mrfinewine
08-15-2010, 04:55 PM
Rufus Thomas, Funky Mississippi
vs.
George Young and the Youngsters, Sayin' Somethin'
These seem to have the same backing track. How? Why? Rufus's record has vocals; George's is an instrumental. Rufus's is a Stax record; George's came out on a Detroit label, Pacesetter [[and also apparently got a French release on Columbia). George Young was a guitar player, but there's a lead saxophone on "Sayin' Somethin'" that's not on the Stax recording....I'm curious about how this came about. I know, of course, that lots of Detroit backing tracks got reused...but a Stax backing track?? Who's actually playing on it?
Here's Rufus: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmjLmL9OCR0
I played the George Young recently on the radio August 13; it starts around 29:16: http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/36911
Thanks for any information or insight you may have!!
vs.
George Young and the Youngsters, Sayin' Somethin'
These seem to have the same backing track. How? Why? Rufus's record has vocals; George's is an instrumental. Rufus's is a Stax record; George's came out on a Detroit label, Pacesetter [[and also apparently got a French release on Columbia). George Young was a guitar player, but there's a lead saxophone on "Sayin' Somethin'" that's not on the Stax recording....I'm curious about how this came about. I know, of course, that lots of Detroit backing tracks got reused...but a Stax backing track?? Who's actually playing on it?
Here's Rufus: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmjLmL9OCR0
I played the George Young recently on the radio August 13; it starts around 29:16: http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/36911
Thanks for any information or insight you may have!!