This Ain't The Summer of Love - Imperial Dogs Version

[Joseph Brooks]

>The b-side is "I'm Waiting For the
>Man" (written by L. Reed - I assume this is Lou Reed?  Sorry, the >only
>music I knew in the mid-70s was KISS, and later BOC).

Yes, that was Lou from his heroin soaked Velvet Underground days...
(actually late 60's I believe..)

JB
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----- Original Message -----
From: John A Swartz <jswartz at MBUNIX.MITRE.ORG>
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 1999 7:52 AM
Subject: BOC: This Ain't The Summer of Love - Imperial Dogs Version


>A little while back there was some discussion about the origins of BOC's
>"This Ain't The Summer of Love", and about some other version done by the
>Imperial Dogs.  Well, I've managed to find (via Ebay, an online auction -
>amazing what kinds of stuff turn up there...) a copy of a 7" vinyl single
>by the Imperial Dogs entitled "This Ain't The Summer of Love", so I'd
>like to share what I found.
>
>Note to Albert Bouchard:  If you need a copy of this, and you "come up for
>air" to read BOC-L these days ;-)  then let me know.
>
>The single I have is entitled "This Ain't The Summer of Love" (credited to
>Imperial Dogs lead vocalist Don Waller - As we know, Don Waller has a
>writing credit for BOC's version).  The b-side is "I'm Waiting For the
>Man" (written by L. Reed - I assume this is Lou Reed?  Sorry, the only
>music I knew in the mid-70s was KISS, and later BOC).  Actually, the
>credits for "...Summer..." are "Waller/Fitario".  Musically, this sounds
>nothing like BOC, and lyrically, the only thing the 2 songs have in common
>are the words "This Ain't the Garden of Eden" and "This Ain't the Summer
>of Love".  The back of the single says in big letters "Live in '75" (around
>the time BOC's version was being written), but I don't understand why as
>this track appears to be a studio track (either that, or the Imperial Dogs
>played to an audience of none that day...).  The Copyright info on the disc
>itself has the year 1978 (which is of course AFTER the release of AoF).
>
>So, my take on all of this is that Don Waller did his own version of a
>song called "This Ain't The Summer of Love" with the Imperial Dogs, while
>BOC did their own.  Waller may have contributed lyrics for both, but
>the music for them were created independently.  Sort of like John Shirley
>doing his own version of "See You in Black" (although in that case both
>his and BOC's songs share much-more-nearly identical lyrics).
>
>John