Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Re: Eivets Rednow Question

[EGS1217@xxxxxxx]

One of my favourite albums and why my latest cat is Alfie.
 
Remember too that Stevie began recording this in either 1967 or 1968  (it 
was released towards the end of '68 during the Vietnam War) and did the  
backwards name precisely because he was playing what was thought of even then as 
 'main-stream' (old-style) all instrumental-music - Burt Bacharach, etc. He 
was  all of 18 when it came out and I don't think those handling his career 
wanted  him tagged as a Variety Show style performer which would surely 
follow since he  was already establishing his persona of a Soul and Pop 
singer/performer. 
 
The beauty and genius of the album wasn't truly recognized until very  many 
years later since his legions of young fans didn't want much to do with it  
at the time. 
 
Don't quite know what they were capable of in the studios then, but my  
bet's on Slim. I haven't seen any indication Stevie ever played anything 
smaller  than a 16 hole chromatic from his early days. Isn't it astonishing how 
good  he already was at that age?
 
you can listen to audio samples of all the songs here:
 
_http://www.amazon.com/gp/recsradio/radio/B000001A9R/ref=pd_krex_dp_a_ 
(http://www.amazon.com/gp/recsradio/radio/B000001A9R/ref=pd_krex_dp_a) 
 
Elizabeth 
 
"Message: 9
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:14:59 -0700
From: Slim Heilpern  <slim@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Re: Eivets Rednow  Question
To: michael rubin <michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc:  harp-l _harp-l@xxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx) 

Nah, it's a C chrom, normal speed. Really, trust me on this  ;-).

BTW, it goes up to a high D, so that rules out either a G chrom or a  C 
slowed down to G. 

But thanks for reminding me what a beautiful  performance this was!

- Slim

On Oct 10, 2011, at 3:59 PM, michael  rubin wrote:

> Our new idea is that he recorded on a C and the  engineer slowed to song 
to G.
> Michael Rubin
>  Michaelrubinharmonica.com
> 
> On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 5:26 PM,  michael rubin
> <michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>  Working on Ruby with a student on a C chromatic.  He has a band  that
>> is playing in the key of C, but Stevie is playing in the key of  G.
>> When my student used the amazing slow downer to transpose up to  the
>> key of C, he noticed that all of the trill button in/out  effects
>> continued to work.  When we played in the key of G on a  C chromatic,
>> we needed a sixteen hole chrome to get the full range  of the song.
>> But when transposed, the entire song fit on a 12 hole  chrome.  Is it
>> possible that Stevie played this song on a G  chromatic?
>> Thanks,
>> Michael Rubin
>>  Michaelrubinharmonica.com
>>  ------------------------------