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  • This version is great if only because its different.Its fun to hear different versions and eras and years of a great song.Its all good.ITS ONLY ROCK AND ROLL,right?

  • this shit sucks ass you dont do this to the greatest band of all time

  • maybe a pre-sound sound check? ha~or just goofing around when they didn't think about it being recorded. Interesting yeah for sure!

  • Wtf this sucks ass put the original up!

  • @DocPwn4g3 bet you can't even play an instrument... stfu douche.

  • @Dethlokvids i do believe you are the douche and don't approve of your language!

  • Yep, heroin makes you play faster, not slower.....the whole tour sounds a lot like this...and the phaser on teh guitar makes that tour too....This is the worst they every played...but el mocombo in 1977 was great! Def initley ron wood on lead....sad

  • sounds like trying to wrap up a show.

  • This is with ron wood. Lead is not taylor, nor richards. Wah is done by Billy Preston with keyboards. Left guitar is keith, right ronie wood only ronie did that lead.

    This must be a rehearsal from 1975-6 if you don't believe me just listen from that era shows.

  • very unreleased version thanks :D

  • I"m dancing my ass off to this version!!!!!  it's a catchy tune

  • yehm i agree with catchsight ... the one we know and love from let it bleed has that eerie, menacing quality that this lacks ... i navaer heard an actually menacing, and maybe a little scary guitar riff before the let it bleed and get yer ya-ya's out albums ... mick taylor is a master ...also, i have heard the stones can take forever to work up a song so it meets the 'standard' - this one obviously didnt, or we would have heard it ...

  • Mick Taylor hardly played on Let it Bleed, Keith did all the guitar work for Gimmie Shelter.

  • yehm i agree with catchsight ... the one we know and love from let it bleed has that eerie, menacing quality that this lacks ... i navaer heard an actually menacing, and maybe a little scary guitar riff before the let it bleed and get yer ya-ya's out albums ... mick taylor is a master ...

  • damn good but the studio version has an overpowing almost eerie feel at the open

  • The only version of gimme shelter i don't like is when Keith couldn't get his part right , it was a life show and not one of his better ones ! Raw , but i like it !

  • rough but good!

  • Random criminal man: So what am I here for? Mister/Miss Judge: Before we begin wasting time may I ask you a question? R.C.M: Sure! Mister/Miss Judge: Do you Rolling Stones R.C.M: Rolling Stones... some construction company or something.. (laughing gently)

    ------------------------------­------Folks feel completly shocked-----------------------­------------ Mister/Miss Judge: Now I punish you with prison for life because of not knowing who are the Rolling Stones Hint: Don't do that!

  • A comment to some of the critics: try and play and sing this all at once and you'll see how complex music this is. It seems simple but in its simplicity it is genial!

    This is a timelss classic that will always be up to date.

    Long live The Stones!

  • This is a live directly recorded.

  • They're both great in different ways. I prefer the official version though, it's much more eerie. This is more of a raucous rock and roll kind of deal.

  • This isn't an early take of the original Gimme Shelter. All the early takes of Shelter were dark -- even darker than the released version. This is from Pearls at Swine, the bootleg of the May 1978 Woodstock Rehearsals for their `78 U.S. tour. You can hear that it's Ronnie Wood, not Mick Taylor. Apparently the Stones didn't like what they heard much, cuz Gimme Shelter never made it onto the set list for that tour.

  • It takes time to find the right way..., oh, just listen, Biggest Rock n Roll band music and still now, thanks Keith

  • Shows what good mixing can do.

  • first i didn´t like it but one day it was in my head for whole day..... since then I love both versions....

  • The Stones were good judges about the release of their material. Inc this.

  • its a good riff...... tune when does the world end??????/?//??Do you thing God is pissed enough to end the world

  • Not thier best proformence of "Gimme Shelter"

    But... it sounds some kind of cool=)

  • Haunting

  • Greaaaaaaaaaaat

    

  • better than so many other you tube entries where people deign their take on the take. this is pure.

  • good keyboards. i miss it in the released version

  • @doudyscouty billy preston on keyboards :D this is from 1975-8 i think.

     this was long after the released version :P

  • Keith and Mick T are very busy in this take.

  • @abitaman4 its just keith.

  • My mum's got let it bleed on vinyl and when it plays, it plays at a sort of higher and faster tempo than normal, thats the best version

  • Mick and Keef ... damn

  • The build up in the beginning is apart of its greatness. Plus it's not the same song without Merry Clayton or a female backing.

  • Hmmmm. . . noisy, and devoid of the chilling atmosphere that makes the recorded version work so well. Jagger sucks when he doesn't care enough to actually sing too.

  • I didn't know that Jagger smoked cigarettes.

  • @NilezII Haha dude, in the 60s and 70s EVERYONE smoked.

  • @NilezII Yup, as long as he bums them from somebody else. Says that way, he's not really smoking ...

  • one of da best picure of the rock 'n' roll history ever

  • Woodstock rehearsals, 1978.

  • This sounds like it was recorded in the 70's or 80's. Maybe tour rehearsals, certainly not in the 60's.

  • if scorsese worked on woodstock that would be news to him and the last waltz is garbage as is the music and sound quality ....there is nothing creative in his stones movie ... go watch gimmie shelter and 25 x 5 then come back and discuss him ... junior

  • @kaja66 right, the last waltz is garbage. as opposed to your incredible accomplishments, like wiping your ass back to front.

  • @kidsareoverrated unlike you, at least i wipe......... last waltz sucxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

  • this sounds like its from the movie gimmie shelter - the best stones movie followed by 25 x 5, the scorcesie movie sucked, which is to be expected he hasnt a clue what this is all about

  • @kaja66 scorsese has no clue? he only worked on woodstock and directed the Last Waltz. ever see his blues series? i guess we're all entitled to our opinions. some of us base our opinions on fact, however. you didn't like the movie, fine, but to suggest that marty has no clue...

  • Well I was a bit too young (12) to be at Altamont, and on the wrong continent, too, and on consideration I'm glad I wasn't there, for obvious reasons! First time I saw The Stones was 1976 at Knebworth ...

    But this is my all-time favourite track!

  • SUPERB!!!!!!

  • Who ever hates this song should be banned from this site...This is the bomb! Music will never be made like this again.....I just hate I was too young to see them at Altamont.

  • thats the dirty Version of Gimme Shelter, probably Stoned.... cool !!!! Thats the Stones !!!

  • this is not the rolling stones this is a live version mixed with some keyboards

  • good sound

  • It sounds RAW... and RAW is good ;)

  • A "different" speed version, never heard before, not bad at all, thanks for posting;

  • i like to hear the pros jam and try to figure shit out. it always sounds like and reminds me of my shitty garage bands. good stuff! most excellent!

  • SOUNDS LIKE EVERYBODYS AN EXPERT

    AND I AM SURE YOUR NOT ................

  • sounds like 1978 tour rehearsals

  • @falo280869

    You´re right.

  • This just sounds like an unmixed version.

  • i dont think they synked this probably straight off the board

  • I like this version quite a bit but do miss the Merry Clayton vocals which always sends shivers through me.

  • @Farkurnell I thought her vocals only gave me shivers....lol

  • you realize how much Merry Clayton energized the version on the LP.

    Ronnie Wood was not credited anywhere on Let It Bleed . Daryl Jones is the closest thing to a virtuoso in the Stones, that shows you the importance of style when it comes to rock and roll.

  • Thank goodness this was not the version they released.

  • 6 people couldn't get any shelter

  • I think it's live from somewhere? Oh yeah, Mick Taylor was the 'best guitarist ever in the Stones. Whether he was the best 'Rolling Stones guitarist' is a different matter (I think that would be Keith, since he invented Rolling Stones-style guitar playing). Mick was virtuoso-guitar-applied-to-the­-Stones, which is a different thing. Equally interesting.

  • @BobTheRecordGuy you cant deny the way ronnie and keith just meld though

  • who are the 6 retards

  • Rock and roll should be seen as well as heard. If we can't see the boys. it loses a lot of its impact. This is a guitar-ric version, but I would like to see Mick running around on the stage.

  • ...This is more like "Under my thumb"...

  • @DisasterBlaster500 both versions are good. This ones more of a party/ rock tune. The official is more of a slow rock / soul song, really deep and emotional. I like them both and i cant see why some people think one is better than the other.

  • shows just how much merry clayton contributed to the final release. sounds like a throwaway track here.

  • where can I download this song,I realy need it!!!!

  • @frankid5 Rip it from this page, dummy.

  • @Hoopermazing How? I'm stupid I don't know how to do that,please help!

  • so many people are arguing about this and that.. you should be listening to the great piece of music that brought you guys onto this page... :P

  • HEAVEN!!!

  • fooking kickass

  • The "Mick Taylor Years"; as they are called, are considered the best albums for the Stones. There are no better albums then Beggars Banquet, Let it Bleed (some Mick Taylor, due to Jone's death/absences), Sticky Fingers, Exile on Main St., Goat Head Soup, and It's only Rock & Roll (all Taylor). The Stones did have many HITS with Brian Jones, and some with Ronnie Woods, but during this period they were on the top and NO ONE could touch them, not even the British Government! Timeless!

  • When laying down suppressing fire in Call Of Duty: Black Ops I think on this song. Two flash grenades later I take fire and note that it really is just a shot away.

  • I like the opening.

    It's a song worth listening to.

    But the opening is notable more than the whole song.

  • UNDER MY THUMB.

  • Its funny how we can accept that the Beatles changed their musical approach many times as they progressed...but we basically say to the Stones..." hey....just them blues and dont you dare jump out of that box"....or you just wont be cool anymore..

    On the other hand....it is this relic quality that makes the Stones like a looking glass back to the 60's...and we just keep showing up for "last concert for sure"..they throw at us every year..

  • This is a good version; more like a live version. Stones outtakes are better than most bands "premium produce". juandhalrich, below; is a dip-shit. Stones have done some great music with Ronnie. "Mixed Emotions" and "Already Over Me" to name a few. Taylor was a great guitarist, and I have missed him too. But he didn't make or break the Stones. What really makes the Stones is: 1) The songs that Mick and Keith write and, 2) The Vision of Keith Richards. This is Keiths band!

  • @swiggy58a Yes Keith & Mick have been the main songwriters, but there wouldn't have been any Rolling Stones without the Late Great Brian Jones, The "Rollin' Stones" was originally Brian's band, even if he didn't write the songs, who could forget Brian's slide guitar on Little Red Rooster & Everybody Needs Somebody, sitar on Paint IT Black, harpsichord on Lady Jane, autoharp on You Got The Silver, Pianp on Let's Spend the Night Together, flute on Ruby Tuesday, accordion on Back Street Girl&

  • @swiggy58a & also mellotron on 2000 Light Years From Home, to name a few. I do enjoy Voodoo Lounge- A Bigger Bang, ABB is the Stones really on form , esp Back Of My Hand but I think the Stones greatest moments were from 1964- Exile On Main Street!!!!

  • Hey asswipe the later hits written by the Stones came out of the sessions they had taped when Taylor was still with the band Star Me Up for sure.

  • we is just reduced to dustifications of pentacostal evangeliziums..ahh hmmm.Is this thing on.Yes my you tube ical brothers and sisters ,Know is the time to rise up and grab for those pink golden clouds of redemption!

  • who's the 3 deaf people?

  • now 11

  • @claptongroupie Dunno, but they breed like rabbits.  They had 21 kids.

  • THIS MUSIC IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOO GREAT TODAY........

  • I have noticed a few of their 80s concerts where they did "fast" versions and i much more prefer the original slower versions.I think it brings out the blues feel of their Roots!

  • lol lol lol all you did was speed up the playback whats next alvin singing bass

  • @papafirelin, you're NOT wrong there.

  • Thanks for the upload...new one for me....the greatestrocknrollbandonearth!!­!!

  • interesting perspective on how the song grew into the more recognized version. I like it. cool. thanks for posting.

  • This sounds like it's from the "Woodstock Rehearsals" sessions back in the late 70's. Best song on that set was Chuck Berry's "Beautiful Delilah" song. This recording was part of a rehearsal for a concert that never happened. It never was an original recording session from the "Let It Bleed" sessions that produced the original version of Gimme Shelter.

  • @jblacktree you obviously don't know very much about the Stones or music for that matter. Taylor a session guitarist? LOL That's hilarious.

    Taylor was in John Mayall's Bluesbreakers when he was 17! Jagger has said the Taylor years were his favourite period musically with the band. The Stones work went downhill when Ron Wood joined the band.

  • not surprised this is "unreleased" !

  • @mangozumo You sir are right

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  • @mangozumo Wasn't released because it was too good! Nice and raw without horns, backup singers, etc.

  • It might be easy for some guys to play the things Keith playing ,but, poor guys, you have to think that he wrote them too and that's the big deal

  • i want what's on the table

  • I actually like this version much better than the original. The tempo of this version makes it sound more like a signature Rolling Stones rocker where the original sounds like a Santana-esque cha-cha-cha with its tempo and Latin percussion. Just my personal preference, no flames please but to me this version really rocks.

  • @nyshortline Altamont version is best...

  • mick taylor rocked, stones would have never released sticky fingers without Taylor's endless hours in the production room with jagger. read your stone's history and get the shit out your ears before you diiss taylor!

  • @appletininao very good comment re M.T. you speak very correctly.

  • @appletininao Taylor almost wrecked the STones. What fuckin book you been reading? He is an ordinary session guitarist--no more. No writing talent. No style. There are at least seven more imperative artists to the Stones--starting with Nicky Hopkins. But no Stones w/out Brin, Keith, Ron, Mick J, Bill, and Charlie.

  • @jblacktree "ordinary session guitarist"? I think not.The Stones don't ask ordinary session players to join the greatest rock and roll band in the world. You are full of shit.

  • @Artistspop - ummmm. i was pretty whacked that night. lol. sry man. of-course you're right. my apologies. jones - taylor , who can keep it all straight. good call on that. i'm the idiot.

    but lets give props to taylor for 'sticky fingers' . not a bad effort. my favorite stones album really

  • Artistspop - umm... yea. all good songs. and mick was on all of them. idiot

  • @jefff182 ummmm. i was pretty wacked that night. lol. sry man. artistspop, of-course you're right. my apologies. jones - taylor , who can keep it all straight. good call on that.

  • Way to destroy the Stones legacy ABCKO. All the million plus viewed videos can go to the Beatles.

  • really man. i swear. the first stones song i heard was by way of youtube. then i went to the other classic live performances in the related videos. i would have never come to love the stones as i do now if it weren't for those vintage live vids. and countless others never will. fuck ABKCO.

  • theres a great expensive wino's live version out there on a Import CD

  • Does anybody have the studio version to post?

    Or have the copyright owners sucked that all up?

    They never bettered the studio version. The eerie intro, the stately tempo, the black chick singing, Rape, Murder...

  • i'm with you Artistpop. Keith wields that guitar like an old lady slides into her slippers...effortless, and more comfortably at home than a gyppo's van on the local sunday leaguer's pitch

  • lol, Keith is more lost than Mick... he's slipping into Street Fightin' Man at times.

    But hey, that's the Stones, right?

  • I just want to say I'm one of the biggest Stoners fan out there! I think Mic is just a lil eff up on some good ass bloody Keiths stash,,NO DISRESPECT, sincerely Robert F.

  • definitely 1978 woodstock rehearsals with mclagen playing wurlitzer

  • Great version. I like the official one but this is quite cool as well. Thanks for posting.

  • altamont is best version

  • Ian Mclagan??

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  • I love that Picture. I like this as something different but like the other much better, more of Richards great guitar work.

  • Very up-beat, the other version is like a dark hangover. I like the original much better, but this is cool.

  • Sounds a bit motown.

  • I think sounds a bit like Mick Jagger meets Van Morrison!

  • none of us would of known any better if they had released it this in to begin with, heheh

  • Woodstock rehearsals 1978?

  • ehh this version isnt as good. its much less dramatic and doesnt strike me as much

  • I agree, M.T. played slide guitar on Country Honk and guitar on Live with me. Brian Jones played percussion on Midnight Rambler and played autoharp on You got the silver. All other guitars were played by Keith Richards (both lead and rhythm) on the album -Let it Bleed. This info comes with the album- cd or vinyl ! Anyone who knows the stones and their albums would know this. This version of G. S. sounds like a Let it Bleed outtake in my opinion.

  • Yepp and look how great that album is

  • And I can't say I'm surprised.

  • The keyboards make it sound in a major key, very unpleasant

  • Yeah, Gimme Shelter is really meant to sound like an apocalyptic song the keuyboards and the happy mood with the lyrics don't really work

  • Stones always rocks :-D

  • they tested there swimming skills and one faild and he left thegroup and no2 mike wrestled the guitar and made stones a group of good,angry,young music.Now its just a show,come one,gimme dollars(shit on the shelter)But when yuo listen to the records from 68 to 72 you know was Stones realy was,young angry men.Remember,there first hit singel was made of lennon/mcarhtny(fan kan inte stava,my grammer is shit,sorry)

  • Pop goes to the 60´s was the name of the program

  • Taylor did pay Gimme Shelter. Wonderfully. Look for the best version on youtube, an old clip. I think it was recordes by the German TV.

  • woodstock Rehearsals for 1978 tour.... with Ian Stewart...

  • mick taylor?

  • Rolling stones is not about playing the best guitar in the world! it's about showmanship,it's about the Rock'n'Roll! keith and ronnie aren't the best players in the world that's true but you know what? together they're better than 10 others...and bring 1000's of people to the stadiums!

    see if you can find the single band/guitar player in the world with 300 employees for each tour!

  • @dadasha you got that from keith , he said it , you repeated it.

    @ least use your own words.

  • @dadasha - Keith certainly is one of the greatest guitarists in history, expanding the vocab of a guitar immensely.

  • @dadasha i think this isn't correct. keiths guitar is not easy. ronnie is not the best this is fact but keith is one of, if not the best rythm player in the world. and his improvisations are awesome

  • @dadasha wrong. ron wood is a bag of sh i t! he is SH IT ! he ruined the stones. the brian jones and mick taylor eras were the true stones!

  • @juandhaltrich brian jones was a wife beating cock jockey that proved to plenty of bruised women that karma really does exist.

  • @doverboy01 but damn those were stones times.

  • @dadasha my friend .... you have seen to many u tube films of what the Stones say about themselves. They are both mega crap players .... and together they are two mega crap players. It doesn't matter that they play like shit .... together they all make some great sounds.

  • @dadasha Mick Taylor was the best player in the world, and they fired his ass.

  • @Hoopermazing

    No way he was better than Ronnie Wood. The Stones were really poor live, during Mick Taylors era. They got so much tighter when Wood joined.

    In truth, Ronnie Wood is a better guitarist than Keith Richard as well.

  • @MrCeej9999 Ha ha You're the only person in the world, including Ron Wood, who thinks hat Ron Wood is a better guitarist than Mick Taylor. Read or watch any Stones interview about him, and you will hear them say the same. Keith readily admits that Mick Taylor was the best Rolling Stones guitarist. But he also admits that he hated him and that a virtuoso guitarists is all Mick Taylor was and that he couldn't accept that.

  • @dadasha

    Playing super fast guitar isn’t really that hard in reality. It’s much harder to play stuff with real soul, and tone.

    Ronnie Wood, and Keith Richards are probably two of the best Honky Tonk/R+B guitarists of all time

  • "Unreleased version?" This is a live track with an annoying Woodie lead. And as far as live versions go, this one sucks. BTW, is there a Woodie lead that isn't annoying? RW sounds best when he's hamming it up, cherrleading, mugging, prancing and doing anything that real guitar players try to be good at doing.

  • Ronnie kicks ass.

  • ugh....

  • Bullshit. '65 through early '69 had Satisfaction, Get Off of my cloud, Paint It Black, Jumpin JF