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Title: Need copy of old recording
Post by: richbass939 on January 19, 2006, 05:08:23 PM

My chapter of the Kiwanis club does a show each year in which we use a very bad recording of an upbeat Beatrice Kaye (I believe) song that has a chorus that goes something like I didn't know the gun was loaded..... And I'll never, ever do it again.  We would like to get a clean copy of it before our next show in early March.  I would appreciate any help you can give me.
I could be wrong, but something tells me this request has George Wright all over it.
Rich
 
(Message edited by richbass939 on January 19, 2006)

Title: Need copy of old recording
Post by: george_wright on January 19, 2006, 06:32:34 PM

Sorry, Rich :-(.  I have a lot o' old material, but....  Well, I guess that's just not my demographic :-)!  
 
And speaking of not my demographic, I just did a search of MusicMatch and found I Didn't Know That Funk Was Loaded by George Clinton.  Do you think that would be close enough :-)?

Title: Need copy of old recording
Post by: richbass939 on January 19, 2006, 08:01:06 PM

Thanks, George.  Somehow I think the guys would not want to substitute George Clinton for Beatrice Kaye.  I have my feelers out to a website that sells old radio shows, including some Beatrice Kaye stuff. I think maybe we'll get lucky pretty soon.
Rich

Title: Need copy of old recording
Post by: 2400wattman on January 19, 2006, 08:07:03 PM

Are you talking about George Wright the pipe organ player? If so I will talk to my father about this to see if he has heard of it and getting you a copy.

Title: Need copy of old recording
Post by: george_wright on January 20, 2006, 06:40:36 AM

Call me self-centered, but I thought he was talking about ME :-)(not the theater organist or the baseball hall-of-famer (with double-parenthesized apologies to all you non-US readers)).  Anyway, Rich, I emailed a friend of mine with an iTunes subscription to see if he can find something there.

Title: Need copy of old recording
Post by: adriaan on January 20, 2006, 06:59:40 AM

Did you already search Google for
 
I didn't know the gun was loaded..... And I'll never, ever do it again
 
There's lots of matches, and some of them even appear to be relevant!

Title: Need copy of old recording
Post by: george_wright on January 20, 2006, 07:03:27 AM

Heard back from my iTunes-capable friend.  There are two versions on iTunes.  One is by the Andrew Sisters off their Andrew Sisters: 50th Anniversary Collection, Vol. 2 album and the other is by The Ray Ellington Quartet off their The Three Bears album.
 
Edit: Rich, why not email me direct at geo@loyola.edu?  Somehow I think this isn't the most thrilling thread for the rest of the board.
You want me to try to get one/both?
 
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Title: Need copy of old recording
Post by: David Houck on January 20, 2006, 04:58:40 PM

I thought about a search but figured I'ld be swamped in links to court case transcripts!

Title: Need copy of old recording
Post by: richbass939 on January 21, 2006, 07:26:09 AM

George, what?  Everyone doesn't find this topic as riveting as I do?  Also, let's not forget the George Wright who's a natural foods purchasing agent in Denver.  I'm sure we all know him ... or not.
One thing I've found while googling is that a song with that name has been recorded by at least three different artists.  Our Kiwanis club wants the exact same recording.  I have some e-mails out to a couple of people who sell these old recordings.  One of them is Wright Record Co.
We still have some time so we'll see what turns up.  I'll e-mail you, George.
Dave, I saw all the court cases, too.  You are exactly Wright about the results of that kind of search.
Thanks for all the help everybody.
Rich