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Ah yes, we have not reached the end of the exciting Kacz-man saga -- far from it! There are people out there who have been researching the Steve Drake case for 20 years, which is 10 years longer than me. Bob P and Paul L in New York recently forwarded the following revelation: the three mystery tracks on Cold Sweat are no longer mysterious! Our karaoke rock friend lifted all three from the same, obscure major label LP: the OXPETALS on Mercury (1970).
"...in a nutshell, on Cold Sweat the track Drake called"Cold Sweat/Don't Cry Mother" is called "Don't Cry Mother [on the Oxpetals LP]. The track Drake called "Glimpses Of The Future" is actually titled "Declaration Of Oneness". Finally, the track Drake called "Do You See Now" is actually called "Down From The Mountain". All three tracks are the base recording, and Drake added vocals to mime the Oxpetals vocalist. Although I've only played the Oxpetals tracks twice, I don't think much, if any guitar/keys were added. At the beginning of "Don't Cry Mother", there is a 30 second intro of drums/electric guitar that Drake chopped from 'his' version..."
There it is! This also means that all tracks on Cold Sweat have now been identified, while there still remain a number (seven in total) unidentifiees on What Time Are You and Nature Intended.
Check out my article in Ugly Things magazine #24, or the corresponding web-page, to learn what all the brouhaha is about... one of the wildest stories in the '70s private press universe!
Thanks again to Bob and Paul. The quest continues...
