A previously unheard Rolling Stones/Jimmy Page collaboration has been unearthed
The 1973 song, Scarlet, will be included in the upcoming reissue/remaster of Goats Head Soup
A previously unheard 1973 Rolling Stones track, featuring Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page on guitar, has been unearthed, it was announced today.
The song, Scarlet, was recorded during the sessions for the band's 1973 album, Goats Head Soup, and will be included in the upcoming multi-format, remastered reissue of that album. In addition to Page, it also features Blind Faith's Rick Grech on bass.
Sadly, Scarlet has not been premiered yet, but another previously unheard cut from the sessions, Criss Cross, can be heard below.
Scarlet is not the only time Page and the Stones have teamed up on record. Page played lead guitar on the 1986 track One Hit (to the Body), a cut from the Stones' Dirty Work album that became a Top 40 hit in the United States.
The Goats Head Soup reissue, featuring Scarlet, Criss Cross and a third previously unheard track, All The Rage, will be available via Universal Music on September 4.
Fans can preorder it at The Rolling Stones' website.
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Jackson is an Associate Editor at GuitarWorld.com. He’s been writing and editing stories about new gear, technique and guitar-driven music both old and new since 2014, and has also written extensively on the same topics for Guitar Player. Elsewhere, his album reviews and essays have appeared in Louder and Unrecorded. Though open to music of all kinds, his greatest love has always been indie, and everything that falls under its massive umbrella. To that end, you can find him on Twitter crowing about whatever great new guitar band you need to drop everything to hear right now.
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