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Conference napalm::guitar

Title:GUITARnotes - Where Every Note has Emotion
Notice:Discussion of the finer stringed instruments
Moderator:KDX200::COOPER
Created:Thu Aug 14 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:3280
Total number of notes:61432

1733.0. "Acoustic Versions of Classic Rock" by RUBY::MCCONNELL () Wed Mar 21 1990 13:14

    I heard an acoustic version of Pete Townsend's - Behind Blue Eyes about
    a year ago and again this morning on Boston's WBOS.  It's a cut
    from an album called (SCOOPS?) which is a compilation of basement
    tapes Pete put together for WHO practice sessions.
    
    Does anyone out there own this?
    
    Where can I buy a copy of it?

    I'd like to use this note for listings/pointers to acoustic versions
    of classic rock tunes.
    
    

    Thanks,
    Greg
    
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1733.1MPGS::MIKRUTAvoid the Noid!Wed Mar 21 1990 14:527
    Pete Townsend also does an acoustic version of "Won't Get Fooled
    Again".
    
    Then there's the Stones acoustic version of "Honky Tonk Woman" called
    "Country Honk".
    
    cheers/mike
1733.2RUBY::MCCONNELLWed Mar 21 1990 15:241
    re .1 - Where can these versions be heard?
1733.3Also Secret PolicemenAQUA::ROSTBikini Girls With Machine GunsWed Mar 21 1990 15:4710
    
    There are two "Scoop" albums, the other one is called "Another Scoop". 
    I believe both were double albums.  Label is/was Atco.  Both are out on
    CD.
    
    A popular LP a few years ago was "The Secret Policeman's Ball" on
    Island, that had P.T. doing "Pinball Wizard" and "Won't Get Fooled
    Again" and Sting doing "Roxanne" and "Message in a Bottle".
    
    							Brian
1733.4LARVAE::BRIGGSThey use computers don't they?Fri Mar 23 1990 08:4614
    Anyone know of any tablature books of acoustic renditions of classic
    rock songs?
    
    I am currently trying to put together a half decent solo acoustic
    version of Mark Knopfler's 'Going Home'. Its going OK but its hard
    work. Knopfler does an acoustic version on the soundtrack LP of Local
    Hero but he has the luxury of keyboard backing. In other words he only
    plays lead.
    
    Same for Earl Klugh's version of Dance With Me, another piece I'm
    working on. He also has the luxury of a backing band.
    
    Richard
    Basingstoke, UK
1733.5ACOUSTIC LAYLAKYOA::BANHOFri Mar 23 1990 13:299
    		-<YA GOT ME ON MY KNEES>-
    
    ONE OF MY RECENT FAVORITES, ALTHOUGH NOT A NEW RECORDING IS JOHN
    FAHEY AND JOHN ROBB'S RECORDING OF LAYLA.  THIS IS AN ACOUSTIC DUET
    RECORDED IN A CHURCH CONVERTED INTO A MUSIC STUDIO.  THE ORIGINAL
    DEREK AND THE DOMINOS RECORDING EMPLOYED 5 LEAD AND SLIDE TRACKS
    LAYED DOWN BY ERIC CLAPTON AND DUANE ALLMAN, SO DONT EXPECT THAT
    KIND OF ELECTRIC FIREWORKS HERE.  SO SET YOUR EXPECTATIONS RIGHT
    AND I THINK YOULL LOVE THIS WORK.
1733.6THRUST::CLARKWed Apr 25 1990 14:588
>    ONE OF MY RECENT FAVORITES, ALTHOUGH NOT A NEW RECORDING IS JOHN
>    FAHEY AND JOHN ROBB'S RECORDING OF LAYLA...

   I assume this is out on an album -- anyone know the title?  I do some
   transcriptions of things for solo/duo acoustic (e.g., Clarence Carter's
   Slip Away, Hank Williams I Won't Be Home No More, Lester Young things,
   Elmore James' One Way Out), and people keep telling me about "Fahey's
   Layla"...    - Jay
1733.7Do You Want Vinyl Or CD?AQUA::ROSTBad imitation of Jerry JemmottWed Apr 25 1990 15:168
    
    Uh, it's on two albums...or rather when Rounder/Varrick came out with a
    Fahey CD they pulled "Layla" off a different LP as a bonus track.
    
    The titles?  Uh, I'll have to look it up.  There is mention of this in
    COOKIE::FOLK_MUSIC, though...
    
    							Brian
1733.8THRUST::CLARKWed Apr 25 1990 16:367
>    The titles?  Uh, I'll have to look it up.  There is mention of this in
>    COOKIE::FOLK_MUSIC, though...
    
    Now I remember seeing a mention in FOLK_MUSIC -- will look it up there.
    Thanks for the info.  (Actually it's almost enough to know what formats
    it's in, Fahey releases being fairly easy to locate in the Boston area.)
    JBC
1733.9Ask And Ye Shall RecieveAQUA::ROSTBad imitation of Jerry JemmottWed Apr 25 1990 18:4944
         <<< COOKIE::DISK$SYSTEM_3:[NOTES$LIBRARY]FOLK_MUSIC.NOTE;1 >>>
                                -< FOLK MUSIC >-
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Note 536.0                         John Fahey                          2 replies
FIVER::MAY                                            8 lines  28-APR-1989 10:35
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    			Does anyone know what cd title has John Faye
    playing an all acoustic "12 string" version of Eric Clapton's Layla?
    I heard it once on WBCN and ever since then I have been hunting.
    			Also, do you know where I could get it?
    
    			Desperately Searching,
    			I know it is somewhere,
    			Mark May
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Note 536.1                         John Fahey                             1 of 2
AQUA::ROST "The closer I am to fine"                 53 lines  28-APR-1989 12:20
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Copied from COMET::RECORDS by the moderator:

    NOTE: Varrick Records is a division of Rounder records, you can mailorder
    these from Roundup Records, do dir/tit=roundup for address.
    
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Note 577.1                         JOHN FAHEY                             1 of 4
VLNVAX::MDLYONS "Michael D. Lyons DTN 297-5911"       5 lines  29-FEB-1988 10:54
                   -< Rain Forests, Oceans, & Other Themes >-
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    Varrick 019  Rain Forests, Oceans, & Other Themes
    
    	...has it (I think, I've only listened to the CD version,
    and I know the CD has extra songs from another LP called Let Go.)
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Note 577.2                         JOHN FAHEY                             2 of 4
AQUA::ROST "I'll buy you a cherry phosphate"          5 lines  29-FEB-1988 12:59
                   -< Look for "Let Go" if you want the LP >-
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    Addendum to .1:
    
    "Let Go" is the LP with "Layla"
1733.10Ruskin and RossSUBWAY::BAUEREvan Bauer, DBS Tech Support, NYSat Aug 04 1990 02:5810
    A duo called Ruskin And Ross from LA do all sorts of stuff on
    fingerpicked acoustic 6 strings -- some of it fun, some of it a little
    too cute.  One of their albums "Sounds Familiar" has some first-rate
    Steely Dan and other late '60s to early '70s stuff on it.  Released on
    Revere Records.  (Now if I only had it on CD I could program it to skip
    the acoustic "California Girls" cut whenever I put it on...).  So if
    you think everything sonds better on Vinatage Martin's, this one's for
    you!
    
    - Evan