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Forum guest
Aug-28-2010, 15:48 GMT
United Kingdom
 | Niok from Widnes england writes:
The original version of "Gone At Last" featured Bettie Midlers vocals in place of the relased Phobie Snow version. My question does Bet´s vocal version still exist and if so is it possible to upload to the forum.
Over to you all
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mog
Aug-28-2010, 17:17 GMT
Unknown
 | I don´t think it went that far, I mean that BM would have recorded vocals for it.
I might be wrong though... |
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Phil
Aug-28-2010, 18:10 GMT
USA - United Staates America
 | IIRC Paul suggested the idea to her but either disinterest or scheduling conflicts caused it to never happen |
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Ian
Aug-28-2010, 18:31 GMT
USA - United Staates America
| No,I think it actually got to the recording stage,or at the very least,the arrangement stage,which is where things went pear shaped. I think Bette wanted it to be a Calypso rhythm,or something like that,and that didn´t fit with Paul´s vision of his song. |
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Suzi
Aug-29-2010, 23:22 GMT
USA - United Staates America
| I heard somewhere that the two record companies couldn´t come to an agreement and Paul got tired of waiting and moved on which in turn ticked off Midler. |
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Phil
Aug-30-2010, 01:20 GMT
USA - United Staates America
| check this link - 8th item down:
http://www.betteontheboards.com/boards/album-15.ht
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never heard this one before. |
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Ian
Aug-30-2010, 02:32 GMT
USA - United Staates America
| Yes,that fits actually. I remember an interview with Midler,possibly Rolling Stone magazine,where she recounts various relationships she´s had and Paul was definitely one of them. Dylan was another and I remember her recalling of Dylan that ´we had a few quick gropes in the front seat of his car´. Lol,she also commented that Bobby wasn´t much of a driver. Both of these relationships were during the 70´s. |
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Royd
Aug-30-2010, 03:52 GMT
USA - United Staates America
| In the 1975 BBC Radio One Simon & Garfunkel special, Phil Ramone talked about recording "Gone At Last" with Bette Midler; Ramone said "that´s a locked trunk that we´ll probably never open for anybody." Paul Simon talked about it (I think in the Playboy interview but maybe somewhere else) as being recorded with a Latin rhythm. Midler claimed that Simon never told her that he wasn´t using her version and that when she heard the single on the radio she was stunned. That might explain why - at the end of her duet with Bob Dylan on "Buckets of Rain" - Dylan says "I think Paul Simon should have done this one." |
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