SONNY
SONNY: LAUGH AT ME ATCO HOME PAGE
CHER
'3614 JACKSON HIGHWAY'
Rhino Handmade RHM2 7733 (73:42)
6 March 2001
6. I WALK ON GUILDED SPLINTERS 2:30
(LP: Dr. John Creaux) (45: Mac Rebennack)
Words and Music Registered 6 October 1967
Master 17010 Recorded 24 April 1969, Atco CSG processed Mono single 45-6684
Cash Box ad 14 June 1969: CHER I Walk On Guilded Splinters b/w Chastity’s Theme (Band Of Thieves) Atco #6684.
Variety review 11 June 1969: Cher’s “I Walk On Guilded Splinters” is a striking rhythm ballad in a biting arrangement. “Chastity’s Song” is another interesting opus.
New Musical Express review 14 June 1969: An excellent styling, in which the effect is heightened by voodoo-like chanting, crashing cymbals and shrieking brass.
Melody Maker review 14 June 1969: Cher’s version of the Dr. John song is excellent – evil and rocking. The band are funky and the whole production makes it a better bet than Marsha Hunt’s version, if the tune is going to take off here at all.
New Musical Express ad 28 June 1969: Dr. John Smiles, Jerry Wexler Stirs, CHER cooks. This Is the Only Brew: Walk On Gilded Splinters (UK Atlantic single 584 278 b/w “[Just Enough To Keep Me] Hangin’ On”)
Original version on ‘Dr. John, The Night Tripper’ (Atco album SD 33-234, Masters 13351-13357 assigned 24 October 1967). The ‘Night Tripper’ album was allegedly conceived during sessions for Sonny’s ‘Inner Views’ (Atco album SD 33-229, Masters 13030-13034 assigned 6 September 1967). The single edit of Dr. John’s version of “I Walk On Guilded Splinters” (Master 14905, Atco single 45-6607) was numerically close to Sonny & Cher’s “You Gotta Have A Thing Of Your Own” (Master 14904, assigned 24 July 1968, Atco single 45-6605).
See http://www.geocities.com/antlion7/scgoodtimes.htm
Chastity DVD
Release Date: 8/24/2004
82 minutes
Additional Features: Teaser trailer
Screen formats: 16X9 widescreen (1.85:1), full screen English: mono
English, French & Spanish language subtitles
Chapter 11 features [Dr. John's version of "I Walk On Guilded Splinters] (?)
Chapters
1. Pretty, Young Runaway [8:15]
2. Main Title [2:19]
3. Fill The Tank, Girl [5:37]
4. If Men Were Animals... [3:35]
5. The Awkward Stage [4:41]
6. "Your House Works" [4:48]
7. No Time For Confession [4:39]
8. Beautiful Mexico [5:28]
9. A Career Decision [4:22]
10. Chas In The Cathouse [2:38]
11. Touring The Premises [6:06]
12. "Thinking About You" [5:01]
13. Back With Groceries [8:29]
14. An Unfair Question [3:46]
15. First Day As A Wife [5:37]
16. End Credits [7:22]
In regard to Sonny's Inner Views LP, Delerium Archive/Fuzz, Acid & Flower's Stephane Rebeschini wrote, "The musicians got so bored that they started working on their own project during the sessions, creating what would become [the] Dr. John The Night Tripper LP.
SONNY:
12621 I Told My Girl To Go Away
Master assigned June 20, 1967
Atco 45-6505
13018-13029 Inner Views
Masters assigned September 6, 1967
Atco LP SD 33-229
13187-13190 Inner Views 45 edits
Masters assigned between October 5-10, 1967
DR. JOHN THE NIGHT TRIPPER
13351-13357 Masters assigned October 24, 1967
Dr. John The Night Tripper
Atco LP SD 33-234
& 45-6635
Including only two known Sonny musicians:
Mac Rebennack & Harold Battiste, Jr.
SONNY:
13738 I Would Marry You Today
Master assigned January 22, 1968
SONNY & CHER:
14904 You Gotta Have A Thing Of Your Own
Master assigned July 24, 1968
DR. JOHN THE NIGHT TRIPPER
Edits from 13357:
14905
14906
Masters assigned July 24, 1968
Atco 45-6607
Atco 45-6606 is Iron Butterfly
Dr. John
BABYLON LP
Atco SD 33-270
1968
Songs:
Babylon, Glowin', Black Widow Spider, Barefoot Lady, Twilight Zone, The Patriotic Flag-waver, The Lonesome Guitar Strangler
Arranged and produced by Harold Battiste Jr.
A Sonny and Cher Production
