Comments, input and alterations are very welcome!
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Cosmic Christmas
(Traditional)

Olympic Sound Studios, London, UK, October 16, 21 & 23, 1967

Mick Jagger - voices
Bill Wyman - oscillator

Produced by The Rolling Stones

First released on:
The Rolling Stones - “Their Satanic Majesties Request” LP
(Decca TXS 103) UK, December 8, 1967



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2010-12-01 17:13 by René.

That isn't a mellotron, but an audio oscillator which would have been used for testing Olympic Sound Studios gear, tape machines, monitors etc etc.

An oscillator was also used on Please Go Home from Between the Buttons.

Note there are also voices making sounds, possibly Mick?



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2009-08-24 09:02 by His Majesty.

What do they chant on this - is it "We wish you, we wish you"?

Many years ago spent half an hour speeding Cosmic up using a couple
a cassette recorders with pitch control.... Can't recall the exact message but
it was something simple like ..."We wish you a merry Xmas...We wish you a merry Xmas and a very happy New Year ....



ROCKMAN

At least it wasn't something daft like "we'll shag you like superman" or "cranberry sauce"!

Shag 'em like the Invisible Man is better ... They just never know when ya comin' .....



ROCKMAN

Perhaps the reason they're singing the words t oWe Wish You A Merry Christmas is because Cosmic Christmas is the same song?

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His Majesty
That isn't a mellotron, but an audio oscillator which would have been used for testing Olympic Sound Studios gear, tape machines, monitors etc etc.

An oscillator was also used on Please Go Home from Between the Buttons.

Note there are also voices making sounds, possibly Mick?

An oscillator was also used on the Byrds' CTA-102 from Younger Than Yesterday.

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Rockman
Many years ago spent half an hour speeding Cosmic up using a couple
a cassette recorders with pitch control.... Can't recall the exact message but
it was something simple like ..."We wish you a merry Xmas...We wish you a merry Xmas and a very happy New Year ....

But you know that this track has to be played with 45 rpm instead of 33,3 rpm, don`t you? So you have the correct pitch..

How dare you mention the C word in the middle of August!!