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Woggle and Shilo

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While listening to WOGgLe the other night on the way home, (by mistake) the DJ featured the Lost 45. The lost 45 was Neil Diamonds "Shilo" from 1970.

He explained that he was playing from an original 45, "the original radio version on Bang records." He began to say that the only version that was available now was a newer version re-recorded on Columbia records...

So I thought I was about to hear something obscure and different. It turned out to be the same version of Shilo I have heard about 1000 times.

The only other record I can think of off the top of my head on Bang Records (by a different artist) was Dereks "Cinnamon (Let Me In)" from 1968. If he wanted to feature a Lost 45 on Bang Records he should have played that one.

Anyway, did anyone else catch that on Woggle the other night? Am I missing something? I don't ever remember hearing a newer or different version of Shilo. To me it was the same song that we have heard throughout the years and I didn't see what was so "lost" about it.

I think WOGL is grasping at straws now, and they are afraid to actually play a REAL Lost 45 on the air for even 2 or 3 lousy minutes per day.
 
> While listening to WOGgLe the other night on the way home,
> (by mistake) the DJ featured the Lost 45. The lost 45 was
> Neil Diamonds "Shilo" from 1970.
>
> He explained that he was playing from an original 45, "the
> original radio version on Bang records." He began to say
> that the only version that was available now was a newer
> version re-recorded on Columbia records...
>
> So I thought I was about to hear something obscure and
> different. It turned out to be the same version of Shilo I
> have heard about 1000 times.
>
> The only other record I can think of off the top of my head
> on Bang Records (by a different artist) was Dereks "Cinnamon
> (Let Me In)" from 1968. If he wanted to feature a Lost 45
> on Bang Records he should have played that one.
>
> Anyway, did anyone else catch that on Woggle the other
> night? Am I missing something? I don't ever remember
> hearing a newer or different version of Shilo. To me it was
> the same song that we have heard throughout the years and I
> didn't see what was so "lost" about it.
>
The Lost 45 is only lost to WOGL. Your suggestion of Cinnamon would be a true lost 45. It's amazing how many songs charted to the top 20 and are now lost. I stopped listening to them way back. I've heard them call Tommy James "Draggin The Line" the Lost 45. What's lost is WOGL. They've put the "less" in clue.
 
I heard it too.To my taste it was a refreshing version of a song that I rarely hear.Wasn't the mix different from what was released on Columbia? It must be a difficult challenge to address the eclectic tastes of radio insiders and still maintain a mass appeal base of listeners in the competitive marketplace. Addressing specialized " Oh Wow " songs seems like a one way ticket to ratings obscurity. The people want the hits. Perhaps an IPOD is the only way to satisfy your search for things not heard or wanted by the masses.
>



<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by vumeter on 03/08/06 10:33 PM.</FONT></P>
 
I heard it too.To my taste it was a refreshing version of a song that I rarely hear.Wasn't the mix different from what was released on Columbia? It must be a difficult challenge to address the eclectic tastes of radio insiders and still maintain a mass appeal base of listeners in the competitive marketplace. Addressing specialized " Oh Wow " songs seems like a one way ticket to ratings obscurity. The people want the hits. Perhaps an IPOD is the only way to satisfy your search for things not heard or wanted by the masses.
>



<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by vumeter on 03/08/06 10:31 PM.</FONT></P>
 
McCoys

Fever by the McCoys is another one on the Bang label, that has two different versions. The original 45 has a different intro than the Album cut. I can remember a time when the late great Rockin' Bird spun it on WCAU-FM, (the greatest oldies station of all time), and he commented it sounded different. Of course they were playing the stereo Album cut and Joe knew it sounded strange because of all the airplay he gave it on WIBG. I did call him and played the original cut and he appreciated it, he told me his ears don't lie. I commented about the lost 45 months ago, it is a joke on WOGL, it seems the non-R&B. rock oriented oldies are all lost hits, when the soul tunes are all number one hits, which is false. These guys love to rewrite history. They had the nerve to call Liar Liar a lost hit, give me a break.
 
There is a second version of Shilo; he recut it not for Columbia but for Uni/MCA right after he left Bang to sign with them. It has different lyrics in the second verse: the Bang version goes

Counting the years
Keeping my dreams to myself
Till a young girl with fire
Made me trust somebody else

The MCA version is

Young girl with fire
Something said she understood
I wanted to fly
She made me feel like I could

and ends with him calling "Shiii-lo" in the fadeout. I don't think I've ever heard it on radio but it was on a background tape at a place where I used to work.
 
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