One of my favorite Rolling Stones songs, but this version is performed by Chris Farlowe. He was one of a number of great artists on Immediate Records (the label owned by Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham; the Immediate artists did a lot of Stones covers). Chris Farlowe is one of the finest and most soulful white singers of R&B I've ever heard. This one doesn't showcase his vocals as much as some other singles he did (I personally think he did the definitive reading of "Handbags & Gladrags"), but he gives it a good go. I think he wasn't quite pretty or personable enough to break out. But he was damn good. This song's been really hitting with me the past couple of days.
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Song of the Week: "Out of Time"
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It's great with everybody just standing around & then breaking into dance.
Also the musical arrangement is very Phil Specter, I love it.
This is definitely a great find
Thanks; I love it, too. I wish I could find more Immediate stuff on YouTube. Last year or the year before I found an actual clip for Nico's great single "I'm Not Sayin'." It's a fun period in music.
They play Chris Farlowe's version of "Out of Time" on Little Steven's Underground Garage on Sirius all the time.
I'll have to look for his version of "Handbags and Gladrags." I love Rod Stewart's version.
He's also got a Phil Spector-y version of "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" that's pretty darn good. I like his voice; his "Handbags and Gladrags" sound a little rougher than Rod's.
I really enjoyed that--I've never seen it, or heard of this guy. Thanks!
Sure thing! I'm glad you enjoyed it. I have two albums of his singles (mostly covers), and I just like the sound of his voice.
Speaking of Phil Spector, Little Steven's Underground Garage plays his demo of "Spanish Harlem" (he cowrote it). It's marvelous.
I have that on a Phil Spector retrospective. Spector was able to write and produce songs that were so good no one could really mess them up.
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