I did not know it was a cover! (1 Viewer)

Totally passed me by...

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Just found out that this is not a New Model Army song!
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A year before The Wurzel's

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"The Combine Harvester" is a novelty song which was a number-one hit for Brendan Grace in Ireland in 1975 and then The Wurzels in the UK in 1976. Written by Brendan O'Shaughnessy, the song is a parody of Melanie Safka's 1971 hit, "Brand New Key", with rustic lyrics replacing the original theme of roller-skating.

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The original

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Covered a few years later by Robert Palmer. I prefer his version. Its funkier.


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This is interesting because it kind of ties together their musical hall thing with their blues thing (the Kinks version is a cover)


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I knew it was a cover but never heard there original (or is it)
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Another thread reminded me of this, which I haven't heard since I was very young

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Listening to it again it's obvious it's a cover of an old song

this one

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It turns out that the writer of this successfully sued that record label (above) resulting in the demise of the label and the band

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I knew it was a cover but never heard there original (or is it)
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ditto

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Not "I didn't know" more like "I just came across another version"


Yet another Russ Ballard song/cover

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