Flash Cadillac & the Continental Kids

I've found a lot of mistakes in liner notes, too. And as for the subject of this thread, I'm reminded of a mistake regarding the Flash Cadillac & Continental Kids CD on Varese Sarabande (albeit, not a liner notes writer's mistake.) I was working with Varese shortly before they started working on this CD, and when they did start, even though I wasn't involved with the project, I encouraged them to include the "without Wolfman Jack" version on the CD as well as the "with" version. They did. But when I inquired about using a stereo version of the "without Wolfman" version, Varese asked the band and they responded that it only existed in mono - the band supplied the mono 45 and that's why there's a mono version of that on the CD! I had recorded the song off the radio back in 1976 and still had the cassette - which was "without Wolfman" IN STEREO - so I don't know why the band denied its existence (they probably just didn't know any better), but I didn't know where my radio station had gotten its stereo version, so there was no info I could give to Varese. This occured long before John Platt explained to me (and us on this board) just where the stereo version existed.

Of course, the fact that there weren't going to be any master tapes used for this CD (Private Stock stuff) made this mistake less painful (for me) because it meant, as a fan of the song, I'd need a good cleaned vinyl version of the song in stereo, which I eventually got with John P's help - he did a nice cleaning and I tweaked it a bit more to make it CD quality.

In my listening area (in 1976) Rhode Island, they never played the Wolfman version. I only ever heard the non-Wolfman.
I remember being very angry when I bought the 45 back then, got it home and stuck it on my record player, and it had Wolfman talking all over that awesome song.
So I had to make due with my K-Mart Cassette recording off the radio station...for YEARS! :-(

I have the track now, and it is SO great to hear it without you-know-who.

The station I worked for played this track first in the market, "With Wolfman Jack" and we didn't even carry the Wolfman Jack program (And we were a staunchly Mutual affiliate to the network's demise). Our PD felt like Wolfman's part, rea1ly made the song.

Interestingly, I was at a used book store an hour from my
house that sells used records and found a 45 of "Did You
Boogie" for $1. It looked hardly played, so I bought it
and lo and behold it's the stereo non-Wolfman version
(PVT-1184-1; it has "AZ" followed by what looks like 2
stick drawn seagulls a 1/4 turn or so afterwards).

I'm so used to the Wolfman version from the "Have A Nice
Day" series that this sounds off. I don't remember
hearing this song much back in the day, so I don't know
what version was played in the Milwaukee area.

A year or two after this record came out, however, I had
an opportunity to stand in a long line to meet Wolfman
Jack and get his autograph. Even though I was probably
12, I thought of him as a huge star back then. Ahh, the
days of radio personalities.

Jon O.

I've had several 45 RPM singles of this track, all of them
are Wolfman Jack version. Jono, where are you from? In the
Eastern Tennessee area, all I've seen is Wolfman Jack. I
saw your deadwax info, thanks. I hope to find a copy.

Edited by KentT