From: Michael@Hotmail.com   
      
   "Dauber"  wrote in message   
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   > Michael (Michael@Hotmail.com) dixit:   
   > >"Joe"  wrote in message   
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   > >> What's the story behind the clumsy-sounding edit on "Little Girl I Once   
   > >> Knew" (after "Look out, babe").<   
   >   
   > >Uh, which version? I haven't scrutinized it until you pointed it out, but   
   > >I'm assuming you mean the single right? The version that appears on the   
   box   
   > >set? Or, do you mean the one on Hawthorne?   
   >   
   > >I've listened to the SOT sessions and don't hear any 'fluffed' notes or   
   > >anything....can you elaborate? This is one of my favorite tracks, so I'm   
   > >interested in learning more myself.   
   >   
   >   
   > Any occurrence of the main version -- the original single, the 1965   
   twofer,   
   > the GV box set -- has a very conspicuous edit during the "look out, babe"   
   part.   
   >   
   > Compare it to the "Split, man" part in the second verse -- notice how   
   there   
   > are several additional bass notes (and more time).   
   >   
   > And if you listen to the sessions, you'll see that it was originally   
   > performed with those notes intact during both voices.<   
      
   Thanks Dr. Dauber. I'll give it a spin with this in mind. Like many edits,   
   if it doesn't jump out at me it becomes part of the song. Once it's pointed   
   out, there's no way to ignore it. (Like a lot of the brutal edits on Beatle   
   recordings.)   
      
   Mike T.   
      
      
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