Jimmy Miller was so ahead of his time - his production of Jumpin Jack Flash was revolutionary and still stands as one of the greatest rock n roll songs ever made. He completely revitalised The Stones sound in the studio. He was brilliant. Thanx for another superb video story Top stuff ! Cheers 🥂
I’ve always considered “Beggar’s Banquet” and “Let it Bleed” the Stones’ equivalent of the Beatles “Rubber Soul” and “Revolver”… Four of my all-time favorite albums
Jimmy Miller lived in suburban Boston in the 80's in near obscurity. He lived in the same apartment complex as my uncle. I vaguely remember rumours that he produced some local metal band's small time release. Imagine him driving around listening to all the hits he produced on Classic Rock radio which just came around at the time.
Only planned to stay in London 6 weeks! Ended up dying slowly over ten years of addiction! Great producer though and him and the Rolling Stones made the greatest rock n roll albums ever made.
Respectfully, as great as Mick Taylor is as a lead, blues guitarist, despite Brian Jones personal demons, he was a true artist, far beyond just a musician; a real maverick and bohemian...their inspirational, founding leader, the first Brit to ever play slide guitar, a natural, multi-instrumentalist. Both he and Keith forged a magical, twin guitar duo, much like their heroes, the legendary Muddy Waters & Jimmy Rogers. From what I've learned, inspite of popular myth, a better vocalist and songwriter than we've always heard. Much like George Harrison, except he typically got a least one track per album. The Jagger/Richards team dominated things, in those regards.
Except that Brian Jones had little to do with it. He contributed very little. Instead, he largely sat in the corner, drugged out of his mind, useless. That's what led to his being fired shortly thereafter.
Keith’s guitar work during this period is quite simply Herculean. With Brian fading away and Taylor not a full time member yet Beggars Banquet and Let It Bleed are testament to his talent and discipline
BJ left a legacy the rest just had to follow-up . The gifts BJ left deserve better recognition instead how difficult he was obviously, for a good reason.
Not sure if anyone's mentioned it yet, but the graphics are probably my favourite of any Stones album, especially the inner cover...the Dionysus spoils especially capture the attitude of the times. There are some cool outtakes from the photo session.
I love the photo from this session where Charlie is standing in the foreground with his arms crossed and the other are hanging around the ledge and windows of the castle, they used it on the back of Hot Rocks
The start of the classic period..1968/1974...BB to its only rock and roll..every single went to top ten..and the songs are still played at concerts.. many years latter
I can't believe that you find so many great pictures to post on episode after episode. Jimmy Miller added percussion to the Spencer Davis Group's "I'm a Man" and "Gimme Some Lovin'" which catapulted those songs from good to awesome. But I really don't hear much that he added to Banquet. And unlike other commenters, I don't really care for "Let It Bleed" while "Exile on Main Street" sounds like a muddle. But then the "rolling Stones Now" is my favorite album. To each his own.
3:23 Maybe that's the reason why all those licks on Stones records sound just perfect and right in the place. They spent so much time on each indivudual track. I always wonder do musicians like them think a lot about their songs or they have a kind of instant mastery of their own material when they first time record them. By the way, my favourite album by them is Let it bleed. There were probably more techniqualy advanced albums, more groundbreaking... but man, there's just something so natural about it's sound. It's such a captivating album, it sends chills down a spine. It was a love at first listening, and i consider it one of the best rock albums of all time. People often put Sticky fingers above it. But i'm in minority about that one. It's probably weird, but i alwalys had a feeling they are more distant to listener (at least to me) on that one. Sure, it has great songs, but It sounds like they are singing from a position of rock stars, while on earlier albums, they were more approachable and relatable. I'm somehow divided about Banquet, but it has very good songs and brings great memories.
@thediamonddog95 I'm from Detroit (blow the reveille)! *Me Too!* ('LIB'=fav) I remember starting to take The Stones (& The Beatles) _'for granted'_ by the end of 1967. With the crazy new music coming out, like Cream, Experience, Jeff Beck Group, etc.; The recent _'pop-ditties'_ by mssrs Stones/Beatles sounded _'quaint'._ *THEN:* 'JUMPING JACK FLASH' came 'roaring' out of our little transistor radios! *-* Mick checking out The Velvets (& others) *-* Keef checking out The Band. (& others) *-* Keef learning 'Open-G'. (Tx Ry!) *-* The GREAT Jimmy Miller! *-* The new 'alternative' FM stations started playing _'deep-cuts.'_ And, it was *ON!* For many years; 'Beggars Banquet' was my fav Stones album. Cuz the 'culture-shock' was a big part of it. 'Sympathy...' sounded so... _'New-Thang'_ *!* (at the time) I loved 'Let It Bleed' as a continuation of their great leap forward! (songwriting) *1968-69:* A GREAT new surprise appeared (radio) EVERY FEW MONTHS! And, *'Through The Past, Darkly' !* (more than just a 'greatest-hits') I've never understood why I don't rank 'Sticky...' higher on my _'list'._ (!?!) Cuz it came out when I was truly _'coming-of-age'._ (17 yrs. old) And, I've tried 'playin'/singin'' those songs more than any other. *BUT:* 'Beggars...' & 'Let It...' are *just* .... *so* .... (I dunno) Eventually, I flipped those 2 on my list *'Let It Bleed' is my #1!* (but, 'Exile... would be my _'desert-island-disc'_ ) Peace. Stay Healthy! - Dave B.
IMO this was one of the greatest albums of the '60s. Most of the songs are blues and folk numbers. "No Expectations I think is an old blues standard, and "Please Doctor" if the Jagger/Richards wrote that it's amazing, "It had creases as sharp as a knife" he says of his suit. "Parachute Woman" is good with "Parachute woman, land on me tonight." So many memorable songs and I really loved that first album cover that came out I think in England with the debauchery of a sexy banquet, then they made it white in America. Course I love "Let It Bleed" too.
BB was a brilliant response to a crisis that the Stones were in. Most of their output in 1967 was underwhelming while the Beatles created some of their most popular material. Newer bands were pushing rock's creative edges. Hendrix and Cream were having long jams on stage instead of playing songs as they were recorded on the records. Others were writing songs with thoughtful and sometimes intellectual lyrics, including Dylan, Simon and Garfunkel, and the Kinks. In 1966, Frank Zappa had created one of the edgiest rock albums to this day. To many, the Stones were losing their musical relevance. But instead of imitating any of these new bands, they went back to their brand of earthy music and wrote songs about underdogs. It was a perfect response to the political turmoil in 1968, rejecting the Summer of Love's idealism and effectively saying, "Reality ain't in sunshine and flowers. It's bones, man. It's Planet Earth." BB pulls you into this earthy reality so that it seems to encompass you. It's one of the most compelling rock albums ever made.
It probably is. They played "You Can't Always Get..." on the Rock and Roll Circus show and that was December, 1968. I guess it was one of the first songs they worked on when the Let It Bleed sessions started.
I was say that or MIdnight Rambler. Jones played some on Rambler even though they started to have MT come into studio. I think Midnight Rambler came out of the Still A Fool cover session similar to how JJF came from highway child. If you have any background on their MR recording session I would love to hear it, their best IMO. The stones complete session book doesnt give much outside of time and place.
It seems some people have an obsession with Brian Jones the last three years of his life, he got arrested a lot because of his drug habit. Not productive because of his habit. Could’ve, would’ve been, he was not.
@@leolicursi3536 🤣 He was a paranoid drug fiend and beat women. Good musician but a mess of a human being with multiple out of wedlock kids he abandoned
& Keith turned Anita into Heroin addict? ...lol. They were all young talented musicians in their 20's with big egos. Unlike the Beatles the Stones songwriting credits were not as generously shared. As Wyman in his bio Stone Alone attests & this created tensions. Goodbye Ruby Tuesday 🤪
The Stones are defined in three eras, before, during and after Jimmy Miller. Jimmy Miller in with Jumpin Jack Flask and out after Exile. Anything else need be said?
I like Aftermath too but all the others till 74. There's really greats songs after : Love is Strong, Out of Control, Streets of love, Rock in a hard place.....
America was always after the PROFIT, whilst in the UK, people are after Creativity. There was no Romanticism with what the Americans were doing, just PURE MONEY-MAKING !
We all know rhe bullying towards Brian rhat went on. Keith says Ry Coder showed him how to work some cords that we know Brian whowed him, brian showed Mick how to olay harmonica. They' ve spent 54 years bending the truth and trying to write him out of their history. An insider told mw brian is a taboo subject. They've had years to realize thry contributed towards his downwards slide. Guilty.
@@KimTebrok alot of people cannot handle fame. Yes I believe from all my unbiased research this was true. He had his faults and personal problems I believe that started before the Rolling stones. If he's lived in a different time I believe he'd have had some appropriate help. However he's been dead for 54 years and unable to defend himself. Slating a dead member of your band who you treated badly and trying to diminish his role in the beginning of their success isn't a good look for the guilty parties.
Because the music press, at least in the US -and that was mainly for 15 year olds, held up the two as the yin and yang of rock. Here in the States we did not get the Pretty Things to be the personification of dirty and bad attitude. And the Beatles and Stones were friends of a sort and occasionally appeared on each other's work. But you are right, there was a lot of lazy thinking then as well as now.
When I became a Stones fan I was primed to love this one because of its reputation, but I didn't. Sympathy and Street Fighting Man were never among my favorites. Sympathy, as well as Stray Cat are much improved on Get Yer Ya Ya's Out. I don't dislike it, I was just underwhelmed. I do love Factory Girl and Jigsaw Puzzle.
it's got some of the coolest sounding acoustic guitar ever , and those sonic touches - - sitar , tamboura , etc which , incidentally were largely do to Brian's input .
