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Topic: joey powers midnight mary

Posted By: edtop40
Subject: joey powers midnight mary
Date Posted: 29 December 2012 at 1:15pm

the db lists that some of the cd's contain an 'alternate
take'.....what is the difference between the two?....

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edtop40

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Posted By: Yah Shure
Date Posted: 29 December 2012 at 1:36pm

Ed, the hit version released on Amy features a double-tracked lead vocal. On the alternate take, Joey's lead is single-tracked. The difference is apparent as soon as he begins to sing.

Posted By: edtop40
Date Posted: 29 December 2012 at 8:35pm

my commercial 45 issued as amy 892 states the run time on
the label as 2:18 but actually runs 2:24....this s/b sdded
to the db...

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edtop40

Posted By: Pat Downey
Date Posted: 30 December 2012 at 5:06pm

There are some female background singers missing on the last line of the song on cd's I have called alternate versions.

Posted By: davidclark
Date Posted: 11 June 2015 at 11:47pm

Over at BSN, in the discography they mention that the 1964 "Midnight
Mary" LP on Amy contains a different version from the 45. Would this be
this "alternate take", or is that yet another recording?

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Posted By: MMathews
Date Posted: 12 June 2015 at 12:04am

Yes, David, that Amy LP that was the origin of the
alternate take.
It's the same backing track, but his single tracked-vocal
is a different one from the double tracked 45. (In other
words, it's not just an underdub) .. and there are female
backing vocals (harmony overdubs) over the entire 45 that
are missing from the alternate.
MM