Ghostface: The Champ, original version ID
mannybolone
Los Angeles, CA 15,025 Posts
Yeah, this is a type question but here goes anyways:On the ORIGINAL version of "The Champ," what version of "Fever" is being used? I'm not trying to hunt; it's for a story I'm working on.I've upped the file for you to peep if you haven't already: http://o-dub.com/sounds/soulsides/champ.mp3The LP version is actually pretty close to this - minus all the dialogue. They couldn't clear the original sample so they got a band to replay it and personally, I think it turned out great on the final LP but I was interviewing J-Love today and he thought the OG version sounded better. There's also a 2ND version that's on J-Love's "Hidden Darts 3" which is slightly different than the 1st and final versions.Danke!Oliver
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funny.
I don't even know what that means but that shit sounds
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I was thinking it was the Patti Drew version. I only have that on one of the "Blue Juice" comps - it might have been 45 only, but I don't remember for sure. In fact, all the Patti Drew material I have is on comps. Can someone tell me how many records she did? I've never seen any of her albums, not even in the US - do they turn up in the field much Stateside?
patti drews albums turn up on the eastcoast pretty often.......theirs a spot out here that has multiples of "tell him" and the album after that.
I don't think she's really an album artist--I have Wild is Love, the LP with "Beggar for the Blues" on it, and that is the only cut that even comes close to being listenable.
Exactly: the LPs are not desirable, some of the 45s are tough to find though... it took me years to get the Hard to Handle single (and I may have gotten it from Agent45 actually)
that's what I'm wondering these days.
That said, I like the final LP version better simply because the rhymes are better.
"Y'all still eating bacon."
check out a clip of the Esther Phillips Kudu version here:
http://www.mp3.com/albums/112247/summary.html
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The LP that Fever and Hard to Handle are on, "I've Been Here
All the Time," is pretty damn good. I like her ballad work, and the cover
of Grass Roots Midnight Confessions is a real treat, IMO.
Cool. I've often wondered about her albums. A few of her tracks have been comped on those Capitol Rare/Blue Break Beats/Blue Juice albums down the years, including "Beggar For The Blues" (which I really like), and her version of "Hard To Handle" is a proven ladies' favourite when I play out. I've never been able to find out much about her beyond those tunes, and she's rarely mentioned here, which ought to tell me something, I suppose.
I like "Beggar for the Blues," too... one reason why I found the rest of the record so disappointing.
Great cover, though: