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The Spotlight Kid Outtakes 1971-1972

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The Spotlight Kid Outtakes 1971-1972 --- 2009-03-00

"Revision 3" 3xCD set (red text cover), from newly acquired tapes & circulated via "DIME"- a source of Recordings Of Independent Origin) as a further sound-quality improvement on the similarly titled (yellow text) issues in 2005 & 2006 (3xCD, 4xCD & 5xCD sets by Hiwatt). CD 1: Tracks 1.1 to 1.17 replace the previous issue in sound quality. In addition: 1.4 is 4.5% slower, 1.6 is 2% slower & includes the 0:50 coda, 1.7 is the 'jazzy guitar' version, 1.9 is 5% faster, 1.10 is a new version guitar outro and 1.13 is a new version of the marimba & harmonica. CD 2: Tracks 2.1 to 2.18 replace tracks 3.1 to 3.18 on previous issue, with better sound quality. CD 3: "Acoustic Session" (3.3 to 3.6) has less bass & is 2.1% faster than previous 4.01 to 4.04 issue. The "Pompadour Session" is 3.8% slower than previous 2.01 & 2.02 issue. 3.3 to 3.6 are mono. ("Pompadour" eventually became "Suction Prints"). Track 3.5.1 is also known as "Going To The Bottom" or "Going To The Border". "The Spotlight Kid" & "Pompadour Sessions": October to early November, 1971. Record Plant Studios, Los Angeles, CA. "The Acoustic Session": Amigo Studios, Sherman Oaks, North Hollywood, CA., early 1972. (Not the "Brown Star Sessions" mid '72). 1.1 became "Run Paint Run Run". 1.2 also known as "I Can't Do This Unless I Do That". 1.5 also known as "Two Rips [or Lips] In A Haystack". 1.6 also known as "Don't Get Chicken Blues" or "Flat OnThe Back 1.11 also known as "Ballerino" & an early version of "A Carrot Is As Close As A Rabbit Gets To A Diamond". 1.14 also known as "Booglarize Jam". 1.17 & 2.4 also known as "Natural Charm" & an early version of "The Past Sure Is Tense". 2.12 is an outtake from "Lick My Decals Off, Baby".