Martin Gore Down In The Boondocks

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Down In The Boondocks

Composer: Joe South
Released: 1989
Available on: Unreleased

Martin Gore's cover song Down In The Boondocks (written by Joe South).
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Down In The Boondocks All Remixes

Title	Time	Album	Remixer
Counterfeit e.p. Outtake, "Counterfiet" Outtake, Counterfeit E.P Session, Cover Martin Gore Solo, Demo, Gore Cover, Martin Gore - Demo Martin L. Gore Counterfeit e.p. Outtake, Session	2:48	Down In The Boondocks, Some Great Reward Remixes [Demo 5005], Rareties Of Mode (2001), Forgotten But Not Lost, The 33rd Strike - Millennium 33, Studio-Tapes, Demo Compilation (2014), Demos and Studio Outtakes (2018 ...But Rare	Phil Spector
Demo, Spector Mix	2:42	The Great Remixes 04 (2002)
Spector Mix	2:50	Ultra Rare Trax Vol. 3	Phil Spector
Tom'Lo Rain Mix, Tom Lo Rain Mix	4:08	21 Days,	Tom'Lo

 

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Martin Gore covered this song for his first Counterfeit e.p. but it did not make the album. As co-producer Rico Conning recalls on his blog:[1]

Martin’s nifty guitar playing was a major revelation. He’d often turn away from the cranky computer, pick up his acoustic and launch into an Everly Brothers song, or even John Denver, and I’d happily join in on harmony. I managed to record one of these jams (without my harmonies), the old Billy Joe Royal classic Down In The Boondocks (written by Joe South). We thought this was great until Fletch came down for a visit and opined “sounds like bleedin’ Dave Edmunds”, so that killed that one. Somehow though it has found its way onto YouTube.

Michael Lyons, Andrew Fletcher's brother-in-law, stated on the Home forum[2]:

"This track was fully completed as part of the project but Martin was unable to obtain the relevant permission for releasing it as part of counterfeit." "[This track was] originally recorded and included on the very early Mute studio tapes."

Down In The Boondocks (Counterfeit e.p. Outtake). The version below is sourced from a second generation tape (see right photo), and is likely the best you will hear.


[1] Source: Martin Gore "Counterfeit e.p." 1988 - Rico's Reel
[2] Source: Home: excitermode: "Re: Are These Demos Genuine?" (registration required to view)

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