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11 March 1963: Place: Regent, IBC, London, England.
Engineer: Glyn Johns.
Track status: Bootleg only.
This track wraps up the Stones' first recording
session. The IBC sessions, although now famous and much sought after,
were considered as a whole far too rough for a commercial release,
much to the band's disappointment. Honey (Baby) What's Wrong is
a meandering-type song and harmonies inspired by Keith Richards
leave a lot to be desired. The mix of pop vocals with r 'n' b lead
guitar and harmonica did not quite mix. Glyn Johns was the producer
for the sessions. He was a musician himself and detected the groups'
potential. He had met them at one of their concerts and offered
to record them. The band signed a six month deal with IBC to record
free of charge. An acetate was made of the sessions and this was
touted by IBC amongst the record companies. EMI were one of the
companies to reject the tracks - sincerity was detected but the
thin production quality and the lack of chart potential caused the
end product to be suspect. The band were particularly critical of
the lack of bass in the mix and wanted the tracks re-cut. This did
not happen. A 10 inch acetate of the five tracks was sold by a friend
of Brian Jones at an auction in April 1993.
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