Condition: Used
The Rolling Stones - Tattoo You
Label: Rolling Stones Records, WEA Music Of Canada
Catalog#: XCOC 16052
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Vinyl: VG+ to VG++, a bit of light scuffing
Cover has very minor wear to edges and corners
Includes original inner sleeve
Country: Canada issue
Released: Sep 1981
Genre: Rock
Style: Classic Rock
Tracklisting:
A1 Start Me Up 3:32
A2 Hang Fire 2:22
A3 Slave 4:59
A4 Little T & A 3:24
A5 Black Limousine 3:31
A6 Neighbours 3:38
B1 Worried About You 5:18
B2 Tops 3:47
B3 Heaven 4:22
B4 No Use In Crying 3:28
B5 Waiting On A Friend 4:45
Credits:
Engineer - Chris Kimsey
Producer - The Glimmer Twins
Notes:
Came with printed inner sleeve
Tattoo You was originally released August 25, 1981, it went to #1 in both the UK & US. The album includes the single hits Start Me Up, Hang Fire, and Waiting On A Friend. It's also got Keith's ode Little T&A and Ronnie's Black Limousine. Tops and Waiting On A Friend were pulled from the unreleased vaults (they were recorded in Jamaica during the 1972 Goats Head Soup sessions and Tops still had Mick Taylor on guitar). Producer Chris Kimsey collected the best of the unreleased tracks from 1972 through 1979, featured the new hit Start Me Up, and added a new session (that produced Slave, Neighbours, and Heaven). Most people know the music, so in my reviews I try to give you data on the sessions and interesting facts connected with the songs and the album. Here we go:
Interesting notes include:
.....the megahit Start Me Up was recorded during the same sessions that produced Miss You in New York in 1978....the Stones had abandoned the track but Chris Kimsey salvaged the single take, had Mick add new lyrics, and remixed it to create the version on the album
.....the original title of the album was Tattoo....the "You" was added by Mick during last minute rushes
.....Mick did last minute overdubs by himself without involving the rest of the Band, so he was the only person who knew what the new album would sound like before release
.....Sonny Rollins got the inspiration for the sax in Waiting On A Friend by asking Mick to dance for him while he played
.....when Mick Taylor heard the new album he realized he was playing guitar on Tops and had to sue his old band to get his royalties
There were 9 years worth of sessions that contributed to Tattoo You. They started in Jamaica in 1972 finished with mixing at Atlantic in NYC during April - June, 1981.
The Rolling Stones - Worried About You
Rolling Stones - Hang Fire
it has a great 1950's chord progression for that early Rock 'n' Roll sound
Rolling Stones - Neighbours
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