[ELMER GANTRY's] VELVET OPERA - ALBUM DETAILS

Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera (Direction, 8-63300, 1968)

1. Intro (Gantry)
2. Mother Writes (Ford)
3. Mary Jane (Gantry/Ford)
4. I Was Cool (Brown)
5. Walter Sky Meets Bill Bailey (Ford/Forster/Cannon)
6. Air (Forster/Hudson)
7. Lookin' For A Happy Life (Forster/Hudson)
8. Flames (Terry)
9. What's The Point Of Leaving (Gantry/Ford)
10. Long Nights Of Summer (Gantry)
11. Dream Starts (Ford/Hudson)
12. Reaction Of A Young Man (Gantry/Ford)
13. Now She's Gone (Gantry/Ford)

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Ride A Hustler's Dream (CBS 63692,1969)

1. Ride A Hustler's Dream (Brett)
2. Statesboro' Blues (Trad. arr.)
3. Money By (Brett/Hudson/Ford/Joyce)
4. Black Jack Davy (Ford)
5. Raise The Light (Hudson/Brett)
6. Raga And Lime (Hudson)


7. Anna Dance Square (Brett/Ford)
8. Depression (Ford)
9. Don't You Realise (Brett/Hudson/Ford/Joyce)
10. Warm Day In July (Brett)
11. Eleanor Rigby (Lennon/McCartney

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Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera (Repertoire REP 4495-WP, 1994)

1. Intro (Gantry)
2. Mother Writes (Ford)
3. Mary Jane (Gantry/Ford)
4. I Was Cool (Brown)
5. Walter Sky Meets Bill Bailey (Ford/Forster/Cannon)
6. Air (Forster/Hudson)
7. Lookin' For A Happy Life (Forster/Hudson)
8. Flames (Terry)
9. What's The Point Of Leaving (Gantry/Ford)
10. Long Nights Of Summer (Gantry)
11. Dream Starts (Ford/Hudson)
12. Reaction Of A Young Man (Gantry/Ford)
13. Now She's Gone (Gantry/Ford)

Bonus tracks

14. Flames (single version) (Terry)
15. Salisbury Plain (single version) (Ford/Hudson/Horrocks/Forster/Terry)
16. Mary Jane (single version) (Gantry/Ford)
17. Dreamy (single version) (Gantry/Ford)
18. Volcano (single version) (Blaikley)
19. A Quick "B" (single version) (Gantry/Ford/Brett/Hudson)

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Ride A Hustler's Dream (Repertoire REP 4531-WP, 1995)

1. Ride A Hustler's Dream (Brett)
2. Statesboro' Blues (Trad. arr.)
3. Money By (Brett/Hudson/Ford/Joyce)
4. Black Jack Davy (Ford)
5. Raise The Light (Hudson/Brett)
6. Raga And Lime (Hudson)
7. Anna Dance Square (Brett/Ford)
8. Depression (Ford)
9. Don't You Realise (Brett/Hudson/Ford/Joyce)
10. Warm Day In July (Brett)
11. Eleanor Rigby (Lennon/McCartney

Bonus tracks

12. She Keeps Giving Me These Feelings (McTavish)
13. There's A Hole In My Pocket(McTavish)

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The Very Best of (See For Miles, 1996, SEECD 417)

1. Intro (Gantry)
2. Mother Writes (Ford)
3. Long Nights Of Summer (Gantry)
4. Mary Jane (Gantry/Ford)
5. Air (Forster/Hudson)
6. Lookin' For A Happy Life (Forster/Hudson)
7. Flames (single version) (Terry)
8. Dreamy (Gantry/Ford)
9. Talk Of The Devil (from the film of the same name)(Woolfson)
10. And I Remember (Ford/Terry)
11. To Be With You (Ford/Terry)
12. The Painter (Elmer Gantry solo) (Ford/Terry)
13. Volcano (Blaikley)
14. Raga (Hudson)
15. Eleanor Rigby (Lennon/McCartney
16. Warm Day In July (Brett)
17. Anna Dance Square (Brett/Ford)
18. Statesboro' Blues (Trad. arr.)
19. There's A Hole In My Pocket (McTavish)

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Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera (bootleg) (Apothecary Records, no date, Sorcery 001)

1. All AlongThe Watchtower
2. Mary Jane (Gantry/Ford)
3. Something Else(no details)
4. Short interview with Brian Matthew
5. Flames (Terry)
6. Dreamy (Gantry/Ford)
7. Mother Writes (Ford)
8. Flames (Acetate)(Terry)
9. Flames (Acetate cleaned sound)(Terry)

All except * from Saturday Club, BBC Radio 1, 27 Jan 1968, a session which predated the first album by 6 months. Line-up was David Terry (aka Elmer Gantry), Colin Forster, Hud and John.

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