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STONES INDEX

I never saw The Stones at IBC as by the time I started working there they were super stars and their recordings were made all over the world. But back in March 1963 Mick,Charlie,Keith,Brian,Bill and Ian Stewart entered Studio A at number 35 and within months of recording five demos they were up there with the Beatles. Glyn Johns was an engineer at IBC and over the years I have heard many stories about these sessions. The main story was that Glyn went to George Clouston ( an ex violin session man who now owned the studio with band leader Eric Robinson) who was not interested in anything to do with electric music and so Glyn took the tapes t0 Decca and the rest is history. I don't know if money changed hands (which would decide who officially owns the tape) but I do know that nothing was signed as it was of no interest to someone who could not understand the music. I do know that years later George Clouston came into my disc cutting room with a couple of pin stripes from the city. As he nothing about what did it was left to me to try and explain what we did to to people not interested. Anyway during the conversation Clouston mentioned that he had let the Stones slip through his hands and I could not believe it when they all had a chortle at my boss's knowledge of the current trends. I was about 20 and I thought if I had made a cock up like that I don't think I would boast about it.
Anyway the session provide some of the great stuff that the Stones were performing at that time and Glyn stayed with them for many years. I am trying to find out who was the second engineer so watch this space.

March 11, 1963 IBC STUDIOS, LONDON Engineer : Glyn Johns
Diddley Daddy Road Runner Bright Lights, Big City I Want To Be Loved Baby What's Wrong Piano: Ian Stewart
This was the session that started it all and that old jangle piano that Stu played was used for many years to come of some other well known tracks (if it took Nicky Hopkins fancy)

As Tears Go By October 1965 Recording location: IBC Studios, London
Producer: Andrew Oldham Engineer: Glyn Johns I don't know if this was for an Italian version of this song or if it was the Marian Faithful version. Either way,there was a Stone in the studio.

The Mobile unit was used on GOT LIVE IF YOU WANT IT

1966
January: THE END. London, IBC Studios. Producer: Bill Wyman & Glyn Johns. -
Baby Stay Like You Are - I Got Wise - It Won't Be Long - Lost Without You -She Believed Me
You're So Right
Line-up: Dave Brown (voc, bass)/Colin Giffin (gtr, sax, voc)/Nicky Graham (org, voc)/Roger Groom (dr)
This was a band produced by Bill Wyman

5th January : IAN STEWART AND THE RAILROADERS. London, IBC Studios.
Producer: Bill Wyman. Sound engineer: Glyn Johns.
Line-up: Ian Stewart (piano) - Bill Wyman (bass) - Keith Richard (guitar) - Tony Meehan (drums
Don't know what tracks were recorded but someone out there might be able to help

6th May 1966: CHRIS FARLOWE. London, I.B.C. Studios. Producer: Mick Jagger.
Chris Farlowe doing his vocal-overdubs on - Out Of Time -Chris Farlowe (voc), Mick Jagger (bvoc)

5th September poss 1966: BRIAN JONES. London, IBC Studios Recording of the movie-soundtrack 'Mord und Totschlag' ('A Degree Of Murder'). Brian Jones (sitar, org, dulcimer, recorder, clarinet, harpsichord, harm) - Jimmy Page (guitar) - Nicky Hopkins (piano) -Peter Gosling (keyboard, Mellotron), Mike Leander (orchestra conductor)

I did work with Brian Jones for a couple of hours on some Moroccan music (possibly Pipes of Pan) but it was only dubbing or perhaps an acetate.