Fans of legendary rock group The Rolling Stones appear to have worked out where you can hear the last offering from Brian Jones.
The late band member, who left The Stones in June 1969, appears fleetingly on a Keith Richards-written song which featured on Let It Bleed. A fan asking where the last of Jones’ offerings for the group can be heard posted to the r/RollingStones subreddit to figure out where they could hear the instrumentalist. They wrote: “The last album to include Brian Jones’s contributions in some way, which is sad because Brian brought so much to the band while being nonexistent and out of the loop.
“So is Brian noticeable on Let it Bleed because I know he is on two tracks, but can you hear him even contributing on those tracks?” Other fans of The Rolling Stones have since shared you can hear Jones’ work, though it is “buried in the mix” of one of Richards’ songs. One fan wrote: “You can hear them but they weren’t prominent parts.
“He plays an autoharp on Keith Richards’ You Got the Silver. It’s audible on the song but buried in the mix. His autoharp is more prominent on Mick Jagger‘s take of the song, which you can find on YouTube. The official version has the autoharp mixed very low, though it can be heard in the right-hand channel between 1:04 and 1:25.
“Brian’s other contribution was on Midnight Rambler. He played the congas, which are audible during the middle part of the track, playing on the downbeats and following the guitar responding to the lead vocals (it starts at ~4:30 mark).”
Brian Jones on Let It Bleed
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Another suggested it would be hard to hear much of Jones’ work on Let It Bleed as he did not show up to the studio as much as expected. One user wrote: “He didn’t show up to the studio much. I think he was more over the band than they were of him at the time.
“No Expectations was his biggest contribution. Played on You Got the Silver and sax or percussion on Midnight Rambler, I believe. People say Mick and Keith kicked him out of the band but in reality it was a mutual understanding. Brian wanted blues and they were going in a pop direction he didn’t like.”
Another user suggested No Direction marked the final, important contribution from Jones. They wrote: “You can’t. Or I can’t, at least. I believe Brian’s last important contribution was the slide on No Expectations.”
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That’s ironic – Jones played on the poppy stuff that preceded BB and LIB, which were in fact very bluesy, with a tougher sound. He contributed to BB beautifully but had checked out musically by LIB.