TheJakartaPost
Please Update your browser
Your browser is out of date, and may not be compatible with our website. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found below.
Just click on the icons to get to the download page.
Rolling Stones jam with Jimmy Page in lost track from 'hallowed era'
The Rolling Stones released a previously lost track, "Scarlet", recorded at guitarist Ronnie Wood's house in 1974 and featuring Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page.
Change text size
Gift Premium Articles
to Anyone
Share the best of The Jakarta Post with friends, family, or colleagues. As a subscriber, you can gift 3 to 5 articles each month that anyone can read—no subscription needed!
Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones performs alongside band members Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood during their No Filter US Tour at Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, California, United States, on August 22, 2019. (REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni)
T
he Rolling Stones on Wednesday released a previously lost track, "Scarlet", recorded at guitarist Ronnie Wood's house in 1974 and featuring Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page.
The song combines Mick Jagger's swaggering vocal with richly textured guitars and is described in a statement as "as infectious and raunchy as anything the band cut in this hallowed era, a holy grail for any Stones devotee".
The long-lost track also features Blind Faith's Rick Grech on bass.
"I remember first jamming this with Jimmy and Keith in Ronnie [Wood's] basement studio. It was a great session," said Jagger.
"It's an ultra-rare appearance by me outside of Led Zeppelin in the '70s," said Page on his Twitter account, remembering how he had gone to Wood's house to play some guitar solos.
On this day in 2020, Scarlet by @RollingStones, featuring me, is released.https://t.co/5XhT53U8vj
⠀
I was invited to Ronnie Woods’ house in Richmond to do a session in October 1974. It was said that Keith Richards and Ian Stuart (Stu) would be there. pic.twitter.com/jdNJEpZQO9
— Jimmy Page (@JimmyPage) July 22, 2020
"I arrived early on that evening and got to do it straight away within a few takes. It sounded good to me and I left them to it."
Page added Jagger had contacted him recently and he got to hear the finished version.
"It sounded great and really solid."
The Rolling Stones in April released a new track "Living in a Ghost Town", part-recorded during the coronavirus lockdown.
That song, "Scarlet" and two other previously unreleased tracks will appear on a new multi-format version of the Stone's 1973 album Goats Head Soup in September.
