The years 1967 to 1969 weren't so good for Bennett. He'd had a hit single in Britain in 1964, and another one in 1966. But his style of soul-based rock and roll quickly fell out of favor in 1967, with psychedelic music suddenly becoming the hot new trend. Bennett didn't really transition, but just kept making his soulful style of music.
He had a big chance for a hit single in 1968. Due to sharing managers with the Beatles, he was able to get an early version of the Beatles song "Back in the U.S.S.R." The Beatles didn't release it as a single (nor did they release any other singles from their 1968 double album, "The White Album"), and it was a great song done in a retro 1950s style that was right up Bennett's alley. But for whatever reason, his version didn't catch on. Nobody had a hit with it until the Beatles version was belatedly released as a single in 1976, when it was a Top Twenty Hit in Britain, finally.
Bennett kept releasing singles that didn't make the charts. However, the BBC still had faith in him, as you can see from all the songs from BBC sessions here. Many of these songs don't seem to have ever been released on record by him, such as "The Letter" and "Born to Be Wild."
As you'd expect from this time period, the BBC DJs talked over the music on many of the songs here. Those are all the ones with "[Edit]" in their names, which is all but three of them! As usual, I used an audio editing program to wipe the talking while keeping the music.
In 1970, Bennett would improve his musical fortunes a bit by being part of a new band called "Toe Fat." That'll be the subject of the fourth and final BBC volume for him.
This album is 43 minutes long.
01 You Got It Made [Edit] (Cliff Bennett & the Rebel Rousers)
02 Use Me [Edit] (Cliff Bennett & the Rebel Rousers)
03 Soothe Me [Edit] (Cliff Bennett & the Rebel Rousers)
04 One More Heartache [Edit] (Cliff Bennett & the Rebel Rousers)
05 You're Breaking Me Up [And I m Wasting Away] (Cliff Bennett & the Rebel Rousers)
06 Stop (Cliff Bennett & the Rebel Rousers)
07 Good Times [Edit] (Cliff Bennett & the Rebel Rousers)
08 Iron Out the Rough Spots [Edit] (Cliff Bennett & the Rebel Rousers)
09 The Letter [Edit] (Cliff Bennett & the Rebel Rousers)
10 Where You Gonna Run To (Cliff Bennett & the Rebel Rousers)
11 I Got You, Babe [Edit] (Cliff Bennett & the Rebel Rousers)
12 Back in the U. S. S. R. [Edit] (Cliff Bennett & the Rebel Rousers)
13 Danger Zone [Edit] (Cliff Bennett & the Rebel Rousers)
14 Born to Be Wild [Edit] (Cliff Bennett & the Rebel Rousers)
15 Memphis Street [Edit] (Cliff Bennett & the Rebel Rousers)
16 I'm Yours and I'm Hers [Edit] (Cliff Bennett & the Rebel Rousers)
https://www.upload.ee/files/15236048/CliffBen_1967-1969_BBSessionsVolum3_atse.zip.html
Because Bennett's popularity went down in this period, I had a really tough time finding a black and white photo of him. I found one, and just one, where he was pictured as part of a group in 1968. I cropped the picture just to show him, exlarged it a lot, and colorized it using the Palette program.
I wonder if you have any tips. I used X-minus pro to split the vocals on a doors track but it only picked up a bit of vocal audio before the music and didn't pick up anything else. Hope ypu may be able to help. PS love all the work your putting out here. :)
ReplyDeleteSometimes, programs like X-Minus don't work. If the source material is poorly recorded, it doesn't have enough good info to go on. What's the exact song and version you're trying?
DeleteHi Paul, the song is when's the music's over from the TV show The Doors are open. I'm trying to remove the bits of added commentary. As it's mono from an old TV show I reckon as you say, the program does have enough to go on for that track. It has worked on some of the others though. I do appreciate the info you give on how you do yours as it helps me to improve some of the recordings I have. Many thanks for taking the time to reply. Very best wishes. ND
DeleteI don't know what version of X-Minus you're using. I've switched the UVR5 due to X-Minus having a really weird payment option. Plus, UVR5 is free. The free, on-line X-Minus version doesn't do much. But if you pay their monthly fee, they have a bunch of different options. One of them, I forget the name, does a lot better with poorly recorded songs. It does better with those than UVR5 too. So you might want to give that a try.
DeleteThanks Paul, I'll give it a go. Appreciate your help as I'm new these AI vocal removers. Best wishes ND.
DeleteIf you tell me the names of the X-Minus options, I might remember which one is good with dodgy recordings. By the way, what's so special or different about this version of "When the Music's Over?"
DeleteHi Paul, sorry for the delay, been a bit busy building a wall. I was using the free version of X-Minus PRO. The Doors recording I am looking at is the only version for SB that late show 6-9-1968 at the Roundhouse. Apart from the odd snippet all other recordings are incomplete audience recordings. There is one complete audience recording but that is very rough. Anyway here is the link to the splitter I tried.
ReplyDeletehttps://x-minus.pro/ai
I really appreciate your taking the time to help me. kindest regards, ND