[ ]   [ ]   [ ]                        [ ]      [ ]   [ ]
Harvey Mandel — Wade In The Water
Album: Christo Redentor
Avg rating:
6.4

Your rating:
Total ratings: 1687









Released: 1969
Length: 7:43
Plays (last 30 days): 0
(instrumental)
Comments (297)add comment
crazily good
Canned Heat hey? Like it.
 roadie wrote:

Slick!




I Agree!!  GREAT TUNE!! (great version of this song).  Thanx RP!   
 eileenomurphy wrote:


Hit the "skip button"! ...moron!

WHERE IS IT?
Slick!
EXCELLENT!! This the ONLY tune by him on the RP playlist.  PLEASE ADD MORE TUNES!!  Thank You!
 memoryboxer wrote:

So bizarre, all the complaints. I'm hearing this for the first time and thinking "Wonder if there'll ever be a day when Bill doesn't introduce me to something new and different?" and quite happy with the knowledge that that day is unlikely to ever happen. Keep on keeping it eclectic, Bill... some of us are quite grateful and satisfied with the results.



So grateful that I support RP on a monthly basis. Never want to see this station go off of the airwaves if I can help it. LLRP
 sfyi2001 wrote:
Great Guitarist.
Was with Canned Heat at Woodstock in '69.
Showed up at the studio in '74 to be considered as Mick Taylor's replacement and ended up on 'Black and Blue' - That's him on 'Hot Stuff' and 'Memory Motel'.




thanks for the info...interesting...if only other comments were as worthwhile rather than just ...a report on personal preference...who cares what you like and don' like?... give it a number and move on.....or not .....LLR
 Max32 wrote:

This sounds great with headphones on.




Right on!   Especially in FLAC w/ great studio phones, amp & DAC!   
 Laptopdog wrote:

Pretty good for the bald guy from America's Got Talent!

Oh, wait...




Too Funny!!
Pretty good for the bald guy from America's Got Talent!

Oh, wait...

GREAT!!!  ICONIC!!!
 sfyi2001 wrote:
Great Guitarist.
Was with Canned Heat at Woodstock in '69.
Showed up at the studio in '74 to be considered as Mick Taylor's replacement and ended up on 'Black and Blue' - That's him on 'Hot Stuff' and 'Memory Motel'.




I love to learn new stuff like this. I would much rather get info than opinions.
Far out!  Can Moby Grape or Beacon Street Union be far behind?
Wow, Bill's on fire this Friday morning, with Willie and Lobo and Harvey Mandel back to back.  Makes me want to get right up and walk out of my office into the sunshine.  With RP in my ears, of course.
 lmic wrote:

How could anyone not love this??



Maybe like the Grateful Dead in that many people need psychedelics to really "get it". Certainly my experience. Post punking my way through college, one of my mantra was "kill the Dead", a la many a punker. I went to a Dead concert, even, at the famous Frost Amphitheater at Stanford, and was so bored I literally napped on the lawn.  Then after college I got solidly dosed, listened to the new year's '89 show live on the radio, and have been on the bus ever since, and increasing over time. So maybe some of that going on here. I gotta say I love the album cover. Reminds me of one of the alien races in "The Fifth Element".... perhaps this cover was an inspiration....
This sounds great with headphones on.
 memoryboxer wrote:

So bizarre, all the complaints. I'm hearing this for the first time and thinking "Wonder if there'll ever be a day when Bill doesn't introduce me to something new and different?" and quite happy with the knowledge that that day is unlikely to ever happen. Keep on keeping it eclectic, Bill... some of us are quite grateful and satisfied with the results.



Great tune. Here's a totally different take by jazz great Ramsey Lewis: 
 mjbaumann wrote:

The listeners who drag this down to a 6 are the same type of uptight assholes who laughed at us and  called us loser, stoner loadies back when this was fresh.  

Who's laughing now ! Betcher dead, or wish you were. I'm still Truckin'




Either that or they don't care for it?
First listen, trippin'....
That lovely shuffling riff is not a million miles from Steely Dan's Do It Again. Looks like it predates it by about 3 years.
Spirit of Woodstock
 eileenomurphy wrote:


Hit the "skip button"! ...moron!


That really raises the tone by name calling, doesn't it, pillock?
Only 6?C'mon is close to 8
I've never heard this before - very cool! And would not have known it was this old...Thanks (AGAIN) Bill! 
Go, man, go!
Great Guitarist.
Was with Canned Heat at Woodstock in '69.
Showed up at the studio in '74 to be considered as Mick Taylor's replacement and ended up on 'Black and Blue' - That's him on 'Hot Stuff' and 'Memory Motel'.


 jelgator wrote:
Wait a second!  This isn't my parents' Ramsey Lewis LP!!!

 This is fantastic.  Almost as good as Ramsey's. 
 
Agreed!  And Ramsey's version is on Bill's playlist.
The listeners who drag this down to a 6 are the same type of uptight assholes who laughed at us and  called us loser, stoner loadies back when this was fresh.  

Who's laughing now ! Betcher dead, or wish you were. I'm still Truckin'
Wow. Is there a 30 minute version cause I could groove on this for long time.
1970, nap of the earth in Vietnam, no Christo Redentor rising out of the triple canopy, only green tracers as clear and sharp as the licks on Mandel's guitar.  Music got me through it, made me the last of the best.  Lonely as the last cartridge.  Now.
Title track is killer......
One of my Best LP's
Wait a second!  This isn't my parents' Ramsey Lewis LP!!!

 This is fantastic.  Almost as good as Ramsey's. 
This guy blows me away. Gave it a 9.
 philip1 wrote:
Please make it stop 🙉
 

Hit the "skip button"! ...moron!
Please make it stop 🙉
 Stave wrote:
This owns, deal with it.
 

Can someone please explain what this means in English? Thank you. Love the song, by the way.
So bizarre, all the complaints. I'm hearing this for the first time and thinking "Wonder if there'll ever be a day when Bill doesn't introduce me to something new and different?" and quite happy with the knowledge that that day is unlikely to ever happen. Keep on keeping it eclectic, Bill... some of us are quite grateful and satisfied with the results.
Eeeeewww.... like nails on chalkboard.
 Sloggydog wrote:

Hate to be all old and pedantic but "owns" just isn't a verb no matter how much you may like it to be.
 

I hate to be really old and really pedantic but "own" (to possess) is a verb, but it is a transitive verb - it requires an object.  "I own a car", "It owns my house", "He threw the ball" are all OK, but "I own", "It owns" and "He threw" are not.  
cut out about at last four minutes of it and it might be OK.....
 Sloggydog wrote:

Hate to be all old and pedantic but "owns" just isn't a verb no matter how much you may like it to be.
 

Edit: Just saw proclivities beat me to this... but only by about a month.

Errr... do you mean it isn't an intransitive verb (outside of compounds like "own up")? Cause... https://www.merriam-webster.co...
 Sloggydog wrote:

Hate to be all old and pedantic but "owns" just isn't a verb no matter how much you may like it to be.
 
Not to be pedantic either, but "owns" is a verb - a transitive verb which requires an object, but still a verb.
7-8
 bmaurey wrote:
I feel like I'm Trippin'... Yeah!
 

Sounds like bad CCR and I don't think there is very good CCR to begin with.{#Confused}
 Jamunca wrote:
Dear God, this constant back and forth from left channel to right on my headphones is giving me a headache. We get it! You can twist a dial! Give it a rest!
 
What he said.

The stereophonic hijinks are making me nauseous. It feels like my eyeballs are vibrating.
 tapatia1072 wrote:
It goes on and on and on and on and ooooooooonnnnnn......
  Ehhhhhyeahhhh, sure does...


 sans wrote:
Anyone able to figure out why Hot Stuff plays on Harvey's web page?

 
From AMG:
In the mid-'70s, when the Rolling Stones were looking for a replacement for Mick Taylor, Mandel auditioned for a spot in the group; although he lost to Ron Wood, his guitar does appear on two cuts on the Stones' 1976 album, Black & Blue.

Up next: a gospel treatment of Rod Stewart's "Hot Legs"
What a cacophany!
Anyone able to figure out why Hot Stuff plays on Harvey's web page?

 lmic wrote:
How could anyone not love this??
 
Impacted ear wax?


How could anyone not love this??
{#No}
Yummmmm.......
 Dgradeworkunit wrote:

It does sort of make your eyeballs roll around trying to keep up!
  

 

Cypher: It means buckle your seatbelt, Dorothy, 'cause Kansas is going bye-bye.


I feel like I'm Trippin'... Yeah!
 CamLwalk wrote:
This has never happened before, and I wish I were kidding or overstating it.  This song literally made me throw up.  I'm a little hungover and was nauseous before I started listening, but there it is.  A song I don't like made me hurl.  Feeling better now, but I might have a bug coming on.
 
dude
you might be dead!
dude

 petesoper wrote:
This piece is "Plan Nine from Outer Space" done with a sound mixer
 
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha....ha!!!
Wow. {#Yes}

I gave this an 8 as much for the fact that RP played it as for anything else. I actually have this album on vinyl bought from Harmony House, Albert Road in Pompey. Must have been around 1969 / 70 and the shop is long since gone.

So thank you Bill and Rebecca for the nostalgia kick.
 Mandible wrote:
 


I'll definitely need some scag to cope with this ancient hippy noodling. . . 

go strings!  {#Boohoo}
Not much energy after Sunny Landreth fine slide playing but I am a sucker for screaming gutars
Put on a good set of headphones for this - or do the old school trick of laying on the floor with one speaker at each ear!  This one delivers the panning stereo goods!  I just got a vintage set of Pioneer SE-505 Stereo Headphones and put them on tonight - this song BLEW MY MIND! (to use the proper vintage lingo). Like a trip back in time!
Freeeeeeky. And good.
Dear God, this constant back and forth from left channel to right on my headphones is giving me a headache. We get it! You can twist a dial! Give it a rest!
oh shit yes

{#Cowboy}
annoying
I've been taken over...  

Down by the river...
oh yeah...    
Oh, come on, the pan knob isn't that fun.  I like the Sweet Honey & the Rock version, myself.
ACID in the water. Good trip ;)
But yeah, maybe tooo long.

for me, was missing some authenticity, somehow missing some soul—-he may not have put his heart into it and that's what people are picking up on. (sure are some sensitive folks on here.)

This has never happened before, and I wish I were kidding or overstating it.  This song literally made me throw up.  I'm a little hungover and was nauseous before I started listening, but there it is.  A song I don't like made me hurl.  Feeling better now, but I might have a bug coming on.
 tompoll wrote:

No kidding! I have headphones on and I'm getting vertigo. Stuff's flying around like I'm inside a tornado. Step away from the pan knobs...
 
It does sort of make your eyeballs roll around trying to keep up!
It goes on and on and on and on and ooooooooonnnnnn......
{#Cool}
 westslope wrote:
Electronic violin?  I find it grating.   Sorry.
 

Don't be sorry.  I'm with you 100%.
 tompoll wrote:

No kidding! I have headphones on and I'm getting vertigo. Stuff's flying around like I'm inside a tornado. Step away from the pan knobs...
 
Hah, me too. Haven't heard anything like this since I used to lie on the floor with a speaker on either side of my head. That was in hi skul, many many moons ago.

Gimme Ramsey Lewis any day.
This piece is "Plan Nine from Outer Space" done with a sound mixer
dude should stick to deal or no deal
Electronic violin?  I find it grating.   Sorry.
 plaid wrote:
Ah, 1968. When people still thought that stereo panning was a novel idea.
 
No kidding! I have headphones on and I'm getting vertigo. Stuff's flying around like I'm inside a tornado. Step away from the pan knobs...
 plaid wrote:
Ah, 1968. When people still thought that stereo panning was a novel idea.
 
,,its not ?{#Stupid}

Th jonleehacker wrote:
sounds pretty much exactly like my last headache
 
This must rank in the all-time, top-ten RP comments list.

 Sloggydog wrote:
Hate to be all old and pedantic but "owns" just isn't a verb no matter how much you may like it to be.
 

 
lmic wrote:

Sorry to be a grouch, Slog, but it surely is a verb - Perhaps you're hoping to say it's transitive, rather than intransitive? Anyways, this song does own, and I am indeed dealing :) 8

 
Owned! {#Lol}
 Sloggydog wrote:
Hate to be all old and pedantic but "owns" just isn't a verb no matter how much you may like it to be.
 
Sorry to be a grouch, Slog, but it surely is a verb - Perhaps you're hoping to say it's transitive, rather than intransitive? Anyways, this song does own, and I am indeed dealing :) 8

 Stave wrote:
This owns, deal with it.
 
Hate to be all old and pedantic but "owns" just isn't a verb no matter how much you may like it to be.
This owns, deal with it.
 Jelani wrote:
Got kind of a "Born on they Bayou" thing going on here.
Or vise-versa? 
 
Nice call. BTW - vice versa, as this is an old spiritual.


 jonleehacker wrote:
sounds pretty much exactly like my last headache
 
Hahahahaha!
that made me laugh. 
Ah, 1968. When people still thought that stereo panning was a novel idea.
I have heard better garage bands do this.  Maybe with out the strings but they really don't add much.
Wade in the water
Wade in the water, children
Wade in the water
God's gonna boogie the water


{#Angel}
 ptooey wrote:
Noodly, noodly, noodly.
 
Kinda grates on my nerves after a while. {#Headache}
Got kind of a "Born on they Bayou" thing going on here.
Or vise-versa? 
 mborecki wrote:
Make it STOP! Please. Make it stop.

Does anyone who is not drugged up like this?

 
Yes.

I actually had the vinyl for this back around the time it came out but it didn't survive the many moves, culls, etc. I have to admit that it doesn't sound as good to me as it once did. Many pieces withstand the test of time reasonably well - to me, this does not fall into that category. Having said that, I still find it interesting, and I wonder if some of the other tracks might fare better on that 'test of time' score than this one.
Always tickled when this one comes on. Noticing the awesome bongos this time through...Thanks, Bill!
And we need to hear this... Why? Lovely Jam, but I'm not at the show. Not seeing the appeal.
Make it STOP! Please. Make it stop.

Does anyone who is not drugged up like this?

Anything off this album makes stop sit and listen...and smile
Como para parcharse una perra bien buena con unos buenos tragos de ron, largarse a un bar y amanecer.{#Devil_pimp}Lion.

 jagdriver wrote:

Ummmmmmm.........special BROWN-ies!  {#Chef}

(Hey, are those Lebanese brownies?)
 
Thai, I believe. {#Hungry}
I hear allot of Credence Clearwater Revival in this groove....{#Dancingbanana}
More Harvey Mandel..Great guitar player.Played with the Stones, Canned Heat.
 ptooey wrote:
Noodly, noodly, noodly.
 
But excellent noodling nevertheless. 
Hmmm... It is a bit derivative of CCR, Hendrix, et al, but it's interesting nonetheless.
 mediamarv wrote:
Love this song.
Especially good after some special brownies!!
 
Ummmmmmm.........special BROWN-ies!  {#Chef}

(Hey, are those Lebanese brownies?)


 tiggers wrote:
Absolutely terrible - I do not have enough command of the English langauge to describe how utterly dire this really is.

EDIT: And as is usual with this hippy sh1t way way too long!!!

Hmmm... you don't have a grasp of the English language and you can't spell. Maybe you should consider getting a GED and traveling the country, getting some exposure to things beyond your parents' rec-room basement.


Man i like it but then i might just be some crazy drugged up hippy anyhoo.
I'm grateful it's ended.
Dang, this rocks! His sound reminds me of Neil Young in a heavy way.
Noodly, noodly, noodly.