[Heeplist] A Far Better Way

Bob Winward uriahheep at comcast.net
Tue May 23 18:35:17 EDT 2017


That is so true but it's not the original release back when it would've meant something sales wise. If I member correctly I was in college firefly did chart especially in the Midwest

Bob Winward

> On May 23, 2017, at 6:22 PM, Kevin Milanowski <11scorpio06 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> A far better way was actually released on a release of firefly with bonus
> tracks
> 
>> On May 23, 2017 2:17 PM, "Filip Björner" <filip.bjorner at live.se> wrote:
>> 
>> Listened to some Heep songs on Youtube, among them A Far Better Way,
>> provided there by Ron Mann.
>> 
>> 
>> Began speculating about reasons for why this awesome song was not included
>> on the Firefly Lp. I came up with the taught that maybe it was because they
>> felt it would be hard for John to sing that song with that high vocal end
>> section on concert after concert. I know he had (and still have) a splendid
>> voice, but I guess there are limits for making such a strong performance
>> night after night. Do this speculation sound a bit plausible or not?
>> 
>> 
>> Imagine what it could have done for the band if that song was included on
>> Firefly, and also had made it as a hit on radio channels. The Youtube clip
>> is 5:51 seconds though, so a single version should have been cut down to
>> about half that time. And if so the deepest cut should have been in the
>> beginning. It goes up at 1.45 and then first only instrumental, and then it
>> goes slower and pure instrumental again after the second vocal between 2:50
>> and 3:40, so a single version could have been much heavier.
>> 
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