I am completely blown away by this video. What a beautiful, way of showing what went into this song. I have a deeper appreciation for the song after watching this video. And what a bunch of great musicians. Also, I knew Lee was a great guitarist, but this accentuated what a great sense of rhythm she has. I was fascinated by the recreation of the suitcase drum kit as well. I hope Keith Richards and the rest of the Stones can see this. I think they would really love the video and probably have it bring back some sweet memories. P.S. Charlie Watts rules.
Oh man! It seems to me that every now and again TH-cam just throws you an absolute gem. What talent and dedication! Thank you for taking the time to make this.
Found this from the Yesterday's Papers channel. What huge effort went into making this complete take of my favourite Rolling Stones recording! From one (almost) as obsessed with the Stones as yourself, thanks Lee. And yes I play/sing as well.
Daammnnnn! amazing deconstruction of the playing, the instruments, the production, the mastering of the tracks. A musical history lesson of one of the greatest songs by one of the greatest rock bands that will ever be
Wow. This is quite different from all of the different ways that I have heard the Stones do this song live. Fascinating. Thanks for creating and sharing this video.
Raised the hair on the back of my neck- been a huge Stones fan since I was a kid. Like many rock fans I had a period where “street fighting man” was part of my daily listening mix. Thanks for tearing it down and explaining how it was done. Great content! Filtering this track to the top of my rotation…Beggars and Exile two dessert island albums! Must have and must put on repeat.
Lee, saw your comment on my vid. You did a FANTASITC job here, and did everything I wanted to do but couldn't. Amazing that you got a working philips 3320, I tried but couldn't find one. Really enjoyed this and it tells the full story very well. Great work
Aww thank you! Your vid is great too for those who want to learn the guitar parts or may never have heard how the session happened! And yes, as I mentioned in the video, my Philips recorder was not working either, but luckily I have exactly the right friend who could fix it up! It was no easy task either - the belts had completely turned to goo and melted into the works, which is really common with these recorders. But my friend Paul spent many hours getting it into working shape so we could do this. So glad you enjoyed it! :)
I'm not even all the way through and i'm getting chills and marveling at your passion for this project...yay Lee...ok, back to watching...ok, i'm back..that was just brilliant and inspiring --- thanks for sharing your knowledge with all of us
As a Rolling Stones-fan and professional musician/studio-owner/producer I already knew the story about the way they recorded this song. But hey, I love this video and it's so awesome to see it being re-created this way! Great job!
Huge Stones fan here, gotta say thank you Lee for your hard work in bringing this history lesson dedication reenactment to actuality! I’m sure no one but you could do it. Your playing and arrangement does Keef proud I’m sure. And all those you arrayed to participate in the recording get my ya ya’s out for their spectacular performances.
Sometimes the algorithm is my friend! This appeared in my feed, and I had no intention of watching all 20 minutes, but once I got started I just couldn’t stop. I just loved it. Congratulations! Great job all around!!
Well, that was just pretty awesome! Great work. I knew all the stories of this recording (Yeah, a huge Stones fan, too) but pure joy to watch you all recreate it! This was just pure fun for me. Awesome job on the final recording too! Even the vocals.., Killer!
Hi Lee, fabulous job on presenting this and the recreation. From a fan for the fan! Really dug how you pulled it together! Loved the sound of the band! Wonderful! Like you I have a deep passion for them, and dedicate also some documentaries,
Wonderful video! Such impressive dedication, hard work and excellent results. I'm a Stones fanatic too and this is one of my favourite songs. I've always been curious about how they recorded it... I too had heard the stories about it, and seen the instruments at the Stones exhibit (London edition), but was never really able to understand or piece it all together until now. Thank you!
I've been waiting for this video for years - great idea to re-create recording into the Phillips tape recorder and use an antique drum set. Super musicianship, sent shivers down my spine. Thank you!
Well you got a new fan/subscriber in me for this one for sure. Thank you YT algorithm for bringing this video to me - I am a music nerd, and totally geek out over all the detail that goes into exercises like this. So much devotion to finding the original techniques, gear, etc. that went into one of my favorite Stones songs ever. This is just super - thank you, Lee!
Hahaha, thank you so much! I will completely admit to occasionally getting obsessive mad and crazy, but if we have fun and it makes people happy, it’s all worth it. ❤️
@@whattherock BTW, there’s always a BTW,😱 Don’t you think the mike was stuffed into the sound hole on the left side and out and bleeding with the practice drums right of centre. I was lucky to hear the master in 1979 and that’s how I recall it, I was stoned at the time though 😱
@@cyclesgoff9768 Well, the mic isn’t stereo, so that wouldn’t be possible. They did sometimes record with the mic stuffed all the way into the sound hole, but from what I could divine by listening and from interviews, this particular session (not forgetting there were others) went more like the way we did it. It does begin with the cassette track all the way to the right side, but the drum you hear on the left is an overdubbed tom, not the cassette, though you still hear plenty of bleed through on the cassette from the toy drum kit. Also it’s likely there’s some ghosting in there from the track coming through the PA. Fact is they did a lot of demos this way, a lot of takes of each song too, and no two were done the same, because positioning of the instruments and mic and the recording and playback levels all affect the amount of distortion, balance of instruments, etc. So from our experience of this, I don’t think there’s any way anyone would be able to remember exactly where everything was set for the particular take that ended up being the one. We just did a bunch and picked the one that sounded closest.
I’m 62 and started hearing the Stones from my older siblings at 4 ( (1965). I have been a fan all my life. I’ve seen them six times I’ve read countless books on them and was a member of the Brian Jones fan club in the early 11970s. I’d always heard Keith talk about this but never seen it replicated. But I have never heard a better version of this song. Every note and nuance is perfect. I’ve probably listened to this song at least twice a week since 1968 lo. I’ll bet if you did Yesterday’s Papers you’d include that little ‘ ding’. In the middle. Well done you have an incredible ear. I guess it comes with the territory. Really enjoyed that. Thank you. Peace from Montreal
Brilliant video! I knew some of the back story of this track, but with many pieces missing. You’ve filled in the gaps beautifully. Gorilla recording, what a great sound and groove! Thank you!
Really amazing,informative content for music fans and audio nerds alike. Nice professional presentation and production too. Keep up the good work...this channel will surely blow up! ❤
OMG! I love this video 😍 Street Fighting Man is definitely one of my favorite Stones compositions!! I was 11 years old in 1964. They were getting really huge then. Well, still making music!! Who woulda thought?
That is unbelievable. Totally crazy. I remember 1968 in Italy in Lignano, there was a Musibox at an ice cream parlor. I used to play this song from my father's pocket money. I was always fascinated by the sound of that recording or what I heard. Thank you for this information and the re-recording of the song. Very successful. Great.
So….i wasn’t sure what to expect here….no idea of what I was clicking in to and after the first minute I thought maybe it wasn’t my cup of tea. Shame on me for judging too quickly. This was excellent. Faithfully represented, dedicated and committed to the end product. The time and effort taken shows through here. Really strong piece of work. I have no clue how you don’t have far more subs as you deserve them. You’ve just gained 1 more anyway.
Oh gawd, that was so enjoyable! Musical archeology! And the end result just nails the ineffable vibe of the song. Well done. A fine use of all your effort to recreate it. Thanks!
This is really neat information, and the sound you re-created is simply awesome...as a lifelong Stones fan, thank you very much for all your work and effort in putting this together Lee!
Literally, the hairs on my neck stood up when I heard the song. Astonishing research. Btw, I've recorded at Olympic in Barnes in that studio. It's a cinema now.
as a Stones fan since birth, (my Dad was/still is a huge fan), this is the most enlightening, interesting and amazing 20 mins I've spent on TH-cam. I've always wondered about the suitcase kit, the distortion on the guitar and how it really happened. Now I know. I can't thank you and the other musicians enough. This is what would happen had Sherlock Holmes been a Stones fan. Bravo Lee
Good Lord this is wonderful! Why oh why am I just discovering this channel now? I've been obsessed with and haunted by this track since I first heard it in 1969 at age 9. I thought I had read everything there was to know about it's recording but to see it broken down and rebuilt like this is mesmerizing. Thank you so much!
I’m so glad this is making people so happy! I figured there had to be a few more people as fascinated with this track as I always was. Thank you for your kind words and glad you enjoyed!
I especially loved your acknowledgement that Keith doesn't really remember the details of all the layered guitar tunings and inversions. But you nailed the spirit of the track. Boy do I miss Charlie....
@@lampeyjoe I think he only doesn’t remember because he did so many tracks! And doesn’t know which ones ended up in the final mix. There’s a lot of that on Stones records - they usually threw a lot of tracks on that you can barely hear. I love that.
Speaking of multiple tracks that you can barely hear, I would love to see you break down and recreate every single song on Exile but I guess that's a project for a different lifetime!
@@lampeyjoe Haha, yes, this one already probably took years off my life. 😆 But tell you what, if you can raise the funds to rent Nellcote for a month and fly us all over there, we’ll do it! 😉
I do have a 1970 early small cassette player, did some strumming into it in 1972, doing a song called "The Pool Hayes Pub", aged 14. Not realizing, of course, what Keith and Charlie did a few years earlier. My little acoustic guitar was tuned slightly incorrectly, nearly right, but not quite and I strummed something that just sounded good. When I played it back, complete with the saturation, yes, the sound was marvellous. Well done here, Lee and everyone, a brilliant, faithful reconstruction of Street Fighting Man, to be saved in my playlist. Brilliant.
My Uncle Dominick Romeo mastered the London Records 45 rpm at Bell Sound in New York City, He shared with me that when he mastered "Their Satanic Majesties Request" Keith and Mick where driving him nuts with their demands that sound engineering wise could not be met. When he brought home "You Can't Always Get What You Want" he said this will be a timeless classic. How true. You guys sound great.
I am completely blown away by this video. What a beautiful, way of showing what went into this song. I have a deeper appreciation for the song after watching this video. And what a bunch of great musicians.
Also, I knew Lee was a great guitarist, but this accentuated what a great sense of rhythm she has.
I was fascinated by the recreation of the suitcase drum kit as well.
I hope Keith Richards and the rest of the Stones can see this. I think they would really love the video and probably have it bring back some sweet memories.
P.S. Charlie Watts rules.
Oh man! It seems to me that every now and again TH-cam just throws you an absolute gem. What talent and dedication! Thank you for taking the time to make this.
Probably the most entertaining, informative and musical explanation of a classic recording I have ever heard. Astounding. Just wow!
Found this from the Yesterday's Papers channel. What huge effort went into making this complete take of my favourite Rolling Stones recording! From one (almost) as obsessed with the Stones as yourself, thanks Lee. And yes I play/sing as well.
Daammnnnn! amazing deconstruction of the playing, the instruments, the production, the mastering of the tracks. A musical history lesson of one of the greatest songs by one of the greatest rock bands that will ever be
Wow. This is quite different from
all of the different ways that I have heard the Stones do this song live. Fascinating. Thanks for creating and sharing this video.
Yes, they've always done it very differently live - they had to, because obviously they couldn't do it like the recording!
OUTSTANDING…kieth & charlie had a bond. God bless Lee and all those who created that.
This video should be recognized. And appreciated.
Raised the hair on the back of my neck- been a huge Stones fan since I was a kid. Like many rock fans I had a period where “street fighting man” was part of my daily listening mix. Thanks for tearing it down and explaining how it was done. Great content! Filtering this track to the top of my rotation…Beggars and Exile two dessert island albums! Must have and must put on repeat.
Lee, saw your comment on my vid. You did a FANTASITC job here, and did everything I wanted to do but couldn't. Amazing that you got a working philips 3320, I tried but couldn't find one. Really enjoyed this and it tells the full story very well. Great work
Aww thank you! Your vid is great too for those who want to learn the guitar parts or may never have heard how the session happened! And yes, as I mentioned in the video, my Philips recorder was not working either, but luckily I have exactly the right friend who could fix it up! It was no easy task either - the belts had completely turned to goo and melted into the works, which is really common with these recorders. But my friend Paul spent many hours getting it into working shape so we could do this. So glad you enjoyed it! :)
I'm not even all the way through and i'm getting chills and marveling at your passion for this project...yay Lee...ok, back to watching...ok, i'm back..that was just brilliant and inspiring --- thanks for sharing your knowledge with all of us
As a Rolling Stones-fan and professional musician/studio-owner/producer I already knew the story about the way they recorded this song. But hey, I love this video and it's so awesome to see it being re-created this way! Great job!
Who knew? Now we do. Thank you for your love and admiration of the Stones.
Well done!
Huge Stones fan here, gotta say thank you Lee for your hard work in bringing this history lesson dedication reenactment to actuality! I’m sure no one but you could do it. Your playing and arrangement does Keef proud I’m sure. And all those you arrayed to participate in the recording get my ya ya’s out for their spectacular performances.
Sometimes the algorithm is my friend! This appeared in my feed, and I had no intention of watching all 20 minutes, but once I got started I just couldn’t stop. I just loved it. Congratulations! Great job all around!!
Looks like the algorithm gods have blessed you finally, i commented twice to boost it up, was impressed at the accuracy
Well, that was just pretty awesome! Great work. I knew all the stories of this recording (Yeah, a huge Stones fan, too) but pure joy to watch you all recreate it! This was just pure fun for me. Awesome job on the final recording too! Even the vocals.., Killer!
That brought tears to my eyes ....... So Special ! That was so special !
One of my favorite Stones songs. I had no idea there were no electric instruments. You nailed it in an amazing reconstruction! Many thanks
I shit my pants.
My favourite Stones song. This was a gem. Thank you and congrats.
Truly amazing!!! Please please keep this on the internet forever!
Hi Lee, fabulous job on presenting this and the recreation. From a fan for the fan! Really dug how you pulled it together! Loved the sound of the band! Wonderful!
Like you I have a deep passion for them, and dedicate also some documentaries,
Wonderful video! Such impressive dedication, hard work and excellent results. I'm a Stones fanatic too and this is one of my favourite songs. I've always been curious about how they recorded it... I too had heard the stories about it, and seen the instruments at the Stones exhibit (London edition), but was never really able to understand or piece it all together until now. Thank you!
Fascinating bit of rock lore! Thanks to Lee and her posse for undertaking this historical project!
This is SO GREAT!! Fantastic!! Loved it!! Thanks for putting so much time into this! Well done!!!
I've been waiting for this video for years - great idea to re-create recording into the Phillips tape recorder and use an antique drum set. Super musicianship, sent shivers down my spine. Thank you!
Well you got a new fan/subscriber in me for this one for sure. Thank you YT algorithm for bringing this video to me - I am a music nerd, and totally geek out over all the detail that goes into exercises like this. So much devotion to finding the original techniques, gear, etc. that went into one of my favorite Stones songs ever. This is just super - thank you, Lee!
This deserves more views! Fantastic job. I was almost in tears at the end. You absolutely nailed it.
So very cool... One of my absolute favorite tracks from the Stones, and now I know where that special sound comes from...👏🏾
Nicely shot and edited video - very engaging.
Your performance of the song ROCKS, all the nuances included, down to the claves!!🤘🎸
Greetings from Scotland. Obsessive mad and crazy. But utterly wonderful 😍
Hahaha, thank you so much! I will completely admit to occasionally getting obsessive mad and crazy, but if we have fun and it makes people happy, it’s all worth it. ❤️
@@whattherock BTW, there’s always a BTW,😱 Don’t you think the mike was stuffed into the sound hole on the left side and out and bleeding with the practice drums right of centre. I was lucky to hear the master in 1979 and that’s how I recall it, I was stoned at the time though 😱
@@cyclesgoff9768 Well, the mic isn’t stereo, so that wouldn’t be possible. They did sometimes record with the mic stuffed all the way into the sound hole, but from what I could divine by listening and from interviews, this particular session (not forgetting there were others) went more like the way we did it. It does begin with the cassette track all the way to the right side, but the drum you hear on the left is an overdubbed tom, not the cassette, though you still hear plenty of bleed through on the cassette from the toy drum kit. Also it’s likely there’s some ghosting in there from the track coming through the PA.
Fact is they did a lot of demos this way, a lot of takes of each song too, and no two were done the same, because positioning of the instruments and mic and the recording and playback levels all affect the amount of distortion, balance of instruments, etc. So from our experience of this, I don’t think there’s any way anyone would be able to remember exactly where everything was set for the particular take that ended up being the one. We just did a bunch and picked the one that sounded closest.
Excellent recreation! Such an incredible song and recording.
Absolutely Awesome! My favorite Stones song. Now I know the whole story. Thank You so much for creating this. Love it!
Nailed it!! Probably my favorite Stones Song!! Probably because of the unique recording of it. Great job!
Wow! just wow,!@@aaa great job¡!!
I’m 62 and started hearing the Stones from my older siblings at 4 ( (1965). I have been a fan all my life. I’ve seen them six times I’ve read countless books on them and was a member of the Brian Jones fan club in the early 11970s. I’d always heard Keith talk about this but never seen it replicated. But I have never heard a better version of this song. Every note and nuance is perfect. I’ve probably listened to this song at least twice a week since 1968 lo. I’ll bet if you did Yesterday’s Papers you’d include that little ‘ ding’. In the middle. Well done you have an incredible ear. I guess it comes with the territory. Really enjoyed that. Thank you. Peace from Montreal
Brilliant video! I knew some of the back story of this track, but with many pieces missing. You’ve filled in the gaps beautifully. Gorilla recording, what a great sound and groove! Thank you!
Thank you for the history lesson and awesome recording session!
Absolutely incredible reconstruction & execution. Wow!🎉
Really amazing,informative content for music fans and audio nerds alike. Nice professional presentation and production too. Keep up the good work...this channel will surely blow up! ❤
OMG! I love this video 😍 Street Fighting Man is definitely one of my favorite Stones compositions!! I was 11 years old in 1964. They were getting really huge then. Well, still making music!! Who woulda thought?
That is unbelievable. Totally crazy. I remember 1968 in Italy in Lignano, there was a Musibox at an ice cream parlor. I used to play this song from my father's pocket money. I was always fascinated by the sound of that recording or what I heard. Thank you for this information and the re-recording of the song. Very successful. Great.
Well done. I'd pay to come see you guys play anywhere, anytime. Congrats!
Holy moly ... Thank you so much! I have often imagined this and now you have demonstrated every detail meticulously. How awesome is this!
LITERALLY ONE OF THE BEST VIDEOS ON TH-cam: THANK YOU
This is just so brilliant, Lee - thank you!
Man did you all nail this!! SUPERB!!!
Wow!That was friggin cool!🗽♥️🛸
Amazing, just amazing. I got goose bumps listening to it. Thank you so much!!
Amazing. This vid is great and then the moment you start the playback it seems almost miraculous.
Very cool ! One of my favorite Stones songs for sure.
So interesting on how the song was made . Awesome performance of it also .
This is absolutely brilliant - what a result!
that almost brought me to tears.....thank you.
So….i wasn’t sure what to expect here….no idea of what I was clicking in to and after the first minute I thought maybe it wasn’t my cup of tea.
Shame on me for judging too quickly.
This was excellent. Faithfully represented, dedicated and committed to the end product.
The time and effort taken shows through here.
Really strong piece of work. I have no clue how you don’t have far more subs as you deserve them. You’ve just gained 1 more anyway.
Awesome story,did not know about the suitcase drum kit....thx for sharing
That felt amazing! Thank you guys!
A real labor of love. Well and meticulously done!
I really enjoyed this, found myself smiling the whole video...your enthusiasm is great - Thank You.
Oh gawd, that was so enjoyable! Musical archeology! And the end result just nails the ineffable vibe of the song. Well done. A fine use of all your effort to recreate it. Thanks!
This is freaking GOLD!!! Thank you from the bottom of my music- obsessed soul 😊 this is truly why TH-cam is a gift
That was outstanding! Thanks for all of your research.
This video deserves so much more views and likes! Brilliant!
Very nice video and your actual performance in the end is spot on.
Thanks Lee! Always wanted to know how they got that SOUND! Great cover of SFM!
Thank you for doing this - fantastic work!
This is just beautiful guys…
MY-OH-MY ❤ Just love that Lee. Thanks for the ride 🙌🏽
Great video! I was always curious about how they made this song. Rock on!
you're amazing - what a great insight into one of the greatest bands of all time
incredible
This is really neat information, and the sound you re-created is simply awesome...as a lifelong Stones fan, thank you very much for all your work and effort in putting this together Lee!
A beautiful reconstruction of one of my favourite stones numbers,thank you.
One of the coolest recording stories I’ve ever heard!
Oh my gosh!! Thank you so much!
Literally, the hairs on my neck stood up when I heard the song. Astonishing research. Btw, I've recorded at Olympic in Barnes in that studio. It's a cinema now.
Such an insightful look into this unique song. Very cool!
What a great video what a great sound! Thanks ❤
Another Stones geek here and this is the first time I’ve ever seen your channel and you are super cool! You remind me of Joey Ramone kinda! Rock on!
This is why the internet and TH-cam exist . Very cool . Geeks unite ! Thanks Lee . A labour of love .
I’m so glad there are so many fellow geeks who appreciate it! 🤓
Absolutely amazing 👍
Very cool and well done, Lee!
Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant.
Awesome. Nice work girl and boys
This is fascinating. Thank you so much !
as a Stones fan since birth, (my Dad was/still is a huge fan), this is the most enlightening, interesting and amazing 20 mins I've spent on TH-cam. I've always wondered about the suitcase kit, the distortion on the guitar and how it really happened. Now I know. I can't thank you and the other musicians enough. This is what would happen had Sherlock Holmes been a Stones fan. Bravo Lee
That was so cool 😎 Keep rocking
Wow. Great dedication and research!
Great video! Thank you very much!
Wish more bands would record this way 👍🏼🎸
Fantastic! I agree with the comments about KR seeing this, hopefully. Incredibly creative. Thank you, Lee Flier!
Great job, talent shows !
Good Lord this is wonderful! Why oh why am I just discovering this channel now? I've been obsessed with and haunted by this track since I first heard it in 1969 at age 9. I thought I had read everything there was to know about it's recording but to see it broken down and rebuilt like this is mesmerizing. Thank you so much!
I’m so glad this is making people so happy! I figured there had to be a few more people as fascinated with this track as I always was. Thank you for your kind words and glad you enjoyed!
I especially loved your acknowledgement that Keith doesn't really remember the details of all the layered guitar tunings and inversions. But you nailed the spirit of the track. Boy do I miss Charlie....
@@lampeyjoe I think he only doesn’t remember because he did so many tracks! And doesn’t know which ones ended up in the final mix. There’s a lot of that on Stones records - they usually threw a lot of tracks on that you can barely hear. I love that.
Speaking of multiple tracks that you can barely hear, I would love to see you break down and recreate every single song on Exile but I guess that's a project for a different lifetime!
@@lampeyjoe Haha, yes, this one already probably took years off my life. 😆 But tell you what, if you can raise the funds to rent Nellcote for a month and fly us all over there, we’ll do it! 😉
Absolutely superb Lee,bravo 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🇬🇧
Brilliantly done…
WOW ! Just wow! Great job¡!!
I do have a 1970 early small cassette player, did some strumming into it in 1972, doing a song called "The Pool Hayes Pub", aged 14. Not realizing, of course, what Keith and Charlie did a few years earlier. My little acoustic guitar was tuned slightly incorrectly, nearly right, but not quite and I strummed something that just sounded good. When I played it back, complete with the saturation, yes, the sound was marvellous. Well done here, Lee and everyone, a brilliant, faithful reconstruction of Street Fighting Man, to be saved in my playlist. Brilliant.
Lady your fantastic. Loved all this you explained to us. Love my stones too from marquee days to now . Thanks for this vlog take care .
Fantastic. Congratulations.
Pretty awesome...nice work!!
Awesome guy's! Well done!
The piano is one of the sounds that just gets me on this song.
My Uncle Dominick Romeo mastered the London Records 45 rpm at Bell Sound in New York City,
He shared with me that when he mastered "Their Satanic Majesties Request" Keith and Mick where driving him nuts with their demands that sound engineering wise could not be met. When he brought home "You Can't Always Get What You Want" he said this will be a timeless classic. How true. You guys sound great.
This is an amazing video. Thank you