HW: Freq (greenfly and the rose)

[\joe]

At 02:06 1997-04-14 +0800, you wrote:
>Keith Henderson wrote:
>>
>> Bryan asks...
>>
>> >Hi.  I just got Calvert's CD Freq, but my copy (from
>> >Cleopatra) has bonus tracks, Lord of the Hornets and
>> >The Greenfly and the Rose.
>> >
>> >Question 1:  What are these tracks taken from?  The
>> >date they were recorded is given but no other info.
>>
>> These tracks were both on his earlier album, 'Hype', which came out around
>> 1981 I believe.  Not having both with me at the moment, I can't tell you
>> whether the respective versions are different...from memory alone, the Freq
>> versions (at least the ones on my Anagram CD) sound at least similar to the
>> originals.  If they are in fact the very same recordings, I wonder why these
>> two were added to Freq as bonus tracks.  Well, actually, now that I listen
>> further, the very last bit when Calvert (and backing vocalists) are singing
>> 'The Greenfly and the Rose' over and over, this does sound
>> different.....perhaps these were earlier demo versions.  There's no mention
>> of where these came from in my booklet.  Does the Codex cover solo stuff??
>> If so, that's where you should look...
>>
>There is a difference. These versions feature different musicians
>(including Lemmy). I can't remember exactly how different they sound,
>but I seem to remember the tracks being released on a single by
>Flicknife before the album Hype came out (I could be wrong about that,
>though?)
>
>William

I haven't heard the Freq versions.
(you cannot buy every version of every spinoff release...)
However Henrik's Moorcock/Calvert tape had quite different versions of LotH
and GatR (compared with the 7"/Hype version) - those was pure demo sounding.

\\joe