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Knockin' on Heavens Door Question

Posted: 08 May 2010, 02:52
by cosmicdolphin
Question:

Am I right in thinking this was recorded in 2 parts for a possible single release?

Rich

Posted: 08 May 2010, 23:18
by panzerfaust
what do you mean by "recorded in 2 parts", can you clarify please?

Posted: 08 May 2010, 23:30
by stufarq
Wasn't it one of several tracks mooted for an EP of covers? Emma was another. I can't remember if any recording actually took place but certainly the EP never saw the light of day.

Alternatively, cosmicdolphin might be thinking of the live version on the b-side of Dr Jeep.

Posted: 08 May 2010, 23:34
by radiojamaica
On the Ultra Rare Trax cd there is a fade out in the middle of the song which could indicate it was taken from a 7" single, but none of that's true I'm afraid.

Re: Knockin' on Heavens Door Question

Posted: 09 May 2010, 00:29
by Pista
cosmicdolphin wrote:Question:

Am I right in thinking this was recorded in 2 parts for a possible single release?

Rich
No.
:D

Posted: 09 May 2010, 11:30
by abridged
Was there not a suggestion from WEA that a cover be released, around the time of F&L&A? Could be wrong but I seem to remember :von: mentioning something along those lines?

Posted: 09 May 2010, 16:33
by mh
Rumour which I am unable to substantiate is that a covers EP was certainly mooted sometime in 84. Presumably the KOHD demo is what came out of that, but it certainly wasn't recorded in 2 parts and what you might read on Ultra Rare Trax is a load of cobblers.

Full unfaded versions of the demo do exist (e.g. on Victims of Circumstance) so the "2 parts" thing has to be the work of a subsequent bootlegger. We all know that bootleggers did occasionally "invent" tracks - such as the demos of Temple and Kiss the Carpet - and there's nothing to indicate that anything different happened here.

Then again, there was doubt over whether Wide Receiver was a genuine Sisters track until confirmed on the FALAA reissue, so you never know...

Posted: 10 May 2010, 09:14
by jost 7
kohd demo is a nice thing, but i guess no one in here listens to it regularly. one of the main inventions after gary left was the new version of it, especially the bassline. it would have been great having a studio version of that take, but some of these live versions are among the most impressive tracks imo, and hardly to top in the studio

Posted: 29 Jun 2010, 22:55
by Colin Darklord
Actually my tape version of 'knocking on heaven's door' WAS taken from a 7" on red vinyl - I think called 'razor smiles EP?' with a skelatal picture on the cover - along with a 'fade out when drums start' version of stairway to heaven.

Posted: 29 Jun 2010, 23:06
by Izzy HaveMercy
Colin Darklord wrote:Actually my tape version of 'knocking on heaven's door' WAS taken from a 7" on red vinyl - I think called 'razor smiles EP?' with a skelatal picture on the cover - along with a 'fade out when drums start' version of stairway to heaven.
That's Razor Smiles indeed. The version on there is a live version from 1985, featuring Skeletal Family and Andrew and The Huss joining in, or so it states...

IZ.

Posted: 30 Jun 2010, 08:51
by markfiend
mh wrote:We all know that bootleggers did occasionally "invent" tracks - such as the demos of Temple and Kiss the Carpet
And if :von: is to be believed, so did Rhino. Read that interview from Classic Rock a few months back.

Posted: 30 Jun 2010, 10:18
by mh
markfiend wrote:
mh wrote:We all know that bootleggers did occasionally "invent" tracks - such as the demos of Temple and Kiss the Carpet
And if :von: is to be believed, so did Rhino. Read that interview from Classic Rock a few months back.
That grumpy wee man! What wouldd he know about the Sisters anyway? :lol:

For what it's worth, the old interview (Before the Flood?) from back in the day confirms that at least a good chunk of the song in question is genuine.