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Joe Morris
Old Love
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 Posted - 21/06/2012 : 01:47:37
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turns out it was a Love original that remained in the unfinished stage that they did during the 1st album
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SignedRW
Fifth Love
USA
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Posted - 21/06/2012 : 02:57:53
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| One reason that it's a little difficult for me to fixate on the mystery of why "Red Light Green Light" has never surfaced (aside from the fact that it was long said to have been a genuine throwaway, for good reason), is that both Arthur and Johnny spent their formative (ie: "Wonderbread" Years) growing up in L.A., where for the twelve year period between 1954 and 1966, Engineer Bill (Stulla) hosted the Cartoon Express on KHJ-TV, Channel 9. A daily feature on the show was "Red Light Green Light," the milk drinking game. Day in, day out, every week for twelve years, L.A. kids of a certain age (including young Arthur and young Johhny) learned to drink all their milk, every drop, (Green Light!) without gulping (Red Light!). Clearly, we've got to locate that song, certainly a missing Love classic, no matter what it takes. Uh, Red Light! |
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waxburn
Old Love
USA
735 Posts |
Posted - 21/06/2012 : 03:08:50
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| it may have been a cover of candyman |
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Joe Morris
Old Love
3491 Posts |
Posted - 21/06/2012 : 03:21:02
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Johnny said it was a Love original, but as essential as them doing "Wooly Bully"
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milehighmusic
First Love
United Kingdom
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Posted - 21/06/2012 : 18:13:53
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| Hi, this has been muted many times as existing but from everything that down the years has been said, it is very doubtful it got further than a jam at the first album sessions, it's not listed as recorded. There was another mention somewhere that it might have formed the base for Number 14, the flip of Seven & Seven Is, before it was retitled to fit the A-side, but that is probably incorrect too! ;-) |
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Joe Morris
Old Love
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Posted - 21/06/2012 : 19:48:48
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Andrew Sandroval (Love Story compiler) mentioned the track in an interview (Castle issue 14, page 1), so one assumes that Elektra still has it
Anyone got that issue? I don't have it to hand
I forget whether it was written on the tape box, but I don't think the track was ever completed
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Red Light Green Light
