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HRAudio.net - The Rolling Stones: Let It Bleed
The Rolling Stones
This legendary 1969 Rolling Stones masterpiece includes, among others, the
classic "Gimme Shelter," "Midnight Rambler" and "You Can't Always Get What You
Want." Let It Bleed marked the last time the band recorded with Brian Jones who
died five months before its release, to the studio entree point for guitarist
Mick Taylor. The album served to transition the band from the basic rock and
blues feel for which it had been so well known to a whirlwind of hard rocking
frenzy. The featured songs are amongst the band’s all time best: "Gimme
Shelter," with its shimmering guitar lines and apocalyptic lyrics, the
harmonica-driven "Midnight Rambler,” the druggy party ambience of the title
track and the always stunning masterpiece "You Can't Always Get What You Want"
which is a triumph of the early period Stones' art: epic structure,
philosophical lyric, vibrant horn backing and a swelling choral refrain. Also
of note is "You Got the Silver" which marked Keith Richards' first lead vocal
and the band's take on Robert Johnson's classic "Love in Vain." Full blown
production and down-home acoustic roots all in the same package as only the
Stones could offer. Let It Bleed was recorded and mixed at Olympic Sound
Studios in London and Sunset Sound Studios in Los Angeles between November 1968
and October 1969. The album was produced by Jimmy Miller and engineered by Glyn
Johns. Released in December of 1969, Let It Bleed reached #1 in the UK,
knocking The Beatles’ Abbey Road out of the top slot, and #3 on Billboard’s Top
Pop Albums chart in the US, where it eventually achieved RIAA multi-platinum
status. The album was the Stones' last to be released in an official mono
version and was also sourced from the first generation stereo master tape. The
album also features a number of notable guest musicians and vocalists,
including Ian Stewart, Nicky Hopkins, Jack Nitzsche, Ry Cooder, Leon Russell,
Al Kooper, Bobby Keys, Byron Berline, Rocky Dijon, Merry Clayton, Madeline
Bell, Doris Troy, Nanette Newman and The London Bach Choir.
