JPF Home Page Forums General Messages General Message Forum Research into a Mysterious ~1968 Folk Song.

I think the vocal is okay, not great, but in tune. That was most of the battle back then. No "studio" or "pro" musician was involved in this. Most likely the person who posted it just anonymously wanted their song to go viral. Suckers LOVE to romanticize finding this magical band. It is likely a redit user just slapped it up and loves the attention. I know it has happened before. In one of the most famous cases someone from their life spilled the beans. I would search for the article but don't care enough to bother.

There are so many millions of recordings like this one that a needle would be easy pickens in any hay stack by comparison. If someone or a solution comes forward, it is almost proof alone it was an inside job all along. Real mysteries like this don't get discovered without a scam underlying it in the first place. That or a liar will insist it is theirs. I bet someone makes a NEW recording of the same song, using whatever tech they need to sound as grungy.

There is nothing particularly bad about it, nor anything particularly great. It is something that most young bands could and have done countless (millions) of times in countries around the world. Ping ponging two cassettes to add "tracks" was done so many different ways that there's no way the origin will be found without an "insider" admitting to it. This guy is WAY too over invested, it would not surprise me at all if it was HIS song to start with, but he doth protest a little too much for that.

More likely he is smitten with the idea of SOMEONE ELSE figuring it out then HE plans to get kudos for going back to the community with the answer, which is super lame really. If he wants to know, HE needs to figure it out right?

He isn't too serious with his made up name. A legit person looking for an answer for REAL would always include his name and multiple contact methods right?

Mr. Swami just doesn't seem like a serious or honest broker at this point.