Favorite version of People Make the World Go Round
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30?!!! its still downloading... but yeah ive been collecting covers of PMTWGR for the last 4 years now... the only ones alluding me are the following...
peter gaudion - blues express <--- australian
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koVOCDpy6HY
merl saunders - san francisco after dark <-- private press
chosen few - ? <-- i saw it on ebay recently being sold by soulstrutter reynaldo and i think it went for bucks... is there a reissue of that one?
by far though my favorite version is the one done by Freddie Hubbard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZUaY0rhWfk
is that redisdread/derrick harriot version raer? on 45? reissue?
-rich
peter gaudion - blues express <--- australian
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koVOCDpy6HY
merl saunders - san francisco after dark <-- private press
chosen few - ? <-- i saw it on ebay recently being sold by soulstrutter reynaldo and i think it went for bucks... is there a reissue of that one?
by far though my favorite version is the one done by Freddie Hubbard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZUaY0rhWfk
is that redisdread/derrick harriot version raer? on 45? reissue?
-rich
There are many creative interpretations, but I'll always have a soft spot for this one. Beautiful.
Red Is Dread is the dub of the Chosen Few version, but I kind of prefer it. You can get it on Scrub-A-Dub Reggae (Harriott) which has been reished: http://Labcabin.com/cds/241/235/14651.html I'm sure the Chosen Few LP has been as well.
btw, im unsure of exactly how the story goes but Lenny Williams who later was the vocals for Tower of Power recorded the first PMTWGR, the stylistics just popularized it... the cover can be found on 45, maybe an ATCO? verification por favor.
now youre telling me delroy wilson has a cover too? my quest is far from over then.
-rich
now youre telling me delroy wilson has a cover too? my quest is far from over then.
-rich
both versions came out in 1972, but i'm pretty sure the stylistics version came out first. the lenny williams on atco has a copyright notice on it; the stylistics version doesn't. generally, labels didn't start putting sound copyright notices (the "p" in a circle logo) on records until soon after Congress authorized federal copyright protection for sound recordings in February 1972.
It's a great composition and difficult to mess up, but I don't think anything's messing with the Stylistics' original.
I prefer the Temprees' version, but agree that the song is very difficult to mess up. I've heard 20+ versions and while I don't love all of them (Dee Dee Bridgewater? Ramon Morris? meh.), none of them suck. The only other comparably tough to screw up song I can think of is "Hey Joe."
both versions came out in 1972, but i'm pretty sure the stylistics version came out first. the lenny williams on atco has a copyright notice on it; the stylistics version doesn't. generally, labels didn't start putting sound copyright notices (the "p" in a circle logo) on records until soon after Congress authorized federal copyright protection for sound recordings in February 1972.
Plus, it's a Bell/Creed composition, which would point to the Stylistics' cut being the first one...
It's a great composition and difficult to mess up, but I don't think anything's messing with the Stylistics' original.
I prefer the Temprees' version, but agree that the song is very difficult to mess up. I've heard 20+ versions and while I don't love all of them (Dee Dee Bridgewater? Ramon Morris? meh.), none of them suck. The only other comparably tough to screw up song I can think of is "Hey Joe."
That's on Love Maze? I don't really remember it--I should pull it out and give it a listen this evening.
co-sign. Jerry Butler's band is nice on that album.I like the version on THIS:
cosign, I like that record, its the best thing jerry butler has ever done by far
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