Stranger in Blue Suede Shoes
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| "Stranger in Blue Suede Shoes" | ||||
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| Single by Kevin Ayers | ||||
| from the album Whatevershebringswesing | ||||
| B-side | "Stars" | |||
| Released | 27 August 1971 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Label | Harvest | |||
| Songwriter | Kevin Ayers | |||
| Producers | Kevin Ayers, Andrew King | |||
| Kevin Ayers singles chronology | ||||
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| 1976 reissue | ||||
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"Stranger in Blue Suede Shoes" was a Kevin Ayers single release.[1] The song was included on his classic 1971 album Whatevershebringswesing, released three months later. It would be re-released as a single in 1976 when Ayers re-signed to Harvest Records.[1] The B-side, "Stars", was a non album track that would be later included on the 1976 compilation Odd Ditties.[2]
Track listing
[edit | edit source]Original release
- "Stranger In Blue Suede Shoes" (Kevin Ayers)
- "Stars" (Kevin Ayers)
1976 reissue
- "Stranger In Blue Suede Shoes" (Kevin Ayers)
- "Fake Mexican Tourist Blues" (Kevin Ayers)
Personnel
[edit | edit source]- Kevin Ayers / vocals, (on "Stranger.."), vocals, bass (on "Stars")
- David Bedford / piano (on "Stranger.."), organ (on "Stars")
- Mike Oldfield / guitar (on "Stars"), guitar, bass (on "Stranger..)
- Dave Dufort / drums on "Stars"
- Tony Carr / drums on "Stranger.."
- The Ladybirds / backing vocals on "Stars"
Live version
[edit | edit source]One live version of the song was released on the album June 1, 1974.[3]
1976 reissue
[edit | edit source]To celebrate the return of Kevin Ayers to Harvest Records, in November 1976 the label reissued his 1971 neo-rockabilly single. This time the track was accompanied by another unreleased song from the Whatevershebringswesing sessions – "Fake Mexican Tourist Blues". This humorous track involves an unscrupulous Mexican trying to pair Ayers off with various members of his family; "Hey, brother, what about my mother / She's only just forty / She's especially naughty / She knows a lot a tricks / More than the younger chicks / And if you don't like my mother / I got a very nice brother." Both songs were included on a collection Harvest released that year of Ayers rarities and B-sides entitled Odd Ditties, which this single helped to promote.
References
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