RECORDING INFO:
Dates: Between September 13, 2010 - March 18, 2011 (and onward into 2013 for the IBY tracks)
Players: Flea, Josh Klinghoffer, Chad Smith, Anthony Kiedis.
Additional Performers: Michael Bolger (trumpet), Greg Kurstin (piano), Money Mark (Hammond B3 organ), Mauro Refosco (percussion), Lenny Castro (percussion)
Recorded at: East West Studios (formerly Cello), 6000 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA and Shangri La Studios, 30065 Morning View Drive, Malibu, CA, additional work done at JHOC, Pasadena, CA
Produced by: Rick Rubin
Engineered by: Ryan Hewitt, Andrew Scheps, Philip Broussard Jr., Sara Killion, Ken Slutier
Mixed by: Andrew Scheps, Greg Fidelman
Released on: August 29, 2011
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SONGS RECORDED:
Monarchy of Roses
Factory of Faith
Brendan's Death Song
Ethiopia
Annie Wants A Baby
Look Around
The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie
Did I Let You Know
Goodbye Hooray
Happiness Loves Company
Police Station
Even You Brutus?
Meet Me At The Corner
Dance, Dance, Dance
released on the album "I'm With You"Strange Man
Long Progression
Magpies on Fire
Victorian Machinery
Never Is A Long Time
Love Of Your Life
Hometown Gypsy
Sunset Sleeps
Pink as Floyd
Your Eyes Girl
In Love, Dying
This is the Kitt
Brave From Afar
Catch My Death
How It Ends
Open/Close
Hanalei
released as stand-alone singles and collectively as I'm Beside You - a compilation for Record Store Day.Renaissance
Currently unreleased, but alluded to by Josh and teased live.
In a video for Inside The Mix, Andrew Scheps states that the band tracked fifty songs during the I’m With You sessions: “Not just basic tracks of fifty songs, actually almost finished recording fifty songs, including final lead vocals.” That means there are over twenty “almost finished” songs yet to be heard.
ALTERNATES/ MIX DIFFERENCES:
Look Around - Rock Band DLC
On the Rock Band DLC, the recording of Look Around contains its original intro - which is also played live by the band (which Josh will sometimes incorporate some interesting teases into).Ethiopia - Unreleased
Prior to release, Ethiopia had a saxophone solo performed by Joshua Redman, most likely during the bridge. This was either deleted or the song was edited down.
More here.
WORKING TITLES:
Disco Sabbath = Monarchy of Roses
Lagos = Did I Let You Know
Magpies = Magpies on Fire
See You Around = Goodbye Hooray
Stolen Stone = Police Station
Take Me Home = Did I Let You Know
(Did I Let You Know also had the suffix "(This I Know)" in some pre-release interviews, but that was seemingly changed)
Mormon Lover = Your Eyes Girl