Of the four that *originally* appeared as the B-Sides of 45 singles...with no LP release (Before the advent of the CD compilations, that is), which one(s) do *you* dig the most?
"When Joanie Smiles" (Whilst it technically was recorded for LP [Namely, The aborted "Generation" soundtrack platter], it's only *commercial* appearance on vinyl was, of course, the B-Side of "[I Know] I'm Losing You")
"Here Comes The Night" (The B-side of "Born To Wander"...shoulda gotten *some* airplay back in the day...not even WLUP back home gave it any spins; By the way, according to some Motown historians...though it sounds like Mark & Ray are the ones on keys & axes...it is not; The personnel on that tune was *still* Pete, John, Gil, Edward, and Rod & Ken. Musta been the *exacting* arrangements by Composer, producer & all 'round Uber-Genius Tom Baird at the fore for this..)
"Love Shines Down" (The B-Side of "Good Time Sally", composed by ete & Ray, produced by the band...In the "Quiet Storm" vein...kinda reminds one of the wistful, angst-filled Ron Miller masterpieces done for Charlene later in the 1970's..and, happily, it *has* been more permanently enshrined on subsequent CD compilation releases..An UBER-Masterpiece!)
"Fresh From The Can" (The B-Side to 1974's UBER-excellent and HIGHLY underrated masterpiece "Chained"; Allegedly, this is supposed to be a studio re-tooling of "Thoughts" from the "In Concert" LP...That having been claimed...*MY* quesry is...how did Motown scrub out *ALL* of the studio cheering & noises & such...and make this sound so "studio"...when the technology to do such a thing *did not exist* back then? [There was no such thing as 'digital', then..] So what's th' story about this ditty? And if "Fresh" *is* a REDUX of "Thoughts", does the "Fresh" version play out all the way through (With Mike's basses & Mark's organ overlays) to the same 10 minute plus lenght as the original "Thoughts" does?)
My ALL-TIME UBER-MEGA-ULTRA RAVE-FAVES just *have* to be: "Here Comes The Night" & "Love Shines Down"
Till Next Time, in the words of MARVEL Head Man STAN LEE:
Of the four that *originally* appeared as the B-Sides of 45 singles...with no LP release (Before the advent of the CD compilations, that is), which one(s) do *you* dig the most?
"When Joanie Smiles" (Whilst it technically was recorded for LP [Namely, The aborted "Generation" soundtrack platter], it's only *commercial* appearance on vinyl was, of course, the B-Side of "[I Know] I'm Losing You")
"Here Comes The Night" (The B-side of "Born To Wander"...shoulda gotten *some* airplay back in the day...not even WLUP back home gave it any spins; By the way, according to some Motown historians...though it sounds like Mark & Ray are the ones on keys & axes...it is not; The personnel on that tune was *still* Pete, John, Gil, Edward, and Rod & Ken. Musta been the *exacting* arrangements by Composer, producer & all 'round Uber-Genius Tom Baird at the fore for this..)
"Love Shines Down" (The B-Side of "Good Time Sally", composed by ete & Ray, produced by the band...In the "Quiet Storm" vein...kinda reminds one of the wistful, angst-filled Ron Miller masterpieces done for Charlene later in the 1970's..and, happily, it *has* been more permanently enshrined on subsequent CD compilation releases..An UBER-Masterpiece!)
"Fresh From The Can" (The B-Side to 1974's UBER-excellent and HIGHLY underrated masterpiece "Chained"; Allegedly, this is supposed to be a studio re-tooling of "Thoughts" from the "In Concert" LP...That having been claimed...*MY* quesry is...how did Motown scrub out *ALL* of the studio cheering & noises & such...and make this sound so "studio"...when the technology to do such a thing *did not exist* back then? [There was no such thing as 'digital', then..] So what's th' story about this ditty? And if "Fresh" *is* a REDUX of "Thoughts", does the "Fresh" version play out all the way through (With Mike's basses & Mark's organ overlays) to the same 10 minute plus lenght as the original "Thoughts" does?)
My ALL-TIME UBER-MEGA-ULTRA RAVE-FAVES just *have* to be: "Here Comes The Night" & "Love Shines Down"
Till Next Time, in the words of MARVEL Head Man STAN LEE:
EXCELSIOR!!!
My favorite is Love Shines Down. What a fantastic song...excluded from Willie Remembers.
Fresh From The Can...that was remixed from the 16 track tapes. It does contain a section of "Thoughts". A new bass part was overdubbed by Mike Urso. And Mark either added another organ bit or his organ had a delay effect added in the mix. The reason there's none of the background applause on "Can" is because it's not on the 16 track tapes. It was added to "Thought" either during the mix via a tape loop or afterwards by dubbing down the finished mix and then adding the applause.
I dig When Joanie Smiles...nice production by Tom Baird. Gil sings well and the strings have a very gentle feel to them.
Here Comes The Night...underrated. I like it but it's not my fave of these 4.
