The Rolling Stones and The Killers Are Set to Release a New Rendition of
'Scarlet'.
Bang Showbiz reports that Sir Mick Jagger and co dropped the original -
which features Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page and Blind Faith's Ric Grech on
bass - last month and now another version is set to arrive on Friday
(28.08.20).
The track was originally recorded in October 1974 but had not been heard
before now, and is set to feature on the upcoming multi-format reissue of the
band's 1973 album 'Goats Head Soup'.
And the 'Satisfaction' hitmakers have teased the new rendition featuring
the Brandon Flowers-fronted rock band and their regular collaborator, Jacques
Lu Cont - whose real name is Stuart Price.
The latter - who has produced and co-written tracks for the likes of
Madonna, Dua Lipa, New Order and Kylie Minogue, to name a few - first started
working with The Killers when he remixed their mega-hit 'Mr. Brightside'.
Taking to Twitter to tease the new spin on 'Scarlet', The Stones
tweeted: "Coming Friday...@thekillers #GoatsHeadSoup2020", and added
the goat and soup bowl emoji.
The track was only a demo born out of a jamming session with Page, but
it turned out so well, the 'Satisfaction' rockers felt it should be shared with
the world.
Mick said: "I remember first jamming this with Jimmy and Keith
[Richards, guitarist] in Ronnie's [Wood, guitarist] basement studio. It was a
great session."
Keith added: ''My recollection is we walked in at the end of a Zeppelin
session. They were just
leaving, and we were booked in next and I believe that
Jimmy decided to stay. We weren't actually cutting it as a track, it was
basically for a demo, a demonstration, you know, just to get the feel of it,
but it came out well, with a line up like that, you know, we better use it.''
The Killers' feature on 'Scarlet' follows the music video starring
'Normal People' actor Paul Mescal.
