Deconstructing While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles (Isolated Tracks)
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While My Guitar Gently Weeps is a curious song due to having an outside guest musician which hadn't happened before. WMGGW went through three different versions. An acoustic demo take, a second version recorded on August 16th, 1968 which was transferred onto an eight track machine. George overdubbed backward guitars, double tracked vocals but this version was ultimately scrapped. The final version was started on September 5th, 1968 with John on guitar, Ringo on drums, Paul on piano, with George on acoustic guitar. Eric Clapton would soon join providing lead guitar work on the majority of takes, with John moving to the organ. Take 25 was deemed the best and more overdubs were done the next day. This included double tracked vocals, Ringo on tambourine and stick tapping reminiscent of castanets, a main bass part most likely played by Paul, and another bass and/or guitar overdub doubling or tippling up the bass on the bridges.
The bass is a matter of contention as some sources point to John on bass while others point towards Paul on bass. Theories are also that Paul and John doubled bass duties at the same time on the Fender IV and Jazz respectively. My theory is that the bass was only doubled during the bridge with another guitar up an octave tripling up the bridge. My ears only hear one main bass part.
So enjoy this detailed breakdown of a Beatles classic.
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Piano (0:00)
Acoustic Guitar (4:46)
Bass (9:28)
Bridge Guitars (14:11)
Drums (15:20)
Castanets/Tambourine (20:05)
Lead Guitar (23:41)
Organ (28:11)
Vocals (31:21)
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George Harrison - Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar (1968 Gibson J-200), Organ (Hammond RT-3), Guitar
Paul McCartney - Piano (Hamburg Steinway Baby Grand), Bass (1961 Fender Jazz), harmony vocals
John Lennon - Bass (1961 Fender VI), Organ (Hammond RT-3)
Ringo Starr - Drums (1964 Ludwig Super Classic Black Oyster Pearl), tambourine, sticks
Eric Clapton - Lead Guitar (1957 Gibson Les Paul)
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What a masterpiece
Wow this song is perfect
This is fascinating. I’ve played this song so many times in various bands and my gosh all the wonderful nuances and happy accidents
Good job 👏🏻👍 greetings from Brazil.
Fairly sloppy but of course brilliant piano. Sounds very spontaneous in places.
Clapton!!
Grazie
Just the one bass, played by Paul on his Jazz bass. An electric 12 string doubled the bass in the bridges. John only plays the organ in the bridges, sharing a track with Paul's piano.
@bloeddorstigbeest
Ай бұрын
I'm with you on that one. I always heard a 12 string and a bass part. the guitar part has a Rickenbacker vibe to it.
@isolatedstems
Ай бұрын
I do think that there are two guitars tripling up Paul's bass on the bridges. One being the Fender VI along with another guitar. The organ was recorded on it's own track as it's separated out on the 2018 mixes. I could be wrong about that though as the organ is high enough that eqing the track could separate it out somewhat. After listening to the 5.1 mixes the organ is played somewhat sporadically sometimes during the first verses I think I'll release that on it's own as this isolation wasn't too good for the organ.
@marcusphelan57
Ай бұрын
@@isolatedstems Just a 12 string doubling the bridge bass. No VI on this recording. George added more organ on to track 8 while Paul and John share track 3 for piano and organ - this is written on the tape box.
@isolatedstems
Ай бұрын
@@marcusphelan57 It's definitely tripled up on the bridge at least. On the atmos mix the rear left track has the overdubbed bridge guitars separated from the bass. Listening to it here: drive.google.com/file/d/1UHECwfaFvb00wVASQ26GXIE5efYlY6ng/view?usp=sharing . There is a lower guitar part and a higher guitar part. It may not be the Fender VI but it's possible as they were using the Fender VI more during this time.
@marcusphelan57
Ай бұрын
@@isolatedstems I only hear a twelve sting which is heard most clearly at 14:11 here. I've had these stems for nearly 15 years and they happen to be one of the best in terms of separation and don't require the AI treatrment. In all this time discussing this song not one person has pointed out where the VI is supposed to be. I've never heard it on this song and I wonder why it would have been added to the bridge along with the 12 string. It's not on the tape box either.
John on bass
@davitofarito
Ай бұрын
Give me a break...the only time Lennon hit that hard is when he was punching women in the face.
@marcusphelan57
Ай бұрын
No
Except for Eric, some slop but everything comes together as genius!!!😊❤️