Re: (TV) Vanity Fair/lost album

[Bob Beatty <bobjb2002@yahoo.ca>]

Thanks to Deb for mentioning the ''lost album''. I hadn't come across it in
The Big One till today, not having gotten that far yet in exploring T.B.O.,
till seeing Deb's post. Six of those songs I have on (mostly vinyl) singles,
but am glad to know I have digital versions now too,as my record player's not
set upfor ripping to computer. And I was glad to hear Anna & Untitled (Ah
Lee), songs I don't recall hearing before. (I neverowned ''A Miller's Tale'',
mistakenly thinking I already had all the songs on it).Plus I see there are
alternate versions of  ''The Scientist Writes a Letter'', & ''One Time at
Sundown'', & a nice version of Marquee Moon in that same TBO file too.The Big
One is quite a stunning ''embarrassment of riches''. Many thanks again to all
involved in assembling T.B.O. & generously sharing it via vines.

I'm trying
to recall what Tom said in an interview once re. Fontana rejecting the ''lost
album''. I think he said it was a case of them not thinking the material was
strong enough. Surely a  bizarre record co. reaction, as I agree with Rex
Broome, & view these as ''A'' quality Tom V. songs, & ''Flash Light'' as
probably my fave Tom solo album ever. WTF do record co. execs. know?
Trivia/& correction: The song ''Vanity Fair'' did come out officially on CD. I
have a British made 3-song Fontana single from 1990 entitled ''Kaleidescopin'
'', containing that song, plus
''Sixteen Tulips'' & ''Vanity Fair''.



 
________________________________
 From: Rex Broome <rexbroome@gmail.com>
To:
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Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2012 8:22:40 AM
Subject: Re: (TV) Vanity
Fair/lost album
 
The lost album is definitely a kind of tragedy... almost all
of it is out
there to be heard, but it can never be completely extricated from
Flash
Light, and that's a double shame because Flash Light is so great as
well.

It would be nice to know, some day and somehow, if there are any other
tracks from those sessions which have yet to surface.  The idea of a
"deluxe
reissue" of Flash Light with all the lost stuff is obviously a pure
fantasy,
but it sure would be cool... I'm pretty sure "Caveman -
Flashlight", "Smoother
Than Jones", "Circling" and "Vanity Fair" have never
been released on CD in
any form.

On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 8:12 AM, postitnote
<postitnote@sbcglobal.net>wrote:

> I was listening to the cobbled together
lost album/Vanity Fair.  One of
> Tom's best songs is "Anna" imo.  And
personally I also love that song
> "Circling".  I know that this album was
rejected by Fontana and they used
> some of the songs as b-sides to singles. 
I may have read this before and
> forgot but what was the reason that Fontana
rejected it?  They just didn't
> think it was up to par?
>
> I just find it
amazing that a song as good "Anna" didn't show up on one of
> Tom's solo
albums.  I know it's on the Miller's Tale but that's just a
> compilation
album, plus I believe Tom said that that album was put out
> without his
approval.
>
> D.
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