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A few things:

1) It's been noted for years that Hal Blaine et al only played on Mr. Tambourine Man/I Knew I'd Want You. Michael Clarke can certainly be heard various sessions from the first few albums. However, I just noticed that it *seems* to be none other than Hal Blaine counting off She Don't Care About Time on the box set. Am I hearing things, or is that indeed Blaine?

2) I've got a bootleg called "In The Studio". Not bad, but on every track there's and annoying, for lack of a better term, hum. That's not really what it is, but it's hard to describe. When things are quiet it isn't there, but as soon as there's noise it pops up.

Now, I know there are other bootlegs out there. In particular, there's one with Turn Turn Turn outtakes (this one doesn't have any). Do those also exhibit the same problem?

I might know what you mean...on Journals, the instant Roger's guitar comes in (on Mr. Tambourine Man, for example) the sound gets a kind of "fuzzy" quality. I'm not quite sure what it is.

I've wanted to find a *real* Journals set for ages.

lukpac wrote:A few things:

1) It's been noted for years that Hal Blaine et al only played on Mr. Tambourine Man/I Knew I'd Want You. Michael Clarke can certainly be heard various sessions from the first few albums. However, I just noticed that it *seems* to be none other than Hal Blaine counting off She Don't Care About Time on the box set. Am I hearing things, or is that indeed Blaine?

I never gave it much thought 'til you mentioned it the other day. But, I'd say it's certainly conceivable after listening to the released version and the alternate version side-by-side. While, the first has the typical double-sticked bashing "style" (and somewhat shakier tempo) of early Mike Clarke, the alternate is rock-steady with "neater" fills. Though, admittedly some of the other stuff from the 6/28/65 sessions sounds more like Clarke's style to my novice ears (i.e. the alt. "Times They Are A Changing"). Funny thing is...later in his career (e.g. Firefall), Mike Clarke actually matured into a pretty decent drummer, IMO.


On a related note, someone once told me a great story about Hal Blaine kinda "dumbing" down his playing to match Dennis Wilson's style on a Beach Boys session. I think, if I'm not mistaken, they were talking about the instrumental track for "The Monkey's Uncle" sessions. It certainly does sound like Dennis there, though Blaine was behind the skins for that one.