Crown Heights Affair : FOXY vs. FOXY LADY

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1975 :

Tracklisting:

A1 Dreaming A Dream (Disco) (3:45)
A2 Foxy Lady (3:30)
A3 Every Beat Of My Heart (5:25) Arranged By [Strings] - Meco Monardo
A4 Na, Na, Hey, Hey (4:02)

B1 Dreaming A Dream (Vocal) (3:30)
B2 I Am Me (4:39)
B3 Feeling Tall (4:38) Arranged By [Strings] - Meco Monardo
B4 You Smiled (4:02)
B5 Picture Show (4:20)

Tracklisting:

A1 Dreaming A Dream (Disco) (3:45)
A2 Foxy (4:09)
A3 Every Beat Of My Heart (5:25) Arranged By [Strings] - Meco Monardo
A4 Na, Na, Hey, Hey (4:02)

B1 Dreaming A Dream (Vocal) (3:30)
B2 I Am Me (4:39)
B3 Feeling Tall (4:38) Arranged By [Strings] - Meco Monardo
B4 You Smiled (4:02)
B5 Picture Show (4:20)


One difference between these two releases .....

FOXY (4:09) vs. FOXY LADY (3:30)

same song /version ??? :icon_confused:



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and did we all know Meco was involved here ???? ...... not I ......



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[STEPHEN L FREEMAN]

same song /version ??? :icon_confused:

"Foxy Lady" is the re-release of the "Dreaming A Dream" LP, for the purpose of pushing the"Foxy Lady" single.
"Foxy" was an instrumental, "Foxy Lady" has vocals.
They're different mixes of the same recording.

[Disco Funk]

Weren't both songs on the same single? But given the same title, just one was listed as the disco mix, like the Dreaming A Dream single?

Disco Funk

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Thank you Stephen !

Disco Funk the only way its mentioned on ebay is as being backed by PICTURE SHOW



That FOXY /FOXY LADY situation must have caused some confusion .....and look to top it off , the 45 of FOXY LADY says its from the LP DREAMING A DREAM :icon_exclaim: :icon_confused:

When they repackaged the LP , I wonder why they didn't go ahead and offer the two versions as they did with DREAMING A DREAM ??

Also --- When Meco gets credited for arranging strings can that include guitar??
...because EVERY BEAT OF MY HEART features that same wonderful galloping guitar as on Gloria Gaynor's NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE (and ... is there a term for that particular guitar sound???)





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[STEPHEN L FREEMAN]

Weren't both songs on the same single? But given the same title, just one was listed as the disco mix, like the Dreaming A Dream single?

I couldn't say, as I'd only bought the LPs, when each was released. Not the singles.

But I distinctly remember when the vocal, "Foxy Lady" came out.
Without going into too much detail, I'll say that it was MY song, for the dancefloor.
Folks knew to give me and my dance partner Phil, some room!

[Disco Funk]

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Thank you Stephen !

Disco Funk the only way its mentioned on ebay is as being backed by PICTURE SHOW

Yeah, sorry about that. I guess I must have been on crack when I was trying to remember the 45. I check both my copies, a clean white promo and a dirty black label, and both have picture show on the flip.

Disco Funk

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first came the longer
"FOXY" with the "Barry White" intro that was an LP cut ONLY :



This song was then whittled down and reworked into a tune called "FOXY LADY" that was then released as a single. :



can you say SHAFT-Bohannon-EXORCIST all at the same time ???

thank you youtube
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and here's the LP cut that Meco Monardo arranged the strings for:

Crown Heights Affair: "Feeling Tall"



what an ambitious heart-felt undertaking ....brings to my mind Tower Of Power ..... (love the strings, Meco!)

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