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| From | bill45s@pipeline.com |
| Subject | Re: Preferences ... |
| Date | Fri, 11 Jun 2004 16:17:54 -0400 (GMT-04:00) |
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I missed the original email on this, but FYI, the Belfast Gypsies (was it spelled Gipsies????) were basically Them minus Van Morrision. If I recall they relocated briefly from Ireland to the West Coast but went no where. I have the original 45 of Gloria's Dream and it's a middle of the pack 60's garage tune - no where near the greatness of the "Be Happy Baby" 45 by the Bay Area garage band the Odds and Ends.
Bill
-----Original Message-----
From: Judy B <HeyJude@socal.rr.com>
Sent: Jun 11, 2004 3:18 PM
To: eldeluxe@mcn.net, audities@smoe.org
Subject: Re: Preferences ...
Hi. Could you tell us some of the one-off songs you collected? I had
passed this message on to a friend and he was wondering if you could list
some of the songs. Thanks.
Judy
----- Original Message -----
From: "R+K Sanchez" <eldeluxe@mcn.net>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 9:11 AM
Subject: Re: Preferences ...
> Yes... but I will accept that..
>
> I've been digging The Belfast Gypsies song called Gloria's Dream... it's
the
> same song with the chords inverted. This was one of those small West Coast
> hits....I found a copy of the original album years ago, but it was sort of
> beat. Just got the RevOla reissue. Sweet.
>
> The Wheels, another Belfast band did a good cover of Gloria as well. This
> can be found on the essential comp, Belfast Beat.(Big Beat) Curiously
> enough, the Shadows Of Knight covered the Wheels Bad Little Woman. There
is
> much speculation how they tracked this down....
>
> There was a 8mm film of my first band's first gig. We are clearly playing
> Gloria. It was a new record at the time.
>
> Them's version was a solid Bay Area radio hit, as was SOK. It was hip djs
> like Tom Donahue that were responsible for a lot of the coastal hits. When
I
> talk to people they are always surprised what was on the radio in SF and
San
> Jose. TD's pal Bobby Mitchell's little brother Billy worked at KLIV in San
> Jose, so we got a lot of those songs too.
>
> As a result I collected a lot of weird one off things thinking they were
> major US hits.
>
> RS
>
> Stewart Mason wrote:
>
> > Okay, am I weird for thinking that the only essential version of
"Gloria"
> > is Patti Smith's?
> >
> > S
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