Part 1 – Sympathy For The Devil – Studio in High-Definition The recording of "Sympathy for the Devil" began at Londons Olympic Sound Studios on 4 June 1968 and continued into the next day; overdubs were done on 8, 9 and 10 June. Real History Here Marianne Faithfull, Anita Pallenberg( Brian Jones x girlfriend, kissing Keith Richards) , Brian Jones, Charlie Watts, producer Jimmy Miller, Wyman and Richards are seen recording backup vocals, but the "whoo whoo" backing vocals Part 2 of 2 Mick Jagger — lead and backup vocals Keith Richards — electric guitar, bass guitar, backup vocals Brian Jones — acoustic guitar (not audible in final mix), backup vocals Bill Wyman — maracas, backup vocals Charlie Watts — drums, percussion, backup vocals Nicky Hopkins — piano Rocky Dijon — congas Jimmy Miller — backup vocals Sympathy for the Devil is also the title of a producers edit of a 1968 film by Jean-Luc Godard whose own original version is called One Plus One. The film, a depiction of the late 1960s American counterculture, also featured the Rolling Stones in the process of recording the song in the studio. On the filming, Jagger said in Rolling Stone: "… [it was] very fortuitous, because Godard wanted to do a film of us in the studio. I mean, it would never happen now, to get someone as interesting as Godard. And stuffy. We just happened to be recording that song. We could have been recording My Obsession. But it was Sympathy for the Devil, and it became the track that <b>…<b>