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Crimson and Clover es una canción de Tommy James and the Shondells, escrita por Tommy James y Peter Lucia. Fue uno de los grandes éxitos de los sesenta y alcanzó el número uno en el Billboard Hot 100 de Estados Unidos en 1969. Es también una de las canciones símbolo del llamado "pop-rock psicodélico". Está incluida en el álbum del mismo título (1968), un éxito en sí mismo, que alcanzó el puesto número ocho en las listas pop. Esta canción es famosa por el efecto vocal único que aparece hacia el final de la misma, para el que Tommy James enchufó su micrófono a un amplificador de la guitarra, activó el efecto de trémolo o sucesión rápida de notas, y cantó repetidamente "Crimson and Clover, over and over", creando un efecto tembloroso en su voz. Cuando se puso a la venta en diciembre del 68, muchos de los que escucharon la canción creían que decía "Christmas is over" en lugar de "Crimson and Clover". Hay dos versiones de esta canción: la del álbum, con un solo de guitarra que dura más de cinco minutos, y la del single, en la que el solo de guitarra está cortado y dura menos de tres minutos y medio. Following the release of "Mony Mony", Tommy James wanted to change direction of the group's sound, and began producing his own material. At the time, James said this was out of "necessity and ambition", wanting to move from singles into albums. He departed from the group's principal songwriters Bo Gentry and Ritchie Cordell, and was given complete artistic control by Roulette Records. The title, "Crimson and Clover", was decided before a song had been written for it. The combination of unknown meaning came to James as he was waking up, comprising his favorite color - crimson - and his favorite flower - clover. A song to fit the phrase was written by Tommy James and bassist Mike Vale, but was scrapped. His following collaboration with drummer Peter Lucia Jr. Was more successful. During the song's production, Roulette Records wanted a new single, so the group agreed to release "Do Something To Me" to gain time to complete the song. "Crimson and Clover" was recorded in late 1968 for about 5 hours. Tommy James played most of the instruments, while Mike Vale played bass and Peter Lucia Jr. Played drums. The song contains a tremolo effect on the guitar, set so that it vibrated in time with the song's rhythm. Near the end of the recording, the band had an idea of utilizing the tremolo effect with vocals. To achieve this, the voice microphone was plugged into an Ampeg guitar amplifier with tremolo turned on, and the output from the amplifier was recorded while James sang "Crimson and clover, over and over". Tommy James made a rough mix of "Crimson and Clover" to show to Roulette Records executive Morris Levy for evaluation. The band were still intending to improve on the mix with ambient sound and echo. A few days later, James stopped at WLS radio station - who he had previously had positive experience with - to get their reaction. After an interview discussing the single, he was convinced to play the rough mix for WLS off-air. Unbeknown to James, the station recorded the song, and they shortly played it on-air in November 1968 as a "world exclusive". Morris Levy initially pleaded WLS not to play the record prematurely before its release, but listener response changed his mind. Roulette Records produced a specially-pressed single and shipped it to listeners who called about the song. 800 copies of the song were also sent to WLS for promotional purposes. Levy refused to let James produce the final mix he wanted, and the single was released using the rough mix, with "Some Kind of Love" as its B-Side. Based on suggestions from radio stations, Tommy James and The Shondells chose to create a longer version of "Crimson and Clover" for their album. Since the song was initially recorded in single format, they had the choice of either re-recording it or expanding it. Opting to expand the song, the first two verses were copied without background vocals and overdubbed with guitar solos by Shondells guitarist Ed Gray using steel guitars and fuzz guitars. Due to issues with the speed of the single version and the master, this resulted in a slight drop in pitch during the solos, which went unfixed.[9][10] The album, also titled "Crimson and Clover", was released in January 1969 and reached a peak of #8 on the Billboard Hot 100. |
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Año: | 1968 | |
Formato: | 7" | |
A la venta: | 01/11/1968 | |
Lado B: | Some Kind of Love | |
Disquera: | Roulette |
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Eddie Gray - guitarra Ron Rosman - pianos eléctricos y acústicos, órgano Hammond y clavecín Mike Vale - bajo Peter Lucia - batería y percusiones |
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Now, i don't hardly know her, But, think I could love her Crimson and Clover. I wish she'd come walking over I'm waiting to show her, Crimson and Clover Over and over Yes, my, my, such a sweet thing, I wanna do everything, What a beautiful feeling. Crimson and Clover Over and over |
Ahora, yo no la conozco duramente pero pienso que podría amarla Carmesí y trébol desearía que ella viniera caminando por aquí la estoy esperando para enseñarle Carmesí y trébol siempre y por siempre Sí, mi, mi, como una cosa dulce quiero hacer todo que hermoso sentimiento Carmesí y trébol siempre y por siempre |
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Crimson and Clover puede ser considerada como la quintaescencia de la obra de Tommy James and the Shondells y, sin duda, fue el mejor L.P. de su carrera. Por muchas razones, fue el pivote sobre el cual giró su momento creativo. Escrito, producido y grabado completamente por Tommy y el grupo, le permitió a la banda expander su audiencia de los hits pops a la nueva cultura musical de los álbumes de rock, siendo uno de los pocos grupos que lo lograron. El single Crimson and Clover vendió arriba de los cinco y medio millones de copias en sólo ocho semanas y fue su mayor éxito en ventas. El álbum contiene otras tres rolas que vendieron por encima del millón de copias como sencillos, Do Somethin’ To Me, la etérea Crystal Blue Persuasion y Sugar On Sunday grabada por el grupo The Clique. Como dato curioso, durante la campaña presidencial de 1968 en los Estados Unidos, Tommy James and the Shondells recorrieron el país acompañando al vicepresidente Hubert H. Humphery quien, en una expression de su aprecio por la banda, escribió las notas incluídas en el album Crimson and Clover |
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Joan Jett; 2Young; Cher y su hijo Elijah Blue Allman; Simon and Garfunkel; Dolly Parton |
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