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by **danadotcom** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 11:52 am

Hey, if anyone is nuts about Rachel Sweet like I am (as well as Josie Cotton--who has a new LP soon at her website--and Mari Wilson), her two CBS LPs are coming out as a 2-fer from Collectibles in November. I've waited a long enough time to see these updated for the digital age. However, Josie says on her website that she's making no $$$ from her re-issues on Collectibles. I wonder if Rachel will? Anyway, as long as I have the music on disc I'll leave all the rest up to the lawyers. More later...

by **WolverineSyr** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 12:01 pm

I'm a big fan of Rachel Sweet. My favorite album of hers is Protect the Innocent - probably the most new wave sounding of them all. I like her last two lps though - some consistantly good tracks.
I'm looking forward to a digital update!

by **danadotcom** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 12:03 pm

"VooDoo"...just awesome. I recently saw the video for that on VH-1 Classic and thought "Wow, someone had to did for this."

by **IWantMyMTV** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 12:54 pm

[quote][i]Originally posted by danadotcom[/i]
<br>"VooDoo"...just awesome. I recently saw the video for that on VH-1 Classic and thought "Wow, someone had to did for this."
[/quote]

What exactly did you think?

<img src="http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a197/cdmaniac/omcoverbigntiny.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com">[i]All I Ever Wanted[/i]

by **SomebodySomewhere** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 1:27 am

She made a few videos... including "Everlasting Love," in which she gets married to Rex Smith. I was recently watching her "Seinfeld" episode on DVD -- you know, the "master of your domain" one -- and I think I have her "Hope & Gloria" episodes around somewhere.

She's a writer now. Did a trainwreck vanity sitcom with Mark Burnett (it was vanity because it was about him... it was a trainwreck because it was about him, too) that had one setback after another (including the star breaking his foot and getting fired as a result), ended up leaving the project after shooting two pilots, and then the network pulled the plug without ever airing it. Having gotten a copy of one of the two pilots, I can safely say The WB did the world a great public service.

by **geoffolehane** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 2:38 am

There's a "Best of" collection available on CD. A lot of her stuff is hard to find digitally.

by **Randall Roq** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 8:28 am

What pisses me off about finding artists on CD is that inevitably one or more of the songs is going to be an alternate version from the original.

I was excited when I found the Rachel Sweet CD because I wanted a copy of Who Does Lisa Like?. Lo and behold the version on the CD is different than the one on the album. It's not a radical difference but it is just enough to annoy me every time I hear it.

I like Rachel a lot and for years thought I was the only one who remembered her. Glad to see she's still around.

by **schwenko** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 8:30 am

[quote][i]Originally posted by Randall Roq[/i]
<br>What pisses me off about finding artists on CD is that inevitably one or more of the songs is going to be an alternate version from the original.

I was excited when I found the Rachel Sweet CD because I wanted a copy of Who Does Lisa Like?. Lo and behold the version on the CD is different than the one on the album. It's not a radical difference but it is just enough to annoy me every time I hear it.

I like Rachel a lot and for years thought I was the only one who remembered her. Glad to see she's still around.
[/quote]

How is it different?

by **Randall Roq** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 8:36 am

The original version has a keyboard which seems to be totally eliminated from the CD version...if you listen to the CD version when it gets to what should be a keyboard solo it's simply a very lame drum beat that just repeats. It's not like they replaced the keyboard solo with a drum solo.. more like they lost the keyboard.

by **Randall Roq** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 8:44 am

I like keyboards.

by **danadotcom** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 9:38 am

She was also the singing voice of Barbie for a bit and recorded the CD The Look, as Barbie of course.

by **WolverineSyr** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 10:00 am

She also sang the theme song Hairspray for John Water's Hairspray. I've also heard she did the theme to Claissa Explains it All - I guess it's a kid's show.

I'm glad there are some other fans!

by **geoffolehane** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 7:35 am

Sometimes it's just simply a matter of the analog-to-digital transfer.

I always liked the loud and clear backing harmonies on
"Cuckoo Clock" from the original British release. They're absent from the US version.

by **skinnytie** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 6:55 pm

[quote][i]Originally posted by Randall Roq[/i]
<br>I was excited when I found the Rachel Sweet CD because I wanted a copy of Who Does Lisa Like?. Lo and behold the version on the CD is different than the one on the album. It's not a radical difference but it is just enough to annoy me every time I hear it.
[/quote]

Have you checked out the Stiff Records box set that Rhino put out a while back? It has "Who Does Lisa Like?" on it, and while I can't say for sure, I would imagine that that is the version you're looking for. Also, her version of "B-A-B-Y" is also on there.

It's great to hear that her stuff is being released again. I saw her years ago at the Bottom Line in NYC, with the Rockats opening (I believe this was back in 1979). She put on an enjoyable show.

by **SomebodySomewhere** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 1:02 am

[quote][i]Originally posted by skinnytie[/i]
Have you checked out the Stiff Records box set that Rhino put out a while back? It has "Who Does Lisa Like?" on it, and while I can't say for sure, I would imagine that that is the version you're looking for. Also, her version of "B-A-B-Y" is also on there.[/quote]

I just listened to the version in the Stiff box. It's all guitar, talk, love... and drums.

By the way, who does Lisa like? It's not a chick, is it?

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