"Winter" is one of the most beloved balads Rolling Stones ever sang. In fact this was a rare ballad for The Stones. It was the first song they recorded in Jamaica for Goats Head Soup. Producer Jimmy Miller was not happy with any of Mick Jagger's 4 takes, recorded on the island; Jagger refused to do any more, preferring to enjoy Jamaica instead. Interesting is that Keith Richards does not play on this piece. The guitar solo is Mick Taylor's. (songfacts).

Mick Taylor was a member of The Rolling Stones from 1969 to 1974. He replecade the funding member of the band - Brian Jones, because of the emotional instability and law problems the latter had; Taylor unexpectally left the band in 1969 because he considered he didn't get enough credits: he lacked from the credit list from the record sleeves of the new LP and somne of the hits he had co-written "Till the Next Goodbye" and "Time Waits for No One" with Jagger. (wiki)

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