Tuesday 9 October 2012

torment tuesday



my but it's been slack round here of late hasn't it. i'm awful sorry. just not really been with it at all. much more hoovery and armchairing and vaguery. young gladys at her most desperatest has stirred things somewhere so here we go again...

gladys knight & the pips - giving up

x

11 comments:

drew said...

What a tune, have you heard the Ad-Libs version?

Been meaning to ask Ally, the version of I'm On Nights you posted yonks ago, is different from the one on Lowedges, where did it come from?

ally. said...

isn't it just. early gladys is new to me shamefully and i'm equally ignorant bout the ad libs go at it. i shall seek it out.
the hawley thing was from his website an age ago. i think it exists as the white sessions or something. i'll dig out the rest and pass it on when i get a minute if you like
x

Swiss Adam said...

I wouldn't mind the Hawley thing too if its OK.

Love the photo. And the Gladys song.

ally. said...

there shall be digging out and passing on tomorrow dears
x

ally. said...

dears
all that hawley acoustic beauty right here -
https://www.box.com/s/cqhebjuyuucya796mlw5

i hadn't listened to it for a while so ta for the reminder
x

drew said...

Thanks Ally, you're a star

here's a link to the Ad-libs version of Giving Up

https://www.box.com/s/3i41rs6ui2cad2ifuzli

ally. said...

oooh you're very welcome and ta very much

Swiss Adam said...

Ah, I used to have this Hawley track. It perished in the great hard drive disaster of 2007. Ta Ally.

Swiss Adam said...

And all the others too. The Nights Are Cold is loverly.

davyh said...

Weird. I got this versh of 'The Nights Are Cold' from his website donkeys' ago too, but never saw the others there. They are, as SA says, loverly - and lawdy, the version of 'On Nights' is magnificent.

Thanks hun x

Walter said...

Very good song and still a great voice. She makes me shiver one more time.