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LP releases
USA Solid Rock
SRA-2007 (1981)
CAN Solid Rock
SRA-2007 (1981)
NZ Concorde
SRA-2007A (198?)
UK Solid Rock
Ruff Mix (no number) (1981)
UK Solid Rock SRA 1 (1981)
CD releases
USA Solid Rock
SRD-008 (1993, 2003)
USA
Solid Rock
SRA-008 (2006)
USA Solid Rock
SRDX-005 (2009)
Cassette releases
USA Solid Rock
SRC-2007 (1981)
USA Phydeaux
ARF-008 (1988)
CAN Solid Rock
SRC-2007 (1981)
NZ Concorde
SRA-2007C (1981)
UK Solid Rock SR 1
(1981)
Special Cassette releases
USA Rough Mix
(1977-1981?)
8 Track release
USA Solid Rock
SR8-2007 (1981)
Single release
UK Chapel Lane
103: I Feel Like Dying (b-side by Alwyn Wall) (1981)
Song listing original LP
Side 1
Hard Luck Bad News
Feeling
So Bad
I Feel
Like Dying
Born To
Be Unlucky
Watch
What You're Doing
Side 2
Leaving The Past Behind
Put Your
Life Into His Hands
Larry
Norman's 97th Nightmare
Let That
Tape Keep Rolling
Extra tracks on first CD release
Twelve
Good Men (demo)
From "Voyage Of The Vigilant"
(unreleased)
Deep
Blue (rough mix)
From "Island In The Sky"
(unreleased)
It's
Only Today That Counts (rough mix)
From "Orphans From Eden"
(unreleased)
Extra tracks on second CD
and 2009 releases
Twelve
Good Men (demo)
From "Voyage Of The Vigilant"
(unreleased)
It's
Only Today That Counts (rough mix)
From "Orphans From Eden"
(unreleased)
Watch
What You're Doing
Long version (8:36 min.)
Extra tracks on
Maximum Son CD release
Deep Blue (extended version)
Hard Luck (extended version)
Feelin' So Bad (extended version)
Nightmare #97 (extended version)
Twelve Good Men (alternate take)
Oh Death Where Is Thy Sting (piano, vocal duet)
Lord If I Got My Ticket (extended version)
Extra track on Phydeaux cassette
Twelve
Good Men
Different version
Track listing of the Rough Mix
cassette
Side 1
Only Today That Counts
Long version
Long,
Long Time
This is "Deep
Blue", slightly longer than the CD version
What A
Day
This is
"Feeling So Bad", slightly longer than on
the
Phydeaux cassette
In His
Grave
Studio recording of the Woody Guthrie song,
"Jesus Christ", previously unreleased
Moonshine
Previously unreleased studio recording
Hard
Luck & Bad News
Much longer version than on the Phydeaux tape
Let The
Tape Keep Rolling
With intro and outro, same as on Phydeaux tape
If I Got
My Ticket
Short version (ca. 4:30), sung differently than on
"The Story Of The Tune"
Side 2
Country Church
Same as on "The Story Of The Tune"
Watch
What You're Doing
The
"Little Joe Billy" version
The Tune
Different version than on "The Story Of The Tune"
no
electric band part on this 13+ minutes version.
Swing
Low
Different from the version of
"The Story Of The Tune"
there's no choir here.
Put Your
Life In Jesus' Nail Scarred Hands
This
is "Put Your Life Into His Hands," long
(even
longer than on the Phydeaux tape) and
alternative version
Parson
Brown
Previously unreleased studio recording
Unlucky
Blues
This
is "Born To Be Unlucky," short version
and sung differently
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Notes
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Although released in 1981, "Something New Under The Son" was
recorded in 1976 and/or 1977. It was Larry Norman's intention to
release this as a double album with "The Tune" on the second album
(and a blank fourth side or a side with a lengthy version of "Watch
What You're Doing"). "Something New Under The Son" is a very
blues-related album; Larry Norman took lots of musical & lyrical
parts from old blues songs and from Bob Dylan songs. The inner
sleeve of the original album gives rather exact remakes of most of
the pictures on Dylan's album "Bringing It All Back Home" (or
"Subterranean Homesick Blues" as the album was called in several
other countries).
♫
The album comes with a printed inner sleeve. On this inner
sleeve there's mention of a free record; this is the "Barking At The
Ants" single.
♫
The song order on the 8-track tape is very different.
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The cassette re-release on Phydeaux includes (much) longer
versions of "Hard Luck Bad News," "Feeling So Bad," "Leaving The
Past Behind," and "Put Your Life Into His Hands." The intro of "Larry
Norman's 97th Nightmare" is longer (Larry Norman doesn't
start singing immediately after the second turnaround). "Watch What
You're Doing" has a short spoken intro and an extra verse about
Little Joe Billy. The extra track "Twelve Good Men" is a raw version
which is rather different from the CD version.
♫
On CD "Larry Normans 97th Nightmare" is called "Nightmare
#97" and "Let The Tape Keep Rolling" is called "Let The Tape Keep
Rolling ('69 bio version)." Apart from the titles, there are no
differences. The piano intro of "Leaving The Past Behind" and the "bababa"
intro of "Born To Be Unlucky" are missing. "Watch What You're Doing"
has the "Little Joe Billy" verse but is without the spoken intro.
♫
"Deep Blue" is basically the same song as on "Barking At The
Ants" but it is longer and the ending
is a bit different.
♫
The second CD has all tracks re-balanced, re-equalized, etc.
according to information on the Larry Norman website. Larry Norman's
website shows the front cover with 1977 erased and 2003 added.
♫
The Rough Mix cassette (there might be two slightly different
versions) features (variations on) songs from "Something New Under
The Son" plus some additional tracks. The cassette has been titled
"Something New Under The Sun" (yes, with a 'u'), but "Rough Mix" is a
more well known title. The song listing is given above, see Part II
for some additional information ("Rough Mix #1, #2").
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The UK albums have the "Little Joe Billy" version of "Watch
What You're Doing" and there is no intro to "Larry Normans 97th
Nightmare." "I Feel Like Dying" is listed but it's not there (it has
been released on single in the UK). The piano intro of "Leaving The
Past Behind" and the "bababa" intro of "Born To Be Unlucky" are
missing. I have seen a discography which lists the SRA 1 version as
having nine songs; I guess this must be a mistake.
♫
The first UK release has green labels with handwritten song
titles, the second UK release has the common Solid Rock labels (open
mouth) and typeset letters. The covers of the UK albums are the same
but they are a little different from the US version. There are no catalogue
numbers shown; only the words "A Solid Rock Ruff Mix" are given.
Both albums came with an insert which is almost the same as the US
inner sleeve (but it doesn't include the "free record" offer; this
was meant for US citizens only).
♫
The LP from New Zealand features the US version except that
it has the "Little Joe Billy" version of "Watch What You're Doing"
with spoken intro and there's no piano intro to "Leaving The Past
Behind" (the drum roll is shorter). "I Feel Like Dying" is not
listed. The spine and the yellow labels show "Something New Under
The Sun" instead of "..Son."
♫
There's a 7" EP called "Radio Disc VII" (released on Word
AD-6568T) with radio spots to promote LPs, including a 60-second
spot for "Something New Under The Son."
♫
This album was number eight in a series of fourteen albums,
mentioned on the inner sleeve of "Something New Under The Son"
(albums number nine through fourteen have not been released, see
part II).
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