aftermath 1965-66 (Teague 2011), The
Aftermath Sessions that came out in 2016 (NSU Records 49-52). Disc Ten is
devoted to both shows the band played in Paris at the Olympia in late March 66
that are here from various sources including Europe 1 broadcasts; as specified
in the booklet they come from 3 different bootlegs, the 2 cdr Musicorama
Mixdown (ASO 101 1/2), Still I’m Gonna Miss You (VGP 073) and Gods In Olympia
(TMOQ 02-004). Disc Eleven has TV Appearances, from the Ed Sullivan Show from February
as well as from September to Ready Steady Go, Thank Your Lucky Stars to the Eammon
Andrews Show; at the end of this disc there are 3 Aftermath tracks by the
Aranbee Pop Symphony Orchestra (directed by K.Richards), Glyn Johns single Lady
Jane that features Brian Jones on sitar and was only released in Spain, Nicky
Hopkins version of Satisfaction from his first album The Revolutionary Piano
and Ian Stewart single with the Railroaders Stu Ball that has Bill Wyman on
bass and Keith Richards on guitar (Tony Meehan played the drums); it came out
on March 11th 1966 as B Side of Bobbie Miller single Everywhere.
Disc Twelve has yet another version of Aftermath, this being the stereo album
remastered by Teague Raw. The last disc has a bunch of cover versions by different
bands, some in mono and stereo; the most interesting being Chris Farlowe 2 versions
of Out Of Time, the first features Jagger on backing vocals and Jimmy Page on
guitar and the second just Jagger on backing vocals that were redone; on Think
too Jagger is on backing vocals. So, what can we say about this box? In a way it
is interesting because it holds some music hard to locate on silver, like the
1984 MFSL stereo version, of course there are useless recordings, like the
Honolulu 66 concert or the cover versions discs, but all in all it can be
considered positively; in addition to that there are no huge mistakes on the
accompanying booklet which makes this release one of a kind in the label’s long
history.
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