Beatles cover song - am I remembering wrong?

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I’m not having any luck with my Google-fu today, I guess.

The recent thread on cover songs got me thinking. I distinctly remember a cover of the Beatles’ song Dear Prudence in the early to mid 70s - but I can’t remember the artist.

It used an unusual echo on the vocal, so it sounded something like:

Dear Prudence-dence-dence-dence
Won’t you come out to play
Dear Prudence-dence-dence-dence

Get the idea?

Any idea? Now that it’s on my mind, it’s driving me batty.

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Siouxsee and the Banshees covered it, but I think that was later than you’re remembering. How sure are you of the date?

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The only cover version on the Wikipedia article is by Siouxsie & the Banshees.

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Positive.

I remember playing it at Q-104 in Atascadero in 1979 - but it was on a huge reel of tape and I can’t remember the artist.

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Perhaps it was an early DJ-style mix of it. (WAG)

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In this thread Dr. Rieux mentions a cover of “Dear Prudence” by Katfish, released in 1975. Is that the one?

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Could be Katfish - I guess I’m going to have to hear it to make sure.

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List o’ Dear Prudence covers.

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Great site, gary!

Makes me realize I’m going to have to hear it to figure this out. Thanks, everyone!

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That’s the one I thought of – what an atrocity as I recall.

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I can’t imagine this getting airplay in the US but Doug Parkinson In Focus , an Australian group did a great version in 1969. See details at http://www.dougparkinson.com/discography.html

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Well, it was the first version I ever heard, and I liked it.