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eleanor rigby covers

tripledoubletripledouble 7,636 Posts
edited April 2008 in Strut Central
i picked up a clean copy of gene harris & three sounds today. reminded me how much i like eleanor rigby. i remember a real nice version on a mixtape various years ago...possibly molemen? (my girl at the time used to call that tape "moleman" which i always thought was funny)
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  • PABLOPABLO 1,921 Posts


    Rigby Breaks.
  • let_em_inlet_em_in 4 Posts
    please to post mp3s?

    (btw, I just randomly logged back on to the strut after a multi-month absence...glad i randomly thought of this place again)
  • MoogManMoogMan Sao Paulo, Brazil 1,173 Posts




    Caetano Veloso - Qualquer coisa

    You can find mp3s here:

    Loronix blog
  • funky16cornersfunky16corners 7,175 Posts
    El Chicano did a very nice version here, scroll down to v.28 Rubber Souled Pt1
  • hammertimehammertime 2,389 Posts
    i've always been partial to the Vanilla Fudge version.
  • flatblackplasticflatblackplastic 1,209 Posts
    richie havens got an aight version
  • holmesholmes 3,532 Posts
    I know it's one everyone knows, but for me, the Aretha Franklin version is almost as good as it gets.
  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts
    Gene Chandler on Brunswick

    Bobby Taylor on Gordy

    Don "Sugarcane" Harris on MPS
  • LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts
    I think Frank Cunimmondo versions is real nice.
  • DocMcCoyDocMcCoy "Go and laugh in your own country!" 5,913 Posts
    No love for the Jackie Wilson version?
  • SoundclashSoundclash 77 Posts
    kim weston version is amazing
  • kitchenknightkitchenknight 4,922 Posts
    just picked up a copy of the Big Maybelle version in a trade last week (DJSave, step on up...).

    Scary version. Love it.
  • Strider79itStrider79it 1,176 Posts
    hey c'mon.... The Crusaders !
  • fishmongerfunkfishmongerfunk 4,154 Posts
    "Third Wave" do an interesting, if slightly cloying version.

    is this the Beatles' most covered song? or does that honour go to "something"?
  • tripledoubletripledouble 7,636 Posts
    who is "third wave"

    most covered would have to be "Hey jude"
    but they got lots of often covered songs. would be interesting to see a bar graph
  • fishmongerfunkfishmongerfunk 4,154 Posts
    who is "third wave"

    A pop jazz-ish vocal group comprising 5 Filipino sister produced and arranged by George Duke. The MPS lp "here and now" goes for about 50-70 American but "love train", a 45 only song (with breaks and all), is really where it's at.

  • fejmelbafejmelba 1,139 Posts
    dont forget the four tops.
  • bassiebassie 11,710 Posts
    Jackie Mittoo
    BB Seaton




    Bobby Taylor on Gordy


    This and the Booker T & The MGs versions are two of my favourites.
  • analog_tapeanalog_tape 604 Posts
    just picked up a copy of the Big Maybelle version in a trade last week (DJSave, step on up...).

    Scary version. Love it.

    No doubt, thanks again for the Quinn Harris LP. I'm working on a 45 to bless you with for the nice trade, and give me a call I know someone who scored a couple copies of Lee Moses - Reach Out, I'll Be There 45, you need one of those since i traded you the peak of a Dj Save at ZUZU set.

  • deLYSdeLYS 388 Posts
    hey c'mon.... The Crusaders !
    their version, and THIS are the two most known alternate versions that immed come to my mind.

    Its pretty much the only thing I know Stanley Jordan for, so I equate it with his theme song.


    Its the baby daddy to this phenomenon in japan, lol
    mario
  • rootlesscosmorootlesscosmo 12,848 Posts
    Stanley Jordan
  • MeepMeep 320 Posts
    said it before, ray charles
  • FrequencyFrequency 115 Posts
    Lest we forget interpolations ladies and gents....


    May I present to you Sisqo - Thong Song (replayed/interpolated)





    I wonder if the real Elanor Rigby wore a thong tha thong tha thong....

    Wes Montgomery - Eleanor Rigby




    Sisqo - Thong Song (original, clearly sampling that Wes Montgomery)

  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts
    No love for the Jackie Wilson version?

    Same backing track as the Gene Chandler mentioned above.

    I figured I'd let someone else drop the Jackie
  • HamHam 872 Posts
    Utopias "life goes on" almost qualifies as an eleanor rigby cover....and that united states of america song towards the end of s/t
  • Funky_MimizuFunky_Mimizu 631 Posts


    Dope version, with great drums... and fiddle.

    Peace...
    Malta
  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts


    Dope version, with great drums... and fiddle.

    Peace...
    Malta

    Yeah, I mentioned that one way up above ... it's like 10 minutes long, too!
  • Funky_MimizuFunky_Mimizu 631 Posts
    Yeah man, I often post before reading the whole thread. Bad habit.
  • GuzzoGuzzo 8,611 Posts
    No love for the Jackie Wilson version?

    Same backing track as the Gene Chandler mentioned above.

    I figured I'd let someone else drop the Jackie

    Just got that Gene Chandler LP over the weekend, what a great version.

    As far as ones that don't sound like the OG my favorite goes to the 7 minute+ Teagarden & Van Winkle cover with that great organ line

  • SPlDEYSPlDEY Vegas 3,375 Posts
    I wonder if the real Elanor Rigby wore a thong tha thong tha thong....

    I hated that song so much, I never even considered that correlation.

    Thanks for pointing that out.

    My vote for ERigby covers goes to Natural Gas.

    - spidey
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