Jet bum notes (frightened city)

[Uncleboko]

If there had been bum notes, surely it would have been re-recorded and we may have had a different guitar solo to learn

[neil2726]

Not necessarily - bum notes have got through before. Remember in those days artists had to record two or three tunes in a short space of studio time! Unlike today where they spend months on one song, and years on an album!

[Iain Purdon]

That's right. Jet goes off track at the end of Man Of Mystery and his A string is a bit flat in Theme From A Filleted Plaice. Hank muffs a chord in Blue Turns To Grey. Licorice's bass line in Dance On isn't wrong but it's not what you'd expect. There's supposed to be a drum glitch in Atlantis although I haven't been able to identify it. Even the supremely accurate John has a minor wobble in Bossa Roo. Are they bum notes or are they 'character'? To me, the energy is vital and if you get a great performance with the odd technical hiccup, I'd rather have that than note perfection with no soul

[Martin Page]

I've always wondered whether Hank played the A note too early in one of the verses in My Resistance is Low...

Martin.

[Uncleboko]

Actually, all the mistakes were played by Jimmy Page

[Fenderman]

That's right. Jet goes off track at the end of Man Of Mystery and his A string is a bit flat in Theme From A Filleted Plaice. Hank muffs a chord in Blue Turns To Grey. Licorice's bass line in Dance On isn't wrong but it's not what you'd expect. There's supposed to be a drum glitch in Atlantis although I haven't been able to identify it. Even the supremely accurate John has a minor wobble in Bossa Roo. Are they bum notes or are they 'character'? To me, the energy is vital and if you get a great performance with the odd technical hiccup, I'd rather have that than note perfection with no soul

I agree, i like hearing old recordings with the occasional minor glitch, unlike today's clinical recordings.
I also like to hear 'background' noises, you get quite a bit particularly on Shad's recordings.