memo from turner

- - - the rolling stones - memo from turner (version 2)(alternative vocals & lyrics) - wide mono - - - Edit for headphones, November 2021. This is quite like the version that's on the album "Metamorphosis", but it has different vocals & lyrics. Enjoy. A song from the bootleg "Studio Outtakes & Rarities Vol. 4 - 1968 (remaster by Teague Raw)". Label: Cadec. No catalogue number. This is (partly shortened) taken from "The Rolling Stones - All the Songs" by Philippe Margotin & Jean-Michel Guesdon: «« There are three versions of "Memo From Turner." The first was recorded in September and/or October 1968 at Olympic Sound Studios; Mick Jagger was accompanied by various musicians, including Stevie Winwood and Jim Capaldi. In addition to the guitar parts and bass, Winwood seems to have played the Hammond B-3 organ. The piano was most likely played by Jack Nitzsche. Jim Capaldi on drums. Mick Jagger vocals and maracas. The second version dates from November 17, 1968, also recorded at Olympic, with Keith Richards and Al Kooper on guitar. The other musicians have not been clearly identified. Bill Wyman could be on bass, with Charlie Watts or Jim Capaldi on drums. The funky result eventually found a home on the 1975 album "Metamorphosis". The third and final version is the one that can be found on the soundtrack album. This was also released as a Mick Jagger solo single on October 23, 1970, and has been a part of the official Rolling Stones discography ever since. Jagger’s voice is taken from the first version, recorded in London. The instruments, on the other hand, were recorded in Los Angeles, mostprobably at Elektra Studios, with Ry Cooder and possibly Russ Titelman (rhythm guitar), Randy Newman (organ), Jerry Scheff (fuzz bass), and Gene Parsons (drums). The listener is immediately captivated by the slide guitar of the incredible Ry Cooder. This sets the track aglow, lending it an aggressiveness and power that is lacking in the other two versions. Jagger is also exceptional. His performance veers between disdain, provocation, and cynicism, all delivered in a sensual blues-rock voice. The rhythm section, meanwhile, is highly efficient, incorporating Jerry Scheff (?) on fuzz bass. "Memo From Turner" is a real gem, a song that would have merited inclusion on the album "Let It Bleed", but Keith, harboring a persistent grudge, would apparently not hear of it… It is claimed, incidentally, that faced with Keith’s refusal to take part in the song, Mick broke down in tears before Donald Cammell, and the director immediately took advantage of the situation to interfere in the writing of the lyrics. This version was to reach number 32 in the United Kingdom on November 21, 1970. »» MEMO FROM TURNER (Jagger/Richards) didn't I see you down in San Antone on a hot and dusty night weren't you eating eggs in Sammy's where the black man drew his knife didn't you drown that Jew in Rampton as he washed his sleeveless shirt with a Spanish speaking gentleman the one we know as Kurt come now gentlemen you know there's some mistake how forgetful I'm becoming now you fixed your business straight I remember you in Hemlock Road in nineteen fifty-six a faggy little leather boy with a smaller piece of stick you're a lashing smashing hunk of man your sweat shines sweet and strong your organs playing perfectly there's a part that's screwed on wrong weren't you at the coke convention in the nineteen sixty-five you're the misbred grey executive I've seen heavily advertised you're the great gray man whose wife sprays Turner's policemen's buttons clean you're the man who squats behind the man who works the soft machine come now gentleman your love is all I crave you'll still be in the circus when I'm laughing laughing in my grave when the old men do the fighting and the young men all look on and the young girls eat their mummies meat from tubes of plasticon be wary please my gentle friends of all the skins you breed they have a nasty habit they just eat the hand that bleeds so remember who you say you are and keep your trousers clean boys will be boys and play with toys so be strong with your beast oh Rosie dear you think it's queer so stop me if you please your baby's dead my lady said you schmucks all work for me ®© UMG on behalf of ABKCO Music and Records, Inc. ®© ruudtes rolling stones All rights reserved by the copyright owners. This nonprofit fan-made video is solely to promote awareness and interest in the artists and the music. No copyright infringement is intended. The purpose of this upload is for viewer enjoyment and education, not for monetary gain.

Added 21 Aug 2026