"Mr. Bojangles" - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

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   I believe there were 2 different 45's issued for this title.  

One with (which Pat notes as LP version) and one without the "Uncle Charlie" prelude.

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Paul Haney Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 01 April 2005 Status: Offline Points: 23	Post Options Post Reply Quote Paul Haney Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: "Mr. Bojangles" - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Posted: 15 January 2006 at 11:03am
	I believe there were 2 different 45's issued for this title. One with (which Pat notes as LP version) and one without the "Uncle Charlie" prelude.

edtop40 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 29 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2	Post Options Post Reply Quote edtop40 Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16 January 2006 at 11:04am
	my 45 (liberty 56197) has a stated run time of 5:15 AND includes the spoken intro for 1:38 and then the stereo song starts and runs 5:15 in total...
	edtop40

Paul Haney Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 01 April 2005 Status: Offline Points: 23	Post Options Post Reply Quote Paul Haney Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16 January 2006 at 12:13pm
	Both the RR 45 and my personal copy are the 5:15 version. Which begs the question, anyone here actually have the shorter 45 without the spoken part? I'm not sure if I've ever personally seen one but I've heard they do exist.

EdisonLite Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 18 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote EdisonLite Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16 January 2006 at 6:58pm
	Unfortunately, I just have the reissue (when it was reissued as an oldie 45) and it does not have the spoken part. I always assumed the original 45s were this same way. This was always the way I heard it on the radio.

TomDiehl1 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 13 January 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote TomDiehl1 Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16 January 2006 at 10:24pm
	The original 45 rpm was issued with Mr. Bojangles on both sides. Side A was the longer version with the spoken intro. The B side of it isn't just the same song with the spoken part lopped off, it actually has different instrumentation starting the song off, and may be different entirely but i've never compared the two side by side. On cd, however, i believe the true B side version has appeared on only one cd, while a few have the A side version without the spoken intro part.
	Live in stereo.

EdisonLite Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 18 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote EdisonLite Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16 January 2006 at 11:32pm
	Tom, do you recall which CD is the only one with the true B side of "Mr. Bojangles"? I don't recall this being in Pat's book, but it definitely seems like important info for it.

TomDiehl1 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 13 January 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote TomDiehl1 Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 17 January 2006 at 12:36pm
	I had been sent an mp3 of the B side version a long time ago, I lost it in a computer crash two years ago and never had it sent to me after that, but i'm told that it is on "Super Hits of the 70's: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 4" on Rhino.
	Live in stereo.

TomDiehl1 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 13 January 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote TomDiehl1 Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 17 January 2006 at 2:54pm
	I was just sent an mp3 of the original LP version of the song with the spoken intro off of "Twenty Years Of Dirt: The Best Of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band", and then i was sent an mp3 of the version from the Curb label cd "Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Greatest Hits", and the Curb cd has the B side version. The song is essentially the same but if you listen to the opening notes of the song that follow the spoken intro, then listen to the opening notes of the Curb cd version, theyre clearly different, as they were on the original 45 too.
	Live in stereo.

Todd Ireland Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 16 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 18	Post Options Post Reply Quote Todd Ireland Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 17 January 2006 at 11:20pm
	I just did an A/B comparison of "Mr. Bojangles" on my copy of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's 20 Years of Dirt: The Best of CD to the 3:33 version I have on the group's Certified Hits disc (Capitol 34451) and I concur with TomDiehl1's conclusion that the acoustic guitar intros are definitely different. That being said, it looks like the Certified Hits disc contains the alleged 45 B-side version as well. It's interesting to learn that the "Uncle Teddy and his dog Charlie" intro was included on at least some pressings of the 45 because, like EdisonLite, I've never once heard radio play "Mr. Bojangles" with this spoken intro. So this leads me to wonder... Do DJ 45 copies contain the LP version with the spoken intro simply chopped off, or do they feature the reworked version that supposedly appears on the commercial 45 B-side? By the way, it's good to see some of the regulars from the Both Sides Now stereo oldies message board now posting here. Welcome aboard, guys! Edited by Todd Ireland

Brian W. Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 13 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2	Post Options Post Reply Quote Brian W. Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 17 January 2006 at 11:29pm
	Please forgive this total thread crap, but for some reason I keep imagining Cartman from "South Park" singing "Mr. Bojangles": "Mistah Beeuuuuuu-jangles..." I don't think he ever sang it on the show, so I don't know why I keep hearing that in my head, but it keeps making me laugh. (And, no, I haven't been drinking.)