[johnfowles]

ah ha Valerie beat me to it whilst I was busy composing and researching

Originally posted by Doug Letcher:

I think I had this song on album once.

Hi Doug
I admire your taste as this is IMHO simply the very best overlooked HIT that Gordon had
There are two studio recordings available on two of the Bear Family CDs of regurgitated United Artists albums
I am still unsure which one was the actual Hit version that appeared on a single***
As I noted just the other day in the Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues topic at:-
http://www.corfid.com/ubb/ultimatebb...c;f=1;t=003756
"Spin, Spin was the "B" of For Lovin' Me, which was his second United Artists single in 1966"
the two versions are
1.known as the "Nashville version Take 8" and is on this CD:-

and 2.the "New York remake version" on this CD:-

Originally posted by Doug Letcher:

I do have it on tape, and have several downloads of it. It is one of my favourite GL songs, and what I would like to know is does a good sounding version or copy exist?

Presumably the Hit single version*** is the best
As I said above I really do not know which one became the Hit single***
to my ear they both sound good and nearly identical
The main difference between the 2 Bear family tracks is that the NY one starts with Gord aying "it is just a matter of everybody listening" then there is a cueing "Spin Spin take 16" then Gord's 1,2;1,2
one clue should be the running time
The NY is 2:44
and the Nashville is shorter at 2:29
(because of course it has no intro)
BUT the flipside of the JLTTB single I referenced is

dang 2:32 is twixt the two!!!
However that single version is I submit more likely to be the longer NY version without the intro?? i do have a(now)-cracked copy of this that I heard long before I got the Bear Family CDs and am pretty certain it had no such intro.
Of course someone here in Light(foot)land who knows everything (guess who??) can hopefully put us wise to this bit of Lightfoot trivia

Originally posted by Doug Letcher:

I don't think I've ever heard this song clearly. Also, for some of you who have seen him in concert more than I, have you ever seen him perform it?

Well yes and no I might well have seen him perform it at Montreal's New Penelope in May 1967 but feel sure I did not else it would have stuck in my mind as CRT certainly did that evening
However there is obviously at least a snippet around (I think on the Bob Dylan presents the Juno video amomgst a collage of things)

Originally posted by Doug Letcher:

It's a song that doesn't get mentioned often.

True but as the first song I ever heard Gord sing in 1965 I try to mention it as often as possible

Originally posted by Doug Letcher:

Is it because it is much more mainstream than the monster folk songs he put out around the same time? Just curious, thanx.

It remains a mystery to me why this gets overlooked so often
(Omitted from both the Songbook boxset and The Complete Greatest Hits AND Classic Masters CDs)
What were they all thinking or does Gord dislike it so much that he vetoes all attempts to honour it. If so all the more strange that the Bear Family were "able" to include not one but two versions!!
John Fowles
Discuss
***Now I see that Val says that both versions made it into singles.. I never knew that before

[ April 03, 2006, 15:19: Message edited by: johnfowles ]