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| From | "Billy G. Spradlin" <bgspradlin@cablelynx.com> |
| Subject | Re: Hollies (was "60's pop advice) |
| Date | Mon, 21 Jun 2004 02:33:21 -0500 |
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"Sandy" is a awesome cover, fantastic engineering by Alan Parsons btw. I wish
they would have cut a long version with all of Springsteen's verses, but the
edited lyrics work for radio. It should have been a worldwide monster hit
like
"Air That I Breathe" was.
"Clarke, Hicks, Slyvester etc" is Epic's compliation of the 1976 UK Polydor
albums "Write On" and "Russian Roulette". Epic didnt hear a hit on them so
they tacked on "Sandy" from 1975's "Another Night" album for a single. That
lousy cover looks like it was for Poco or the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. It shows
Epic didnt give a damn about promoting the Hollies in the USA.
"Write On" is very orchestrated and lush like "Another Night". While "Russian
Roulete" is one of thier best-ever 70's abums - they sound like a real band
again and rock out convincingly.
Billy
At 11:58 PM 6/20/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 15:44:53 -0500
>... which is why, for my money, the best song that the band did in their
>later years was their cover of Bruce Springsteen's "4th Of July, Asbury Park
>(Sandy)" off of their 1977 album, *Clarke, Hicks, Sylvester, Calvert and
>Elliott*. For a band whose harmonies were their trademark, that Springsteen
>cover was a tremendous latter-day peak performance.
>
>
>Gregory Sager
>
Billy G. Spradlin
http://listen.to/jangleradio
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