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"Manners Makyth Man"
This part of the site is designed to talk
about tracks that are known to exist, but are still unavailable.
For the sake of my own sanity, I have excluded television appearances,
as they were more a part of the promotion process than a part
of the music process.
The vast majority of these tracks are from
the Columbia era, and as far as everyone remembers there are
no unissued Ember or World Artists tracks - "Your Mother's Out of Town" and "The Nearness of You" truly representing the final scrapes on the bottom of the Ember barrel. As for post-Columbia I've added a couple of details from the 1980s, but otherwise, we're simply not
telling what we've got. It will be a lot more fun this way.
EMBER RECORDS/WORLD ARTISTS
The Ember/World Artists era has produced a huge number of mix variations (there are SEVEN different mixes of some "Sing For You" tracks), but apparently everything that was recorded made it to store shelves. There are a handful of alternate that
have popped up on acetates, though.
"If I Had My Way (live)" - Although this track was released along with its other comarades in this section, it was only issued in mono.
A surviving acetate features it in glorious true to life stereo - underneath all the record noise!
"This Morning (live)" - Another stereo mix only on an acetate.
"Ain't That Just Like Me (live)" - That acetate of Mayfair really benefits this track more than perhaps any others, as you can hear the crowd's mortified reaction
when they first burst into this decidedly un-folk number before delivering the punchline.
"If I Had A Hammer (live)" - In stereo only on acetate.
"Yesterday's Gone (live)" - This track is really fascinating in stereo, you can hear little utterances during the song, and generally pick up on the feel of the show much better. Pity that when it was finally
released on CD the concert was sourced from someone's grotty vinyl, when there was a chance to source it from this beautiful stereo tape - provided said beautiful stereo tape still exists. It did in 1966, that's for sure!
"Stanley and Dora (live)" - Another Mayfair recording that is in stereo on a surviving acetate.
"Donna Donna" - A Capitol acetate survives with this track in its "Best Of" mix, but featuring a take announcement and some pre-song chatter.
COLUMBIA RECORDS
Columbia Records still hold most of their Chad And Jeremy master
session tapes. This means that demos, alternate versions, and
unreleased songs are surely sitting there gathering dust. The big exception to this would be
the sessions recorded in England - those being some work on "I Don't Want To Lose You Baby" and on the "Teenage Failure" single in
November of 1965. In that case, only the master versions of each track survive, as sent to Columbia by CBS Records in London. By taking
a gander at some recently unearthed Columbia Records documentation,
at least the following things exist, or did at some point.
"Sometimes" - This rockin' track,
recorded at C&J's first session for Columbia, didn't make
the cut for the LP. Sundazed featured a late mix of this on their "Before and After" CD, but a mix without the backing vocals definitely still exists.
"What Do You Want With Me?" - The
first Columbia version of this track was shelved, in favor of
a remake. Now on Sundazed's Before and After reissue!
"I'll Be There" - Recorded March
3, 1965, with an unintentionally humorous scratch vocal. A big
production number, but with uncommitted vocals from C&J. Bob Irwin made the right decision in leaving this one on the shelf during the Sundazed reissue campaign.
"Stewball" - An unreleased track
for which vocal overdubs were done on the 3rd of June, 1965. Unfortunately this one might be gone forever.
"Fare Thee Well (I Must Be Gone)"
- This one is indeed odd. Done in May, it is a totally
different song than that which had just been released under this
name on the "Before and After" single and LP. Obviously,
someone at some point confused this track with "Marianne",
explaining why the single and original "Before and After"
LP list this title for "Marianne". Subsequent pressings
of the LP quickly substituted the correct track title. Frankly,
this track is more mature and accomplished than "Marianne". Now on Sundazed's Before and After CD!
"The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In Her Kiss)"
- This track, for which a backing was made in May of 1965, may
have never received any vocal overdubs.
"That's Why I'm Crying" - Also from
May, 1965, and also possibly vocal-less.
"Don't Get Around Much Anymore"
- This one comes from the same May backing sessions, but had a
session called specifically to finish the vocals on June 23rd,
1965. This is an extraordinary over the top performance from Jeremy,
and deserves release today just as it did 35 years ago. Now on Sundazed's Before and After CD!
"All Over the World" - Chad's first
attempt both at production and at getting Jill to record a track.
This one was done on July 28, 1965, a full three weeks before
any work started on "The Cruel War".
"Distant Shores" - This Italian language version
remains unreleased.
"Distant Shores" - This German language version
was slated to be recorded, and likely was, but may now be lost.
"Distant Shores" - The released version of
this track was the "fast tempo" version. There are four
or five other versions of this song (in various stages of completion)
that are at different, slower tempos.
"Manners Maketh Man" - An unheard
outtake for the "Of Cabbages and Kings" LP, started
on September 12, 1966. You can actually catch a part of this under
the dialogue in C&J's very first scene in their Batman appearance. Now on Sundazed's "Of Cabbages And Kings" reissue!
"Cautionary Tale" - Once thought to be an early version of "The Emancipation of Mr. X", this is
actually a Cabbages era version of Jeremy's portion of the track "Imagination" from The Ark. Now on Sundazed's Of Cabbages and Kings CD!
"Song Of The Love Child" - This is not, as previously believed, an "Ark"
era outtake. This track, recorded April 11 1968, is actually "Tobey's Song" from "Three In The Attic". Apparently work on the movie tracks was split between the better facilities at Columbia and the relatively poor accomodations at Mike Curb's Sidewalk studios.
"The Raven" - This track was remade
on May 24th, 1968, but C&J decided to go with the April 11th
master instead.
THE EIGHTIES
LIVE AT HARRAH'S - Two different Harrah's gigs remain unreleased. The original incomplete stereo soundboard disc was shelved for a better soundboard disc (unfortunately in mono, though). There is also a poor quality surviving tape of a complete gig from
some point during their stay. This represents the audio to a long lost VHS tape of the show which we are ever searching for!
THE NEW MILLENIUM
We're not telling. So there!
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