This
release from OBR represents an early Christmas present for Stones collectors,
on the labels there is the number 041 hence we understand that this should be
OBR’s 41st release. This too is offered in green or black vinyl and each has its own cover, the one showed here is the black vinyl one. Side 1 offers Try Me, the James Brown song the
Stones recorded at Chess Studios in May 65 with Ian Stewart on organ. The
insert provides lyrics too, as sung by Jagger on this occasion; this version is
stereo and obviously not mp3 sourced. The Stones version could be found also on
Bright Lights, Big City (DAC 194), The Complete Chess Studio Sessions (NF-64),
In Stereo Definitive BBC Sessions 1863-65 Best of the Boots (BBC 365), The Lost
Studio Archives Vol.2 (EGSH 0021) and lately Complete Chess Recordings 1964-65
(Mayflower 188-189), however all these were mp3 sourced, while the version on
Collectors Treasures 1993 was stereo while the instrumental version was fake.
The version here contained has great stereo separation with drums all on the
right channel and, since the organ is played by Stum we can guess the minimalist
piano be plated by Brian Jones; this is a great sounding take with an
unexpected ending, which prompts us this question: will all the Chess outtakes
come out in full stereo in the future?
Side B
presents Alright Charlie version 3 from Ron Wood’s Sandymount Studios in
Ireland from July 9 through August 6 1993. Version 1 of this song could also be
found on Collectors Treasures 1985-1993 (SF 8593), Voodoo Stew (Vigotone
152-155), while version 2 the instrumental take was on Collectors Treasures
1985-1993 (SF 8593), Voodoo Brew (Vigotone 147-150), Voodoo Lounge Sessions (no
label), Voodoo Lounge Outtakes (no label).
This
version was unreleased so far and features Jagger singing additional vocals and
keyboards overdubs on version 2 and using unfinished lyrics. It does have an impressive
set of percussions among which congas and a tambourine possibly played by
Jagger too; the guitars have each their own channel and the bass does not seem
to be Darryl Jones but maybe Pino Palladino or Doug Wimbish, it is a very
dybamic take that gets a life of its own with Jagger vocals. The insert
reproduces excerpts from the books Hoffmann Recording Index 1961-2016, funnily “used
without permission” as written on the insert. There are however some sources
that claim at least the instrumental version of this song to have been recorded
in September 1993. This single couples two unreleased tracks from the band’s
history that are so different they may have come from different bands, but this
is the Stones charm which highlights the evolution of this group of musicians
through so many decades, as any Stones fan well knows.
