unexpected encounter

June 29, 2013 9:04 AM

Jimi Hendrix and Dusty Springfield’s duet of “Mockingbird,” the soul/novelty number originally made famous by by Inez and Charlie Foxx in 1963, hasn’t surfaced in decent quality yet, and maybe it never will, so savor this admittedly murky peek at it, apparently taken from a super-8 camera pointed at a TV screen when it originally would have aired in 1968.
posted by flapjax at midnite (15 comments total)

Like most men, sometimes I regret not being Jimmy Hendrix
posted by Teakettle at 9:24 AM on June 29, 2013 [3 favorites]

It's Jimi, NOT Jimmy. And of course, let's not forget the well-known Carly Simon - James Taylor live remake from the seventies at the No Nukes concert..
posted by Seekerofsplendor at 9:35 AM on June 29, 2013

Well, I wouldn't want to have been him. His childhood (and some of his adult life) sure sucked.
posted by mithrandir at 10:11 AM on June 29, 2013 [1 favorite]

Cool. I had forgotten that Super 8 had a sound option!
posted by ZenMasterThis at 11:30 AM on June 29, 2013

In fact, both Super 8 and Regular 8 were designed for the addition of a magnetic optical strip.
posted by Thorzdad at 11:50 AM on June 29, 2013

Very cool, thanks for sharing this.
posted by Daddy-O at 11:53 AM on June 29, 2013

err...optical = audio.
posted by Thorzdad at 12:01 PM on June 29, 2013

Sound/audio are clearly not from the same source here. The audio is continuous while the video is fragmentary and, apart from the clips of Jimi and Dusty together, not even obviously from the same performance.
posted by anazgnos at 1:40 PM on June 29, 2013

I enjoyed it.Thanks flapjacks at midnite.
posted by alicesshoe at 1:47 PM on June 29, 2013

I think the definitive version was Aretha's.
posted by seymourScagnetti at 7:14 PM on June 29, 2013

I think the definitive version was Aretha's

As usual! Thanks a lot for that link, seymourScagnetti, hadn't ever seen that one.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 7:46 PM on June 29, 2013

Reactions: Wow what a duet! Wow Richard Metzger has a great blog! Wow Morrisey wrote the best music reviews!
posted by Potomac Avenue at 7:49 PM on June 29, 2013

That Aretha video sent me snooping round the nets for info on her partner at the piano. Here he is, Ray Johnson.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 8:16 PM on June 29, 2013

This is the definitive version.
posted by Bunny Ultramod at 7:58 PM on June 30, 2013 [1 favorite]

This is the definitive version.

Wow. Thanks for reminding me how much I hate Jim Carrey.
posted by aught at 7:30 AM on July 1, 2013