How the Rolling Stones Built a Psychedelic Collage: 'Sing This All Together (See What Happens)'

The most interesting thing about “Sing This All Together (See What Happens)” is that the Stones basically built a six-minute studio collage out of a loose jam, deliberately trying to out-weird Sgt. Pepper and prove they could play the psychedelic game on their own terms. With producer Andrew Loog Oldham gone, the band produced themselves at Olympic Studios, and the track became a free-for-all of overdubs, tape tricks, and found sounds.

Brian Jones led the experimental charge, playing Mellotron to add woozy string and flute textures that drift in and out of the mix. The