Darlin' Be Home Soon

[steve@baselines.com]

All right, I know - it is the fare of those great 60s late night commercials for the cd sets.  But hell, when I heard this again at 2AM coming out of my TV, I was just floored by how great an old song it was and had to try it.  I had fun, but I just hope I didn't ruin it too much.

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[Bajan Blue]

Hi Steve - don't know the original but I certainly enjoyed your version!!

Good stuff

Nigel

 

[Dream Art Scientists]

Sounds really good!

[antler]

Wow. This is the first time I've heard that song, but it's really good. It has a structure that's slightly different from today's music, so it felt quite fresh to me.

It might just be my speakers, but I found the hat and tambourine strikes a tiny bit loud in the mix.

All good otherwise - great work!

[steve@baselines.com]

On 10/13/2022 at 11:15 AM, Bajan Blue said:

Hi Steve - don't know the original but I certainly enjoyed your version!!

Good stuff

Nigel

 

Thanks Nigel - It's from ancient times LOL.  Always liked it.  Thanks for the comment!

[steve@baselines.com]

15 hours ago, Dream Art Scientists said:

Sounds really good!

Thank you my friend - I appreciate you taking the time!

[steve@baselines.com]

1 hour ago, antler said:

Wow. This is the first time I've heard that song, but it's really good. It has a structure that's slightly different from today's music, so it felt quite fresh to me.

It might just be my speakers, but I found the hat and tambourine strikes a tiny bit loud in the mix.

All good otherwise - great work!

Hi Antler - I heard it on Spotify a little while ago and it just made me glad and sad at the same time - glad that it exists, sad that that innocent time has past.  Gave me goosebumps, had to cover it.

And you are absolutely right - I think the same thing.  I left it the way it was, but it would probably be better muting it a little.  I was surprised that the drummer was playing those hi-hat 16th, so I accentuated it at the time.  And I guess I made the tambourine loud because I'm not really a guitarist or a singer and thought it would pull attention away from those only two other things that were playing.  

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[Bert Guy]

Nice homage to Mr Sebastian, here.  Your recording has a warm,  vintage feel. 

Cool Stuff

 

Cheers,

Bert

[noynekker]

Steve . . . another great sounding cover . . . guess this one was never a huge hit parade thing, I don't think I've ever heard it, but your version is excellent, including that 60'ish horn section, Burt Bacharachish and all.  Enjoyed it in my retro brain very much !

[Larry T.]

nice job Steve....always liked that one really well ????

[Lynn Wilson]

I remember this song quite well because I used to jam on it in the day.  As always, your covers are uniquely your own while paying homage to the original.  You have very good taste!

[steve@baselines.com]

On 10/15/2022 at 1:22 AM, Bert Guy said:

Nice homage to Mr Sebastian, here.  Your recording has a warm,  vintage feel. 

Cool Stuff

 

Cheers,

Bert

Thank you Bert!

[steve@baselines.com]

On 10/16/2022 at 12:42 AM, noynekker said:

Steve . . . another great sounding cover . . . guess this one was never a huge hit parade thing, I don't think I've ever heard it, but your version is excellent, including that 60'ish horn section, Burt Bacharachish and all.  Enjoyed it in my retro brain very much !

Thank you!  I think this actually got up to number 15 way back there.  It was also commissioned for a Coppola movie.

[steve@baselines.com]

3 hours ago, Larry T. said:

nice job Steve....always liked that one really well ????

Thanks very much Larry!

[steve@baselines.com]

1 hour ago, Lynn Wilson said:

I remember this song quite well because I used to jam on it in the day.  As always, your covers are uniquely your own while paying homage to the original.  You have very good taste!

Thank you Lynn - always liked this song and finally got around to covering it.

[Jim Fogle]

For those not familiar with the original, I've posted a link to the audio here.  As you can tell, stereo mixing was still relatively new in 1966.  The song has an interesting history you can read here.

Steve's arrangement is very close to the original arrangement.

[steve@baselines.com]

2 hours ago, Jim Fogle said:

For those not familiar with the original, I've posted a link to the audio here.  As you can tell, stereo mixing was still relatively new in 1966.  The song has an interesting history you can read here.

Steve's arrangement is very close to the original arrangement.

Hi Jim - thanks for adding the detail!

Steve

 

[Wookiee]

Sounds good here, do remember the Loving Spoonful and John Sebastian from my furry youth.

Nicely done cover.  

[jerrydf]

Wow, there's a choice out of left field! But excellently done, especially the way the orchestra comes in.  I remember the original and I'm a great Spoonful fan, and have the book "Zal! - An Oral History Of Zalman Yanovsky" here ready to read. Have you got any other Spponful stuff to go?

 

[steve@baselines.com]

2 hours ago, Wookiee said:

Sounds good here, do remember the Loving Spoonful and John Sebastian from my furry youth.

Nicely done cover.  

Thank you!