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Originally posted by jimct jimct wrote:

Tom, I think you may have mis-read some part of this thread. Because in it,
neither Aaron nor Yah Shure had ever asked any questions about, or made
any statements/claims, regarding the specific Grass Roots 45 track, "Let's
Live For Today." They've been speaking about a different GR song entirely.

The only two 45 tracks discussed here have been the topic of this thread,
with Yah Shure also making a quick reference to "A Melody For You". And
him comparing Fulton's vocals to Rob Grill's vocals on "Where Were You....",
which was first issued on their "Let's Live For Today" album......



That's what I get for posting in the middle of the night with a splitting headache... of course I meant "Where Were You..."
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My first (memorable) exposure to "Where Were You When I Needed
You" was the Rob Grill version on the popular 70's LP "Their 16
Greatest Hits", which I don't think has a cd counterpart.

I hope I'm remembering this correctly, but it seems to me that when I
bought the Rhino Anthology cd new in 1991, the packaging mentioned
something about containing the original version of the song (after blah
blah so many years), which was a selling point for me.

Jon O.
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Pat lists CDs in his database in the order they were entered (I believe), which means that, for the most part, they are chronological by release date. The first CD listed for "Where Were You When I Needed You" that has the original hit version is, indeed, Rhino's Anthology.
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I was the PD and morning guy at the local Transtar Oldies Channel affiliate in 1988 when I spotted a brand-new Ace/Big Beat import LP, P.F. Sloan/The Grass Roots - Songs Of Other Times at a nearby shop. It featured a nice mix of Sloan Dunhill solos, early Grass Roots recordings and a Dunhill single, "Karma", credited to A Study Of Divinations. The selling point for me was likewise the hit version of "Where Were You," especially since I'd never heard that version in stereo before. I couldn't wait to dub it and play it on the air.

The L.A.-based Oldies Channel aired the '67 Rob Grill re-do in regular rotation over the satellite, since that had been the only version available for years. I mailed a reel-to-reel dub of the new LP track to the network's PD in L.A., and they began airing the single version on the bird.

But I was never happy with the way the Big Beat stereo track folded to mono (my station being on AM) and ended up substituting the mono 45 on my own show.

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Originally posted by jono jono wrote:

I hope I'm remembering this correctly, but it seems to
me that when I bought the Rhino Anthology cd new in 1991, the
packaging mentioned something about containing the original version
of the song (after blah blah so many years), which was a selling point
for me.

Jon O.


Quoting myself, what I must've remembered was a first time on cd for
this particular track, as I have the hit version of "Where Were You..." On
the Rhino Nuggets Volume Five: Pop Part III LP, which, of course, has
no cd counterpart. The LP was released in 1985. I do remember being
excited about the original version on cd, however.

Despite liking this version a lot, I have to say that the remake by the
Bangles from the early 1980's (available on their Greatest Hits Cd) is
at least as good as the Grass Roots version, in my opinion (of course).
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Originally posted by jono jono wrote:

Despite liking this version a lot, I have to say that the remake by the
Bangles from the early 1980's (available on their Greatest Hits Cd) is
at least as good as the Grass Roots version, in my opinion (of course).


If you like the Bangles version, check out the version by Adult Net.
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Originally posted by TomDiehl1 TomDiehl1 wrote:

If you like the Bangles version, check out the version by Adult Net.


Good one!

Completing the hat trick: the Triplets' version on Thicker Than Water. Hadn't played that one in so many years that I had to rifle through the CD racks to even remember their name. :)
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Originally posted by Yah Shure Yah Shure wrote:

The clip that ran on Dick Clark's
Where The Action Is TV show featured Fulton lip-
synching with the rest of the short-lived second 'Roots
lineup.


Yah Shure, I know it has been some time since this was
discussed but do you remember which version was used
during the "Where The Action Is" TV show?

Thanks.
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Originally posted by Fetta Fetta wrote:

Yah Shure, I know it has been some time since this was discussed but do you remember which version was used during the "Where The Action Is" TV show?


Jeff, it was the hit single version with Bill Fulton on lead vocal, which made sense, given that Bill was lip syncing to his own vocal on the record.

Rob Grill didn't lay down the new vocal for the 1967 Let's Live For Today vinyl LP version until after the Fulton lineup had been canned.
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