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10 October - December 1977, 5 January - 2 March
1978: Place: EMI, Pathe Marconi, Paris, France.
Producer: The Glimmer Twins.
Assistant Engineer: Barry Sage, Dave Jordan, Ben King, Philippe.
Engineer: Chris Kimsey.
Track status: UK LP SOME GIRLS: 9 June 1978: No 2 - 25 weeks
USA LP SOME GIRLS: 9 June 1978: No 1 - 32 weeks
USA Single: December 1978: No 31 - 4 weeks
USA Compilation LP SUCKING IN THE SEVENTIES: 12 March 1981: No 15
- 5 weeks
UK Compilation LP SUCKING IN THE SEVENTIES: 13 April 1981
UK Track CD Single Terrifying: 30 July 1990
Rolling Stones with 1 Moroccan, 1 Jew, 1 Wasp. (Simon Kirke, Ian
McLagan, Ian Stewart)
Apparently a long time in the making, Shattered
is a percussive assault on the senses about the seediness of New
York. Two stripped down instrumental out-takes reveal the song in
its formative stages. Bill Wyman takes no part again, Ron Wood (modesty
forbid) performs on bass, pedal, steel guitar, bass-drum and backing
vocals. Other percussive sounds are made by a foreign legion of
Moroccans, Jews and Wasps. Ian McLagan's book ALL THE RAGE reveals
that Simon Kirke, ex-Free and then of Bad Company, was playing congas,
Ian McLagan played Wurlitzer organ and Ian Stewart piano. Subtle
guitar weaves its way through the song, one solo during the clapping
session is distinctively that of Keith Richard's and the pedal steel
is that of Ronnie. Other guitars are over-dubbed and twilled into
the mix. Released as a single in the States, it struggled up the
charts. Mick Jagger's vocals and incredible lyrics 'love and sex
and hopes and dreams' saved the bacon of an otherwise over-baked
number - ShiDooBee.
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