"Boo-gie Woo-gie"?

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  1. kenk said:

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    There is a song, done by an artist with a British accent, that starts out with a British bobbie explaining to a judge that he arrested the defendent because he was playing music too loud. He then explains that the defendent called it "Boo-gee Woo-gee" saying it as I have typed it here. The defendent then explains was Bogie Wogie is. I thought it was John Baldry's "Don't lay no Boogie Woogie on the King of Rock and Roll" but if it was I can't find the track with that intro. It may have been a live performance. I have been looking for a long time. Anybody remember hearing it?

    Thanks for any help!
     
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    F A B Scott said:

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    You're right.
    I remember the song; it was Long John Baldry talking about his early life busking on the streets of London where he was apparently often arrested.
    It is possibly only on the Vinyl LP [It Ain't Easy] which itself seems quite rare and maybe not worth risking the £65 as quoted here in case it doesn't include the speaking part.


    edit:
    After much digging around, I've found this clip on youtube.
    YouTube - dont try to lay no boogie woogie on the king of R&R

    The intro part is also known as "Conditional Discharge".
     
  3. kenk said:

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    That's it!! You have no idea how long I have looked for this track. I have a couple of Baldry CD's that have "Don't lay no boogie woogie" on it, but of course none have the introduction. I really appreciate your sending it. There are other songs I like with the same "problem." There is a Janice Joplin cassette I have titled "Joplin in concert" that has a great introduction to one song but when I bought the CD the intro had been left out. Sometimes the intro makes the song.

    I have never utilized a service like i-Tunes, which brought me your track. If I understood their site, you can download songs to your playlist at i-Tunes for $.99 each and then burn them to a CD via your computer. I am sure that you have much more experience at this than I do, so I'd like to ask you; do you utilize i-Tunes or are there other similar services available for less money. I realize that you can download songs from various sites directly and just store them on your computer, but I have never found a site that has more than a few of the songs I am looking for. Also, "easy" is worth a little more money! Please give me your input, and again, thank you so much for the track.

    Also, what is the advisability of copying tracks from CD's I own to such a web site to make a more complete list, or can that even be done?
    Last edited by kenk; 09-06-2007 at 06:05 AM.
     
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    F A B Scott said:

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    I have never used Itunes either, sorry...but I understand it is ok, quick, easy and at least should be safe from malware. [viruses etc] I prefer to get stuff free when I can. [legally]

    Maybe someone else here can offer some advice on Itunes.


    What is the title of the 'Joplin in concert' song? I have some of her stuff here that I could check through.
     
  5. kenk said:

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    The song is "Try (Just a little bit harder)" on an album entitled "Joplin in concert." On the cassette she talks about a prostitute that lives one floor below her and seems to make a whole lot more money and she wants to figure out why. On the CD all of the conversation is cut out.