@@RobHollanderMusic it's block chords, just kind of 'intermittently sprinkled' throughout, but the first iteration sounds like it's at the 0:10 mark... like somebody fiddling around to find the chords and the rhythm. It feels 'incidental' at first, but it's behind that first verse too.
it starts to stand out between :50-55 kind of thru the right channel? It's unmistakeable around 1:15, right? now you've got me wondering if i'm hallucinating...?
@@kenrutherford1109 I think there was originally a guy who said he didn't hear what i was talking about, but it looks like he's deleted his comments... so now it looks like a long string of me talking to myself in a youtube comment thread :) Which i've probably done on other youtube videos, but ironically, this isn't one of those :)
The original stereo was released on the first release of Hot Rocks . I am fortunate to own the cd containing the mix . This new mix is clear but it wasn’t necessary because of what I said previously .
According to Dave Hassinger, (the engineer who recorded the Stones) and Ron Malo (who also was the recording engineer during the early 60's) the song was recorded in Stereo. Basically, everything after the Stones left Regent Sound Studios in early 1964 was recorded in True Stereo. This is the reason why about half of Rolling Stones Now (1964) is in Stereo and half is not. Everything recorded in Chess Studios from 1964 and 1965 was in True Stereo. After that, the Stones left Chess in 1965 to record in RCA Studios in Hollywood 1966-1969. All of these recording were also recorded in Stereo. Every song contained a Mono Mixdown for radio airplay. Remember, singles were not release in Stereo at that time. Most radio stations were still transmitting in Mono. Lots of AM stations around at that time. For years ABKCO released albums in Mono. It is only since 2003 that ABKCO started to release songs in True Stereo. If you wanted to hear the hits Like Satisfaction , Get Off My Cloud, or Play With Fire to name a few you had to buy the Japanese or West German release of Hot Rocks. ABKCO is a very picky record company and only releases material that they personally like. To this day, I still can't figure out why they just don't put together a Stereo Stones collection. Basically, I would contain every song that was recorded in Stereo that is currently missing from the catalogue.
It's for the same reason the early Beatles albums were released in MONO first on the CD format - MILKING US FOR MORE MONEY. They knew they'd release them later in stereo, so we'd pay twice. Same goes for 'Greatest Hits' compilations on the original label, which either has a MONO mix of one of the tracks or a hit is missing. That is why I agree with people copying CDs. Record companies rip US off on a regular basis.
Is there an explanation for why the mono version of "Paint It Black" is on the CD edition of "Aftermath" (U.S. version)? Every other song on the CD is in stereo. That really infuriates me.
Sounds very good..If I may say...reduce volume on rhythm guitar and upgrade volume on piano....will sound less harsh and provide more infill...I think that is what the piano was originally included for....mory stones sounding.
THis is the "quasi-stereo" mix. The original stereo mix has the original backing track hard left, MIck in the middle and the overdubbed piano and acoustic hard right. Not only that, the acoustic I mam hearing is not the same on the original mix. This has been tampered with. Here is the link to the original stereo mix 1st state ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-U9GfLsvuTBM.html
I always hated the fact that people in Europe and the UK seemed to get the "real" STEREO versions from British artists , while we Americans got the crappy "fake stereo" ( " electronically re-processed to simulate stereo " ) LP versions . It wasn't until the late 1960's that we finally got real STEREO LP's ... from THE ROLLING STONES .
The "BRITISH INVASION " that started in 1964 with THE BEATLES appearing on "THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW ' in February 1964 brought a lot of songs from British groups that were never recorded in STEREO ! MONO recordings or " fake stereo " was prominent on LP's with the early ROLLING STONES records , as well as HERMAN'S HERMITS , THE ANIMALS , THE KINKS , THE YARDBIRDS and some others .
There was a German compilation that had a stereo version of this. Probably cost you a bit if you can find it. From about 1964-about 1966, a lot of Stones, Yardbirds and Kinks tunes were only available in mono or fake stereo. It's possible they didn't like the stereo mix.
AM radio was the predominant music medium in the 1960's, so mono was given priority. A lot of people didn't buy stereo phonographs until the late 60's, when rock began to be played on FM stereo radio.
Also, stereo records couldn't be played on a mono phonograph, as the right and left channels would acoustically cancel each other out, resulting in a loss of some of the audio. In 1965, most phonographs were mono, so mono records were most compatible with all audio systems.
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Are you sure you don't mean the other way around? The Mono version has been heard by *'Hundreds of Millions'* of people! (no nausea complaints) This version here has been heard by (what) a hundred thousand? Listen to each version 'verse-by-verse'. Hope this helps. - Dave B.
I'm from Detroit (blow the reveille)! *The MONO version is better!* This sounds like a 'late-model' digital remix. Better than the original _'faux'_ stereo mix? Perhaps. *Note:* Most R&R songs at this time were re-mixed for stereo _'after-the-fact'_ by a 3rd party. Typically, they just _'delayed'_ the same Mono signal from 1-side to the other by a few milliseconds. ( more like _'reverb'._ ) But, try listening to this 'verse-for-verse' alongside the Mono version. You'll see. This is _'compressed'._ The Mono 'jumps-out' of the speaker(s). I would agree the acoustic is more noticeable here. Unfortunately, the vocal/main (lead) riff/bass/& drums are _'less'._ They only used '2-track' recording back then. So, when the original (say) _vocal/bass/drum_ were on one track; Any _'modern'_ technology to separate them has to _'compromise'_ something else. Just listen (back & forth) to Mono. You'll see. Peace. Stay Healthy! - Dave B.
Brian Jones considered Satisfaction "garbage". It really angered him that the R&B/Blues band he put together would become most famous for a song he hated.
