Although it is cited as the
beginning of the recording sessions of the album "Emotional Rescue",
between January 5 to March 2, 1978, at the Pathé Marconi studios, Paris France;
It is not quite correct, since these dates correspond in fact to the last
sessions destined to "Some Girls", Lp published on June 9, 1978. The
error, so to speak, is the outtake "Summer Romance", taken from
that sessions.
Clarified this, "Emotional rescue" was conceived and
developed in a very convulsive period within the band, almost
in decomposition phase, full of interruptions due to personal problems
related to justice, especially in the case of Keith Richards avoided going to
prison, after paying bail, for possession of heroin while he was in a
hotel in Canada. In addition, taking advantage of the group that Ron Wood
had formed,
The New Barbarians, to promote his solo album: " Gimme Some
Neck", how Keith was forced to provide community services by giving a
series of concerts in benefit of IAB (Institute of Assent for the Blind), in
Oshawa, Ontario, Keith entered the Ron Wood formation.
The tour of The New Barbarians between April and May, 20 concerts in total,
two in Canada and the rest in the United States, put a new parenthesis in the
study work.
Mick Jagger was involved
in the divorce of Bianca, Bill in the process of separation from
Astrid, Ronnie also been arrested along with his partner Jo for
possession of drugs in St-Maarten in the Caribbean.., and Keith, once again, with problems with
Anita Pallenberg, now with an accidental death in the house they shared, which
was under renovation, one of the masons, a 17-year-old boy, had been playing
with her on Russian roulette and has blown his head off. The only one who
seemed to be saved was Charlie, more concerned with hair loss. Under this
climate the album "Some Girls" was developed and the following one,
"Emotional Rescue".
So after the promotional
tour of "Some Girls", on July 26, 1978 at the Alameda Coliseum,
Oakland Ca.; tour did not have European part, the Rolling Stones locked
themselves in the RCA studios of Los Angeles from August 26 to September 6 to
rehearse new songs like: "My old Lady”; “Not the way to
go”, “What gives you the right” o “I´ll let you know”; along with other classical themes
of Chuck Berry, Willie Dixon o Jimmy Reed.
The following appointment took place already in The Bahamas, at the end of
the month of January of 1979 until the middle of February in the studies
Compass Point of Nassau. Where now if, the real recording sessions started
with the first attempt on “Emotional Rescue”, “I´m think I´m gonna mad” o
“Little T & A” and others outtakes: “Lonely at tghe top”; Gangter´s moll”
;”Let´s go steady again” o “What´s the matter”.
After the tour with
The New Barbarian has finished, The Rolling Stones tired with everything that
was happening around they, left the American continent in the direction of
France, where once again in the Pathé Marconi studies, they resumed the
sessions for "Emotional Rescue" on June 19, prolonging them
throughout the summer with more songs: ”Dance”; “Down in
the hole”; “Hang fire”; “Heaven”; “Indian girl”; “It´s a lie”; “Let me go”; “We
had it all”; “send it to me” o “No use in crying”. Many of which ended in the next
album "Tattoo you".
In November, Mick and Ketih began to make the first mixes, but a fight
between them, for the musical direction of the group, interrupted again the
evolution of "Emotional Rescue" and both remained almost a month
without seeing each other until the end of January. Now in New York at
the Electric Lady studios, the "glimmer twins" made peace and resumed
the mixes. Mixes that according to Bill took longer than recording any other album.
Little by little, the
project was taking form, thus at the end of March, the first acetate
of the disc was made: “Down in the hole”; “She´s so cold”; “Claudine”; “We
had it all”l; “·You Left me”; ·”Indian Girl”; “I think I´m gonna mad”; “Let me
go”; “Emotional Rescue”; “Send it to me”; “Summer Romance”; “Where the boys
go”;” Ain´t no use in crying”; “Dance”.
Before the end of that month , in New York was taken the famous
thermographic photos that were later included in the album and its
poster besides the promotional videos: “Emotional Rescue”,
“She´s so cold”, “Where the boys go” y “Down in the hole”. Between April and May
more mixes and a new acetate, the one shown here.
Side A: (23:31)
1. Indian Girl.(6:38).
(Full length
version).
2. Emorional
Rescue.(5:43).
(Full
length version).
3. Ain´t No Use In
Crying.(3;26).
4. Claudine.(3:42)
5. I´m Think I´m Going
Mad.(3:53).
Side B: (21:10)
1. Let Me Go.(3:46).
2. Where
The Boys Go.(3:44).
3.
Neighbours.(3:30).
4. Summer
Romance.(3:14).
5. Down In
The Hole.(3:52).
6. We Had
It All.(2:50).
An alternative version of the album, in early June and a single
"Emotional Rescue" ready for publication on June 20. Three days later the album was distributed
in the United States and a couple of days later, on the 27th in the United
Kingdom and the rest of the world. It remained at No. 1 in the United Kingdom
for 18 weeks, two more in the United States.
Side A: (20:04)
1. Emotional
Rescue.(3:39)
(Single edit).
2. She´s So Cold.(3:59).
(Clean
version).
3. Send It To Me.(3;43).
4. In dian Girl.(4:23)
5. All About You.(4:18).
Side B: (20:26)
1. If I Was A
Dancer.(5:51).
(A.k.a: Dance
Pt.2).
2. Summer
Romance.(3:16).
3. Where The Boys
Go.(3:29).
4. Down In The Hole.(3:58).
5. Let Me Go.(3:51).
After this introduction,
I bring you in the alternative version, two different mixes: one made for the single "Emotional
Rescue" and other of "She's so cold", called "Clean
Version", with a censored verse: "she's so goddamned cold" ; sent this
way to the radio stations.
Finally, the acetate has been cleaned and remastered, song by
song. Bit.ly/80RSemr And in it we can listen to unreleased songs as well
as mixes totally different from the known ones.
The artwork, the one selected here,it was going to appear as a paper sleeve
that enveloped the album of thermographic photographs, although later, the idea
was abandoned, although there some were promotional copies. O.K
friends, enjoy it and be happy always, with music better.!
