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[mikeysoul]

I was playing the above 45's by Bobby Jones & Ruby Andrews respectively, tonight, which both have the same backing track.

Bobby Jones credits Maurice simpkins as writer & produced by Kirk - Stubbs - Wilborn - Jones.

Ruby Andrews credits Bridges, Knight & Eaton as writers and producers, with Terry also.

Wondering how it works? In the sense that no writers match. Were backing tracks just hawked around/stolen with the credits relating to the lyrics only?

Which came first? To me the Ruby Andrews production sounds far clearer.

Ta

Mike

[boba]

They don't have the same backing track. One of them recreated the backing track of the other one. It was pretty much "stolen" though even though it's not the same recording.

[mikeysoul]

Ahh. I will listen again without my friend, JD, around Bob. Certainly sounded the same to me last night. Sure it was the same, maybe some overdubs of different instruments here and there. Better clean out my cloth ears, lol.

Thats the end of that one then

Cheers

Mike

[boba]

I could be wrong, I didn't re-listen before posting. Just posting what I remember from comparing back to back a long time ago. I would think your question would still be valid, about uncredited stealing, who did it first, etc.

[Weingarden]

Along those lines"Âand apologies for hijacking your thread"Âwhat about the Stemmons Express backing tracks being identical to the Precisions? How'd that happen?

[boba]

Along those lines"Âand apologies for hijacking your thread"Âwhat about the Stemmons Express backing tracks being identical to the Precisions? How'd that happen?

Is it an identical track or a "jacked" track where they replayed it?

I know of one more example where they stole the track / arrangement without the actual recording. Big Jim's Border Crossing on Zanzee rips off the Cheers on Okeh.

[Weingarden]

It's identical (but without the intro that's on the Precisions):

other side too: