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    Posted: 16 May 2009 at 9:30am
promo singe WB 7520, mono/stereo, time both sides, 3:58, list the song title as "THE Desiderata"... the song starts out with a bad edit of the LP version and credits composition to producer Fred Werner... history tell us, however, that "Desiderata" was a poen written by Max Ehrmann in 1908... seems like 1971 was a big year for spoken-record hit singles... anyone checked out "Once they Understand" by Think, lately???
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The song by Think has been on collector's lists for decades from what I've read.
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sorry about that: it's actually "Once You Understand" by Think... it's beyond me why that song in a collector's item... it's rather lame...
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The only version of "Desiderata" I ever played or heard up until the Napster era was the 45; hence the extra humor in the "you are a fluke of the universe" intro on National Lampoon's "Deteriorata" was lost on me for all those years. Can't say as I ever thought the Crane 45 started out with a bad edit.
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I use the Think song as a torture device on the air! (Along with "Dear Mr. Jesus", which we've covered in another thread...)
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on the stereo side of the promo 45, there's clearly a tad of the LP intro which they didn't exorcise with a sharp enough razor blade: it's not much but it's there (listen on cans)... the version i have of Think was obtained by a pal from unknown (to me) sources and is mono... but, i have also heard a stereo version on youtube... if anyone cares, is there a difference? hey, crapfromthepast, how about adding "the teddy bear song" to your on air torure devices?!?
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I have the stereo Once You Understand from a vinyl dub from a collector friend. Sounds nice (well....).
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Originally posted by eriejwg eriejwg wrote:

The song by Think has been on collector's lists for decades from what I've read.


"Once You Understand" is apparently available on the Ace import CD Dead! The Grim Reaper's Greatest Hits.
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Originally posted by jrjr jrjr wrote:

sorry about that: it's actually "Once You Understand" by Think... it's beyond me why that song in a collector's item... it's rather lame...


What's even harder to "understand" is why this was re-issued in (I think) 1974. I'll have to check in my awful-records-I-never-listen-to-but-can't-bring-myself-to-th row-out box, but I'm pretty sure I have it on an Atlantic-distributed Big Tree single.

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Exactly right!
I found a never played promo copy at one of the stations we purchased a few years ago.
1971 seemed to be the end of spoken-word stuff until "The Americans" in 1974.
The only 1971 spoken word record that still stops me in my tracks is Tom Clay's "What the World Needs Now."
I was eight years old when I heard it back then and it still packs a lot of emotion.
the way it was heard on the radio
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