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Re: Donovan's ''Rock and Roll With Me'' single

by Will Dockery <will.dockery@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Mar 15, 2008 at 12:14 PM

On Mar 15, 2:16=A0am, "Thomas H. Ravn" wrote:
> You should be able to find it on "Oh, You Pretty
Things"http://www.amazon.=
co.uk/s/ref=3Dnb_ss_m_h_/203-5101041-8919158?url=3Dsear...

That would have been great, but it seems this wasn't included...
hopefully on a future compilation...

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I just found out about this, Dovovan's cover of David Bowir's ''When
> > You Rock and Roll With Me'', never knew it existed, although I've
> > always liked the Bowie original... and not much on the internet about
> > it, either. A 1974 or '75 single, aparently never collected onto an
> > album... some of what little I have found on this very interesting
> > item - Anyone out there with more info, I for one would love to know
> > more... looks like a real rarity...
>
> > From Dara O'Kearney
>
> >> I have pretty much all of Donovan's albums (I thought so, anyway)
what
> >>album was his version of "Rock And Roll With Me" on? I've never heard
> >>it...was it a single? B-side? What year was it done?
>
> > Again, haven't heard it myself, but I'm told it was a single from
> > around
> > '74 (and therefore not very long after the Bowie version appeared)
> > when
> > Donovan was attempting one of his comebacks (he's in the middle of
> > another
> > en ce moment. I saw him on Jools Holland a week or two back). I'm not
> > sure
> > whether Rock 'n' Roll With Me was an A or B side.
>
> > From Tommy Cooper
>
> > ''...This a 1974 Italian release on the Epic label by Donovan of
> > David
> > Bowie's "(When you)Rock and Roll With Me" from his "Diamond Dogs"
> > release. This wasn't issued in the UK, in fact even Bowie's version
> > wasn't (we got "Knock on Wood" instead!) Better known for his
> > whymsicaly 60's songs like "Mellow Yellow" and "Jenifer Juniper",
> > obviously saw the excellence of this Bowie song and decided to
> > release
> > it himself (okay i'm bias but this track is one of all-time Bowie
> > favourites!) The B-side is "The Divine Daze of Deathless Delight"
> > (wha?) Both tracks produced by Andrew Oldham... Cat no: EPC 2661
> > Country: Italy Label: Epic...''
>
> > --
> > Ozone Stigmata by Will Dockery (words) and Henry Conley (music). Will
> > Dockery - vocals, Henry Conley - guitar, Brian Fowler - mandolin
> >http://www.archive.org/details/OzoneStigmataByWillDockery
 




 6 Posts in Topic:
Donovan's ''Rock and Roll With Me'' single
Will Dockery <will.doc  2008-03-14 23:49:41 
Re: Donovan's ''Rock and Roll With Me'' single
"Thomas H. Ravn"  2008-03-15 07:56:29 
Re: Donovan's ''Rock and Roll With Me'' single
"Thomas H. Ravn"  2008-03-15 08:04:30 
Re: Donovan's ''Rock and Roll With Me'' single
"Thomas H. Ravn"  2008-03-15 08:16:46 
Re: Donovan's ''Rock and Roll With Me'' single
Will Dockery <will.doc  2008-03-15 12:14:18 
Re: Donovan's ''Rock and Roll With Me'' single
Will Dockery <will.doc  2008-03-16 16:57:37 

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