Timeline

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
This song is now well known in both Al Green`s original classic soul version and Talking Heads` savvy, soul-pop fusion cover. Despite obvious differences in rhythm, orchestration, and vocal style, the groove just won`t quit. The Heads` version became a top 40 single in winter 1979, thankfully bringing both the original song and the covering group to the attention of much wider audiences than before.
 

 
The "Close of the Century" box set and many other CDs use the album version of "Boogie On Reggae Woman," which is as long as 5:13. The 4:13 time listed here is for the single version, which is available on the "Definitive Collection" CD.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
"One of These Nights" is available on over a dozen CDs and every one uses the 4:51 album version. The 3:37 length listed here is for the orginal single release.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
On the Billboard Hot 100 of November 22, 1975, this song`s wish (or prophecy) came true. It peaked at #15, a week later.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Records by The Maytals had been selling well in the U.K. since the late 1960s. This album was first released there in 1973, when the song "Funky Kingston" was new. By the time the album was released in the U.S., in the fall of 1975, all its songs were between 2 and 5 years old.
 

 
This song was first released as a U.K. single in 1970 (it did not chart) and also appeared on the multi-artist soundtrack album, "The Harder They Come," which was first released in the U.K. in 1972. It`s slotted here because this was when it reached its widest audience in America.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
One album version of this song is nearly 17 minutes long. This CD source is for the hit single version.
 

 
"Gloria" is the only song appearing three times in the Timeline. This version is a complete reinvention of the original song by Van Morrison, recorded first by Them and then covered by The Shadows of Knight. Samples of the other two versions may be found by a Timeline search on "Gloria," but there is no way a brief sample of this version can compare with the other two.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
"Bohemian Rhapsody" was a huge hit in England (#1 for nine weeks) during the winter of 1975-1976. When the song was used in the movie "Wayne`s World" in 1992 it was re-released in the U.S. and had a second run on the Hot 100, reaching #2 on the May 9, 1992 chart.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
The CD source is for the hit single version, which edits out over two minutes of the percussion break from the album version.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
The LP version clocks at just under 5 minutes. Some CD sources of the single-length version are edits of the LP version, which aren`t quite the same as the single version. My source is one of those LP edits.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
This version of "No Woman, No Cry" surpassed the original version from the Natty Dread album when the Live! track was chosen for the Legend compilation.
 

 
This song was a Wailers` 1971 single, included in the African Herbsman 1973 compilation album. I slotted it here because it was first heard by most U.S. listeners as the lead track of the Live! album.