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caio  ·  4617 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Rolling Stones - "Sympathy For the Devil" - start to finish
Awesome footage. Wikipedia says the backing vocals scene was staged, but it doesn't offer a citation. I found this on Last.FM, seems to be the source:

    Marianne Faithfull, Anita Pallenberg, Brian Jones, Charlie Watts, producer Jimmy Miller, Wyman and Richards can be seen performing backup vocals in the film Sympathy for the Devil by Jean-Luc Godard, but this scene was staged specially for the cameras; the actual backing vocals were overdubbed by Jagger, Richards and Miller.
http://www.last.fm/music/The+Rolling+Stones/_/Sympathy+For+T...

However, I also found this:

    The "Whoo-Whoo" backing vocals were added when Richard's girlfriend, Anita Pallenberg, did it during a take and the Stones liked how it sounded. Pallenberg sang this on the record along with Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Bill Wyman, Marianne Faithfull and Jimmy Miller. (thanks, Rich - Midland Park, NJ)
http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=509

Who's right?