December 10, 2012

ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT? - 8/6 : Remade Version



THE CARTER FAMILY
1936年六月八日, The Carter Family 在 New York 紐約 Decca Records 唱片公司錄製的 78RPM 唱片面世, A-面的歌曲 "My Dixie Darling", 放在 B-面的 "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" 有兩段歌詞是取自 Lou Handman 和 Roy Turk 同曲目的作品, 不同之處衹是 Carter Family 以鄉謠歌曲模式演繹, 而曲調亦不一樣, 在唱片和封套上祇見 A.P.Carter 的名字; 這版本在美國流行樂壇不被注目, 至今, 原唱與翻唱的版本少見, 可視為珍藏了!

 
"ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT?" - The Carter Family - 1936
 

Vocal: A.P. Carter
Vocal, Harp & Guitar: Sara Carter
Vocal & Guitar: Maybelle Carter 
 
Are you lonesome tonight? Do you miss me, I say?
Are you sorry we drifted apart?
Does your memories cling to that bright summer day
When I kissed you and called you sweetheart?
 
Like the rose on the vine, I am clinging to you
As I did when we drifted apart
I am wishing you back to that little shack
Where I kissed you and called you sweetheart
 
Does the chair in your parlor seem empty and bare?
Do you miss me and wish I was there?
Is your heart filled with pain? Shall I come back again?
Tell me, darling, are you lonesome tonight?
 
I have counted the days, I've counted the nights
I've counted the months and the years
I have counted on you since we drifted apart
Tell me, darling, are you lonesome tonight?
 
1961 - Carter Family Memorial Album 
 
"Are You Lonesome Tonight" - Bill Clifton and His Dixie Mountain Boys
 
Song List: 
A1 - March Winds 
A2 - The Green Fields Of Virginia 
A3 - Bring Back My Blue Eyed Boy To Me 
A4 - My Clinch Mountain Home 
A5 - Little Joe 
A6 - No Hiding Place Down Here 
 
B1 - Give Me Your Love 
B2 - The Stern Old Bachelor 
B3 - Are You Lonesome Tonight 
B4 - Cannonball Blues 
B5 - I'll Be All Smiles Tonight 
B6 - Old Cottage Home
 
Cover Version: "ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT?" - Barter Theatre 
2004 Album: Keep On the Sunny Side: The Songs and Story of the Original Carter Family
 
Are you lonesome tonight? Do you miss me, I say?
Are you sorry we drifted apart?
Does your memories cling to that bright summer day
When I kissed you and called you sweetheart?
 
Like the rose on the vine, I am clinging to you
As I did when we drifted apart
I am wishing you back to that little shack
Where I kissed you and called you sweetheart
 
I have counted the days, I've counted the nights
I've counted the months and the years
I have counted on you since we drifted apart
Tell me, darling, are you lonesome tonight?
 
Are you lonesome tonight? Do you miss me, I say?
Are you sorry we drifted apart?
Does your memories cling to that bright summer day
When I kissed you and called you sweetheart?