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It smells like rock ‘n’ roll
Calgary Herald has a piece on the Rolling Stones Mobile truck, now residing at the Canadian National Music Centre. The Centre is launching a series of events called Liner Notes dedicated to the history of the legendary mobile studio and selected classic albums recorded with its help:
It really is hallowed ground. It’s weird to be in a place where Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones and Paul McCartney and Richie Blackmore, all those people you’re inspired by, have sat in front of those speakers and listened to their music for the first time.
Liner Notes: Inside the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio is part storytelling tour, part listening session, exploring the legendary albums recorded in the “Sistine Chapel of rock ‘n’ roll.”
The first event in the series is dedicated to the Stones’ own Sticky Fingers, with Machine Head to follow at some point in the future.
Read more in Calgary Herald and on the NMC website.
Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing
Boogie with Stu, Ian Stewart, brilliant. Did Karin notice the drum stick twirling there from Charlie Watts? Take note Karin, Uwe has high expectations and rightly so. Mick Who? Seriously, a nice looking documentary. So glad Uwe’s favourite drum intro was mentioned. Deep Purple not mentioned with the initial big names there? Hmmmmm. a few punters here will pick up on that one, so I will leave it to them. Although ‘Smoke’ was briefly mentioned. Ho hum. Cheers.
May 4th, 2026 at 00:50I forgot to mention the query as to Black Sabbath ever using the mobile? Deep Purple should have been mentioned instead of Sabbath. Cheers.
May 4th, 2026 at 01:47This less hyped shorter clip from the Calgary Herald highlights Deep Purple along with Led Zeppelin. A much better straight to the factual point short video. No hyped up Black Sabbath name dropping rubbish. Cheers.
https://calgaryherald.com/entertainment/local-arts/it-smells-like-rock-n-roll-national-music-centre-to-explore-classic-albums-recorded-by-the-rolling-stones-mobile-studio
May 4th, 2026 at 02:40@1
“Did Karin notice the drum stick twirling there from Charlie Watts?”
– can’t say I have MacGregor!
But I noticed some drummer from Whitesnake, a bit disappointed I have to say, take a look here:
https://youtu.be/REMeBo7n40A?is=TveDOxKNECHkv3YF
(7:00)
Not at all as nice as this young man some years before:
https://youtu.be/2v1Jd_XYpqk?is=pkXNt87LCMNgqX0f
and I hope to be as twirling as Mick was 😃
May 4th, 2026 at 09:25Hello.
Very interesting! It´s one kind of miracle that the Rolling Truck Stones Thing is still intact, rolling and ready to record ! Wow. Now I really know where I`ll record with my band, when I win the lottery!
Furthermore (when reading from other source), what was a shock to me was to learn that my countryman Tapani Tapanainen (Talo) was a permanent assistant recording engineer with RSM, too! And was living in Australia for a while as a child, too. Speaking of a little world or what do you say, Mac ?!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_Stones_Mobile_Studio
I have never figured out that so many of my favourite and “better records” were done with RSM.
Kippis!
May 4th, 2026 at 14:50OMG @4, trust Tommy Aldridge to take the swing out of everything, terrible. A stadium drummer. (That‘s not a compliment from me.)
Doesn‘t he have Native American blood? One would have thought that some rhythmic groove and subtlety would have risen to the surface …
https://youtu.be/AvZbmLJlSoM
May 4th, 2026 at 15:56According to Wikipedia, Black Sabbath did not use the Truck Thing for any studio album.
Unless it was used for one of the live albums they never used it.
May 4th, 2026 at 17:17However, both Live at Last or Cross Purposes Live were both recorded at UK gigs.
So possibly one of those.
I have to say Hiza that I have never looked up Tapani at all. He is usually only ever listed as an additional or ‘live’ engineer. That is not to downgrade his achievements at all, it is usually not mentioned as much as a main engineer and producer, unless we look a little further. At least he has lived in Australia, not that the little blighter would remember it from that long ago in his infant days. Regarding the Mobile, yes indeed so many classic albums. No wonder a band like Black Sabbath never used it, they never were a studio ‘perfect’ sounding band at all. It would have been a waste on them, knowing their attitude in the 1970’s. Too much drugs, booze and silly immature behaviour etc to get a decent sound recorded with their music. Mind you, the Stones and The Who used it, work that one out. Although there were people involved with those bands that would ensure a decent sound and mix was achieved. Not to worry, it is what it is. Cheers.
May 4th, 2026 at 22:13