Pour Get The Picture?, je voulais tellement que ce soit Viv Prince, mais j'avais un gros doute.
En fait, il s'avère que sur les vidéos il s'agit de Skip Alan, pareil pour [url=
]"The Pretty Things On Film"[/url] que je viens de trouver sur Youtube.
(Il est en deux parties, le lien donne sur la première partie mais vous trouverez sans peine la deuxième.)
Mais je n'avais qu'à lire l'intèrieur de la pochette de mon 33 tour pour avoir la réponse, les musiciens ne sont pas crédités de manière classique hélas, mais on a une explication sur chaque chanson, sur le contexte, l'histoire, les enregistrements et caetera.
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Et il se trouve que ladite réponse est "oui et non" !
Viv Prince a partiellement enregistré Get The Picture? d'après les informations de la pochette (réédition Norton).
Je vais en recopier quelques passages, veuillez excuser les éventuelles fautes de frappe et autre, c'est assez relou de lire la pochette sur les genoux tout en tappant sur le clavier !
Pour You Don't Believe Me :
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YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME was a writing collaboration between Jimmy Page, Phil May and producer Bobby Graham. A jangling folk-rock piece, most likely influenced by Page's recent relationship with Jackie DeShannon, it wasn't a typical Pretty Things song, but Graham thought it would make a great opener for the album, perhaps even a single. The session was booked for September 14, 1965, the day after John Stax's wedding. Stax was off on his honeymoon, so the band arranged for John "Fred" Gandy of the Fairies to play bass on the session. As it turned out,
they ended needing a drummer too. Following the wedding reception, Viv Prince got arrested outside a pub and was thrown in Bow Street cells for the night. Twink, then drummer for the Fairies (and later a Pretty Things himself) ended up doing the session. "I was living with John Gandy at the time and I just went along to the session with him, just to hang out", he remembers. "So when I got there they were very pleased to see me, because Viv was in jail." As to whether Taylor or Page plays guitar on the session, no one is quite sure. "I
think I play guitar", says Dick, "because I know there was a problem with Jimmy Page's guitar not being in tune and either I played guitar on my guitar or he played guitar on my guitar." For what it's worth Page definitely plays tambourine on the track. "He was banging it on the floor, I seem to remember", says Twink. No matter who plays what, it's a dynamite track*. Graham gives it a superb, booming production, the rhythm section is rock solid, and Phil distinguishes himself with a heart-tugging vocal.
* C'est vrai, c'est véritablement une "dynamite track".
Pour Buzz the Jerk :
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BUZZ THE JERK was a more or less spontaneous creation. "Instant", says Dick. "I got my new fuzzbox, and the riff was based on the old soul riff kind of thing. We just did it." John Stax blasts out a super-solid heavy soul bassline, Pendleton chops, Taylor stings
and once again you can only marvel at the sharp, inventive drumming of Vivian St. John Prince.
Rien de spécifié sur un quelconque changement de batteur pour Get The Picture? (la chanson eponyme), il semblerait dans ce cas là que le line-up dans ces cas là "May/Taylor/Stax/Pendleton/Prince", et que le batteur remplaçant de Prince pour cette session soit uniquement Twink, et ce pour deux morceaux.
Ainsi, pour We'll Play House :
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WE'LL PLAY HOUSE was laid down the same day as
You Don't Believe Me with Fred Gandy on bass, Twink on drums and Dick supplying the feedback and fast-fingered frets runs on Jimmy Page's Danelectro. "It wasn't actually scheduled for the session", remembers Twink. "We just kind of jammed along to that beat. Phil did the vocal afterwards and then it made it to the album." May's vocal is suitably off the cuff, too, spinning sweet lies to some poor bird with lines like, "I've never been without a girl... You're the first girl I've ever known!"
Il y a quelques autres anecdotes intéressantes et amusantes, à quoi s'ajoute de bonnes petites pointes d'humour de la part du redacteur, mais je n'ai pas le courage hélas de tout tapper, peut-être plus tard !
Pour hyperfrench, le blog où tu pourrais éventuellement trouver
Get The Picture?.
Et celui où il est peut-être possible que tu puisses prendre
le premier album.
Mais si ils te plaisent, ils sont réédités par Norton en vinyle, avec quelques 45 tours (Come See Me, Rosalyn, Midnight To Six Man), et disponibles à Born Bad, mais je crains que mon batteur et moi ayons vidé les stocks...
Pfuii, je suis épuisé, je ne crois pas avoir posté un post aussi long auparavant !
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tschiiip.
