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Title: Laughing Gravy's "Vegetables" -- remade in 1972? Post by: pobbard on March 16, 2008, 07:57:31 PM I have a copy of the 2004 Pet Projects CD which collects a number of Brian's productions, including the Laughing Gravy (aka Dean Torrence) cover of "Vegetables". However, on the Amazon.com review page for this disc (at http://www.amazon.com/Pet-Projects-Brian-Wilson-Productions/dp/B000083LRM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1205722432&sr=1-1 (http://www.amazon.com/Pet-Projects-Brian-Wilson-Productions/dp/B000083LRM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1205722432&sr=1-1)), it says:
"Dean of Jan and Dean recorded a cover of the Smiley Smile track Vegetables in 1967, with Brian, Marilyn and Diane helping out on vocals, and this came out on the White Whale label credited to Laughing Gravy (the name of Laurel and Hardy's dog in The Chimp). Although this is listed as having been included on the album, the version that actually plays is the 1972 Jan and Dean re-make on United Artists that was on the flipside of Jenny Lee, though it does have Brian Wilson on backing vocals. " Is this accurate? Is this really the 1972 remake on Pet Projects, and if so, where can I find the original 1967 version by Laughing Gravy? Thanks. Title: Re: Laughing Gravy's \ Post by: c-man on March 16, 2008, 08:05:15 PM Dean, Brian, Marilyn & Diane recorded new backing vocals for it in 1971, and that version was released on the "Jan and Dean Anthology" album in early '72. There's a picture of that session in the David Leaf book. I don't think Brian or the Rovell sisters are on the original 1967 version, although Brian is credited with coproducing it.
Title: Re: Laughing Gravy's \ Post by: MBE on March 17, 2008, 02:08:25 AM Actually they all were on the original and you can even hear them better.
Title: Re: Laughing Gravy's \ Post by: harveyw on March 17, 2008, 04:56:31 AM Yeah, the version of Vegetables on the Pet Projects CD is the 1972 remake. The 1967 recording is available (in the loosest possible sense of the word) on the Japanese "Still I Dream Of You" compilation from 1993.
Title: Re: Laughing Gravy's \ Post by: Andrew G. Doe on March 17, 2008, 06:19:45 AM Actually they all were on the original and you can even hear them better. I don't think so - the photos of the session are definitely from the early 70s. Title: Re: Laughing Gravy's \ Post by: Bicyclerider on March 17, 2008, 06:51:01 AM The original 67 version is on the "In the Garden: The White Whale Story" CD:
http://www.amazon.com/Garden-White-Whale-Story/dp/B0000DZGVY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1205761763&sr=8-1 The CD is worth getting even besides the Laughing Gravy single. Title: Re: Laughing Gravy's \ Post by: Smilin Ed H on March 17, 2008, 08:47:25 AM And on top of that, the dog appears in the 1931 short, Laughing Gravy.
(http://www.radiance.org/lahimages/laughinggravy.jpg) Title: Re: Laughing Gravy's \ Post by: MBE on March 17, 2008, 06:20:07 PM Actually they all were on the original and you can even hear them better. I don't think so - the photos of the session are definitely from the early 70s. |