Scarlet
Composers: Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
Recording date: c. October-November 1974 & c.
April-June 2020
Recording locations: Island Recording Studios, London
& The Wick, Richmond, England; Sinus Studios,
Berne, Switzerland; & La Fourchette,
Pocé-sur-Cisse, France
Chief engineers: Howard Kilgour
& Rod Thear
Mixer: Craig Silvey
Never performed
onstage

Note: actually an
IT'S ONLY ROCK 'N ROLL-era recording
Probable
line-up:
Drums: Bruce Rowland
Bass: Ric
Grech
Acoustic guitar: Mick Jagger
Electric guitars: Keith Richards & Jimmy
Page (incl. solo)
Lead vocal: Mick Jagger
Backing vocals: Mick
Jagger & Keith Richards
Piano: Ian
Stewart
Organ: Ian Stewart
Percussion: Mick Jagger
Baby,
you excite me
But you talk too much
Walking down on the corner
Love you much
Oh yeah
Scarlet
Why are you wearing my heart
On your sleeve?
Where it ain't supposed to be
Scarlet
Why are you tearing my heart
All to pieces?
It ain't the way you're supposed to be
Scarlet
Why are you keeping my heart
To yourself?
It ain't the way you're supposed to be
Scarlet, Scarlet
Ooh yeah
You don't have to change your mind
And leave this neighborhood so far behind
Honey, you don't have to cry no more
When I come a-knocking right at your front door
Scarlet, Scarlet
Scarlet
Scarlet
Why are you wearing my heart
On your sleeve?
Where
it ain't supposed to be
Scarlet, Scarlet
Ooh
Scarlet
Scarlet
Scarlet
Why are you wearing my heart?
Scarlet
Why are you wearing my heart?
Scarlet
Why are you wearing my heart? Oh yeah
Scarlet
Why are you wearing my heart?
Scarlet
TrackTalk
Scarlet
is a bit of an odd one, because it wasn’t really recorded for Goats Head Soup. It was just
a song that we had knocking around. I remember doing it with a
couple of other people, in addition to the version that was
found.
- Mick Jagger, August
2020
That’s really difficult
to remember. Jimmy has waltzed in on a few sessions over the
years. And Scarlet,
my feeling is that we walked in as Led Zeppelin had finished
(a session)... or at least Jimmy and Ric Grech. I think our
session was after theirs, and they stuck around (laughs).
- Keith Richards,
August 2020
I spoke to (Jimmy Page) the other day. I
said, I’m sure we did that
at Olympic. He said, No, no I remember it really well. We did it in
Ronnie Wood’s basement. And I said, Well, that’s weird, why isn’t
Ronnie on it, then? Ronnie’s not a shy guitarist or
bass player or anything. He said, No, we definitely did it in Ronnie Wood’s basement.
He remembered it really well. So that’s me, Keith, and Jimmy.
- Mick Jagger, August
2020
It
started out as a sort of gentle folk ballad. But then Keith
suddenly decided, Right, now it's time to add the reggae
guitars.
- Jimmy Page
Criss
Cross and Scarlet,
I didn’t do any vocals for. I just did some stuff at the end
(for) my fade-out vocals.
- Mick Jagger, August
2020
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