Ruby Tuesday (instrumental) - details in description

Recorded at Olympic Sound Studios in 1966.

Line up:
Brian Jones - piano & recorder
Keith Richards - 12 string acoustic guitar & double bass (bowing)
Bill Wyman - bass guitar & double bass (fretting)
Charlie Watts - drums
Unverified - tambourine

[malcolmlewis]

Brian Jones was truly an incredible musician, beautiful recorder

[richardmundt]

This timeless ethereal masterpiece created by the classically trained Brian, is truly the apex of the stones.

[arricammarques]

Wipes the floor with contemporary pop music.

[lukasmarzell]

Brain jones... the multitalent of the stones, playing flute, piano, cello on this one. Sweet melodie, genius bass and drums, 12 string guitar of keith is cleary there I always liked the chorus. An soft beginning an an kick ass chorus. Their masterpiece.

[silverboots]

Brian sounds like a true dandy on this, what a musician, what a loss for the world.

[davidricarte]

A masterpiece!! Brian Jones, the first and original Rolling Stone.

[thebluesandothercolors]

The recorder part is kind of the life of the song, and there was a vibrancy and color that was lost from the band without Brian. I did not know Brian was on piano as well as recorder on this track, and had always assumed that there were classical session musicians filling out the sound. I had no idea, nor would have ever guessed, that the double bass part was actually Keith bowing and Bill fretting! Great post and information.

[axxellein]

Brian's Pastoral Hauntingly Wisfull Ballad!

[chrismiles]

Like a lonely voice in the wilderness crying out.

[barneyronnie]

Brian, I'm 81 now. Hopefully, I'll be seeing you soon, my old friend. Have missed you since you had that 'accident.' You told me that you were moving onto better projects and seemed happy. No matter what, I'm always your friend. See you soon.
Ronnie

[TheaterPup]

"Jimi Hendrix was honored to attend a Rolling Stones recording session for Ruby Tuesday. It was really Brian Jones' session. He was the master of the sound, and the various exotic instruments he played all fused into a melodic experience that expanded the parameters of the Rolling Stones' sound. Ruby Tuesday became number one as they hung out together. Brian was ecstatic over its success. He loved to hear it by chance, on the radio in his Rolls Royce, in a club, or out of a solitary window they happened to pass. Brian would tell with great relish of how he and Keith Richards worked and worked on coloring, adding dramatic yet wispy touches here and there, alternating the mix between lead voice and background vocal harmonies, while interplaying exotic instruments. Sounds that were impossible to identify gave Ruby Tuesday an eternal air of mystery and yearning."--'Scuse Me While I Kiss the Sky: Jimi Hendrix: Voodoo Child, by David Henderson

[silverboots]

Mesmerizing, keep coming back to hear this ❤️

[J..]

Brian really shines on this instrumental

[benoitdenise]

Brian Jones, génie de la musique, merci beaucoup the Rolling stones depuis 1964...

[keithnaylor]

Amazing, and Charlie on the drums is wonderful.

[ContrarianExpatriate]

About 40 years ago I heard this song for the first time and was captivated by the recorder playing. Just a few days ago I learned who Brian Jones was and that it was he who played those beautiful notes. And you can hear the improvisational nature of this playing because he was deeply influenced by jazz and blues. What an immense and overlooked musician who I understand created the Rolling Stones, named the group, but was ultimately voted out by the other personalities who were growing in another direction.

[redred-redred]

Magic flute...❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤Thanks Brian Jones 💕💕😢😢😢😢😢

[sydsmusicpluspage]

The song that changed my life 50 years ago.

[mysticalmargaret]

He was a truly gifted musician on an astonishing range of instruments. ❤

[GreatOrderMusic]

I didn’t know he played main piano on this, wow.
Amazing to listen to, thank you.
According to what I’ve seen, Jack Nitzsche listed as “additional piano”