Mary Hopkin - Let My Name Be Sorrow-Slowed under vesion

[fazulek1]

It's wonderfull.Thank you Mary.

[PapillonJunkie]

Actually the French version is the original that came out first, by a French singer named Gilles Marchal who had a bit of success around 1969-70. His singing partner of the time was Martine Habib, a name you'll find in the composing credit, along with Bernard Estardy, who used to be France's #1 recording engineer in the 70s.

[Kuramochi0214]

Thank you for the valued information,

PapillonJunkie. I didn't know it.

Tommy

[whchanhk]

This is absolutely different recording.Some rare special versions are always included in CD of Japanese Pressing.

[richpat]

No, not this particular one anyway, yes I agree many different recordings surface all the time.

[Kuramochi0214]

Mary's CD "Those were the days" were issued twice in Japan, 1)is at 1995 and 2)is at 2005 -Limited-sale ver. Few of 1) are available even now but 2) are sold out. This slideshow music was taken from 1). You can enjoy as same as this just play slow.

I now remember that in those days (1960s) we played music on an old record player which had play speed adjustment lever. I used to play slower so that I was able to understand meaning sang in English...How nostargic memories!

[richpat]

We had a really old "radiogram" when I was a child, but it went faulty, the turntable broke. "think about your children" was released and I remember running home really excited and could'nt wait to play it, I put it on the turntable, placed the needle on the record and pushed it around with my finger !!!! LOL

[richpat]

This video had us getting all our old vinyl, demos, boots etc out of storage! LOL

We are not sure this is an alternate version, we think this is just "slowed down"

[Kuramochi0214]

Very sorry to have made trouble you!, Pat.

JUST MY MISTAKE. I KNOW THIS IS JUST "SLOW DOWN BY 20%". Reason is wrote in the video info. section. I realized the mistake, then I immediately uploaded correct one (with Mary sitting on a blue round beads scandinavian taste sofa) and deleted this.

Again uploaded by request.

These two were taken from "Those were the days" CD released in Japan from Toshiba-EMI 1995, bought in this April at a major CD store, an authorized product.

[richpat]

We had fun getting all our old records out, we have'nt played them for quite some time...

[whchanhk]

Sorry for wrong typing It should be slow tempo instead of lower tempo.

[whchanhk]

Thanks for repost this different version. I have no idea when Mary re-recored this wonderful song,may be in early-70? I don't think your solfware,old PC or record player(turnable)can make this song in lower tempo.

[pennymusicMAma]

Kuramochi0214, Tommy - This is beautiful & SWEET! Thank You/ARIGATO! She is so like me.

Love, Penny

[PertlyDaft]

This version is more comfortable and relaxing to listen to the other version is more melodramatic in a more hysterical way

[PertlyDaft]

I immediately recognized a difference from Those were the days CD from the first note, this version seems slower

[Kuramochi0214]

OOOHHHH! YES!!

PertyDaft, whchanhk!

You are great fans of Mary!

Maybe according to the software or my old PC or something else made this slower!

Original must be within 3 min 29 sec while this took 4 min 10 sec!

Sorry to everyone I will repost correct one!

I have just listened to the CD directly and recognized the difference!

Slower is more relaxing to listening to but damages her womanish sweetness.

Again let me to sorry.

Tommy

[Kuramochi0214]

Thanks for commenting whchanhk & bestiaccia.

I bought the CD "Those were the days" at a large CD store in the mall next to the Tokyo Desneyland gate in this April. Manufactured by Toshiba-EMI Ltd Japan so this is the authorized product. Maybe there is no difference from the UK-issued one, I think...

[bestiaccia]

Wonderful!

[whchanhk]

This version is different from CD 'Those Were The Days'. Where this version came from? Excellent beautiful sad song, wonderful version. Thanks for posting.

[Kuramochi0214]

YES YES YES.....

Mary is a great singer as well as so sweet and so beautiful...I too need treatments :D. I have caught by her since back to 1968. I have atttended her concert in 1970 Osaka Expo.

Thank you for nice commenting.

Tommy

[breadqueue]

Mary Hopkin is the best female singer of all time IMO. She was also so beautiful. I'm still to this day haunted by a Mary Hopkin fixation I had back in 1971. I might need therapy:) I've favourtied the Japanese version because I prefer the tempo and arrangement. This is a beautiful song in any language, in my all time top-10 written by Bernard Estardy & Martine Habib.