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 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" To: 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 > > > > ======================================================================= > > Detailed Audities-List information: > > To manage your Audities List settings or unsubscribe: > > > > -- Ronald Sanchez > Director Of A&R > Career Records > www.CareerRecords.com > > The Donovan's Brain Web Site > www.Donovans-Brain.com > > >