"Ride Captain Ride" - Blues Image
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Topic: "Ride Captain Ride" - Blues Image
Posted By: Indy500
Subject: "Ride Captain Ride" - Blues Image
Date Posted: 26 August 2008 at 8:39am
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I can't believe there hasn't been a thread on this song.
I recently listened to an August 1970 American Top 40 show and this song sounded very different than a fold-down of the 45 version I made. So... Was there a dedicated mono mix promo? And, if so, has anyone stumbled across it on an import CD? |
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Posted By: Yah Shure
Date Posted: 26 August 2008 at 11:02am
Not that I know of. Although my promo and stock 45s were pressed at different plants (Specialty and Monarch, respectively) the mono side of the promo and the mono stock A-side utilized the same stamper. Other than the Specialty logo and the Monarch delta number and logo, all other deadwax info is identical, in the same script with the same placement. So the mono stock and mono promo - at least on my two copies - are identical. Mono DJ 45 and mono stock 45 listed time is (3:06), actual time is (3:07). Stereo DJ 45 listed time is (3:06), actual time is (3:41).  
After Mike Pinera joined the reconstituted Cactus, the New Cactus Band recorded "Daddy Ain't Gone" (Atco 6927), a 1973 sequel of sorts to "Ride Captain Ride." The new single didn't chart, although its parent album Son Of Cactus did. |
Indy500 wrote:Posted By: Indy500
Date Posted: 26 August 2008 at 12:10pm
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Thanks for the scans.
It's very possible that the differences in sound I'm hearing could be related to the recording of AT40 I'm listening to as it has very little bass. But, just to add a little mystery, a few weeks ago on ebay someone was selling a while label "mono" version of the Open album from which this song was pulled. |
Posted By: MCT1
Date Posted: 27 August 2008 at 7:33am
Although U.S. record companies stopped production of commercially released mono LPs in 1968, some continued to make mono LPs available as promos for a few years afterward. Atlantic/Atco was one of the last to abandon this practice, continuing to make mono promo LPs until 1973, though the releases seem to have been a bit selective/intermittent over the last couple of years. Led Zeppelin's Houses of the Holy was one of the last titles in the series, possibly the very last. A couple of months ago, someone sold a mono promo of the Rolling Stones' Sticky Fingers from this series on eBay -- Rolling Stones Records was distributed by Atlantic/Atco at the time -- for $3,250! The Atlantic/Atco mono promo LPs typically came in standard stock stereo covers, but with a sticker indicating that they were mono D.J. copies. They have white promo labels. Catalog numbers are the same as the stock versions except that the mono promos lack the stereo "SD" prefix on their labels. At least some of the earlier ones are reportedly dedicated mono mixes, but I wouldn't assume that's true for all of them. |
Posted By: Yah Shure
Date Posted: 27 August 2008 at 6:30pm
| Indy, which version of "Ride Captain Ride" did AT40 air, short or long? |
Posted By: Indy500
Date Posted: 27 August 2008 at 7:11pm
The 3:05 |