The Rolling Stones are gearing up for the release of a deluxe edition of Goats Head Soup next month, and have shared a new music video for “Scarlet“, a track originally recorded in 1974 with Led Zeppelin‘s Jimmy Page on guitar, as well as Traffic‘s Ric Grech on bass.
The re-release of the Stones’ 1973 album, available on September 4th, is set to include a remastered version of Goats Head Soup along with outtakes, demos (like “Scarlet”), and a full concert from the accompanying tour. Originally released in 2011 as Brussels Affair, the concert finds The Rolling Stones performing in Brussels, Belgium on October 17th, 1973.
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The new music video for “Scarlet” features British actor Paul Mescal (Normal People) “filmed with a socially distanced shoot,” according to the press release. While the video itself isn’t as much the focus as the combination between two of the biggest rock bands of the 20th century, the visual accompaniment does have a bit of cheeky charm for the quarantine era. In the video, Mescal’s character dances, drinks, and smokes around an empty hotel room, much like we all have been doing for several months.
As for the song itself, don’t go looking for any iconic solos from Page. Rather here he is playing the role of a session musician and handing down some standard blues riffs. Yet the mere thought of The Rolling Stones and Jimmy Page playing together is tantalizing enough to push, what is in reality a pretty civilian Rolling Stones song, into some level of mysticism.
“My recollection is we walked in at the end of a Zeppelin session,” Keith Richards said in a statement. “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 lineup like that, you know, we better use it.'”
Watch the new music video for “Scarlet” by The Rolling Stones, featuring Jimmy Page and Ric Grech.
The Rolling Stones – “Scarlet” (featuring Paul Mescal) – Official Video
[Video: The Rolling Stones]
[H/TÂ Rolling Stone]