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FotiniD Rocks Off Regular Offline ROCC & RO..ll... Posts: 1,021 Athens, Greece Gender:	"Drift Away" Stones version Sep 12^th, 2013 at 5:28pm So is it true that there's no Keith at all in this version?
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Re: "Drift Away" Stones version
Reply #2 - Sep 12^th, 2013 at 7:09pm

This should be the next cover if there is another tour.

14th - 28th January & probbaly late February - 4th March: Munich, West-Germany,
Musicland Studios. Producers: The Glimmer Twins. Sound engineers: Keith Harwood,
Andy Johns. Incl.

- Drift Away (Mentor Williams) -Nicky Hopkins on piano, Billy Preston on organ

http://www.nzentgraf.de/books/tcw/1974.htm

.......but which is correct ?

Recorded November, 1973, never released.
Mick Jagger on Vocals, Nicky Hopkins on Piano, Mick Taylor on Slide Guitar, Bill Wyman on Bass and Charlie Watts on Drums.

Drift Away
(Dobie Gray)

http://www.Lew.org/stones_lyrics/drift_away.htm

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CS Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 443 Hell Gender:	Re: "Drift Away" Stones version Reply #3 - Sep 12^th, 2013 at 7:31pm Nico Zentgraf is right and by far more reliable The original song was composed and produced by Mentor Williams, Dobie Gray was just a Singer, the second to record it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drift_Away
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Re: "Drift Away" Stones version
Reply #4 - Sep 12^th, 2013 at 8:25pm

Nico is most certainly more reliable, even though theres always a bit of guesswork involved with Stones sessionographies.

Dobie Gray didnt write the song. It would have taken about 30 seconds to have researched that.

It was probably dropped from IORR for royalty reasons (read - 'more money for Mick and Keith'). There was only going to be room for one cover and 'Aint Too Proud To Beg' got the nod. Probably a wise choice as Dobie's cover of Drift Away had been a hit only months earlier.

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Re: "Drift Away" Stones version
Reply #5 - Sep 12^th, 2013 at 8:29pm

Gazza wrote on Sep 12^th, 2013 at 8:25pm:

Nico is most certainly more reliable, even though theres always a bit of guesswork involved with Stones sessionographies.

Dobie Gray didnt write the song. It would have taken about 30 seconds to have researched that.

It was probably dropped from IORR for royalty reasons (read - 'more money for Mick and Keith'). There was only going to be room for one cover and 'Aint Too Proud To Beg' got the nod. Probably a wise choice as Dobie's cover of Drift Away had been a hit only months earlier.

would've made a great b-side… still hope we get an official release one day… they've done so well on dusting off those old tapes…

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Reply #6 - Sep 12^th, 2013 at 8:52pm

I think (is my perception only) that other reason (in addition to those posted above) was that since Humble Pie released it on "Thunderbox" (released February 1974) they decided not to put another cover just released by one of Keith's favourite bands, the stones released IORR on October 1974 and a year later Rod released it on "Atlantic Crossing"

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Reply #7 - Sep 12^th, 2013 at 9:37pm

Voodoo Chile in Wonderland wrote on Sep 12^th, 2013 at 8:52pm:

I think (is my perception only) that other reason (in addition to those posted above) was that since Humble Pie released it on "Thunderbox" (released February 1974) they decided not to put another cover just released by one of Keith's favourite bands, the stones released IORR on October 1974 and a year later Rod released it on "Atlantic Crossing"

Atlantic Crossing is a great album fwiw… i discovered it last year… I love new/old music...

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