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  matt weingarden (mrfinewine) 1-Arriviste Username: mrfinewine Post Number: 2 Registered: 8-2004 Posted From: 64.74.45.38 |
at least i think it's jimmy ruffin....chorus is "i've gotta cover a whole lot of ground before the sun goes down" (repeated many many many times during the course of the song). i've got it on an unmarked tape...no idea whether it was released (i'm thinking not). does it ring any bells? or maybe you know it by someone besides jimmy ruffin? thanks, m | ||
John Lester (theboyfromxtown) 4-Laureate Username: theboyfromxtown Post Number: 108 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 217.44.165.231 |
Could well be a song by Jimmy Ruffin.......is it finished or a demo? If you want me to listen.....email me | ||
matt weingarden (mrfinewine) 1-Arriviste Username: mrfinewine Post Number: 4 Registered: 8-2004 Posted From: 65.244.21.132 |
john: go to http://wfmu.org/playlists/SV it's at the very end of the most recent show. thanks. | ||
zebop (zebop) 4-Laureate Username: zebop Post Number: 99 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 149.174.164.84 |
Hey, the song isn't Jimmy Ruffin, it's "Downtown Soulville" by Chuck Edwards. | ||
matt weingarden (mrfinewine) 1-Arriviste Username: mrfinewine Post Number: 5 Registered: 8-2004 Posted From: 64.74.45.38 |
at the END of the show, not the beginning. | ||
zebop (zebop) 4-Laureate Username: zebop Post Number: 100 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 152.163.252.200 |
LOL I should have known it wasn't that easy. Never mind... | ||
John Lester (theboyfromxtown) 4-Laureate Username: theboyfromxtown Post Number: 110 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 81.154.167.1 |
zebop.......I nearly made the same mistake!! | ||
John Lester (theboyfromxtown) 4-Laureate Username: theboyfromxtown Post Number: 111 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 81.154.167.1 |
It is Jimmy Ruffin and it is clearly unfinished. My records show that it is called "I Gotta Cover A Whole Lotta Ground" and it was recorded in the winter of 1970. Produced by Clay McMurray. | ||
matt weingarden (mrfinewine) 1-Arriviste Username: mrfinewine Post Number: 8 Registered: 8-2004 Posted From: 64.74.45.38 |
hmmm. so never released in any form? though it seems a little unfinished, it does have a bit of polish to it: female backing chorus, etc. thanks for the info, john. | ||
John Lester (theboyfromxtown) 4-Laureate Username: theboyfromxtown Post Number: 112 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 81.154.167.1 |
It's unreleased.... | ||
John Lester (theboyfromxtown) 4-Laureate Username: theboyfromxtown Post Number: 113 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 81.154.167.1 |
Matt.....you got yourself a little treasure there!! I really like it too..... | ||
matt weingarden (mrfinewine) 1-Arriviste Username: mrfinewine Post Number: 9 Registered: 8-2004 Posted From: 65.244.21.132 |
yeah, it's nice, isn't it....i think my reel is one generation off the master....god only knows where the master is.... | ||
John Lester (theboyfromxtown) 4-Laureate Username: theboyfromxtown Post Number: 114 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 81.154.167.1 |
Matt I suspect he does know..... I just wish he could have directed us to it when we were working on the Jimmy 2CD set!! | ||
Carl Dixon (carl_dixon) 3-Pundit Username: carl_dixon Post Number: 64 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 195.153.219.170 |
John - why is it unreleased? It should be. Does Clay remember it? It sounds like a Dean/Weatherspoon composition. Very nice. I wonder if Mr Ruffin remembers the session. | ||
John Lester (theboyfromxtown) 4-Laureate Username: theboyfromxtown Post Number: 115 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 81.154.167.1 |
Carl...I am not in contact with Jimmy....do you know anyone that is!!! | ||
Carl Dixon (carl_dixon) 3-Pundit Username: carl_dixon Post Number: 70 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 195.153.219.170 |
I could try..... Your up early!! | ||
John Lester (theboyfromxtown) 4-Laureate Username: theboyfromxtown Post Number: 116 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 81.154.167.1 |
hehehe!! | ||
Tony.C. (tonyc) 3-Pundit Username: tonyc Post Number: 46 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 195.93.33.10 |
yES IT IS DEFINETLY AN UNRELEASED TRACK AND SOUNDS AS IF IT WAS RECORDED AROUND ABOUT THE SAME TIME AS TRACKS LIKE--JUST BEFORE LOVE ENDS--ON THE WAY OUT,ON THE WAY IN,--WHICH WOULD BEAR OUT JOHD,S DATE OF ABOUT 1969/1970.I CAN,T CONTACT JIMMY AT PRESENT AS HE IS NOT AT HIS LONDON HOME BUT IS ON AN EXTENDED TRIP TO THE DEEP SOUTH(I BELIEVE).BUT THIS DOES CONFIRM WHAT JIMMY ONCE SAID TO ME THAT HE RECORDED SO MUCH STUFF AT MOTOWN THAT WAS LEFT IN THE CAN,WITNESS THE EMERGENCE IN THE LAST DECADE OR SO OF THINGS LIKE----SHAKE HANDS WITH A DREAMER,HE WHO PICKS A ROSE,IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD,I GOTTA LET YOU GO etc. LOVE AND STUFF TO ALL Tony.C. |
