This is the video for a new version of Dorothy by Emit Bloch, a song which first made an appearance on these pages on this podcast back in April last year.

Bloch’s album Dictaphones Vol. 1 was, if I remember, actually recorded as a series of demos.  The plan, a little like with Springsteen’s Nebraska, was to re-record these songs at a later date and to release that recording as a proper album, but the demos simply ended up being so good they demanded a release of their own.

1st reaction to hearing this version: ‘dear sweet lord what the blazing fuck is going on here?’

2nd reaction to hearing this version: ‘well bugger me, that’s pretty good, isn’t it.’

It’s extremely, extremely rare that anyone can take the rough version of a song I love, re-record a comparatively lush pop version of the exact same song and still not have me absolutely hate it.  But umm… well this is pretty bloody good isn’t it.  Due to the One Little Indian Records site being down I don’t know if this is from that re-recorded album which Dictaphones Vol.1 was supposed to be the skeleton material for, but I hope so.  And it might well make for a damn fine listen if it is.

Just for the sake of comparison though, here’s the version from Dictaphones. I assume you can understand my surprise:

Emit Bloch – Dorothy (the version from Dictaphones Vol.1)

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