This is the original 1967 mono mix, created by the artists and their producer. This particular copy is a promo copy, of which it has been said, no more than about 30 were made. I picked this one up for one dollar in 1970 at a used record store on 8th Street in New York City.
For the benefit of those who care about such things, I am reproducing the lyrics from the sheet enclosed with the record below.
From the enclosed lyric sheet:
Slide Machine
(Powell St.John alias John St. Powell)
Well I’ve been down south
Where they use the slide machine
Where the gods of gold are heard
But seldom seen
And here I’ve been
Just stuck up in between
Tryin’ to tryin to
Tryin’ to get back to you
Tryin’ to tryin to
Tryin’ to get back to you
Well the slide machine it sweeps stones
Right off the road
For the tandem trucks
And the loads that they towed
And me I just been lookin
For one goin’ slow
Tryin’ to tryin to
Tryin’ to get back to you
Tryin’ to tryin to
Tryin’ to get back to you
My woman here she’s got a dozen names
She’s sought by soldiers
And they try to keep her tame
But her rewards will leave them just the same
Tryin’ to tryin to
Tryin’ to get back to you
Tryin’ to tryin to
Tryin’ to get back to you
Well I’ve been down south
Where they use the slide machine
Where the Gods of gold are heard
But seldom seen
And here I’ve been
Just stuck up in between
Tryin’ to tryin to
Tryin’ to get back to you
Tryin’ to tryin to
Tryin’ to get back to you
(Vocal: Roky)
The vinyl sound track was restored using Cool Edit Pro 2.0 and Adobe Audition 3.0.
