740105A 5th January
onwards (until February, with break for the Stones-sessions): BILL
WYMAN. Sausalito, California, The Record Plant. Producer: BW.
Sound
engineers: Howard Albert and Ron Albert. Sessions had begun in late
November
1973. Twelve tracks were recorded, incl.:
Smith on piano
- I’ll Pull You Thro’ (BW) -Jackie Clark and George Terry on guitars,
Hubie Heard on organ, Duane Smith on piano
- It’s A Wonder (BW) -Hubie Heard on piano and organ
- I Wanna Get Me A Gun I (BW) -Dr. John on piano; Monkey Grip-version
- I Wanna Get Me A Gun II (BW) -Dr. John on piano; single-edit
- Jam ( ) -Jay Winding on organ, Wayne Perkins on bass and five
guitarists (incl. BW)
- Mighty Fine Time (BW) -Jackie Clark on gtr, Leon Russell on piano,
Abigale Haness on backing vocals
- Monkey Grip Glue I (BW) -Lowell George on guitar, William Smith on
piano; Monkey Grip-version
- Monkey Grip Glue II (BW) -Lowell George on guitar, William Smith on
piano; single-edit
- Pussy (BW) -Byron Berline on fiddle, Jackie Clark on guitar, John
McEuen on banjo
- What A Blow I (BW/Malcolm Rebenack) -Byron Berline on fiddle, Dr.
John on organ and pedals; Monkey Grip-version
- What A Blow II (BW/Malcolm Rebenack) -Byron Berline on fiddle, Dr.
John on organ and pedals; single-edit
- White Lightnin’ (BW) -John McEuen on dobro and mandolin
Basic line-up: BW (voc, bass, gtr, p, Jews harp)/Danny Kortchmar (gtr)/
Joe Lala (perc)/Dallas Taylor (dr, guido)/Betty Wright,
Gwen and George McCrae (bvoc)/The Boneroo Horn Section
[Peter Graves, Ken Faulk, Mark Colby and Neal Bonsanti] (horns)
Note: Most or all of the tracks were recorded in November and December.
This session
consisted mostly of overdubs.
740110A 10th
January: London, CBS Studios.
MJ mixes for the upcoming album ‘It’s Only Rock’n Roll’.
740114A 14th - 28th
January & probbaly late February - 4th March: Munich, West-Germany,
Musicland Studios. Producers: The Glimmer Twins. Sound engineers: Keith
Harwood,
Andy Johns. Incl.
- Dance Little Sister I (MJ/KR) -STU on piano; unverified early version
- Drift Away (Mentor Williams) -Nicky Hopkins on piano, Billy Preston
on
organ
- If You Really Want To Be My Friend I (MJ/KR) -Nicky Hopkins on piano;
unverified early version
- Living In The Heart Of Love (MJ/KR) -Nicky Hopkins on piano
- Luxury I (MJ/KR) -Nicky Hopkins on piano; unverified early version
- Till The Next Goodbye I (MJ/KR) -Nicky Hopkins on piano; unverified
early
version
- Time Waits For No One I (MJ/KR) -Nicky Hopkins on piano; unverified
early
version
Note: According to BW they also recorded a song called Labour Swing,
which
could be a working title for one of the songs listed above.
740200A February: HOWLIN’ WOLF [& MUDDY
WATERS].
LP ‘London Revisited’ (Chess 60026). Producer: Norman Dayron (and maybe
MJ).
Sound engineer: Glyn Johns. Recorded in London, Olympic Sound Studios
4th - 7th
May 1970. Incl.
- The Killing Floor (Chester Burnett)
- I Want To Have A Word With You (Chester Burnett)
Line-up: BW (bass)/CW (dr)/Howlin Wolf a/k/a Chester Burnett (voc,
harm)/
Hubert Sumlin (gtr)/Eric Clapton (gtr)/Jeffrey M. Carp (harm)/Steve
Winwood (org, p)
740221A 21st
February: US TV ( ), Los Angeles. Broadcast of a vintage Stones
appearance, incl.
- interview with BJ
740301A 1st March:
New York City, unknown cinema or venue: Preview screening of
the movie ‘Ladies And Gentlemen, The Rolling Stones’. Directors:
Rollin’
Binzer & Stephen Gebhardt. Incl.
- Brown Sugar (MJ/KR) -Houston 25.6.72, 2nd
- Bitch (MJ/KR) -Fort Worth 24.6.72, 2nd
- Gimme Shelter (MJ/KR) -Fort Worth 24.6.72, 1st
-
Dead Flowers (MJ/KR) -Fort Worth 24.6.72, 1st
- Happy
(MJ/KR) -Fort Worth 24.6.72, 1st
- Tumbling Dice
(MJ/KR) -Houston 25.6.72, 1st
- Love In Vain (Robert
Johnson) -Houston 25.6.72, 1st
- Sweet Virginia (MJ/KR)
-Fort Worth 24.6.72, 1st
- You Can’t Always Get What You
Want (MJ/KR) -Houston 25.6.72, 1st
- All Down The Line (MJ/KR) -Houston
25.6.72, 2nd
- Midnight Rambler (MJ/KR)
-Houston
25.6.72, 2nd
- Band introduction -Fort Worth
24.6.72, 2nd
- Bye Bye Johnny (Chuck Berry) -Houston
25.6.72, 1st
- Rip This Joint (MJ/KR) -Fort Worth 24.6.72, 2nd
- Jumping Jack Flash (MJ/KR) -Houston 25.6.72, 1st
- Street Fighting Man (MJ/KR) -Houston 25.6.72, 2nd
740300A 30th March: US radio (WDAI), Chicago. Rolling Stones-special.
740410A 10th - 15th
April: Newbury, England, Stargroves (MJ’s house), Rolling Stones Mobile
Studio and 20th - 25th May: London, Island Recording Studios.
Producers: The
Glimmer Twins. Sound engineers: Keith Harwood (with Tapani Tapanainen)
in April;
Keith Harwood, Glyn Johns (with Howard Kilgour) in May; George Chkiantz
(on It’s
Only Rock’n Roll and overdubs). Overdubbing and mixing of the album
‘It’s Only
Rock’n Roll’. Incl.
- Ain’t Too Proud To Beg II (Norman Whitfield/Eddie Holland) -Billy
Preston on
piano, Ed Leach on cowbell, Ray Cooper on bongos; longer differently
mixed
acetate-version
- Ain’t Too Proud To Beg III (Norman Whitfield/Eddie Holland) -Billy
Preston on
piano, Ed Leach on cowbell, Ray Cooper on bongos; It’s Only Rock’n
Roll-version
- Ain’t Too Proud To Beg IV (Norman Whitfield/Eddie Holland) -Billy
Preston on
piano, Ed Leach on cowbell, Ray Cooper on bongos; edit, probably used
or
intended for a promosingle
- Dance Little Sister II (MJ/KR) -STU on piano; differently mixed and
longer
acetate-version
- Dance Little Sister III (MJ/KR) -STU on piano; It’s Only Rock’n
Roll-version
- Fingerprint File II (MJ/KR) -Billy Preston on clavinet, Nicky Hopkins
on piano,
(Charlie) Jolly Kunjappu on tabla; differently mixed and slower
acetate-version
- Fingerprint File III (MJ/KR) -Billy Preston on clavinet, Nicky
Hopkins on piano,
(Charlie) Jolly Kunjappu on tabla; It’s Only Rock’n Roll-version
- If You Can’t Rock Me II (MJ/KR) -Billy Preston on clavinet, Ray
Cooper on
congas; differently mixed acetate-version
- If You Can’t Rock Me III (MJ/KR) -Billy Preston on clavinet, Ray
Cooper on
congas; It’s Only Rock’n Roll-version
- If You Really Want To Be My Friend II (MJ/KR) -Blue Magic on backing
vocals,
Nicky Hopkins on piano; It's Only Rock'n Roll-version
- It’s Only Rock’n Roll II (MJ/KR) -Willie Weeks on bass, Kenney Jones
on drums, STU on piano, RW on ac.-guitar and backing vocals; It’s
Only
Rock’n Roll-version
- It’s Only Rock’n Roll III (MJ/KR) -Willie Weeks on bass, Kenney Jones
on drums, STU on piano, RW on ac.-guitar and backing vocals; promo-edit
- Luxury II (MJ/KR) -Nicky Hopkins on piano, Ray Cooper on percussion;
It’s
Only Rock’n Roll-version
- Luxury III (MJ/KR) -Nicky Hopkins on piano, Ray Cooper on percussion;
edit version
- Short And Curlies II (MJ/KR) -Ian Stewart on piano; It’s Only
Rock’n Roll-version
- Till The Next Goodbye II (MJ/KR) -Nicky Hopkins on piano; differently
mixed
acetate-version (notably much lower mixed drums)
- Till The Next Goodbye III (MJ/KR) -Nicky Hopkins on piano; It’s Only
Rock’n
Roll-version
- Time Waits For No One II (MJ/KR) -Nicky Hopkins on piano, Ray Cooper
on
percussion; It’s Only Rock’n Roll-version
- Time Waits For No One III (MJ/KR) -Nicky Hopkins on piano, Ray Cooper
on
percussion; edited Sucking In The 70’s-version
740414A 14th April:
New York City, Ziegfield Theater.
Premiere of the movie ‘Ladies And Gentlemen, The Rolling Stones’.
Note: For contents see 740301A.
740418A 18th April:
UK radio ( ).
- interview with Robert Greenfield (about his book ‘A Journey Through
America
With The Rolling Stones’)
740400A April or
early May: London, unknown flat at Portobello Road
MJ (p), Ron Wood (dr), Jeff Beck (gtr) and Rod Stewart (voc) jam
together.
740400B late April -
early June: RON WOOD. Richmond, England, The Wick, RW’s home
studio. Producers: RW and Gary Kellgren. Sound engineers: Chuch McGee,
Mike
Bobak, Ron Nevison and Gary Kellgren. Incl.
- Act Together (MJ/KR) -with KR on piano
- Am I Grooving You (Bert Russell/Jeff Barry) -with KR on guitar and
backing vocals
and with MJ sharing lead vocals
- Breathe On Me I (Ron Wood) -with KR on backing vocals
- Breathe On Me II (Ron Wood) -with KR on backing vocals; edit
- Cancel Everything (Ron Wood) -with KR on guitar and backing vocals
- Crotch Music (Willie Weeks) -with KR on guitar
- Forever (Ron Wood) -maybe with KR on guitar or else; unconfirmed
- I Can Feel The Fire (Ron Wood) -with MJ sharing lead vocals and on
guitar and KR
on guitar and percussion
- I Can Say She’s Alright I (Ron Wood) -with KR on guitar; unverified
- I Can’t Stand The Rain (Donald Bryant/Ann Peebles/Bernard Miller)
-with KR on
guitar
- If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody (Rudy Clark) -with KR on guitar
and
backing vocals and MT on synthesizer
- Sure The One You Need (MJ/KR) -with KR on guitar and lead vocals
- Take A Look At The Guy I (Ron Wood) - with KR and MT on guitar
- Take A Look At The Guy II (Ron Wood) -with KR and MT on guitar;
edited
promoversion
Musicians: RW (gtr, voc, harm, perc)/KR (gtr, voc, perc, el p)/MJ (voc,
gtr)/
MT (gtr, bass, synth, wurlitzer)/Ian McLagan (synth, org, p)/
Willie Weeks (bg, gtr effects)/Andy Newmark (dr)/Kenney Jones (dr)/
Micky Waller (dr)/Rod Stewart (voc)/Martin Quittenton (gtr)/
Jean Roussell (p, org)/Pete Sears (bass, keyb)/Ross Henderson (steel
dr)/
Sterling (steel dr)/Ruby Turner (bvoc)/Ireen and Doreen Chanter (bvoc)
Note: The tracks with KR were recorded on the last three (of the five
weeks) of
recordings. The lyrics for I Can Say She’s Alright were probably
written by
Bobby Womack in 1975.
740400C late April -
early June: RON WOOD. Richmond, England, The Wick. Producer:
RW and Gary Kellgren. Sound engineers: Chuch McGee, Mike Bobak,
Ron Nevison and Gary Kellgren. Rehearsals. Incl.
- Now Look (RW) -just some riffs
- Sure The One You Need (MJ/KR)
- I Can Say She’s Alright (RW) -just some riffs
- I Can Feel The Fire (RW)
- If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody (Rudy Clark) -just some riffs
- unidentified blues ( )
- instrumental jam ( )
- unidentified Faces-style rocker ( )
Note: Most probably with KR on guitar.
Probably no rehearsals for the two Kilburn-gigs as commonly believed.
740500A early May:
London. BILL WYMAN. Shooting of four promo-films. Director: ?.
All playback.
- I Wanna Get Me A Gun (BW)
- Monkey Grip Glue (BW)
- What A Blow (BW/Malcolm Rebenack)
- White Lightnin’ (BW)
740505A 5th May: US
radio (BBC) ‘Speakeasy’, New York City
- interview with BW and Dr. John
- Goodnight Sweetheart (Ray Nobles/James Campbell/Reginald Conelly)
-live
in studio
Line-up: BW (p)/Dr. John (voc, p)
740508A 8th May: UK
TV (BBC2) ‘Old Grey Whistle Test’, London. Host: Bob Harris.
- interview with BW
- White Lightnin’ (BW) -promofilm
740500B May: BILL WYMAN.
7“ single (Rolling Stones Records RS 19111 -US). Producer: BW.
A: White Lightnin’ (BW)
B: I Wanna Get Me A Gun (BW) -edit
Line-up: see 740510A.
740510A 10th May: BILL WYMAN.
LP ‘Monkey Grip’ (Rolling Stones Records COC 59102). Producer: BW.
Sound engineers: Howard Albert and Ron Albert.
- I Wanna Get Me A Gun (BW)
- Crazy Woman (BW)
- Pussy (BW)
- Mighty Fine Time (BW)
- Monkey Grip Glue (BW)
- What A Blow (BW/Malcolm Rebenack)
- White Lightnin’ (BW)
- I’ll Pull You Thro’ (BW)
- It’s A Wonder (BW)
- It’s A Wonder (BW)
Line-up ‘I Wanna Get Me A Gun’: BW (voc, bass)/Danny Kortchmar
(gtr)/Joe
Lala (perc)/Dallas Taylor (dr)/Dr. John (p)/Betty Wright, George and
Gwen McCrae (bvoc)/The Boneroo Horns (brass)
Line-up ‘Crazy Woman’: BW (voc, bass)/Danny Kortchmar (gtr)/Joe Lala
(perc)/Dallas Taylor (dr)/Dr. John (p)/George Terry (gtr)/Joey Murcia
(gtr)/Duane Smith (p)/Betty Wright, George and Gwen McCrae (bvoc)/
The Boneroo Horns (brass)
Line-up ‘Pussy’: BW (voc, bass, gtr, jews harp)/Joe Lala (perc)/Dallas
Taylor
(dr)/John McEuen (banjo)/Jackir Clark (gtr)/Byron Berline (fiddle)/
Peter Graves (tb)
Line-up ‘Mighty Fine Time’: BW (voc, bass, gtr, p)/Danny Kortchmar
(gtr)/
Dallas Taylor (dr)/Jackie Clark (gtr)/Leon Russell (p)/Abigale Haness
(bvoc)/The Boneroo Horns (brass)
Line-up ‘Monkey Grip Glue’: BW (voc, bass, gtr, p)/Danny Kortchmar
(gtr)/Joe
Lala (perc)/Dallas Taylor (dr)/William Smith (p)/Lowell George (gtr)/
Betty Wright, George and Gwen McCrae (bvoc)/The Boneroo Horns
(brass)
Line-up ‘What A Blow’: BW (voc, gtr)/Danny Kortchmar (gtr)/Joe Lala
(perc)/
Dallas Taylor (dr)/Dr. John (org, pedals)/Byrone Berline (fiddle)/The
Boneroo Horns (brass)
Line-up ‘White Lightnin’’: BW (voc, bass, gtr)/Danny Kortchmar
(gtr)/Joe Lala
(perc)/Dallas Taylor (dr)/John McEuen (mandolin, dobro)
Line-up ‘I’ll Pull You Thro’’: BW (voc, bass, gtr)/Danny Kortchmar
(gtr)/Joe
Lala (perc)/Dallas Taylor (dr)/Duane Smith (p)/George Terry (gtr)/
Jackie Clack (gtr)/Hubie Heard (org)/Betty Wright, George and
Gwen McCrae (bvoc)/The Boneroo Horns (brass)
Line-up ‘It’s A Wonder’: BW (voc, bass)/Danny Kortchmar (gtr)/Joe Lala
(perc)/Dallas Taylor (dr)/Hubie Heard (p, org)/Betty Wright, George
and Gwen McCrae (bvoc)
Note: The Boneroo Horns consist of Peter Graves (tb,
euphonium)/Mark Colby
(sax)/Ken Faulk (tp, flugelhorn) & Neal Bonsanti (sax, english
horn) and
were arranged by Peter Graves & BW.
740500E May: MIKE MCGEAR.
LP ‘McGear’ (Warner Brothers K 56051). Producer: Paul McCartney.
Recorded in January 1968 in London, maybe with BJ on sax on
- What Do We Really Know? (Paul McCartney)
Note: For more info see 680120A.
740601A 1st June: London, LWT studios. Shooting of promofilms.
Director: Michael Lindsay-
Hogg.
- Ain’t Too Proud To Beg (Norman Whitfield/Eddie Holland) -live vocals
on prepared backing track
- It’s Only Rock’n Roll (MJ/KR) -different take, prepared for
promo-recordings
- Till The Next Goodbye (MJ/KR) -live vocals on prepared backing track
740600A June: BILLY
PRESTON. Los Angeles, California, unidentified studio.
MJ and Billy Preston work on Preston’s upcoming album ‘The Kids
& Me’.
740615A 15th June: BILL WYMAN.
7" single (Rolling Stones Records RS 19112). Producer: BW.
A: Monkey Grip Glue (BW) -edit
B: What A Blow (BW/Malcolm Rebenack) -edit
Line-up: see 740510A.
740628A 28th June: BUDDY
GUY & JUNIOR WELLS. Montreux, Switzerland, Centre
de Congrès, ‘9th Montreux Jazz Festival’
- Ah’w Baby-Everything’s Gonna Be Alright (both: Walter Jacobs)
- How Can One Woman Be So Mean (Buddy Guy/Junior Wells)
- Checking Up On My Baby (Sonny Boy Williamson)
- Don’t Start Me To Talkin’ (Sonny Boy Williamson)
- Messing With The Kid (Mel London)
- Hoodoo Man Blues (Junior Wells)
- There’s No Need (Willie Dixon/Junior Wells)
- When You See The Tears From My Eyes (Buddy Guy/Junior Wells)
- Ten Years Ago (Buddy Guy)
- My Younger Days (Sonny Boy Williamson)
- Help Me (Sonny Boy Williamson/Ralph Bass/Willie Dixon)
- All By Myself/Ah’w Baby-Everything’s Gonna Be Alright ( )/(W.
Jacobs)
Line-up: BW (bass)/Buddy Guy (voc, gtr)/Junior Wells (voc, harm)/Terry
Taylor (gtr)/Pinetop Perkins (p)/Dallas Taylor (dr)
Note: The whole show was filmed by Jean Bovon and televised on an
unknown date.
Part of the concert was released on the video ‘Messin’ With The
Blues’ (BMG
Video 791 051), in 1991.
The concert was broadcast by a few assorted radio stations.
740628B 28th June: MUDDY
WATERS. Montreux, Switzerland, Centre de Congrès,
‘9th Montreux Jazz Festival’.
- Making Friends (McKinley Morganfield)
- Hoochie Coochie Man (Willie Dixon)
- Mannish Boy (Ellas McDaniel/McKinley Morganfield/Mel London)
- Got My Mojo Working (Preston Foster) [+reprise]
- The Same Thing (Willie Dixon)
- I’m Ready (Willie Dixon)
- Kansas City (Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller)
Line-up: BW (bass)/Muddy Waters (voc)/Buddy Guy (gtr)/Junior Wells
(harm)/
Terry Taylor (gtr)/Pinetop Perkins (p, voc)/Dallas Taylor (dr)
Note: The whole show was filmed by Jean Bovon and televised on an
unknown date.
Part of the concert was released on the video ‘Messin’ With The
Blues’ (BMG
Video 791 051), in 1991.
The concert was broadcast by a few assorted radio stations.
740629A 29th June: BILLY PRESTON.
LP ‘The Kids & Me’ (A&M AMLH 63645). Producer: Billy Preston.
Sound engineer:
Lee Kiefer, Gary Olazabal. Recorded in Los Angeles, The Record Plant.
Mixed in Los
Angeles, Westlake Audio and A&M Recording Studios. Most probably MJ
wrote
parts of thy lyrics on one or more tracks.
- Tell Me You Need My Loving (Billy Preston/Bruce Fisher)
- Nothing From Nothing (Billy Preston/Bruce Fisher)
- Struttin’ (Billy Preston/George Johnson)
- Sister Sugar (Billy Preston/Bruce Fisher)
- Sad Sad Song (Billy Preston/Bruce Fisher)
- You Are So Beautiful (Billy Preston/Bruce Fisher)
- Sometimes I Love You (Billy Preston)
- St. Elmo (Billy Preston)
- John The Baptist (Billy Preston/John Schuller)
- Little Black Boys And Girls (Billy Preston/Bruce Fisher)
- Creature Feature (Billy Preston/Hubert Heard)
Line-up: Billy Preston (voc, keyb)/Manuel Kellough (dr)/Bobby Watson
(bass)/
Tony Maiden (gtr)/Joe Walsh (gtr)/Kenneth Lupper (keyb)/Hubert Heard
(keyb)/Albert Perkins (banjo)
740713A 13th July: RON
WOOD & BAND. London, Kilburn Gaumont State Theatre
Line-up: see 740714A.
740714A 14th July: RON
WOOD & BAND. London, Kilburn Gaumont State
Theatre
(Intro [instrumental]/Am I Grooving You/Cancel Everything/If You Gotta
Make
A Fool Of Somebody/Mystifies Me/Take A Look At The Guy/Act Together/
Shirley [with parts of Monkey Man]/Forever/Sure The One You Need/I
Can’t
Stand The Rain/Crotch Music/I Can Feel The Fire)
Line-up: KR (gtr, voc, p)/RW (gtr, voc)/Ian McLagan (p, org)/
Willie Weeks (bass)/Andy Newmark (dr)/Rod Stewart (voc, tamb)
Notes: Rod Stewart shares lead vocals on If You Gotta Make A Fool Of
Somebody, Mystifies Me and Take A Look At The Guy.
The whole show was professionally filmed and released in 2007 (see
071022A).
740726A 26th July: THE ROLLING STONES.
7" single (Rolling Stones Records RS 19114). Producers: The Glimmer
Twins (side A);
Jimmy Miller (side B).
A: It’s Only Rock’n Roll (MJ/KR)
B: Through The Lonely Nights (MJ/KR)
Line-up ‘IORR’: MJ (voc)/KR (gtr, bvoc)/RW (gtr, bvoc)/Willie Weeks
(bass)/Kenney
Jones (dr)/STU (p)
Line-up ‘TTLN’: MJ (voc)/KR (gtr, bvoc)/MT (gtr, bvoc)/BW (bass)/CW
(dr)/Nicky
Hopkins (p)
740800A Summer: UK
radio (BBC).
- interview with MJ
740801A 1st -
9th August (maybe longer): BILL WYMAN. Miami, Criteria Sound
Studios.
Producer: BW. Sound engineers: Howard Albert and Ron Albert.
Recordings.
- Back To School Again (BW) -Paul Harris on keyboards; 3.8.74
- Can't Put Your Picture Down (BW) -Paul Harris on keyboards; 4.8.73
- High Flying Bird (BW) -Terry Taylor on guitar; 1.8.74
- Love Is Such A Wonderful Thing (BW) -Terry Taylor on guitar, Hubie
Heard on
keyboards; 9.8.74
Basic line-up: BW (voc, bass, org)/Danny Kortchmar (gtr)/Dallas Taylor
(dr)
Note: All tracks released on The Bill Wyman Compendium in 2001 (see
010900A).
740808A 8th August:
UK radio (BBC1) ‘My Top 12’, incl.
- interview with MJ by Brian Matthew
Note: Aired on September 1. Probably also repeated on Dutch radio
(TROS).
740811A 11th August:
US TV (CBS) ‘The Trouble With Rock’, incl.
- interview with MJ
740818A 18th August: Some studio in London. MJ mixes for the LP ‘It’s Only Rock’n Roll’.
740826A 26th August
- 7th September: BILL WYMAN, CAROLE KING & DR. JOHN.
Miami, Florida, Criteria Sound Studios. Producer: unidentified. Sound
engineers:
Howard Albert and Ron Albert. Recordings.
740906A 6th September: RON WOOD.
7“ (Warner Brothers WB K 16463). Producers: Ron Wood & Gary
Kellgren.
A: I Can Feel The Fire (Ron Wood)
B: Breathe On Me (Ron Wood) -edit
Line-up ‘I Can Feel The Fire’: see below (740913A).
Line-up ‘Breathe On Me’: RW (voc, gtr, pedal steel)/KR (bvoc)/Willie
Weeks
(bass, gtr)/Andy Newmark (dr)/Ian McLagan (org)
740913A 13th September: RON WOOD.
LP ‘I’ve Got My Own Album To Do’ (Warner Brothers WB 56 065). Producers
Ron Wood and Gary Kellgren. Sound engineers: Chuch McGee, Mike
Bobak, Ron
Nevison and Gary Kellgren. Incl.
- I Can Feel The Fire (Ron Wood)
- Take A Look At The Guy (Ron Wood)
- Act Together (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards)
- Am I Grooving You (Bert Russell/Jeff Barry)
- Cancel Everything (Ron Wood)
- Sure The One You Need (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards)
- If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody (Rudy Clark)
- Crotch Music (Willie Weeks)
Line-up ‘I Can Feel The Fire’: RW (voc, gtr, perc)/KR (gtr, perc)/MJ
(voc, gtr)/
Willie Weeks (bass)/Andy Newmark (dr)/Ian McLagan (org)/Sterling
(steel dr)/Ross Henderson (steel dr)
Line-up ‘Take A Look At The Guy’: RW (voc, gtr)/KR (gtr)/MT
(gtr)/Willie
Weeks (bass)/Andy Newmark (dr)/Ian McLagan (p)/Rod Stewart (voc)
Line-up ‘Act Together’: RW (voc, gtr)/KR (gtr, p, bvoc)/Willie Weeks
(bass)/
Andy Newmark (dr)/Ian McLagan (org)/Ruby Turner, Ireen & Doreen
Chanter (bvoc)
Line-up ‘Am I Grooving You’: RW (voc, gtr, harm)/KR (gtr, bvoc)/MJ
(bvoc)/
Willie Weeks (bass)/Andy Newmark (dr)/Ian McLagan (synth)
Line-up ‘Cancel Everything’: RW (voc, gtr)/KR (gtr, bvoc)/Jean Roussell
(p)/
Willie Weeks (bass)/Andy Newmark (dr)/ Ruby Turner, Ireen &
Doreen Chanter (bvoc)
Line-up ‘Sure The One You Need’: RW (gtr, bvoc)/KR (gtr, voc)/Willie
Weeks
(bass)/Andy Newmark (dr)/Ian McLagan (p)
Line-up ‘If You Gotta Make...’: RW (voc, gtr)/KR (gtr, voc)/MT
(synth)/Rod
Stewart (voc)/Willie Weeks (bass)/Andy Newmark (dr)/Ian McLagan (org)
Line-up ‘Crotch Music’: RW (gtr)/KR (gtr)/Ian McLagan (synth)/Willie
Weeks
(bass, gtr)/Andy Newmark (dr)
Note: Listed are only the songs with KR and MJ. For all songs or the
songs with
MT check Woodworks and Taylor Made Works.
740900A
Autumn: VARIOUS
ARTISTS
Promotional LP ‘November In-store Sampler Program’ (Warner Brothers
PRO
593 -US). Incl.
- I Can Feel The Fire (Ron Wood) -by
Ron Wood; edited version
- Take A Look At The Guy (Ron Wood) -by
Ron Wood; edited version
Line-ups: see 740913A.
Note: The edit of Take A Look At the Guy is longer than the album
version!
740929A 29th
September: US radio ( ) ‘The King Biscuit Flower Hour’.
Live-recordings, incl.
- Brown Sugar (MJ/KR) -Brussels 17.10.73, 1st show
- Happy (MJ/KR) -London 9.9.73
- Dancing With Mr. D (MJ/KR) -Brussels 17.10.73, 1st show
- Angie (MJ/KR) -Brussels 17.10.73, 1st show
- You Can’t Always Get What You Want (MJ/KR) -Brussels 17.10.73,
1st show
- Midnight Rambler (MJ/KR) -Brussels 17.10.73, 1st show
- Rip This Joint (MJ/KR) -Brussels 17.10.73, 1st show
- Jumping Jack Flash (MJ/KR) -Brussels 17.10.73, 1st show
- Street Fighting Man (MJ/KR) -London 9.9.73
Note: Tracks were mixed by MJ and Phil Ramone at A&R Recording, New
York
City, earlier in September 1974.
741001A 1st October:
UK TV (BBC2) ‘Old Grey Whistle Test’, London. Host: Bob Harris.
- interview with KR
- Ain’t Too Proud To Beg (Norman Whitfield/Eddie Holland) -promofilm
741003A 3rd October: Dutch radio (TROS). The Rolling Stones-story.
741015A 15th
October: KEITH
RICHARDS. London, Olympic Sound or island Studios.
- Scarlet I (MJ/KR?) -unverified
Line-up: KR (gtr, voc)/STU (p)/Jimmy Page (gtr)/Rick Grech (bass)/Bruce
Rowland (dr)
741018A 18th October: THE ROLLING STONES.
LP ‘It’s Only Rock’n Roll’ (Rolling Stones Records COC 59103).
Producers: The Glimmer Twins. Sound engineers: Andy Johns, Keith
Harwood.
A: - If You Can’t Rock Me (MJ/KR)
- Ain’t Too Proud To Beg (Norman Whitfield/Eddie Holland)
- It’s Only Rock’n Roll (MJ/KR)
- Till The Next Goodbye (MJ/KR)
- Time Waits For No One (MJ/KR)
B: - Luxury (MJ/KR)
- Dance Little Sister (MJ/KR)
- If You Really Want To Be My Friend (MJ/KR)
- Short And Curlies (MJ/KR)
- Fingerprint File (MJ/KR)
Line-up ‘If You Can’t Rock Me’: MJ (voc)/KR (gtr, bass, bvoc)/MT (gtr)/
CW (dr)/Billy Preston (clavinet)/Ray Cooper (congas)
Line-up ‘Ain’t Too Proud To Beg’: MJ (voc)/KR (gtr, bvoc)/BW (bass)
CW (dr)/Billy Preston (p)/Ray Cooper (perc)/Ed Leach (cowbell)
Line-up ‘IORR’: MJ (voc)/KR (gtr, bvoc)/RW (gtr, bvoc)/Willie Weeks
(bass)/
Kenney Jones (dr)/STU (p)
Line-up ‘Til The Next Goodbye’: MJ (voc, gtr)/KR (gtr, bvoc)/MT
(gtr)/BW
(bass)/CW (dr)/Nicky Hopkins (p)
Line-up ‘Time Waits For No One’: MJ (voc)/KR (gtr, bvoc)/MT (gtr,
synth)/
BW (bass)/CW (dr)/Nicky Hopkins (p)/Ray Cooper (perc)
Line-up ‘Luxury’: MJ (voc)/KR (gtr, bvoc)/BW (bass)/CW (dr)/Nicky
Hopkins
(p)/Ray Cooper (perc)
Line-up ‘Dance Little Sister’: MJ (voc)/KR (gtr, bvoc)/MT (gtr,
congas)/BW
(bass)/CW (dr)/STU (p)
Line-up ‘If You Really...’: MJ (voc)/KR (gtr, bvoc)/MT (gtr)/BW (bass)/
CW (dr)/Nicky Hopkins (p)/Blue Magic [= Rod Wayne, Keith Beaton,
Wendell Sawyer & Vernon Sawyer] (choir)
Line-up ‘Short And Curlies’: MJ (voc)/KR (gtr, bvoc)/MT (gtr)/BW (bass)/
CW (dr)/STU (p)
Line-up ‘Fingerprint File’: MJ (voc, gtr)/KR (gtr)/MT (gtr, bass)/BW
(synth)/CW
(dr)/Nicky Hopkins (p)/Billy Preston (clavinet)/Jolly Kunjappu (tabla)
741025A 25th October: THE ROLLING STONES.
7" single (Rolling Stones Records RS-19302). Producers: The Glimmer
Twins.
A: Ain’t Too Proud To Beg (Norman Whitfield/Eddie Holland)
B: Dance Little Sister (MJ/KR)
Line-up: see 741018A.
741110A 10th November onwards: Gedding, England, Rolling Stones
Mobile Recording
Unit. BW and sound engineer Mick McKenna prepare tracks for the Black
Box-project.
Note: All in all BW worked 19 days on this ill-fated project, until
February 1975
(when he mixed the tracks with sound engineer Keith Harwood at Olympic
Sound Studios in London. Unfortunately the Black Box was later shelved
in
favour of the
Metamorphosis-album).
741115A 15th November: BILL WYMAN.
7" single (Rolling Stones Records RS 19115). Producer: BW.
A: White Lightnin’ (BW)
B: Pussy (BW)
Line-up: see 740510A.
741123A 23rd
November: KEITH RICHARDS. Berne, Switzerland, Sinus Studios.
Sound engineer: Peter MacTaggart. Overdubs-session.
- Scarlet II (MJ/KR?) -unverified
Musician: KR (gtr, voc, org, p)
Note: Song later reworked with RW (see also 760110A).
741124A 24th
November: US radio ( ) ‘The King Biscuit Flower Hour’. Live-recordings,
incl.
- Gimme Shelter (MJ/KR) -London 9.9.73
- Tumbling Dice (MJ/KR) -Brussels 17.10.73, 1st show
- Brown Sugar (MJ/KR) -Brussels 17.10.73, 1st show
- Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (MJ/KR) -London 9.9.73
- Angie (MJ/KR) -Brussels 17.10.73, 1st show
- Honky Tonk Women (MJ/KR) -Brussels 17.10.73, 1st show
- Midnight Rambler (MJ/KR) -Brussels 17.10.73, 1st show
- All Down The Line (MJ/KR) - Brussels 17.10.73, 1st show
- Street Fighting Man (MJ/KR) -London 9.9.73
Note: Repeated in the last week of December.
Tracks were mixed by MJ and Phil Ramone at A&R Recording, New York
City, in September 1974. Possibly Honky Tonk Women got a new vocal dub.
741200A December:
French TV ( ) ‘Un Jour Futur’. Host: M. Lancelot.
- interview with MJ
- interview with KR
- interview with CW
- interview with BW
741207A 7th - 15th
December: Munich, West-Germany, Musicland Studios (without MT!).
Producers: The Glimmer Twins. Sound engineers: Keith Harwood (with
Mack).
Additional musician: Nicky Hopkins (p, org, string synth)
- Act Together I (MJ/KR) -Nicky Hopkins on piano; instrumental
- Act Together II (MJ/KR) -Nicky Hopkins on piano; instrumental, with
additional guitar-overdub
- Cherry Oh Baby I (Eric Donaldson) -Nicky Hopkins on organ; early
take without RW (probably recorded on the 15th December)
- Cherry Oh Baby II (Eric Donaldson) -Nicky Hopkins on organ, RW
on guitar; Black And Blue-LP-version
- Cherry Oh Baby III (Eric Donaldson) -Nicky Hopkins on organ, RW
on guitar; edited Black And Blue-8-track-version
- Fool To Cry I (MJ/KR) -Nicky Hopkins on piano and string synthesizer;
early
version with different lyrics and no backing vocals, probably
recorded on
December the 12th
- Fool To Cry II (MJ/KR) -Nicky Hopkins on piano and string
synthesizer;
early version with finished lyrics, lacking some overdubs
- Fool To Cry III (MJ/KR) -Nicky Hopkins on piano and string
synthesizer, Wayne
Perkins on guitar, Billy Preston on backing vocals; Black And
Blue-version
- Fool To Cry IV (MJ/KR) -Nicky Hopkins on piano and string
synthesizer, Wayne
Perkins on guitar, Billy Preston on backing vocals; edited Sucking In
The
70’s-version
- I Got A Letter I (MJ/KR) -Nicky Hopkins on piano; instrumental
- I Got A Letter II (MJ/KR) -Nicky Hopkins on piano; vocal(s by KR)
Note: RW did his overdubs either between 30.3. and 4.4.75 or in
December 1975.
Harvey Mandel did his overdubs in late March/early April 1975. Billy
Preston did his overdubs either in late March/early April or in October
1975.
Officially Mick Taylor left the Rolling Stones on the 12th of December!
741223A 23rd
December: THE FACES. London, Kilburn State Gaumont Theatre.
Incl.
- Sweet Little Rock’n Roller (Chuck Berry)
- I’d Rather Go Blind (Bill Foster/Ellington Jordan)
- Twistin’ The Night Away (Sam Cooke)
Line-up: KR (gtr)/RW( gtr, bvoc)/Rod Stewart (voc)/Ian McLagan (keyb)/
Tetsu Yamauchi (bass)/Kenney Jones (dr)
741223B 23rd
December: THE FACES. UK TV (ITV) ‘Rod Stewart & Faces’.
Incl.
- Sweet Little Rock’n Roller (Chuck Berry)
- I’d Rather Go Blind (Bill Foster/Ellington Jordan)
- Twistin’ The Night Away (Sam Cooke)
Line-up: see 741223A.
Note: Telecast on the 28th November 1975. Later released on Meda Video.
741226A 26th
December: UK radio ( ) ‘Hunky Chunky Radio Show’.
- MJ, KR, BW and CW telephone with patients of the Royal Northern
Hospital
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