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All sorts of riffs this song either sampled or was sampled by others, most probable the later Sock, always liked the Sweet, enigmatic of the era. j
 
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All sorts of riffs this song either sampled or was sampled by others, most probable the later Sock, always liked the Sweet, enigmatic of the era. j
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I don't think there was a lot of sampling going on back in April '73 when this was released, Jon.
The trick back then, rather than air guitar was to get the timing right, finger in the air, on the time pip.
My copy still plays.

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....... Dave Berry did this as a ` B ` side to ` The Crying Game ` ........... This Sex Pistols version dates from some of their earliest recordings , circa Nov 1976 ............ other cover versions they played live in their early days included The Who`s ` Substitute ` , and The Monkees ` Stepping Stone ` ...........
 

..... so here is ` Stepping Stone ` by The Monkees ......... originally written for , and performed by , Paul Revere and The Raiders ..........

Note Mike Nesmith`s continual nifty guitar swops ......... how does he do it ... ? ..........

Paul Revere ..... The Monkees ...... The Sex Pistols .......... It`s your choice .......... but not if you can`t stand any of them , obviously ...... :) ...............
 
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Hi Rocket, all three do it for me. Loved ‘The Monkees’ tv show when I was a kid, even though they had a lot of criticism at the time for being a manufactured band.

Sock, loved The Sweet too. Ballroom Blitz a great record. Batmobile did a great psychobilly version. Have a look at their live performance in Japan, Club Citta, 1991. Wild.
 
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Also a belated message to mention Mike Berry who died recently, April 11th. Released some great records in the early 1960s, produced by Joe Meek. One record ‘Tribute to Buddy Holly’ was actually banned by the BBC for being too morbid ! His band ‘The Outlaws’ featured Chas Hodges later of Chas and Dave fame and Richie Blackmore who I’m sure you know. Later he became an actor and starred in ‘Are you being Served’ for several seasons on the BBC.
 
I saw him at the Hollywood Bowl about 10 or 12 years ago and I can honestly say that after seeing him on stage for over an hour I still haven’t seen Brian Wilson perform. He sat behind a piano the he did not play: another guy in the back played all the piano parts. And he lip synched all of his vocals. Even his patter between songs sounded stilted and scripted.

He quit performing a decade or more before he stopped touring! I understand that he probably had bills to pay, but the whole affair left a bad taste in my mouth and it was a disservice to his fans who paid to see him actually perform his music.
 
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