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16 August 2007

Some Velvet Morning when I'm straight. In 1968 Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood recorded a strange and wonderful duet for a TV special.→[More:]

An epic and trippy version from Vanilla Fudge 1969

Rowland S. Howard, Lydia Lunch 1982

Eedie & Eddie And The Reggaebots 1990 More info on the robotic duo.

Slowdive 1993

My Dying Bride 2001

Primal Scream featuring Kate Moss 2002

One of Lee's last recordings before his death on Aug 4th. Lee Hazlewood & Phaedra Dawn Stewart (Grandpa & Phaedra) 2007

post by: arse_hat at: 18:11 | 18 comments

I love this song. I have a version by Thin White Rope; I'll post it when I get home tonight.

posted by bmarkey 16 August | 18:18

Cool. I've never heard that version bmarkey.

posted by arse_hat 16 August | 18:21

I love this song. Art Bell used to play it all the time.

oh god, did I just admit to listening to art bell??

posted by kellydamnit 16 August | 18:31

In the meantime, here they are playing it live in 1991.

posted by bmarkey 16 August | 18:45

The sound's not so great (nor is the picture, for that matter), but it'll give you a taste.

posted by bmarkey 16 August | 18:49

I love this song but I'd never heard any of the covers... whoa! Thanks, a_h!

posted by BoringPostcards 16 August | 19:22

Thanks. Been looking for the original since it was on Radio MeCha. How delightfully contrast-y.

posted by Eideteker 16 August | 19:38

Oooh, one of my favorite songs of ever. I didn't know it was recorded for a TV show though.

posted by smich 16 August | 21:11

OK, where did that Primal Scream version come from?? Because that is seriously awesome. (It sounds like something off XTRMNTR.)

posted by BoringPostcards 16 August | 21:16

My wife has this on vinyl and it blew my mind to 1,000 pieces the first time she played it for me. Thanks for posting, I'd forgotten about that.

posted by cobra! 16 August | 21:34

BoringPostcards: It's from "Evil Heat", the follow up to Xtermtr.

posted by burhanistan 16 August | 21:45

BP, burhanistan has it.

posted by arse_hat 16 August | 22:37

"I didn't know it was recorded for a TV show though." A lot of 60's TV sucked but there were some things that came out that were just wild and off the wall. It was a good time for music on the tube. It would lead to Sonny and Cher and The Johnny Cash Show.

posted by arse_hat 16 August | 22:40

Well, Divshare is getting screwed up by our ad blocker and I'm too stupid to know how to turn it off. I'll try and post the file tomorrow morning, when Science Girl can hold my hand through the process. Sorry.

posted by bmarkey 17 August | 02:24

Firewater also recorded it.

posted by drezdn 17 August | 09:02

I've heard the original, and the Lydia Lunch version, but these others are all new to me. Thanks, arse_hat.

posted by box 17 August | 09:51

At long last: Thin White Rope.

posted by bmarkey 17 August | 12:45

Thanks bmarkey.

posted by arse_hat 17 August | 13:15

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