And now that you say it, the electric piano is obvious. The marimba I wouldn't have guessed at, but I sure hear it now.
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:
: Thanks Sean...I may be the one who gets on
: here to field questions about SAC but the
: whole band really appreciates you and all
: our fans that have paid attention to what we
: did as youngsters...It really was a magical
: time...And we all are very grateful for the
: extraordinary experience we shared. As much
: as we complain about the "powers that
: be" having creative control over us, we
: did manage to express ourselves on many
: tracks...This was not true for many of the
: acts of that time or any time. It may be a
: bigger problem nowadays.
:
: That guitar solo Ed plays in Heated Love was
: something I had in my head. When we were
: recording it Ed took a couple of passes at a
: solo there when I told him I had a melodic
: solo in my head...He said; "whenever
: you have an idea like that PLEASE tell
: me!"
: So I hummed it to him and he loved it. He
: then added the harmony to it.
: Mark played some electric piano glissando
: with Randy playing marimbas = It was
: actually very subtle. Thanks for noticing!
:
:
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: It's so cool that you respond to fans on
: here,
: George. Thanks so much for the info.
: I hear Wooden Woman and Heated Love as one
: long song - they flow together so perfectly.
: And then Love Me Again starts... It's a
: brilliant sequence of songs on a great
: record. I even listen to most of side one
:
: And speaking of Heated Love, The
: instrumental breaks on that track are
: remarkable. Ed's guitars, the glissando
: thing (is that a harp?). Pretty magical.
:
: I agree Love Me Again should have been a
: single. Or Wooden Woman & Heated Love.
: I'm just grateful that you guys persevered
: and made this great music despite the
: forces working against you. Thank you again!
:
: --Previous Message--
: Hi Sean...
: Love Me Again was written by Lee Freeman and
: Ed King - sung by Lee Freeman - It was one
: of two songs written by them on our third
: album. I loved them both as well as Lee
: Freeman's Wooden Woman. The other song is A
: Million Smiles Away...a gem too!
: Ed did some great double tracked guitar work
: on all three songs.
: Love Me Again has an obvious influence from
: our having just done two Beach Boy's tours
: with The Buffalo Springfield. Ed captured
: that magic that happens between Stephen
: Stills and Neil Young playing off each
: other.
: Lee Freeman sang lead on all three of those
: songs. Love Me Again had that Righteous
: Brothers influence.
: The reason it's dubbed a lost gem is because
: the manager, producer and record company
: were hell bent on releasing the more lush,
: commercial and middle of the road stuff as
: singles for radio airplay, such as Barefoot
: in Baltimore and Sea Shell...the latter of
: which was written by John Carter and Tim
: Gilbert who wrote the lyrics to Incense and
: Peppermints.
: These kinds of mistakes distanced the SAC
: from our core audience.
: The band had no control of the situation.
: The best songs on the third album were the
: ones the band wrote. There were outside
: songs that we were forced to play and sing
: along with a string and brass section
: conducted by George Tipton.
: Completely out of character for the SAC.
: Barefoot got into the Billboard Top 100 but
: I think Love Me Again or A Million Smiles
: Away would have fared better. Just sayin...
:
:
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: --Previous Message--
: i have been trying to figure out who sang on
: Love Me Again. It's been a favorite of mine
: for years. All-music calls it a "lost
: masterpiece". Aside from that there's
: not much info about it. I would love to know
: more about it.
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