Recording cockups that made the cut

[paul_5]

3 hours ago, owen said:

 

Sting falling on the piano and then laughing at the beginning of Roxanne

This clip plays two phrases from the 2nd verse of Roxanne. Compare the reverb tail at the end of "night" and "right." The first decays naturally and cleanly, the second ends abruptly.

Trevor Bolder screws up, with knobs on, when he goes into the chorus of Gene Genie too early

Bowie

On Hey Jude at 2:58, one of the band says "f'kin' 'ell" under the vocals

'F*ck!' at the beginning of Green Day's 'Good Riddance'.

nose whistle on the intro to Caroline i see you' on James Taylors October Road album

roaring wrong bass note in a KC and the Sunshine band tune .. I think it's in the outro or last verse of Please Don't Go. @3:26

Paperback Writer with only one of the other channels on? Can't recall if it is R or L but you can tell its all on one continuous vocal take cause you can hear Macca snuffling

accident master tape Led Zep III? I think I read that the first few inches of the tape got crinkled up somehow, and they had to iron it flat to get it through the tape heads, resulting in that weird hissing sound at the beginning of "Immigrant Song".

Beautiful Christina Headphone bleed rhythm track on vocals

Cypress Hill Insane in the brain. Listen to drum loop. It comes in "slightly" early every time

Working class hero Lennon Vocal tonality change @ 1:24

Jamie's crying Missed bass note @1:10

Jamie's crying High hats cutting pre-chorus short and anticipating the 2nd chorus by coming out of the double high hats eafly - under the line "Give me, give me a call sometime"

http://www.hometracked.com/2007/08/23/10-recording-bloopers-that-made-the-album/

Adam's Song Blink Tempo speed up @ 1:10ish

Space oddityWeird bass line

All along the watchtower - studio version

Drums all over the place into first vocal

FireFadeout - bass goes into intro again2:59

 

Purple - The mule

Drums change half way through - erased in the final mixing session so new kit new studio

 

Black dog studio version,

Time sig mistake on drums

 

Maggie MayBass line

Stay with me

 

Keys go into ending before song is over

All my lovin3rd verse bass flub

 

Roll over Beethoven Start is really fast

RESPECT live Vocal crashes intro

 

Ticket to ride

Towards end after music break bass comes in on A# instead of A @2:47

 

Armenia. City in the sky

The Who Bass learning changes all the way through

 

Rock and Roll Page last note

Jefferson Starship - With your loveOpening of solo

 

Unforgettable fire - track 4

intro Drums count off too early "Oh flip"

 

I'll say goodbye to love Squall in guitar solo

 

Young man's blues - Live at leads

Rough downbeat from whole band

 

Every picture tells a story Rod Stewart

Early vocal with "I firmly believe

 

Crossroads - Clapton

Solo he loses his place in the bar - ends up playing on 3 instead of one

 

Amy Winehouse You know I'm no good

Poss drop at :16 double snare hits just sitting outside the groove?

 

Pavaroti Panis Angelicus @ 3:24 bang in background

So lonely Bass @ 3:20

I want you back Jackson 5 Flat vox @ 1:13

Tears of a clown Drop @ 2:03 + bass flub @ 2:10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2E_RSJAhYU

Jean Genie Bass flub @ 3:07

Methu dal y pwysau Bass flub @0:53

Exam

Alanis Morisette ironic Vocal drop @ 0:20

The Jean Genie Bass@ 3:08

Pavaroti Panis Angelicus @ 3:24 bang in background @3:36 Dom 7 in bass3

Reflections Supremes Drop @ 2:29 + 2:39

Your love has lifted me higher Guitar out of tune

Soul Man Bass misses chorus @ 0:34

Allman bros live One way out Pile up @ 3:22

So lonely Bass @ 2:48

New dawn fades Joy division Drums @ 2:19

Come on Eileen Save Ferris Drums drop in @ 43

Sex machine Bass drum squeak in intro11

Polythene Pam bass swoop up @ 0:4412

Can't you hear me knocking Bass flat in intro + Guitar @ 5:3513

September Earth Wind + Fire Bass octaves @ 0:1514

Can't you hear me knocking Bass flat in intro15

Boston Let me take you home tonight  - Guitar unexpected Dom 7th @ 3:24

Mistakes Closer Corinne Bailey Rae @3:35

Mistakes Give it away - bass @ 3:35

Jeff Buckley - So real @ 2:45

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v6ML2DsBfA&feature=fvwrelLoudness

Goodbye to love drop @ 0:32

Don't change your plans drop @ 3:49

You've got a friend Carol King Bass sharp@ 1:49

Precious - Esperanza Spalding - lots o edits at beginning

Street Life Vocal Edit Who you think you are03:40

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=youYairWMFM

https://www.treblezine.com/27339-10-great-songs-with-mistakes/

http://www.prefixmag.com/features/10-mistakes-werent-edited-iconic-songs/204790/

https://sonicscoop.com/2014/11/06/10-mistakes-intentionally-left-in-classic-recordings/

http://www.openculture.com/2017/08/when-mistakesstudio-glitches-give-famous-songs-their-personality.html

http://www.collegehumor.com/post/6997297/production-glitch-music-errors-blooper-subreddit

That’s just nit-picking though...

[seashell]

On 23/05/2021 at 21:14, PaulThePlug said:

Led Zep, Black Country Woman.

Chatter and Airplane Noise... "No, Leave It

I was thinking of mentioning this, but wondered if it qualified as they deliberately left it in.

But either way it's a classic moment, isn't it? 

I remember listening to this in various friend's bedrooms, and always joining in with this quote. Happy days 🙂

[seashell]

23 hours ago, BillyBass said:

Led Zeppelin: In My Time of Dying

"my dying dying dying....cough   Thats got to be the one hasn't it!"

I think its Bonham that says 'Thats got to be the one hasn't it"

Another classic from Physical Graffiti. So glad they left that in.

And BTW, this is what I want played at my funeral. 

Edited May 24, 2021 by seashell

[Woodinblack]

I always liked the phone at the end of life on mars. Was coming in to post the black country woman bit, but see that has been done.

 

[Cosmo Valdemar]

9 hours ago, owen said:

 

Armenia. City in the sky

The Who Bass learning changes all the way through

 

One of my favourite basslines! I'd be surprised if it wasn't supposed to be played like that.

[KK Jale]

The ringing phone and Ronson swearing story at the end of Life On Mars is weird because I'm certain I can remember a cut in which somebody clearly says "Right! that's enough". 

On one of the great covers of a Chuck Berry song, Johnnie Allan's early 70s cajun version of Promised Land, in verse 8 he sings "terminal gate" like verse 7,  but it should be "terminal zone" to rhyme with "telephone". AFAIK he always kept it like that. I think Dave Edmunds copied him. 

Edited May 24, 2021 by KK Jale

[meterman]

Syd Barrett’s first post-Floyd album “The Madcap Laughs” has mistakes left in almost all the way through, but that’s part of it’s charm for me.

The tunes where he has The Soft Machine backing him and they’re barely keeping up with the twists and turns of his songs is cliff-edge stuff. Plus, the false starts and all the studio chatter. The first time I heard it I couldn’t believe it was all left in. Still a favourite album though.

 

[diskwave]

Ronnie Woods bass playing in Maggie May....including that delicious little fluff in the middle.

[PaulWarning]

has nobody mentioned Macca getting Molly and Desmond the wrong way round on the last verse of Ob-la -De Ob-la -Da?

[paul_5]

8 hours ago, PaulWarning said:

has nobody mentioned Macca getting Molly and Desmond the wrong way round on the last verse of Ob-la -De Ob-la -Da?

I always thought that was intentional.

[PaulWarning]

51 minutes ago, paul_5 said:

I always thought that was intentional.

I seem to remember an interview with Macca where he said he'd done multiple vocal takes and when he got one he was happy with it he noticed he'd got the names mixed up at the end, but he thought fcuk it that'll get then thinking 😀

[squire5]

Paul McCartney - 'Let me Roll it'. Couple of bloopers. At roughly 3.24 Macca completely misses a note and at 4.22,the 'double push' is a blatant mis-edit,according to Geoff Emerick.But Macca kept it in his live shows anyway.

[Cat Burrito]

Radiohead's Creep has the electric guitar come in early but they left it in as it sounded good.

Reading this thread, I don't think I want some of you lot to hear any of my recordings!

[PaulWarning]

17 minutes ago, squire5 said:

Paul McCartney - 'Let me Roll it'. Couple of bloopers. At roughly 3.24 Macca completely misses a note and at 4.22,the 'double push' is a blatant mis-edit,according to Geoff Emerick.But Macca kept it in his live shows anyway.

the first mistake does sound really odd, the second one sounds good, which is probably what they thought

[squire5]

1 hour ago, PaulWarning said:

the first mistake does sound really odd, the second one sounds good, which is probably what they thought

I agree,but it must be hellishly hard to get right onstage.