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It Takes Time
One of the songs that ha been with me a long time is "It takes time" by Otis Rush. I first heard it on Live at the Filmore West (circa 1968) featuring Michael Bloomfield (and his 59 Les paul) playing the lights out in a tour de force. Nick Gravenitis gave a great vocal. I researched the song back then and then heard Otis Rushs original, (he records it several times) The next time I heard a recording of it was by PG with the spliner group live version and sisnce i had not known that PG had prviosly done it i was entranced. I have since heard the Bruning Sunflower version. On other threads I now notice that there are Fleetwood Mac Versions and I am very interested if other recordings are available of this in particular. If people can steer me in the right direction I would much appreciate it. This is one of those songs, like"Last Night",help the poor, All you love, Woke up this morning,so many roads, double trouble etc that really connect the blues legacy.
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The song is a favorite of mine also (and I agree, the Bloomfield / Gravenites is absolutely amazing!)
I know of three recordings (bootlegs all) of Green performing the song with Fleetwood Mac: Konserthuest, Orebro Sweden November 06, 1969 Golden Circle, Stockholm Sweden November 1969 – exact performance date not known 1969 The Warehouse, New Orleans, LA January 30, 1970 The first, while strong is also incomplete and ends rather abruptly. The second is one of my favorites, really heavy and running almost seven and a half minutes in length - it segues beautifully into another blues classic, "Sugar Mama". The third version is equal in running time and of better sound quality, although (for me, it is marred slightly by someone, possibly Mick, moaning and groaning as they play) If you need help tracking these down, contact me off list
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"It takes time" is also one of my favorite up-tempo songs from the FM songbook.
I have some info on two of the three recordings you mention, BklynBlue, that could help set the records straight when it comes to recording dates and venues. On the original recording from Konserthuset in Orebro on Nov 6, 1969, "It takes time" starts right after the instrumental intro verse, runs for almost six minutes and is immediately after the last chord followed by "Sugar Mama" (I know, I sat very close to the "recording equipment" ). They didn't play at the Golden Circle in November 69, the club actually closed down in 1968 and that year, -68, FM did play there, on November 17. But no trace of "It Takes Time" on the setlist from that gig. However they played "It Takes Time" at Konserthuset in Stockholm on Nov 4, 1969, and that version runs for almost seven and a half minute, so it could be that version you mention as the Golden Circle version. They also played at Konserthuset in Stockholm in March 1969 and I think I've seen a setlist from that concert sometime. I'll try to see if I can find it. |
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Tracks: 01. Jigsaw Puzzle Blues 02. Only You 03. From The Beginning 04. It Takes Time 05. Held My Baby Last Night 06. Everyday I Have The Blues 07. Something Inside Me 08. Rattlesnake Shake/Searching For Madge 09. Stranger Blues Somehow I got notice of possibly another 5 tracks for this show. Anybody to confirm? - Jumping At Shadows - Stop Messin’ Round - Coming Your Way - I’ve Got A Mind To Give Up Living - Rollin’ Man Quote:
Tracks: 01. Introduction 02. Albatross 03. Like It This Way 04. Got To Move 05. I’ve Got A Mind To Give Up Living 06. Coming Your Way 07. I Can’t Hold Out 08. Oh Well 09. Loving Kind 10. Great Balls Of Fire 11. Need Your Love So Bad 12. Tutti Frutti |
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COPENHAGEN, DENMARK, 1968-11-17 Tracks: 01. Jumping At Shadows 02. Rollin’ Man 03. Something Inside Me 04. Like It This Way 05. Got To Move 06. Albatross 07. Homework 08. San-Ho-Zay 09. Everyday I Have The Blues 10. My Baby’s Sweet GOLDEN CIRCLE – STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, 1968-11-?? Tracks: 01. Stop Messin’ Round 02. If You Let Me Love You 03. Talk With You 04. Homework 05. Rollin’ Man 06. Something Inside Of Me 07. Tell me (?) 08. Driftin’ 09. World Keep On Turning 10. Albatross 11. No Place To Go 12. San-Ho-Zay 13. Without You |
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Great information on the Golden Circle, thank you Dogon and welcome to the Ledge -
maybe you can help us out a little more here: Wouter, as to the 1969 "Golden Circle" / (Konsterhuest) show(s): I do not think that the last five numbers, are from that show - the sound is different and the inclusion of "Stop Messin' Round" and "Rollin' Man" make me believe the songs are from a show in late 1968. I also believe that what you have listed as Sept. 4 1969 is actually the second half of the November 4 show - the first half ends with "Stranger Blues" and the second opens with "Albatross" - Green starts by saying, “Right. We’re going to start. Again.” I can not imagine them starting a show with "Albatross" - the second set, yeah, but not the first song of the evening. I'll check my notes this weekend to see if I have any info on the 1968 shows - it is very difficult finding any information on the Scandinavian shows in terms of dates etc.
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Forgot to mention: during the introduction to "Oh Well" on what I said I believe was the second half of the November 1969 show, Green says they just got word that the song was at # 2 in England “…this week” which places the show during the second week of November
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November show. Wonder if anyone recorded the March 1969 show in Stockholm????? |
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I attach a picture of the cute "young-eye" from the event . The town Jönköping is situated almost in the midway between Stockholm and Copenhagen which means that November 17 is a possible date for a concert in either of the two cities. In those days, at least up to the spring -69 tour, they travelled in not so big vans, like Ford Transit. Even later on they seems to have travelled by bus when touring continental Europe (see Martin Celmin's Peter Green Biography). |
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Here's the setlist to Konserthuset Nov 4, 1969. And yes "It Takes Time" is jawdropping redhot, I know I attended the show:-) Luckily I managed to get a tape copy of that show several years later, but it was marred by severe hum and tape hiss. A couple of years ago I cleaned it up with a sound proggie and transfered it to CD, and now it sounds quite good. As you can see the second half corresponds with the fake dated Sept boot.
disk one, first set, total 45:43 1. Jigsaw Puzzle Blues 3:36 2. Only You 3:37 3. Before the Beginning 3:33 4. It Takes Time 7:39 5. I Held My Baby Last Night 3:59 6. Everyday I Have the Blues 4:49 7. Something Inside of Me 5:36 8. Rattlesnake Shake / Searching for Madge 10:03 9. Stranger Blues 2:28 disk two, second set, total 56:17 1. Albatross 4:01 2. Like It This Way 4:19 3. Got To Move 4:26 4. Got a Mind To Give Up Living 6:56 5. Coming Your Way 5:39 6. Can’t Hold Out 6:37 7. Oh Well 3:05 9. Loving Kind 3:13 9. Great Balls of Fire (incomplete) 0:39 10. Need Your Love So Bad 8:38 11. Tutti Frutti 8:44 Last edited by bjornense; 09-22-2006 at 01:09 AM.. |
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