Long lost songs
Hey there eddy...got you on the Vanessa Fenandez. You can read the Crazy Eddie story here (spelling is different). "His prices are so low they're insane!". Just thought you might have taken the name from there. A long lost electronics chain for a long lost songs thread. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_Eddie |
Hey ghosthouse. I agree with you fully on the merits of doing covers. The reason I brought up the Vanessa Fernandez version was for sonics only. I have it on 45rpm 180 gm vinyl and the recording is wonderful. I also really love her voice. No connection to any NJ electronic stores, but now I'm curious. Why ask? |
This almost qualifies. I fell in love wit a group called AUM almost 50 years ago. The album was Resurrection, the particular song was Today and Tomorrow. The electric guitar just drove into me, so I borrowed it from my older sister - permanently. That LP has been through all my turntables and cartridges and a few of my sister's, some not so good for vinyl. It has also picked up a few scratches during hundreds of plays. I always searched for another copy in any format without success. So I only listened to it when I needed it, to save further wear. Then, this July 29th I found it in CD on Amazon. It's not like I haven't looked there half a dozen times before. Now I can listen to it as much as I want and save the LP for those relive-the-whole-experience days. Or if I ever try some weed again. It was THE best on those days! |
Thanks crazyeddy. I found the album on Spotify. That track is running now. I’ve seen her name around but haven’t listened to her at all. I tend to have a bad attitude about covers going in. Show me why I should listen to your version. What are you bringing to it? Similarly, the VF makes me ask "why?". Don’t mean to come across harsh. I’ll try it again later. Different strokes for different folks. Glad it is something you enjoy. BTW - your on-line name - anything to do with the old NJ electronics stores? |
I think I owned the LP when I was younger and had a Bang & Olufsen turntable which eventually was moved on and I got away from audio for several years. Interestingly, certain lyrics stick with me and I recall "lines on my face" would pop into my head every now and then. I always thought about researching it until one day I finally got around to it. This is such a great tune from Peter Frampton playing his 1954 custom Gibson Les Paul with triple humbucking pickups. Not really an obscure song but one who's lyrics haunted me for years. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bsi41lbI3sM |
martykl So glad you scored! It is a triumphant feeling isn't it? Like being rewarded for keeping the faith in searching for something that after so many years, sometimes you doubt even exists. I'll give another example. When I was young I never bought Beatles albums. They were always on the radio and my sister and friends and cousins were always playing them, so there was no need. Consequently I was not well versed in some of their more obscure songs. Fast forward 15 or 20 years and I am at a cousin reunion picnic. As was our tradition, after everyone was good and drunk, we started "singing" oldies. My cousin starts "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away". Great song I hadn't thought of for years. I says, 'who did that?' She says "the Beatles, of course." I says "no, there was a female vocal." Bets were laid but never collected. I kinda figured my memory had played a trick on me. Another decade goes by and I get a fabulous 3 CD collection, The British Invasion. Highly recommended. There it is. You've Got To Hide Your Love Away by the Silkie!!! |
I have a couple: "Oldest Story In The World" by the Plimsouls https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wo9qQ9lAV5w "Romeo's Tune" by Steve Forbert https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixTXmKauL8A |
Not quite on this theme - but can anyone identify a long lost UNKNOWN song for me It was a trumpet "song" in the 60's that was NOT Il silenzio I have the Eddie Calvert version of that but it is not what I am looking for. It starts off the first couple of bars very similar, but then changes. I heard it again a few years ago as background music to a BBC film here in UK and told myself I would remember the film and check out the credits the next day. Of course I totally forgot everything.I have every other track I ever want that I have heard, apart from this one. Nobody I have asked has any idea of what I am on about and the pool of people around at the time is diminishing also !! |
Martykl, FYI SecondHandSongs lists 6 versions of "Pretending to Care", none of which are by Froom. MusicStack has one of his CDs. http://www.musicstack.com/item/571514 |
I have a variation on this theme. One of my all time favorite ballads is called "Pretending To Care" by Todd Rundgren. It's a demanding vocal that's been covered many times, including at least once by an operatic soprano whose names eludes me at the moment. So, one day I hear an incredible version of the song on the radio and don't get the name of the singer or source of the track. Per this thread, it took many years to track down the singer and album - turns out it's a guy call Fred Froom from a long out of print Rundgren tribute album called "For The Love of Todd". Of course I grab a used copy on eBay and confirm that it is indeed a grand slam cover of the song. Weird bonus factoid - An Internet search of Fred Froom yields only one piece of information: Fred Froom covered the song "Pretending To Care" on the tribute album called "For The Love of Todd". Other than that, this guy seems to be a ghost. A search of Mitchell Froom shows no relative called Fred. Evidently, Fred Froom is a terrific singer who for reasons unknown seems to have had a one song career. |
Great idea...here's a couple from the dustbin of my mind...hopefully entertaining, kickstart some old neurons... ;) Cuts You Up - Peter Murphy How Soon Is Now? - The Smiths Waitin' For The Wind - Spooky Tooth The Bomber/Closet Queen/Bolero/Cast Your Fate To The Wind - The James Gang Spanish Stroll - Mink DeVille Other Side To This Life - Fred Neil Dear Jill - Blodwyn Pig |
For me, it was Magical Misery Tour, an excellent and really funny John Lennon parody song from a National Lampoon album from 1969 I believe. My friend once had the album and after I lost touch and no longer had a turntable, I found that it wasn't available on CD. Thanks to YouTube I'm able to listen to it again. |
http://genius.com/William-devaughn-be-thankful-for-what-you-got-lyrics 2channel8. GREAT idea for a thread. For me it was something from 1973/74. Going to school in Missouri. Driving around in an old Plymouth Duster. Heard a great song getting some AM airplay. Diamond in the back, sunroof top Diggin the scene With a gangsta lean.... Full lyrics at link above. Lost track of it over the years but it was one of those that kind of haunts you. Finally, one day in the early '90s, listening to WXPN'S "Funky Friday" show, heard it being played! Called the station. The DJ came on and gave me the low down on it: William DeVaughn's "Be Thankful for What you Got". People think Curtis Mayfield wrote it. He didn't. Read the full story on Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be_Thankful_for_What_You_Got The production (thank you Frank Fioravanti, MFSB studio musicians, Sigma Sound and Phila. soul) is genius. What a smooth grooving ride. Hope you will check it out here.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDTXljIqxRE |
