# Aberrations/outtakes kept in a song's final mix **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 20, 2018, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aberrations-outtakes-kept-in-a-songs-final-mix/814513 "2018-05-20T17:24:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2018, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aberrations-outtakes-kept-in-a-songs-final-mix/814513/41 "2018-05-21T14:05:12Z")
Dee Dee would count off 1-2-3-4 before the Ramones songs. They really weren’t able to get the silent count down but counting off like this also became one of their trademarks. When they were in the studio recording “Sheen is a Punk Rocker” they didn’t get the full count in but they did get the 4. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/xF4-l2OYHPM/maxresdefault.jpg "Ramones Cartoon Sheena Is A Punk Rocker") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF4-l2OYHPM) ---
**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2018, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aberrations-outtakes-kept-in-a-songs-final-mix/814513/42 "2018-05-21T14:09:42Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > If you’ll accept Wikipedia, Works for me, thanks! I had no idea. Now if only we could figure out why he throws up at the end of “My Life”… ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aberrations-outtakes-kept-in-a-songs-final-mix/814513/43 "2018-05-22T02:35:29Z")
“I GOT BLISTERS ON MY FINGERS!” — Ringo Starr, “Helter Skelter” ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aberrations-outtakes-kept-in-a-songs-final-mix/814513/44 "2018-05-22T02:48:53Z")
All of Revolution #9? Anyway, to elucidate, here it is [backwards](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRvLxnfODn0) ---
**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aberrations-outtakes-kept-in-a-songs-final-mix/814513/45 "2018-05-22T03:10:12Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Todd Rundgren’s “Something/Anything” album has a lot of studio chatter left in between the songs on side 4, as it was recorded live in the studio, but that’s probably not what the OP is asking about. However there are a couple of songs with some flubs that they left in. “Couldn’t I Just Tell You The Way I Feel” has a false start, followed by Todd blurting out “Mother of God!” before starting again. And in “You Left Me Sore”, Todd tries to hold a note a little too long and his voice cracks, prompting laughter from others in the studio. _Hello It’s Me_ also has a false start, I think. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aberrations-outtakes-kept-in-a-songs-final-mix/814513/46 "2018-05-22T03:15:23Z")
At the end of Take 54 there’s a bit of [weird dialog](https://youtu.be/iDt9mbuzh7c?t=3m27s) between Nilsson and producer Richard Perry. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aberrations-outtakes-kept-in-a-songs-final-mix/814513/47 "2018-05-22T04:38:39Z")
Billy Swan’s biggest hit, “[I Can Help](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBBw1MEOMWI),” features a false ending, and applause. I’ve read in a number of places that Swan’s dog was with him in the studio, and was being playful enough to be a distraction (including, possibly, tugging on Swan’s leg). The false ending may have been a function of the dog’s distraction, and the applause is apparently people in the studio, congratulating Swan for making it through the take. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aberrations-outtakes-kept-in-a-songs-final-mix/814513/48 "2018-05-22T05:28:22Z")
Still debating if Hendrix’s “Ezy Ryder” fading out/in/out ending would qualify here. My internet-fu had some trouble with locating this one too. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aberrations-outtakes-kept-in-a-songs-final-mix/814513/49 "2018-05-22T05:38:59Z")
Does [“Midnight Voyage” by The Mamas & the Papas](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wb5uLpgOC70&t=1m45s) count? That may have been deliberate. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aberrations-outtakes-kept-in-a-songs-final-mix/814513/50 "2018-05-22T05:44:57Z")
ISTR a classic rock track that picked up the clickety-clack of a typewriter in the background. Who or what it was has slipped my mind… ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aberrations-outtakes-kept-in-a-songs-final-mix/814513/51 "2018-05-22T06:06:06Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > ISTR a classic rock track that picked up the clickety-clack of a typewriter in the background. Who or what it was has slipped my mind… Dolly Parton ‘9 to 5’ Or Don Henley ‘Dirty Laundry’ ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Mondegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/91b2a8/32.png) [@Lord\_Mondegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Mondegreen)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aberrations-outtakes-kept-in-a-songs-final-mix/814513/52 "2018-05-22T10:51:14Z")
(I did read the thread, so I apologize if I missed this) Rockaria by ELO (the Electric Light Orchestra). They used an opera singer who made a mistake at the start and said “Oops.” But Jeff Lynne kept it in the final recording. Youtube link [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kL2EW-qXcuo). I really like it, and agree with the decision to keep it in. ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aberrations-outtakes-kept-in-a-songs-final-mix/814513/53 "2018-05-22T12:51:19Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > At the beginning of “Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream” there is a false start with Tom Wilson, the producer, cracking up and telling him to wait a minute. The official bootleg of those sessions reveals the false start was from an acoustic version of the song, which got spliced in front of the electric version that is on **Bringing it All Back Home**. Dylan is well known for leaving in the boo-boo’s. In Ballad In Plain D, he pronounces “scapegoat” as “scrapegoat.” In Visions of Johanna there’s a place where the band momentarily fails to keep up with him on a chord change. Etc., etc… ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aberrations-outtakes-kept-in-a-songs-final-mix/814513/54 "2018-05-22T15:09:31Z")
Another Beatles: On, “If I Fell,” Paul’s voice cracks on the high note (“vain”). ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aberrations-outtakes-kept-in-a-songs-final-mix/814513/55 "2018-05-22T15:20:34Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > Dolly Parton ‘9 to 5’ > Or Don Henley ‘Dirty Laundry’ No, those were supposed to be there. This was completely accidental and nobody noticed until they listened to the recording. I want to say it was a Janis Joplin song. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aberrations-outtakes-kept-in-a-songs-final-mix/814513/56 "2018-05-22T15:27:38Z")
The ending, starting at 13:50, of Blind Faith’s “Do What You Like” peters out with noises, stray notes, and someone shouting out “d-flat” and “ding dong billybong.” It goes on for a minute and a half, which is way loo long. But the Winwood and Clapton solos earlier are stellar, so cut it early and enjoy. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aberrations-outtakes-kept-in-a-songs-final-mix/814513/57 "2018-05-22T15:56:18Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > No, those were supposed to be there. > > This was completely accidental and nobody noticed until they listened to the recording. I want to say it was a Janis Joplin song. It might amuse you to know it’s simply called [The Typewriter Tapes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorma_Kaukonen): > [@](#): > > [Jorma Kaukonen] played as a solo act in coffee houses and can be heard accompanying a young Janis Joplin on acoustic guitar on an historic 1964 recording (known as “The Typewriter Tapes” because of the obtrusive sound of Kaukonen’s first wife, Margareta, typing in the background).[12] [_Hesitation Blues_, a track off the Typewriter Tapes.](http://www.rockremnants.com/tag/typewriter-tape/) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aberrations-outtakes-kept-in-a-songs-final-mix/814513/58 "2018-05-22T17:00:05Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > [Jorma Kaukonen] played as a solo act in coffee houses and can be heard accompanying a young Janis Joplin on acoustic guitar on an historic 1964 recording (known as “The Typewriter Tapes” because of the obtrusive sound of Kaukonen’s first wife, Margareta, typing in the background).[12] That fits but, AFAIK, none of the Typewriter tracks were ever officially released. The song I’m thinking of definitely was. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aberrations-outtakes-kept-in-a-songs-final-mix/814513/59 "2018-05-22T17:13:56Z")
And, again, the typewriter noise is supposed to present in those tracks. The linked track even has a voice asking if the typewriter is ready. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aberrations-outtakes-kept-in-a-songs-final-mix/814513/60 "2018-05-22T17:27:28Z")
Found it! At least one “Typewriter” track was officially released, on _18 Essential Songs_. “Trouble in Mind” was recorded before anyone noticed that the equipment picked up Margareta typing away. Thanks for pointing me toward the right set. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aberrations-outtakes-kept-in-a-songs-final-mix/814513.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aberrations-outtakes-kept-in-a-songs-final-mix/814513.md?page=4)