Long lost songs


This is a discussion on songs or versions we've heard maybe just once on the radio and spent years searching for. Anything you knew existed, but couldn't find.

For instance, about 1972 I was lying in bed listening to the local progressive rock station (WNEW) as I was falling asleep. On come a great R&B song with a line something like "Before I Die I want to be the kind of man you want me to be". The DJ never announced the title or artist that I could hear. Never heard it again. Years later I heard "She's Gone" by Hall and Oats and figured it was them. Nope. Continued to search on and off for decades, employing new technology as it became available.

Early this year, while searching for something totally different on SecondHandSongs I came across "When I Die" by Mother Lode. Bingo! Joy, joy, joy! Found the CD on Amazon, (only format available) Love It. Most of the rest of their songs are weird but "When I Die" is almost as good as my memory had made 'Before I Die'.

Another example is versions. There are some song that I love that have very different interpretations by various artists. "Hey Joe" and "Morning Dew" are two. I like to collect those versions. Long ago I heard a version of "Morning Dew" sung by a guy with a very unique voice. It had a mesmerizing rhythm guitar line that got into my brain. I never forgot it, because the girl I was with turned out to be a nymphomaniac. What a night!

Using   SecondHandSongs agin, I found Long John Baldry on his self-titled album on EMI. What a crystal clear LP! He's recorded several fine versions of the song, but this is THE one with that guitar line. Highly recommended.

I am sure many of you have similar tales and can relate to the elation I felt on finding something I'd been searching for for decades. Let's hear them.
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I haven't found Gary White performing his own composition, "Long Long Time"; but I did get a version by Melanie. It's on her Silver Anniversary double CD and it is a nice interpretation.

I'll still hunt for Gary.
HELP HELP HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I remember one electronic song or house, lyrics is going: something about you something about you, and repeating that in reffren, and there is something like: think about tommorow night everything is gonna be alright, its slow song and very relaxing, if anyone knows please HELPPPPPPPPP
I believe it is SOMETHING ABOUT YOU by Level 42 from their 1985 album World Machine. I love it!

https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/8822

If that's not it, let me know. There are several other possibilities.
Nope - From Boston's self-titled debut album - 1976

You're combing the lyrics from two songs on the same album

"something about you"
and the other is
"let me take you home tonight" 

They are the last two consecutive songs on side B

Good album - Go get it :)