Bridey Murphy - The Time Has Come/ Be Your Mother’s Son –Capitol 45-391 (1974 Philippines)
Bridey Murphy - The Time Has Come/ Same –Capitol 3975 (1974 US)
Although not necessarily linked to a remembrance of a previous life, Bridey Murphy was a short-lived aggregation of Paul, Bill and Barry Cowsill and guitar-slinger extraordinaire Waddy Wachtel with Bugs Pemberton on drums who only managed to release this sole single.
The only US issue I am aware is a promo and features Mono/Stereo copies of the same song; in any case I have never seen a US stock copy... However…Down in the Philippines a regular issue was released featuring the long lost Be Your Mother’s Son. And what a great find it is…With Waddy’s strident stabbing interjections to the fore, Be Your Mother’s Son rocks out without in any way harming the intended Purepop melodicism, it shines brightly, yet is meaty of its own accord, as in putting the Power into its Pop.
The lush A side is slightly better known and a classic in its own right, it looks like an earlier version was released by The Cowsills themselves, however it is unclear if Waddy had a writing credit of this elusive other version. The sessions seem to have been somewhat nuts…read on below
http://bapresley.com/silverthreads/music/bands/brideymurphy.html
Bill and Paul Cowsill signing to Capitol with John Myer (Personal Manager), John Carter (In-house producer and Al Coury. Waddy seems to have gone missing that day…Thanks to Chaim for the photo
Hear a full version of Be Your Mother’s Son
Hear a full version of The Time Has Come
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I have a USA stock copy.
Hello,
Do you still have this record? Of so how much are you asking for it?
-Joe Comer
Hi not selling it at the moment thanks
On Discogs, there is a picture of the stock copy of both sides of the single. It is my belief it had a limited commercial release, with a small number of copies pressed. When radio stations stubbornly refused to play the A side, sales just didn't happen, hence the rarity of the availability of the stock copy. As for "The Time Has Come", it was indeed recorded earlier by the Cowsills as "Crystal Claps". Waddy and Judi Pulver receive full writing credit on the record. Although stock copies of that record, which include the A-side of "You (In My Mind)" are nearly as rare as Bridey's record, you can find the recording on copies from other countries. I have one that was purchased from a dealer in Australia. As for Bridey Murphy's record, I now have both the U.S. promo and a stock copy from Brazil with "Be Your Mother's Son" written by Bill, Paul and Barry Cowsill on side B.
-Joe Comer
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