![]() ![]() The single mix of “Seasons In The Sun” by Terry Jacks. The album mix is what normally surfaces these days. The single mix of ”School’s Out” by Alice Cooper. Stereo mix of “Neanderthal Man” by Hotlegs [[the precursor to 10CC). Weird one this, and it also turned up on another compilation bought around the same time. Horrible attempt to create a “single edit” from the full-length version of “Alright Now” by Free. Never heard this until now.įull-length version of “Whisky In The Jar” by Thin Lizzy. ![]() Single mix of “Question” by The Moody Blues.įull-length version of “Down Down” by Status Quo. Horrible butchered edit of “Maggie May” by Rod Stewart. Single mix of “Let’s Work Together” by Canned Heat. Not very common on CD compilations and a very worthwhile inclusion. Mono single mix of “Stoned Love” by The Supremes.įull-length version of “You’re The First, The Last, My Everything.” by Barry White. US mono single mix of “Tears Of A Clown”. This gave us the fade that everyone apart from the UK market got on single release, and consequently the stereo mix got the same fade when released on the “War And Peace” album.Īnyway, for the curious, here are some other items of interest on this triple CD. Guessing further, the foot stomps got added and Norman Whitfield found when mixing the track for single release that having everyone marching off to war was a more effective fade. Perhaps there were further vocals envisaged for the originally planned fade. Huh! Yeah! What is it good for?” didn’t start out with foot stomps. would have been recorded after the basic rhythm tracks and my guess is that the final “War. All of the vocals and the foot stomping etc. Having analysed this nearly half a century later [[as one does), it’s my guess that this longer track is what was originally planned for release. It’s actually the standard stereo mix but faded much later. At that time it was folded to mono, but on this new CD it’s in glorious stereo. To my knowledge the last time that this version saw release was on the original UK single release in 1970 [[TMG 754). Instead, Edwin shouted “Friend only to the undertaker” and then The Funk Brothers came right back in and played to the fade, with Dennis Coffey playing a fabulous solo over the top of the rhythm. One of these compilations was “Top Of The Pops 1970-1974”.Īnd it was just another compilation until “War” by Edwin Starr didn’t finish with everyone marching to war chanting “War. So… back in late May we went for a long weekend break and during that break I went to a local Tesco superstore for some wine and also came back with a couple of 70s CD compilations to brighten up the journey home.
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