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Open Soul Surgery | ||||||||||||
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| Recording Artist: | Prism | ||||||||||||
| Writers: | Jim
Vallance (aka Rodney Higgs) Hilary Knight |
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| Date Written: | 1974 | ||||||||||||
| Albums: | Prism (1977) Over Sixty Minutes With Prism (1988) From The Vaults (1997) |
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| Audio: | |||||||||||||
Ron Tabak: vocal Lindsay Mitchell: guitar Piano: Peter Bjerring Richard Christie: bass Jim Vallance: drums |
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Produced by Bruce Fairbairn. Recorded and mixed by Rolf Hennemann at Mushroom Studios, Vancouver. |
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| Additional Audio: | Open Soul Surgery / demo (1974-75?) | ||||||||||||
Jim Vallance: piano, guitar, bass, drums, vocal |
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This is my home-studio demo (mono ... what a concept!). The
tempo is painfully slow, which seems to be the case with most of my
demo's for Prism's first album. The vocal harmony in the chorus is me attempting to channel Levon Helm. |
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| Cover Versions: | Also recorded by April
Wine. |
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I
wrote "Open Soul Surgery" in 1974. The title
was suggested by my girlfriend at the time, Hilary Knight (yes ... she
gets royalties). The guitar riff was liberally inspired by the 1970 hit
record "Alright
Now" by "Free: |
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| The ascending guitar riff in the chorus was written in 1973 and originally appeared
as part of a longer jazz-rock instrumental titled "Leonardo", performed
by Sunshyne (the group that later became Prism). Bruce Fairbairn and I co-produced the basic track for "Open Soul Surgery" in July 1975 at Mushroom Studios in Vancouver, with Rolf Henneman engineering and Jeff Tolman assisting. Lindsay Mitchell played guitar (rhythm and lead), I played drums and percussion, and I think Sunshyne member Richard Christie played bass. I can't recall who played piano, although it was most likely Peter Bjerring. The completed track was mixed at Mushroom Studios on October 21, 1975. The vocal was originally intended to be performed by Lindsay Mitchell, but he had lost confidence in his ability to front the band. At Lindsay's request singer Ron Tabak was brought into the band in July 1975. |
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| Lyrics: | It's been
a long time since I bin scramblin' down On the wrong side of your love And I don't care if you say I'm wastin' my time 'Cause you're the only one I'm thinkin' of Seems I spent my whole life ramblin' 'round From town to town and I need Open Soul Surgery Open Soul Surgery Ooo, I need surgery Open Soul Surgery - ya Ooo - ya When you were 18 I took you from your mother and sister 'Cause you didn't need that kind of protection And now I hate seein' you comin' on like some kinda bitch Just 'cause your life ain't what you were expectin' Seems I spent my whole life ramblin' 'round From town to town and I need Open Soul Surgery Open Soul Surgery - ya Ooo, I need surgery Open Soul Surgery - ya Mmm - somebody help me now (Solo) Seems I spent my whole life ramblin' 'round From town to town and I need Open Soul Surgery - ya Open Soul Surgery Ooo, I need surgery - ya Open Soul Surgery |
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