'America', 'Bread', 'Guess Who', and other early 70s bands

Post by **doorman** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 10:44 am

My mate had a live version of American Woman on vinyl that went for about 20 mins, there was a large instrumental for about 10 mins then the typical American Woman cut in, it blew my mind and made me put on flared jeans and a wing collar.

Post by **twilla** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 5:22 pm

doorman wrote:My mate had a live version of American Woman on vinyl that went for about 20 mins, there was a large instrumental for about 10 mins then the typical American Woman cut in, it blew my mind and made me put on flared jeans and a wing collar.

Post by **jamestkirk** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 9:20 pm

Some great musicians Guess Who were!! They did some really long tracks on their other LPs too...quite amazing and cutting edge. Canada rocks!

Post by **jamestkirk** » Wed May 18, 2011 5:44 pm

Badfinger always!

No Matter What!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xoke1wUwEXY

What an amazing band...and tragic story!

Post by **jim4371** » Wed May 18, 2011 6:08 pm

Interesting coincidence - I just heard this the first time today:

Paul McCartney's original demo for "Come and Get It"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1xss8MlwCk

Post by **jamestkirk** » Wed May 18, 2011 6:42 pm

jim4371 wrote:Interesting coincidence - I just heard this the first time today:

Paul McCartney's original demo for "Come and Get It"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1xss8MlwCk

Very nice, Chris...hadn't heard this!

Post by **twilla** » Wed May 18, 2011 7:56 pm

jim4371 wrote:Interesting coincidence - I just heard this the first time today:

Paul McCartney's original demo for "Come and Get It"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1xss8MlwCk

YOur kidding right?

Post by **jim4371** » Wed May 18, 2011 8:02 pm

twilla wrote:
jim4371 wrote:Interesting coincidence - I just heard this the first time today:

Paul McCartney's original demo for "Come and Get It"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1xss8MlwCk
YOur kidding right?

In what sense?

Post by **jamestkirk** » Wed May 18, 2011 8:48 pm

jim4371 wrote:
twilla wrote:
jim4371 wrote:Interesting coincidence - I just heard this the first time today:

Paul McCartney's original demo for "Come and Get It"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1xss8MlwCk
YOur kidding right?
In what sense?

That's Paul alright....didn't know he recorded it. A nice pass to Badfinger--their pet band for Apple. What a great group they were!!

Post by **jim4371** » Wed May 18, 2011 9:16 pm

Yep - they're the first band I think I ever saw live at a festival in St. Paul as a kid. Of course Pete Ham was long dead by them and probably only one or two guys was left from the original lineup.

Anyway, Paul recorded the demo in under an hour, playing all of the parts himself, before the band recorded Sun King and Mean Mr. Mustard later in the day. A week later he had Badfinger record the song and told them to just copy his demo exactly, which they basically did but sped up slightly.

Post by **BallroomDays67** » Wed May 18, 2011 10:12 pm

I first heard it back in the early 80's on a cleverly put together bootleg LP entitled "File Under: Beatles". The cover is a file folder which, in addition to the LP, contains a photo of The Beatles and a strip of film. In addition to the unique packaging, it was all previously unheard material at the time.

Post by **jim4371** » Wed May 18, 2011 11:25 pm

I just downloaded a PDF of Mark Lewisohn's Studio Recordings book.. suffice it to say I'm going to have very little free time this week

Post by **BallroomDays67** » Wed May 18, 2011 11:52 pm

He did an amazing job with that book. I saw him at Beatlefest shortly after it was released, and he signed my copy. If only the Doors archives were as well preserved...