--- In bobbiegentry@yahoogroups.com, "Peter Bellamy"
<PeterBellamy@c...> wrote:
> The three previously unreleased tracks on the Ode To Bobbie Gentry
CD are:-
>
> Skip Along Sam
>
> Show Off
>
> Stormy
>
> Skip Along Sam was written and recorded by Donovan around 1968 and
> Stormy was also written and recorded by a U.S. group (whose name I
cannot
> recall) around the same time.
>
> I believe, therefore, that Bobbie recorded her versions of these
songs not
> long after, probably late 1968 or early 1969, between the
recording of
> songs for the Local Gentry album and those for her Touch 'Em With
Love
> album.
>
> Show Off sounds as if it was recorded around the same time also.
There
> are no details as to the writer of this song, but I would not be
surprised to
> find that it was Bobbie herself.
>
>
> Peter Bellamy.
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Thanks for the feedback Peter. I'm surprised the songs were
unreleased at the time - I think they're three of the strongest on
the Ode album, especially Show Off and Skp Along Sam.