OK, I'm not claiming that this is the "best song ever". However, you know how certain tunes kinda remind you of certain times of your life, or you have fond memories associated with that tune? Well, in my case, it is a tune that I've been trying to find for more than the past 20 years! Let me explain.
Back in the late 70's (and yes, kids, I'm dating myself here), I bought an LP (i.e. 33 1/3 speed vinyl record) by the Gibson Brothers called "Cuba". This was a huge hit in many parts of the world. The album spawned two massive singles - the title tune "Cuba", and the club hit "Que Sera Mi Vida". Now, the album that I bought had this cover:
http://www.discogs.com/Gibson-Brothers-Cuba/release/105118
The arrangement of the tunes was different, but that's irrelevant. As far as I can remember, those were all the tunes on that album that I bought.
Now, fast forward to after CD's were "invented". Of course, I dumped practically all of my vinyl albums. I've been trying to slowly find all the "nostalgic" albums that I used to have in CD format (or right now, in MP3 or iTunes format). This is where things become mysterious and frustrating for this "Cuba" album. You CAN find Gibson Brothers' "Cuba" album in CD format (in fact, in various CD formats), but ALL of them are missing one tune - "You". In fact, look as far as you can, and this tune does not seem to appear in any other format than the original track in the Cuba vinyl album, or the B-side of "Ooh What A Life" vinyl single! You can find all the other tunes from that album on CDs, but "You" is strangely missing! And guess what? Next to "Que Sera Mi Vida", this is my most favorite tune on that whole album!
For at least 20 years, I've been keeping an eye online and various places, continually trying to see if this tune finally appears somewhere. Nada! Zilch! My only consolation is that, sometime last year (2010), I found a youtube recording of this tune.
It obviously came from a vinyl (you can year the scratches), but as far as I know, this is the only "electronic" version of this tune! I heard this song for the first time in 30 years, and the flood of memories came in like a tsunami!
Since we have members from various parts of the world, and especially from the UK/Europe, do you know if this tune exists on CD over there? Do you get the original "Cuba" album with that cover and song listing? I've looked at various online retailers from the UK, and haven't found any yet. Now that I've found this tune online, I'm more determined now to see if I can find it somewhere. I supposed I could just shell out the money to buy the vinyl again and have it digitized. But really, why is this ONE tune left out and so hard to find?
This is as bad as trying to hunt for the original, complete version of The Three Degree's vinyl album "New Dimension". Try to find THAT if you can! :)
Zz.
