The Rolling Stones – Goats Head Soup [Japan Mini LP Edition]

The Rolling Stones – Goats Head Soup [Japan Mini LP Edition]

Album Notes
“Following the enormous success of EXILE ON MAIN STREET, GOATS HEAD SOUP found the Rolling Stones jetting down to Jamaica in 1973 and tweaking their rebellious image with a bit of voodoo imagery. Kicking things off with Dancing With Mr. D., … Full Descriptionthe Stones picked up the thread of Sympathy For The Devil and gilded their already hedonistic reputation with some Satanic allusions. References to Beezelbub aside, SOUP offered up some of the Stones’ more heartfelt ballads including Winter, Coming Down Again, and the lilting, minor-key classic Angie.

Of course, being known as The World’s Greatest Rock ‘n’ Roll Band means a number of songs more than back up this moniker. Among them are Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker), propelled by Mick Taylor’s wah-wah pedal and Billy Preston’s electric piano, and the twang and slide guitar of Silver Train. There’s an abundance of cheeky attitude here despite a slew of slow songs, and the Stones close out with a nasty, backhanded tribute to groupies called Star Star. Though GOAT’S HEAD SOUP does not hold up to the four studio masterpieces that preceded it (BEGGAR’S BANQUET, LET IT BLEED, STICKY FINGERS, and EXILE ON MAIN STREET), it is still full of strong songwriting, great playing, and plenty of classic Stonesy swagger.

There were 23 songs recorded during the “Goat’s Head Soup” sessions between Nov 25-30 and Dec 6-21, 1972 at Dynamic Sound Studios in Kingston, Jamaica. Only 8 of them made it onto “Goat’s Head Soup”. Keith had made strong connections with the Jamaican reggae musicians and had recently bought a house in Jamaica, so he was the driving force behind the sessions. The band included Mick Taylor, Nicky Hopkins (piano), Billy Preston (organ), Bobby Keys (sax), Chuck Finley (trumpet), Jim Horn (horn), and of course Ian Stewart on piano. Sonny Rollins played sax on Waiting On A Friend. Final mixes were done at Island Recording in London May 28 – Jun 20, 1973. Hide Your Love was recorded in separate sessions on May 23 & 26 at Olympic Studios in London. Silver Train was recorded during the mixing at Island in London.

Interesting notes include:
…..The UK version of the album had one verse censored and deleted from Star#$!@% (which appears as Star Star in text on the album) while the US version had the line “I bet you keep your pussy clean” deleted. Both record distributors (US and UK) refused to allow the line “giving head to Steve McQueen” until the Stones got McQueen to sign a release (he said he appreciated the publicity). (The entire song with all the censored lyrics are on this release, or at least they are on my copy.)
…..Short And Curlies was not released until 1974 on the album It’s Only Rock `n’ Roll.
…..Tops and Waiting On A Friend were not released until 1981 on the album Tattoo You, after which Waiting On A Friend was also released as a single.
…..there are still 12 tracks from these sessions that have not been released (although some have been bootlegged) They are Criss Cross (Save Me), Separately, You Should Have Seen Her Ass, Four And In, Give Us A Break, First Thing, Miami, Man-Eating Woman, Brown Leaves, After Muddy & Charlie, Jamaica I, and Zabadoo.”

This release was only available as part of the TOCP-66451 to TOCP-66458 – Rolling Stones (The) – Bigger Bang: World Tour 2005-2006 (Box set) (2005 / 2005) (8 CD boxed set with complete studio releases spanning the 11 period from 1971 to 1981 inclusive).

EC1079	The Rolling Stones – Goats Head Soup
Label:	Toshiba-EMI
Catalog#:	TOCP-66453
Format:	Mini Lp Edition
Made in:	Japan
Released:	Original LP:1973-08 / This version: 2005-08-31
Barcode:	–
Style:	Rock

============================================================================ The Rolling Stones – Goats Head Soup
============================================================================ 1. Dancing With Mr. D.

2. 100 Years Ago

3. Coming Down Again

4. Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)

5. Angie

6. Silver Train

7. Hide Your Love

8. Winter

9. Can You Hear the Music

10. Star Star

Total Time: 00:46:57

Companies etc ▼

Manufactured By – Toshiba EMI Ltd

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Virgin Benelux B.V.

Recorded At – Dynamic Sounds Studios

Credits ▼

Baritone Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Bobby Keys

Bass – Bill Wyman

Bass, Guitar, Vocals – Keith Richards, Mick Taylor

Clavinet – Billy Preston (tracks: 2)

Design – Ray Lawrence

Design [Sleeve] – David Bailey

Drums – Charlie Watts

Engineer [Assistant] – Carlton Lee, Doug Bennett, Howard Kilgour

Engineer, Mixed By – Andy Johns

Flute, Alto Saxophone – Jim Horn

Liner Notes – Mike M. Koshitani

Percussion – Jimmy Miller, Pascal, Rebop

Photography By – David Bailey

Piano – Billy Preston (tracks: 4), Ian Stewart (tracks: 6, 10), Mick Jagger (tracks: 7), Nicky Hopkins (tracks: 1, 3, 5, 8, 9)

Producer – Jimmy Miller

Remastered By – Bob Ludwig

Trumpet – Charles B. Findley

Vocals, Guitar, Harp – Mick Jagger

Written-By – Jagger-Richards

Notes▼
Obi: Green and red common to and unique to all releases in the “Bigger Bang” box set. This one wraps around the front (left) gatefold cover (removed for the scan of the inside of the gatefold).
Cover:   Gatefold.

“Goat’s Head Soup” [the actual soup with the goat’s head in it] John Pasche [Photography by Phil Jude.] [John Pasche also designed the lips and tongue logo first used on Sticky Fingers.]
Inserts (as per original): Inner card instead of inner sleeve.
Lyrics: Japanese and English on thin paper foldout.