![]() Bassist Bill Wyman appears on every track except for two, on which Richards played bass. ![]() The choir distanced themselves from their contribution, however, citing what author Stephen Davis terms its "relentless drug ambience". Additional vocals were provided by the London Bach Choir, who sang on "You Can't Always Get What You Want". Richards sang his first solo lead vocal on a Rolling Stones recording with "You Got the Silver", having previously sung harmony and background vocals with primary vocalist Mick Jagger on " Connection" and shared alternating lead vocals with Jagger on parts of " Something Happened to Me Yesterday" and " Salt of the Earth". He also appears on " Honky Tonk Women", a stand-alone single recorded during the Let It Bleed sessions. Jones's replacement, Mick Taylor, appears on just two tracks, " Country Honk" and " Live with Me", having contributed some overdubs during the May 1969 London Olympic Studios recording sessions. The coroner's report stated this was a drowning, later revised to " death by misadventure".Īs with the previous album, most of the guitar parts were recorded instead by the band's other guitarist, Keith Richards, during the period of principal recording. A month after being fired, Jones was found at the bottom of his swimming pool at his home. He was fired from the band during the recording of Let It Bleed, having performed on only two tracks: playing autoharp on " You Got the Silver", and percussion on " Midnight Rambler". Always a talented multi-instrumentalist, Jones had previously contributed extensively on guitar, forming an integral part of the dual-guitar sound that was central to the band's chemistry. Though present in the studio, he was frequently too intoxicated to contribute meaningfully, and after a motorcycle accident in May 1969, missed several recording sessions whilst recovering. Brian Jones, the band's original leader and founder, had, over the course of the recording of the previous two albums, become increasingly detached from the group. In 2005, the album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, and is on Rolling Stone magazine's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list.Īlthough the Rolling Stones had begun the recording of " You Can't Always Get What You Want" in November 1968, before Beggars Banquet had been released, recording for Let It Bleed began in earnest in February 1969 and continued sporadically until early November. The album was voted number 40 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums 3rd edition (2000). While no high-charting singles were released from the album, many of its songs became staples of Rolling Stones live shows and on rock radio stations, including " Gimme Shelter" and " You Can't Always Get What You Want", both of which frequently appear on lists of the greatest songs ever. ![]() The album reached top ten positions in several markets, including reaching number one in the UK and number three in the US. The other Stones members (vocalist Mick Jagger, bassist Bill Wyman, and drummer Charlie Watts) appear on nearly every track, with contributions by percussionist Jimmy Miller (who also produced the album), keyboardists Nicky Hopkins and Ian Stewart (himself a former member of the band), and guest musicians including Ry Cooder. Keith Richards was the band's sole guitarist during most of the recording sessions, being responsible for nearly all of the rhythm and lead parts. Taylor had been hired after principal recording was complete on many of the tracks, and appears on two songs, having recorded some guitar overdubs. Jones died within a month of being fired ( at the age of 27) he contributed to only two songs, playing backing instruments. He was fired in the midst of recording sessions for this album, and replaced by Mick Taylor. The album was recorded during a period of turmoil in the band Brian Jones, the band's founder and original leader, had become increasingly unreliable in the studio due to heavy drug use, and during most recording sessions was either absent, or so incapacitated that he was unable to contribute meaningfully. Additional sounds on the album draw influence from gospel, country blues and country rock. Released shortly after the band's 1969 American Tour, it is the follow-up to 1968's Beggars Banquet, and like that album is a return to the group's more blues-oriented approach that was prominent in the pre- Aftermath (1966) period of their career. Let It Bleed is a studio album by the English rock band the Rolling Stones, released on 28 November 1969 on London Records in the United States and on 5 December by Decca Records in the United Kingdom.
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