If You're a Viper Additional discographical (usually original label, year of release), biographical information was added by Lawrence Azrin. Also, check out the links at your leisure.
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* - but much more associated with Rosetta Howard's(1937) and Fats Waller's (1943) versions // BTW, "Viper" = Harlem slang for "pot smoker", but you hep cats knew that, right? :)) - LsA
* - Edited version of 2:52, although many AM Top-40 stations ended up playing the full 7+ minute version anyway. /. ** - This is their infamous performance where producer Bob Precht asked them to change the "girl, we couldn't get much HIGHER" to "girl, we couldn't get much BETTER". They agreed to, but then Morrison sang the original lyrics. // Ranked #5 on the "Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list
* - this Chi-Lites cover was not on the original 7-inch 'Beat Surrender' single (their FINAL single), but was one of three covers on the 12" 5-song 'Beat Surrender' EP, also released in the US in early 1983.
She began recording in 1922; this was her next-to-last record / B-side of 'He May Be Your Man (But He Comes To See Me Sometime)' // Click on Link above/ left, to view the original shellac record.
The album was recorded in May 1980. Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson, who died December 25, 2022, at age 82, played on this. A salary dispute between the band and Muddy Waters's manager halted the session. Eventually the album was completed by using a couple of outtakes from the 1977 album "Hard Again." Johnny Winter and guitarist Bob Margolin were not happy with the result.
* - One of the keys to The Ventures success is that many of their album tracks were covers of singles that were just starting to climb the charts when The Ventures recorded them. SO - they were hoping that these singles would be BIG hits when their albums were actually released a month or two later.
* - One of the keys to The Ventures success is that many of their album tracks were covers of singles that were just starting to climb the charts when The Ventures recorded them. SO - they were hoping that these singles would be BIG hits when their albums were actually released a month or two later.
This album was ranked #3 on the "Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time", 2012 / * produced by Paul McCartney, and released the same day as this album
* - One of the keys to The Ventures success is that many of their album tracks were covers of singles that were just starting to climb the charts when The Ventures recorded them. SO - they were hoping that these singles would be BIG hits when their albums were actually released a month or two later.
* - One of the keys to The Ventures success is that many of their album tracks were covers of singles that were just starting to climb the charts when The Ventures recorded them. SO - they were hoping that these singles would be BIG hits when their albums were actually released a month or two later.
