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Was this excavation worth the effort, fellow friends of Mother Earth?

See the recovered (redefined) box with the version from the movie in comment (August '08) below.

 

Posted on 05/30/2008
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Spike says:

It was well worth the effort. Is this from the unedited videotape or DVD of the film you mentioned? How is the film as film? I once read an interview with the song's composer, Percy Mayfield, that at one point he was living in a small town, and was hassled or even arrested by the local police, because he was a black man with money, and the police found that suspicious. That may have helped inspire the song.

You mention that this Mother Earth version is different from the LP's version. Can you upload the latter so we can contrast the two?

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dermahrk says:

The singer sounds SO different in the soundtrack version, which I tend to prefer. I seem to remember that Mother Earth was fronted by a female blues-oriented singer, Traci Nelson? Or am I thinking of some other band, as I hear no female vocalist here.

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uncle creepy says:

More from Mother Earth, this soulful number "Seven Bridges Road" is from their currently o.p. LP, Bring Me Home and features vocals by Tracy Nelson.

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uncle creepy says:

"Lo And Behold" - Mother Earth's cover from James Taylor's breakout album...

Tracy Nelson and her back-up singers practically make this Sweet Baby James song their own, but it's a fairly obscure and currently o.p. version.

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uncle creepy says:

This is the version on the soundtrack LP.

That's a great story about the song's composer Percy Mayfield.

REVOLUTION the film contains much to make it a keeper:

Invaluable interviews with important local community people - some still active today (e.g. Rev. Cecil Williams of Glide Memorial) and semi-verite scenes of history in the making are captured (nothing really earth-shaking, no assasinations or surprise guests to blow us all away)...

Vintage SF rock performance footage, including the all girl band Ace Of Cups complete song "The Grass Is Always Greener" (the audio is on one of the volumes of Girls in the Garage, "Codeine" by Quicksilver Messenger Service (though incomplete and shot in the dark, only David Freiberg is plainly visible) and "Stoned", featuring laid back acoustic warrior Dan Hicks.

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Spike says:

I see what you mean about the differences. Each of the two has its advantages. Many thanks for digging these up.

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uncle creepy says:

Here's the one that's actually heard in the movie, different than the version on the soundtrack album.

I just found a longer, cleaner sounding live 1967 version by Mother Earth - and when I added it to the initial post, this version became "undefined".

So I've reposted it here.

It helps to keep your Mog codes backed-up in documents!

 

 

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