LC Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 Did anybody post this here yet? It looks like it just showed up on YouTube in November 2021. I love it—a rough-and-ready demo of one of my two or three all-time favorite 'berries numbers. Apologies if this is an overlap... but always worth hearing again, right? 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC Posted March 19, 2022 Author Share Posted March 19, 2022 A complementary reading—this one a live 1974 version (soundboard recording): 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC Posted March 19, 2022 Author Share Posted March 19, 2022 And... the finished version, all polished and shined: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 LC, this may have been a Santa Bernie offering at one time, or an EricCarmen.com supporter offering. It's been in my collection for a while but I don't remember where I first heard it. Good demo of a great song. Tough one to sing, even for Eric! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda B Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 LC, this is the first time I am hearing that demo and I actually prefer it to any of the other versions! It's done in simple Ballad form (no drums) and you can hear his vocals done in Eric style of course. He only adds the raspy shouts where necessary. Much more effective in my opinion. I always like his demos because they focus on his Voice and the Melody of the song which sometimes get lost in the complexity of the many instruments that are added later. Also the chorus of "Nowhere to Hide" sounds pretty much like the chorus in this song but is much more audible in this demo version. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCT Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 He didn't have to go all out vocally on a demo, especially since it seems the song was originally envisioned as a slower ballad--but he did it anyway. Re: the live version, do we know what show that's from? I'm assuming it's Agora 1974 but I may be mistaken. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 Great find LC! The harder rocking original is great. Having said that, listening to the demo...this song was meant to be a more stripped down slower version. Wow. He could take it into a modern studio, leave behind the quasi screaming vocal, sing it in his normal ballady voice....and do something really special with it...it would merit a place on a new album. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raspbernie Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 Like most rarities EC.com gets no credit for… it was heard for the first time here. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC Posted March 20, 2022 Author Share Posted March 20, 2022 My oversight, Bernie.... Apologies! I didn't remember this being a Christmas gift, but... I could have been quite naughty the year you presented it. Given the reproductions and pass-alongs at YouTube, maybe EC.com needs its own YouTube channel, where you house EC and Raspberries rarities as a way to start reclaiming them. With a little SEOing, we can make them more desirable to the search algorithms than what's up there now! I mean, as long as so many of your finds have leaked out there anyway, better to have them branded with the site, right? Look at that poster named Canale 32 (no relation!): He or she has a good little archive. Why not us? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhawkpat Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 18 hours ago, LC said: My oversight, Bernie.... Apologies! I didn't remember this being a Christmas gift, but... I could have been quite naughty the year you presented it. Given the reproductions and pass-alongs at YouTube, maybe EC.com needs its own YouTube channel, where you house EC and Raspberries rarities as a way to start reclaiming them. With a little SEOing, we can make them more desirable to the search algorithms than what's up there now! I mean, as long as so many of your finds have leaked out there anyway, better to have them branded with the site, right? Look at that poster named Canale 32 (no relation!): He or she has a good little archive. Why not us? Sounds like a great idea to me. That way Bernie can receive proper credit and we can all enjoy these rare recordings often. What an incredible vocal by Eric on that demo! Wow! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 Awesome! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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