To me, however, it’s a perfectly imperfect moment captured exactly as it was the night of recording in 1969. Recording this today, many would be tempted to “fix” the take by tuning the vocal, removing Mick’s holler, or re-recording the take. At 3:04, you can even hear Mick Jagger yell “WHOO!” in response to the take.
She did three takes, her vocals cracking in the recording as she sings with progressively more intensity. And tape saturation… all the tape saturation.Īn of-the-moment idea to add female vocals prompted a call to a pregnant Merry Clayton well after midnight. I absolutely love the engineering on "Gimme Shelter" because it’s steeped in rich rock lore, the heat of Vietnam War era frustrations, and the deep, collaborative musicianship of a late 1960s recording studio.
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