Gunhill Rd.- "Back when my hair ws short"

all right, can anybody clue us in on the mysterious LP pressing that does not have the hit single... i have both the gun hill road lp from 1973 and the original kama sutra 45... where is this clandestine pressing of "back when my hair was short"?

Hi All.

There were two completely different versions of BWMHWS. The original was on their 2nd album, which was produced by Kenny Rogers (yep, that one), and featured the drug lyric. This 1972 album went nowhere. A bit later they happened to be playing at the Bitter End in NYC when the owner or a label exec told them that BWMHWS could be a hit if they cleaned up the lyrics and played it with a faster tempo. They did that, wth Kenny Kerner producing this time around, and released it as a single. They also re-recorded a good portion of the album as well, and re-released it in 1973 (same year as the "new" single) with the same label # as the original album.

I actually have an audio interview with one of the group members who explains all this.. I'll post it somewhere when I get home tonight. I'll provide you with the times of both versions as well.

Edited by Tom Adams

hey tom... thanks for the "druggie" version of this song, and you know after i listened to it, i realized that i did hear this back in '72. albeit for a short time...it was the "cleaned up" version i recall more fondly, as i was entering the age of long hair, beer parties and smoking dope all night... ahh, the memories...