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Can anyone send me an MP3 of Ian's "All of the Good Ones are Taken" from the album of the same name? The only versions I can find commercially are the slowed down versions.

thanks,
Bill
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Freaking incredible... I was listening to this very song in my car today, thinking "I remember MTV playing this heavily at one time and gosh wouldn't it be nice to post it at NWO."

So, unless someone else gets it to you sooner, I'll fetch it from my car in the morning and post it. I don't think it's a "slowed-down" version.

[quote][i]Originally posted by BigBri[/i]
<br>Freaking incredible... I was listening to this very song in my car today, thinking "I remember MTV playing this heavily at one time and gosh wouldn't it be nice to post it at NWO."

So, unless someone else gets it to you sooner, I'll fetch it from my car in the morning and post it. I don't think it's a "slowed-down" version.
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Funnily enough, iTunes has the video to the original song, but the audio that they sell is the slowed down version from one of the comp albums.

I managed to locate 2 mp3s of the song, one is 3:43 @ 128 KBPS and the other at 3:39 in length @ 160 KBPS -- I've never heard the song before, but honestly I can't tell if one is faster than the other.

http://www.hunter-mott.com/discography/ ... _ones.html

Comments

Ian recorded this album at the end of 1982, and is a real mix of styles. Mick Ronson was absent, as he was seriously considering quitting the music business ("At one point I was even considering becoming a chef" - Mick). Strongest tracks are Speechless (later to be covered by Status Quo), and the title track. Every Step of the Way was also later covered by The Monkees on their Listen To The Band box set.

Side two closes with a slow version of All Of The Good Ones Are Taken, while side one opens with a fast version. The original version was "lost", but the record company persuaded Ian to re-record it ("But I couldn't get the feel back" - Ian). The fast version was released as a single, which was accompanied by a video which was shown for a while on MTV.

1. All of the Good Ones Are Taken (3:42)
2. Every Step of the Way (3:55)
3. Fun (4:21)
4. Speechless (3:49)
5. Death 'n' Glory Boys (5:57)
6. That Girl Is Rock 'n' Roll (3:18)
7. Somethin's Goin' On (4:33)
8. Captain Void 'n' the Video Jets (4:12)
9. Seeing Double (4:24)
10. All of the Good Ones Are Taken (3:48)
Running time: 42m03s

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Do you have the slow version? I have never heard it!

[quote][i]Originally posted by Erik[/i]
<br>Do you have the slow version? I have never heard it!
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Yes, I have it. You can hear it on iTunes and Amazon.com

OK, I have two versions also. Neither of which sound like what I *think* is the slow version. I have heard a slow version. But what do I know.

Sadly, this album is out of print.

I'll post what I have, and I hope one of them is what you're looking for.

This one clocks in at 3:39:
http://s39.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0J9V ... 53Y4978Q03

This one at 3:46. And has a fade-in to start:
http://s39.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0YTP ... NRE6ET028Y

Otherwise I can't tell the difference between the two. And they both sound like the version I recall in the video. And I haven't seen the video in, oh, twenty-plus years.

Couldn't just ask for "All the Young Dudes", eh?

[quote][i]Originally posted by BigBri[/i]
<br>OK, I have two versions also. Neither of which sound like what I *think* is the slow version. I have heard a slow version. But what do I know.

Sadly, this album is out of print.

I'll post what I have, and I hope one of them is what you're looking for.

This one clocks in at 3:39:
http://s39.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0J9V ... 53Y4978Q03

This one at 3:46. And has a fade-in to start:
http://s39.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0YTP ... NRE6ET028Y

Otherwise I can't tell the difference between the two. And they both sound like the version I recall in the video. And I haven't seen the video in, oh, twenty-plus years.

Couldn't just ask for "All the Young Dudes", eh?
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Nope, I've got all the Mott stuff on vinyl!

Thanks so much for sending this! Both versions you have are the same (although the length difference is curious)

Here's the slow one:
http://s53.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=32FY ... 99WZ3QWRBO

Thanks for your help!
(I love this yousendit.com thing!)

[quote][i]Originally posted by 909[/i]
<br>Here's the slow one:
http://s53.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=32FY ... 99WZ3QWRBO

Thanks for your help!
(I love this yousendit.com thing!)
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Oops! Pay no attention to that link!
Here's the right one!
http://s55.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2RJZ ... S4IFWZ9NZ1
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