Brian Jones plucked the haunting sitar melody at the 1966 L.A. session for this classic. Bill Wyman added klezmer-flavored organ; studio legend Jack Nitzsche played the gypsy-style piano. “Brian had pretty much given up on the guitar by then,” said Richards. “If there was [another] instrument around, he had to be able to get something out of it. It gave the Stones on record a lot of different textures.”
~rollingstone.comThe principal riff of “Paint It Black” (almost all classic Rolling Stones songs are highlighted by a killer riff) was played on a sitar by Brian Jones and qualifies as perhaps the most effective use of the Indian instrument in a rock song. The exotic twang was a perfect match for the dark, mysterious Eastern-Indian melody, which sounded a little like a soundtrack to an Indian movie hijacked into hyperdrive.
~Richie Unterberger (allmusic.com)
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Wikipedia:
from the album Aftermath | |
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B-side | “Stupid Girl” (US) “Long Long While” (UK) |
Released | 7 May 1966 (US) 13 May 1966 (UK) |
Format | 7″ |
Recorded | 6–9 March 1966 |
Genre | Psychedelic rock, raga rock |
Length | 3:45 (mono single mix) 3:22 (stereo album mix) |
Label | London 45-LON.901 (US) Decca F.12395 (UK) |
Writer(s) | Jagger/Richards |
Producer | Andrew Loog Oldham |
“Paint It, Black” is a song released by The Rolling Stones on 13 May 1966 (7 May 1966 – US) as the first single from the US version of their fourth album Aftermath. It was originally titled “Paint It Black” without a comma. Keith Richards has stated that the comma was added by the record label, Decca.
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Musicians:
Released | May 7, 2002 |
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Genre | Rock |
Length | 48:23 |
Label | ANTI- |
Producer | Kathleen Brennan Tom Waits |
-Egil
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