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Country Mix of "I’ve Never Been To Me"

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Topic: Country Mix of "I’ve Never Been To Me"

Posted By: collectahit
Subject: Country Mix of "I’ve Never Been To Me"
Date Posted: 29 May 2017 at 4:24pm

Back in 1982, I worked at Billboard Magazine in New York
where my job was to call radio stations across the US to
get their weekly playlists. When on holding when calling
a country station, I was very surprised to hear what
must have been a tape playing of "I've Never Been To Me"
by Charlene with a steel guitar added to create a
country mix. I've never heard this version again.

Does anyone know anything about this version? I do know
that it has never been available on vinyl or CD (though
a version by Charlene sung in Spanish has been
released).

Replies:

Posted By: EdisonLite
Date Posted: 03 June 2017 at 1:00am

Wow, both those sound interesting. I'd buy either one of those on vinyl if they are available. I know the Spanish version has appeared on Youtube.

Posted By: Smokin' TomGary
Date Posted: 04 June 2017 at 3:39pm

The Spanish version "Nunca He Ido A Mi" appears on Motown Latino white label 45 1624LF 63563-LAT (deadwax 1624MF-A-6656315B). Listed 3:57; Actual 3:58.

Posted By: Hykker
Date Posted: 04 June 2017 at 6:07pm

Does the Spanish version have the spoken part over the
bridge like the 1982 reissue English version does?

Posted By: Smokin' TomGary
Date Posted: 05 June 2017 at 6:29pm

Yes and no. The words are different (she talks about her husband in the Spanish version) and the monologue is shorter. It is at the same time as the English version.

Posted By: EdisonLite
Date Posted: 06 June 2017 at 11:37am

I ordered the Spanish version on 45 today. I hope it comes out as a bonus cut on CD some day.

Posted By: EdisonLite
Date Posted: 06 June 2017 at 11:44am

collectahit wrote:

When on holding when calling
a country station, I was very surprised to hear what
must have been a tape playing of "I've Never Been To Me"
by Charlene with a steel guitar added to create a
country mix. I do know that it has never been available on vinyl or CD.

I'd sure like to know more about this version. I know Charlene a little (she recorded a song of mine in the mid '90s) and the song's composer Ken Hirsch - I'll ask each of them if they know about it. Ken might be more likely to know, though I tend to doubt either has a copy of the version.