"Good old a cappella"'s origin?
Hanno Mueller at home
The Nylons' version of "Good old a cappella" is one of my favourite
songs when performed live.
Did the Nylons actually write that song? If not, what group wrote
and recorded the original version?
Greetings,
Hanno
"A Cappella", as you all know, is Italian. Hanno Mueller, Sechs Richtige
It means "let's save money on the band". Henning-Wulf-Weg 12, 22529 HH
(Claude Morrison / The Nylons) Germany, Phone +49-40-5603170
Auftritte "Sechs Richtige": 15.4. Foolsgarden HH, 3.5. Abikonzert Bueckburg
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Dr. Whett N. Wylde
: Hello everyone,
: The Nylons' version of "Good old a cappella" is one of my favourite
: songs when performed live.
: Did the Nylons actually write that song? If not, what group wrote
: and recorded the original version?
I can't say for certain whether The Persuasions wrote the tune, but they
did record it on their 'We Still Ain't Got No Band' album, circa '73.
If I remember, I'll check the liner notes.
Jim Frewen
subject on a reply to a post and I didn't catch it in time. So here
it is again with the proper subject
H...@orplid.shnet.org (Hanno Mueller at home) wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
>
>
> The Nylons' version of "Good old a cappella" is one of my favourite
> songs when performed live.
>
> Did the Nylons actually write that song? If not, what group wrote
> and recorded the original version?
>
>
> Greetings,
>
> Hanno
>
According to the credits on the "4 On The Floor" cd, it was written by
L. Carter and O. Nevado and was published by Max Hound Music Co..
However, it also credits Paul Cooper with additional lyrics.
The Trenchcoats also do a great arrangement of this song and they too
have altered the lyrics to put their own stamp on it.
Does anybody know when this song was written? It almost seems like a
traditional song. I was actually surprised to see songwriters
credited.
Also, what are the legalities of adding to or changing the lyrics of
a cover tune for either a live or recorded performance? I'm also
thinking of Sean Altman's additonal stanza in "Zombie Jamboree" and
also covers by the Flirtations and there must be others.
Jim Frewen
Ontario, Canada Ambassador
Contemporary A Cappella Society of America
Ken Purchase
wrote:
>
> > The Nylons' version of "Good old a cappella" is one of my favourite
> > songs when performed live.
> Also, what are the legalities of adding to or changing the lyrics of
> a cover tune for either a live or recorded performance? I'm also
> thinking of Sean Altman's additonal stanza in "Zombie Jamboree" and
> also covers by the Flirtations and there must be others.
Well, speaking as a guy who has just sent off dozens of forms to the Harry
Fox Agency to purchase mechanical licenses for copyright permission, I can
authoritatively say that there is a clause in the Harry Fox contracts which
says "Lyric changes must be approved by the publisher" meaning the
copyringht owner(s) of the song, who sometimes are hard to find. Buying a
mechanical license only entitles you to reproduce the song, using an
essentially unchanged basic melody and structure of the song, which
inlcudes unchanged lyrics.
K
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Colin E. Zwickey
> did record it on their 'We Still Ain't Got No Band' album, circa '73.
> If I remember, I'll check the liner notes.
The song is from the album *GOLD*. Words and music by Les Carter and
Susan Sisko (1973).
--From the info in Acapella's album, *Hear it in our voice vol. 2*
--
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Colin E. Zwickey, Technical Director
Amarillo HS, Amarillo, TX
ag...@rgfn.epcc.edu colin....@burgbord.com
Anne Raugh
>In article <D76o8z....@news.magi.com>, Jim Frewen <jfr...@magi.com>
>wrote:
>
>> a cover tune for either a live or recorded performance? I'm also
>> thinking of Sean Altman's additonal stanza in "Zombie Jamboree" and
>> also covers by the Flirtations and there must be others.
>
>Well, speaking as a guy who has just sent off dozens of forms to the Harry
>Fox Agency to purchase mechanical licenses for copyright permission, I can
>authoritatively say that there is a clause in the Harry Fox contracts which
>says "Lyric changes must be approved by the publisher" meaning the
>copyringht owner(s) of the song, who sometimes are hard to find. Buying a
>mechanical license only entitles you to reproduce the song, using an
>essentially unchanged basic melody and structure of the song, which
>inlcudes unchanged lyrics.
>
True. This is even more important when publishing music, since a lot of
the copyright holders want to inspect the final product. I won't even
begin to tell you what we went through trying to get permission to use the
Rockapella version of "Zombie Jamboree", and the fact that all the different
recorded versions had been done under mechanical licensing (under which the
original copyright holder retains the rights to the new version) didn't
really help much.
I must say, though, that the folks at the particular company involved,
TRO Music, were extremely helpful and responsive to my plaintive whimperings
3 days before we were due to go to press! Now, if Sean will forgive me for
letting the wrong Performance Notes slip through (grovel, grovel)...
-Anne.
Hanno Mueller at home
> The song is from the album *GOLD*. Words and music by Les Carter and
> Susan Sisko (1973).
>
> --From the info in Acapella's album, *Hear it in our voice vol. 2*
Thanks Colin and everyone else who replied.
This was the info I was looking for!
Greetings,
Hanno
Performing A Cappella Music is hazardrous Hanno Mueller, Sechs Richtige
to your health. Two hours of finger snap- Henning-Wulf-Weg 12, 22529 HH
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