HW: Freq (greenfly and the rose)

[William Duffy]

Keith Henderson wrote:
>
> Bryan asks...
>
> >Hi.  I just got Calvert's CD Freq, but my copy (from
> >Cleopatra) has bonus tracks, Lord of the Hornets and
> >The Greenfly and the Rose.
> >
> >Question 1:  What are these tracks taken from?  The
> >date they were recorded is given but no other info.
>
> These tracks were both on his earlier album, 'Hype', which came out around
> 1981 I believe.  Not having both with me at the moment, I can't tell you
> whether the respective versions are different...from memory alone, the Freq
> versions (at least the ones on my Anagram CD) sound at least similar to the
> originals.  If they are in fact the very same recordings, I wonder why these
> two were added to Freq as bonus tracks.  Well, actually, now that I listen
> further, the very last bit when Calvert (and backing vocalists) are singing
> 'The Greenfly and the Rose' over and over, this does sound
> different.....perhaps these were earlier demo versions.  There's no mention
> of where these came from in my booklet.  Does the Codex cover solo stuff??
> If so, that's where you should look...
>
There is a difference. These versions feature different musicians
(including Lemmy). I can't remember exactly how different they sound,
but I seem to remember the tracks being released on a single by
Flicknife before the album Hype came out (I could be wrong about that,
though?)

William