back then - AM radio was the hit single arbiter... and that original version sounded AMAZING blasting out of AM i remember Alex the drummer actually giving me a cassette of the genesis of what would eventually become the horn filled hit version and suggesting we re-release it.... but the original was already entrenched at Canadian radio & the whole radio remix thing wasn't really happening back in 1983 (every format gets their own remix/version of a song now)... i may have, at the time, scowled and probably said "horns!?? what??!! it's perfect the way it is..." hahahahaaaa..... *sigh* anyway - that original "Walking" and a SMOKIN' cover of "river deep mountain high" are on my Bongo Beat CD/DVD combo available everywhere. you want weird vinyl? you want David Hemmings & The Byrds? i got weird stuff here... http://cgi6.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItems&userid=beatnik_guy > > > >------------------------------ > >Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 11:42:44 -0500 >From: "Josh Chasin" >To: >Subject: Re: Preferring demos to the finished product? >Message-ID: <044401c3fd50$b97b9180$6701a8c0@nyc.rr.com> > >My wife, from Buffalo (up thar near Canada), was used to the original >"Walking On Sunshine," and thinks the "popular" one is messed up. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Max Power" >To: >Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 10:26 AM >Subject: Re: Preferring demos to the finished product? > > >> Katrina & The Waves recorded two albums for a Canadian label before >signing >> on with an American label. For their major label debut, they re-recorded a >> number of the songs on the original albums, one being the ubiquitous >> "Walking On Sunshine". >> >> I remember playing the original version for a group of friends whose ears >> were accustomed to the re-recorded radio version. They thought my >turntable > > was set to the wrong speed! >> > > > > >> > Dig that crazy Bongo Beat! Visit my web site Http://www.bongobeat.com