Around and Around is one of the few covers thats actually better than the original. Chuck's version is merely a demo. I have to agree with author Rothwell in "Long Distance Information": could you imagine a version of Around and Around with Willie Dixon on the bass, Fred Below on the drums, and Lafayette Leake or Johnson on the piano? It would have been one of Chucks most smokin' songs. As it is, the Stones do the song great justice on their second album, with a distinct Chess sound (namely in the echo heard) pouring through. I always thought it was cool how the riff developed in the refrain. Its played a little different when Mick starts to sing the refrain, and than BAM it takes off after a few bars.

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The lyrics say "the joint was rockin'!", not "the joint was full of wheezy stoned hippies".

- Doxa

Wouldn't bet my balls that the LYL version is not overdubbed, but sure it sounds quite the same to the boot version!

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Wouldn't bet my balls that the LYL version is not overdubbed, but sure it sounds quite the same to the boot version!

C

I would be relieved as well as pleased to learn that LYL "Around & Around" was not overdubbed. I think Mathijs once said there were five or six guitars on it. I am merely repeating what he said.

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Wouldn't bet my balls that the LYL version is not overdubbed, but sure it sounds quite the same to the boot version!

C

I would be relieved as well as pleased to learn that LYL "Around & Around" was not overdubbed. I think Mathijs once said there were five or six guitars on it. I am merely repeating what he said.

I don't think there are any overdubs on AaA. Mannish Boy, LRR and especially Cracking Up have plenty of overdubs, but not AaA.

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Wouldn't bet my balls that the LYL version is not overdubbed, but sure it sounds quite the same to the boot version!

C

I would be relieved as well as pleased to learn that LYL "Around & Around" was not overdubbed. I think Mathijs once said there were five or six guitars on it. I am merely repeating what he said.

I don't think there are any overdubs on AaA. Mannish Boy, LRR and especially Cracking Up have plenty of overdubs, but not AaA.

Mathijs

Yeah, Crackin' Up has about 46 guitars on it. (I think that's the song Mathijs referenced in a post months ago...)

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Wouldn't bet my balls that the LYL version is not overdubbed, but sure it sounds quite the same to the boot version!

C

I would be relieved as well as pleased to learn that LYL "Around & Around" was not overdubbed. I think Mathijs once said there were five or six guitars on it. I am merely repeating what he said.

I don't think there are any overdubs on AaA. Mannish Boy, LRR and especially Cracking Up have plenty of overdubs, but not AaA.

Must have been thinking of Cracking Up. Thanks for the clarification and sorry for my foggy memory.
71Tele



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