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Artist: The Rolling Stones
Title: Let It Bleed.
Released: November 28, 1969
Label: Decca Records and London Records
Catalogue No: SKL5025 [UK] and NPS4 [USA]


Here is Vol. 20 of the Russian boots. Although they had begun the recording of "You Can't Always Get What You Want" in May 1968, before Beggars Banquet had been released, recording for Let It Bleed began in earnest in February 1969 and would continue sporadically until November. Brian Jones performs on only two tracks, the autoharp on "You Got the Silver" and percussion on "Midnight Rambler". His replacement Mick Taylor also plays on two tracks, "Country Honk" and "Live With Me." Keith Richards, who had already shared vocal duties with Mick Jagger on a handful of songs ("Connection", "Something Happened to Me Yesterday" and "Salt of the Earth"), sang his first solo lead vocal on a Rolling Stones recording with "You Got the Silver."

Recorded under trying circumstance owing to the band having reached the final impasse with Jones, the album has been called a great summing up of the dark underbelly of the 1960s. In addition to being one of their all-time classics, Bleed is the second of the Stones' run of four studio LPs that are generally regarded as among their greatest achievements artistically, equalled only by the best of their great 45s from that decade. The other three albums are Beggars Banquet (1968), Sticky Fingers (1971), and Exile on Main Street (1972).

Interesting Note: The song You Can't Always Get What You Want also features The London Bach Choir, but the group asked to have its name removed from the album's credits.


THE PLAYERS:

Mick Jagger – vocals, backing vocals, harmonica
Keith Richards – acoustic, electric guitar, slide guitar, bass, vocals
Brian Jones – autoharp, percussion (congas)
Mick Taylor – electric guitar, slide guitar
Charlie Watts – drums
Bill Wyman – bass, autoharp, vibes
Ian Stewart – piano
Nicky Hopkins – piano, organ
Jimmy Miller – percussion, drums, tambourine
Merry Clayton – vocals, backing vocals on Gimme Shelter
Ry Cooder – mandolin on Love In Vain
Nanette Workman – backing vocals on Country Honk
Byron Berline – fiddle on Country Honk
Bobby Keys – tenor saxophone on Live With Me
Leon Russell – piano and horn arangenment on Live With Me
Al Kooper - piano, french horn, and organ on You Can't Always Get What You Want
Jack Nitzche - choral arrangements on You Can't Always Get What You Want
Rocky Dijon - percussion on You Can't Always Get What You Want


TRACK LISTING:

01 Gimme Shelter
02 Love In Vain
03 Country Honk
04 Live With Me
05 Let It Bleed
06 Midnight Rambler
07 You Got the Silver
08 Monkey Man
09 You Can’t Always Get What You Want

BONUS TRACKS:

10 Gimme Shelter (Keith On Vocal)
11 Honky Tonk Woman (Alternate Version)
12 Loving Cup (Alternate Version)
13 You Got the Silver (Mick On Vocal)
14 Sister Morphine (Alternate Version)
15 Memo From Turner (Alternate Version)
16 Honky Tonk Women (45 Mono Mix)


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