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| From | "Jeffrey Glenn" <jeffrey_glenn@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Monkees question... |
| Date | Thu, 22 Jan 2004 19:30:20 +0000 |
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>I am reaching far into my cobwebbed brain.
>
>Tagged onto the end of a Monkees TV episode, our boys sing some type of
>accapella number, it may have been a Christmas show and the song may have
>been in Hebrew, like a Jewish carol or something. The set looked like it
>was lit with candles.
>
>Am I making this up or did it actually occur and is it on any CD release?
>
>Regards, Tom, I'm a Believer.
You're not making it up. The song is "Riu Chiu," a 16th Century Spanish
Carol. It's been released on Rhino's Missing Links, Vol. 2 collection
(though Andrew Sandoval, who was involved with the CD, told me that they
used a different take of the song than the one used on the show - but unless
you closely A-B'd them you'd never really know the difference)
MFQ (Modern Folk Quintet - they were the Modern Folk QUARTET in the 60's)
released a similar but slower acapella version of it on their Christmas CD
in the 90's.
And don't forget that the guest star on that Monkees Christmas episode was
none other than Butch Patrick!
Hope this helps.
Jeff
http://lostjukebox.tripod.com
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