Them - Gloria
Them - Gloria 33rpm
Following on from Wanda Jackson's Funnel Of Love -- posted, the other week, at the original 45rpm and also at 33rpm -- here is Them's Gloria given the same treatment (props to Jonas for suggesting this). There's not a lot I can add to what has already been said about the pure rock'n'roll brilliance of Gloria -- released in 1964 as the b-side to, the equally incredible, Baby Please Don't Go. Slowing the record down to 33rpm makes Van Morrison sound a hell of a lot older than the teenager he was when it was recorded. He actually sounds a bit deranged. The music stands up nicely though. How many more of these ambidextrous tunes are out there?
Labels: 45 at 33, original version, rock, rock'n'roll