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Originally Posted by wetcamelfood
OK I loaded the 7S & TCWOAB Fire's in 2 mp3 players I have on my PC and played them at the same time. Naturally it takes a second to click play on the 2nd mp3 player after clicking play on the first one but I find this is a good way for determining version questions so you can get an echo feel if it is the same version and if it skews then this points to it being 2 different recordings. Of course there are the variables of if one mp3 was mastered at the same speed of the other etc. but naturally you adjust the speed of the one pulling away as needed and even if that doesn't work you can tell by closely listening to the "licks". As we know, especially back then, artists would often try to emulate the original when doing a cover as closely as they can but as humans, you can't get your voice to croak at the same time, the same way, etc. (maybe after 100 takes a freak of nature happens but not something you can bank on happening to the point where you'd blow thousands on studio time being optimistic that this will happen when recording) and it's often been said that even if you get the same guitar as your hero, same gear, right down to the same strings etc. you most likely will not be able to sound like your hero when you play it because the way your hero's fingers clutch the fretboard and so on is something you may come close to replicating but won't (not to the point where you could record an identical cover that would cause debates as to if it is the original recording or not). With these factors in mind, I'd say they do a good job at replicating here but I think they are different versions. The I AM THE GOD OF FIRE at the beginning alone is enough for me but even after giving it the benefit of the doubt, some things later still sounded different. I even checked the mono and stereo mp3s of TCWOAB's version as the mono doesn't include the horns).
I'd like to get feedback from others on this thread though since you posted both versions earlier. We might get this cleared up as much as we can by getting a consensus. Anyone?
John
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It just doesn't sound like the Seven Souls though to my way of thinking. I'm not doubting they are different versions but does it sound like the Seven Souls? Unless, and here is a spanner for the works, the single is meant to say "The Crazy World of Arthur Brown WITH the Seven Souls".
I mean the information available to us says it is the Seven Souls, and I wouldn't even doubt this if it wasn't that little bit on the back saying "TCWOAB BY the Seven Souls". It really makes no sense, especially as the other track was Sam & Dave. I'd understand the "BY" if both tracks were TCWOAB but they aren't.
Now I know that it was common for lesser known bands to cover the big hits, and of course Fire made #1 on the charts, so perhaps that's why 7S covered it, and tried to sound as much like the original as they could. Perhaps the mention of TCWOAB was purely to sell the extra album for those unsuspecting Spanish and French buyers who wouldn't read the description too closely but had heard the single across the Channel?