"Rhapsody In The Rain" - Lou Christie
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Topic: "Rhapsody In The Rain" - Lou Christie
Posted By: sriv94
Subject: "Rhapsody In The Rain" - Lou Christie
Date Posted: 03 December 2007 at 11:14am
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Barely a year old when song came out in 1966, I don't know the full story of this. There is both a "censored" version and an "uncensored" version of the song out there, but I do not know the difference between the two (it's the only Lou Christie hit I don't have in some way, shape or form).
So, two questions: A. What is the difference? B. Were both released as 45s, or is one a 45 version and the other an LP version (or some derivation threin)? ------------- Doug --------------- All of the good signatures have been taken. |
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Posted By: Paul Haney
Date Posted: 03 December 2007 at 12:05pm
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The original "uncensored" version has these lyrics: "We were makin' out in the rain/And in this car our love went much too far". Deadwax reads "66-XY-308".
The "censored" version has these lyrics: "We fell in love in the rain/And in this car, love came like a falling star". Deadwax reads "66-XY-308 D.J." Both were issued as commercial 45's. A lot of DJ's thought that the original was a bit too much for 1966. |
Posted By: Hykker
Date Posted: 03 December 2007 at 3:46pm
| Every reissue single of this I've ever come across (b/w "Lightning Strikes") has the the "falling star" version. Don't think I'd ever heard the "much too far" version until I came across an original-label stock copy a few years ago. |
Posted By: Todd Ireland
Date Posted: 06 September 2010 at 11:13am
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My good friend Jimct reports that his uncensored commercial 45 copy with the "we were makin' out in the rain" lyric has an actual and printed run time of 2:46. I'm passing this info along because the song's database CD entries have run times ranging from 2:43-2:51.
Perhaps Paul or anyone else who has a commercial 45 copy containing the censored "we fell in love in the rain" lyric could pass along the timing info to help us determine if it differs from the uncensored commercial 45 run time? |
Posted By: edtop40
Date Posted: 20 July 2012 at 5:19pm
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my commercial 45 has the etching "K13473 66XY 308 RW" in
the run out groove and it's the "we fell in love in the rain/and in this car, love came like a falling star" version.. ------------- edtop40 |
Posted By: TomDiehl1
Date Posted: 20 July 2012 at 6:19pm
Are you sure that isn't "K13473 66XY 308 Rev" ? As mine most definitely says "Rev" and makes no mention of D.J. in the dead wax (though mine is a stock copy). ------------- Live in stereo. |
edtop40 wrote:Posted By: edtop40
Date Posted: 20 July 2012 at 7:38pm
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you're right...it could be 'rev' and not 'RW'.....thanks
for the heads-up and revision... ------------- edtop40 |
Posted By: KentT
Date Posted: 22 July 2012 at 6:38am
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Both versions were released on 45 singles. The censored version is actually the scarcer one to find. Most of the run as a hit were uncensored. ------------- I turn up the good and turn down the bad! |
Posted By: jimct
Date Posted: 16 April 2014 at 1:50pm
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I have just acquired a promo 45 for this song. Surely, there were both
censored and uncensored promo 45s made for this in early 1966. My copy, confirmed as MGM 13473, happens to include the uncensored version, has a listed time of (2:46), an actual time of (2:47) and deadwax info of "K13473", followed by "66 XY 308-1". Ed, BTW, you never did actually answer Todd's specific question from earlier. Although you did provide us with the deadwax info from your "censored version" 45, you never did provide us with the listed & actual timings from it. I'm sure Todd (and others) are curious to know if the lyric changes ended up having any effect on the listed/actual timings for that version of the song. Thanks! |
Posted By: Hykker
Date Posted: 17 April 2014 at 6:29am
My promo is the same as yours. I don't ever recall hearing this version on the radio back in 1966, so obviously the "clean" version was serviced to radio. |
Posted By: edtop40
Date Posted: 18 April 2014 at 1:54pm
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sorry for the delinquency, follow board members....i've
been delving into the 2000's songs and i guess all the rap and pathetic songs have caused my brain to cease working properly.....sorry.....my commercial 45 for the lou christie song 'rhapsody in the rain' issued as mgm 13473 lists the run time on the label as 2:46 does indeed run 2:46.....it comes with a picture sleeve....i'm usually not real concerned about getting the picture sleeve, so this one must have been a fluke acquisition......in the future if someone asks me a question on the board and i don't respond, it's probably because i'm neck deep into another project....so if that is the case, if someone could just email me to wake me up, that would be real helpful.....sorry, again, for the miscue....thanks, jim!! ------------- edtop40 |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 18 April 2014 at 5:22pm
There are just so many jokes that could be made in response to this quote :-) I will resist the urge to make any. ------------- Aaron Kannowski http://www.uptownsound.com" rel="nofollow - Uptown Sound http://www.919thepeak.com" rel="nofollow - 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop |
Posted By: Yah Shure
Date Posted: 18 April 2014 at 5:51pm
Isn't that the truth? Seeing all those titles juxtaposed with '60s entries gives me whiplash. Know any good personal injury lawyers? ;) |