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- From: cjf49655@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Chuck)
- Subject: Re: Heard this Hendrix tune?
- References: <1992Nov19.191413.19@pasadena-dc.bofa.com>
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 18:00:08 GMT
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- robertson@pasadena-dc.bofa.com writes:
-
- >Once, a few years back, I was listening to an L.A. rock station (I live in the
- >area) and in response to a listener's request, the DJ played a Hendrix tune I
- >had never heard: "The Stars Play with Laughing Sam's Dice".
-
- >Those who have heard it will agree that it is classic Hendrix psychedelia, and
- >I loved it immediately. Turns out that it was from the collection of the
- >locally reknowned Dr. Demento, who had lent it to the station for the occasion.
-
- >So I looked and looked, even in the import bins, in the larger record stores
- >in town, but to no avail. A year or so later I was in London (first & only
- >time) and found the title on a British album of odd Hendrix stuff called
- >"Loose Ends". Imagine my smug delight.
-
- >Imagine my disappointment when I got home and played it. It was the same tune,
- >all right, but not the same arrangement, I swear. It seemed to be missing a
- >lot of the background vocal noises and comments of Dr. Demento's version, and
- >in general wasn't as exciting.
-
- >So my question is this: does anyone know what I'm talking about?
- > and: how can I get the version I originally heard?
-
- you can find it on the British release of the album Smash Hits.
-
-
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- Chuck Falzone
- cjf49655@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
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