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??/??/1966
Rolling Stones
Set 1Disc 1 - Sessions Dec 3-8 1965

19th Nervous Breakdown - backing rhythm track - from L ch of UM7 stereo
mix. Some piano heard at the end. Mick's vocal is double-tracked so R ch must all be one take of overdubs unless there was an internal bounce.
19th Nervous Breakdown - overdub track from R ch - must be Brian on
guitar, Keith on fuzz guitar doubling left-ch riff, bass run must be an
overdub by Bill
19th Nervous Breakdown - alternate vocals C - might be live vocal for tv
show, with studio backing tracks
19th Nervous Breakdown - master vocals C
Sad Day - mono
Mother's Little Helper - backing L
Mother's Little Helper - overdub R - (The strange guitar sound is) a 12-string
with a slide on it. It's played slightly Oriental-ish. The track just needed
something to make it twang. Otherwise, the song was quite vaudeville in a way. I wanted to add some nice bite to it. And it was just one of those things where someone walked in and, Look, it's an electric 12-string. It was some gashed-up job. No name on it. God knows where it came from. Or where it went. But I put it together with a bottleneck. Then we had a riff that tied the whole thing together. And I think we overdubbed onto that. Because I played an acoustic guitar as well. -Keith 2002
Mother's Little Helper - vocals C
Doncha Bother Me - backing L
Doncha Bother Me - guitar overdubs R - 3 guitars in the R ch, one in the L ch.
Doncha Bother Me - vocals/harmonica C
Goin' Home - Keith speaks
Goin' Home - false start
Goin' Home - backing L - Mick on tambourine must mean his lvs were an
overdub, otherwise those lvs would have bled all over this track on the
tambourine mic.
Goin' Home - overdubs R - lead guitar and bvs, overdubs stop at 3:10
Goin' Home - lv overdub C
Bonus:
19th Nervous Breakdown - stereo backing LR
Mother's Little Helper - stereo backing LR
Doncha Bother Me - stereo backing LR

Disc 2 - Sessions Dec 3-8 65 and Mar 6-9 1966

Take It Or Leave It - backing L - has both koto and harpsichord, Brian is
supposed to be playing both. Maybe Jack Nitsche is on harps and Brian overdubs the
organ in R ch.
Take It Or Leave It - overdubs R - bvs and organ
Take It Or Leave It - lead vocal C
Think - backing L - lv is double-tracked so everything in R ch must be
an overdub, unless they did a reduction or internal bounce.
Think - overdubs R - sounds like 3 guitars here though: acoustic, electric
and fuzz. Or is it fuzz bass?
Think - double-tracked vocals C
Ride On Baby - backing L - no leakage of C or R ch's
Ride On Baby - overdubs R - heavy leakage of vocals on some R ch
instrument mics (?) might indicate lv or bv performed with inst overdubs while
being recorded to another track. Or R ch overdub recorded after the vocals
Ride On Baby - vocals C
Sittin' On A Fence - backing L - no leakage from R or C ch's.
Sittin' On A Fence - guitar R - Keith (?) overdub (?) or Brian
Sittin' On A Fence - vocals C
Paint It Black - instrumental (edited) - Black Box
Paint It Black - stereo backing LR - Stictly Stereo
Paint It Black - vocals C - Strictly Stereo
Long Long While - mono 45
Lady Jane - instrumental - Black Box
Lady Jane - backing R
Lady Jane - bass and harpsichord L - harpsichord overdubbed? song played live?
Lady Jane - vocals C
Bonus:
Take It Or Leave It - stereo vocals CR
Think - stereo backing LR
Ride On Baby - stereo backing LR
Sittin' On A Fence - stereo backing LR
Lady Jane - stereo backing LR

Disc 3 - Sessions Mar 6-9 1966

Stupid Girl - stereo backing LR
Stupid Girl - vocals C
Flight 505 - stereo backing LR - bass and fuzz bass on L, sounds like lead
guitar overdub on R. Maybe internal bounce of guitars to R, fuzz bass overdubbed
on 4th track panned L?
Flight 505 - vocals C
High And Dry - stereo backing LR - song performed live?
High And Dry - vocals C
I Am Waiting - stereo backing LR - vocal in R ch must be live with those
instruments because of double-tracked vocals in C
I Am Waiting - double-tracked Mick vocals C
If You Let Me - stereo backing LR - sounds like this song done "live"
If You Let Me - vocals C
It's Not Easy - stereo backing LR - 3 guitars in R ch, the guitar solo
might have been overdubbed after the extra chorus vocal since it's heard in
the R ch probably from monitor playback during tracking
It's Not Easy - double-tracked vocals C
Out Of Time - stereo backing LR - internal bouncing? On R ch we can hear
the bvs but not the lv.
Out Of Time - double-tracked vocals C
Under My Thumb - stereo backing LR - Problem: L ch has drums, bass, marimbas
and fuzz bass. R ch has acoustic and electric guitars and piano. Keith is supposed
to be playing both guitars. Electric guitar and fuzz bass must be overdubs.
Under My Thumb - vocals
What To Do - stereo backing LR
What To Do - double-tracked vocals

Disc 4 - Bonus Trax

Paint It Black - L
Paint It Black - R
Stupid Girl - L
Stupid Girl - R
Flight 505 - L
Flight 505 - R
High And Dry - L
High And Dry - R
I Am Waiting - L
I Am Waiting - R
If You Let Me - L
If You Let Me - R
It's Not Easy - L
It's Not Easy - R
Out Of Time - L
Out Of Time - R
Under My Thumb - L
Under My Thumb - R
What To Do - L
What To Do - R
CommentFrom 1965 & 1966
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08/??/1969
Jefferson Airplane
Set 1Volunteers 18, We Can Be together (extended into, lead guitar overdub), We Can Be Together (Paul Kantner acoustic demo),We Can Be Together (lead guitar overdum, master take No. 75), Good Shepherd (vocal overdubs on master take), Good Shepherd (different vocal overdubs on master take), The Farm ( acoustic guitar overdubs on master take), The Farm (different acoustic guitar overdubs on master take), Turn My Life Down (demo take No. 33), Wooden Ships (alternate take) > JPP McStep B Blues (alternate take), Wooden Ships (first vocal take) > JPP McStep B Blues (instumental version), A Song For All Seasons (take recorded 8/28/69), Hey Fredrick (with lead guitar overdubs) Instumental version/no vocals, Hey Fredrick (different take with lead guitar overdubs).
CommentThe Volunteers Sessions
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