JIM GLASER

first release of original version
artist: JIM GLASER
label: MINT CHEW 32
recorded: Ireland, late 70's
release: 1979, U.K., 7" 45rpm
A-side: Who Were You Thinking Of
(Jim Glaser)
B-side: You Don't Make Me Feel Loved Any More
(Randy Thompson)
comment by Jim Glaser: "I recorded this song back in the late 70's, for Ireland's Mint Records. It was released in the U.K. and promptly banned by the BBC, which actually helped it gain popularity. Douglas Sahms, lead singer for the Sir Douglas Quintet, heard my record and recorded the song. Later, when Douglas, Freddy Fender, and Flaco Jimenez formed The Texas Tornadoes, they released it on Warner Brothers Records. Their single did moderately well, but the album featuring the song sells well worldwide. Incidentally, the video of The Texas Tornadoes' version, which featured The Lambada, was banned by Country Music Television (CMT) until it was toned down and re-released." [sic]
[source: liner notes at: Jim Glaser - Me And My Dream - Solitare Records SR-2001 - CD]
comment:
  1. Jim Glaser recorded the song again in ???
  2. credited to:
  3. Thinkin' in songtitle with g: Thinking
   
   

 

 
VARIOUS ARTISTS
label: WARWICK WW 5082
title: COUNTRY WELCOME
release: 1980, United Kingdom, LP
A-side:
  1. THE CHARLIE DANIELS BAND
    The Devil Went Down To Georgia
    (Daniels - Edwards - Marshall - Hayward - Crain - Di Gregorio)
  2. CRYSTAL GAYLE
    Half The Way
    (B. Wood - R. Murphy)
  3. RONNIE MILSAP
    Nobody Likes Sad Songs
    (McDill - Holyfield)
  4. WAYLON JENNINGS
    Love Of The Common People
    (Hurley - Wilkins)
  5. DAVE AND SUGAR
    Golden Tears
    (Schweets)
  6. BOXCAR WILLIE
    Pan American
    (Hank Williams)
  7. OAK RIDGE BOYS
    Sail Away
    (Rafe Vanhoy)
  8. WILLIE NELSON
    Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain
    (F. Rose)
  9. JOHNNY PAYCHECK
    Take This Job And Shove It
    (D. A. Coe)
  10. MERLE HAGGARD
    Red Bandanna
    (Merle Haggard)
  11. DOLLY PARTON
    My Tennessee Mountain Home
    (D. Parton)
B-side:
  1. JOHNNY CASH
    Riders In The Sky
    (Stan Jones)
  2. BARBARA MANDRELL
    Sleeping Single In A Double Bed
    (Kye Fleming - Dennis W. Morgan)
  3. CONWAY TWITTY
    Don't Take It Away
    (Troy Seals - Max D. Barnes)
  4. STATLER BROS
    Flowers On The Wall
    (L. De Witt)
  5. MOE BANDY (with JANE FRICKE)
    It's A Cheating Situation
    (C. Putnam - S. Throckmorton)
  6. JIM GLASER
    Who Were You Thinking Of
    (J. Glaser - P. Gavvin - C. Pelletier)
  7. CHARLIE RICH
    Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast
    (Stephens - Callander)
  8. ANNE MURRAY
    There Goes My Everything
    (Dallas Frazier)
  9. DAVID ALLAN COE
    Willie, Waylon & Me
    (D. A. Coe)
  10. MEL TILLIS
    Send Me Down To Tucson
    (Cliff Crofford - T. Garrett)
  11. TANYA TUCKER
    I Believe The South Is Gonna Rise Again
    (B. Braddock)
comment #1:

excerpt from the liner notes by Bryan Chalker (Country music historian and writer):

"One of the most interesting aspects of this latest country music extravaganza from Warwick is the inclusion of material by Boxcar Willie and Jim Glaser, two newly emergent artists. (.....) Jim Glaser made an indelible impression on British audiences last year with his outstanding single, 'Who Were You Thinking Of (When We Were Making Love Last Night)'. Glaser, of course, is no newcomer to the country music scene but his previous involvement and success largely resulted from his associations with the world-famed Tompall & The Glaser Brothers vocal group. Jim has also enjoyed considerable success as a composer and his 'Woman, Woman', written in conjunction with Jimmy Payne, became a 2-million seller for Gary Puckett and the Union Gap in 1967."
comment #2: Note the wrong spelling of Paul Gauvin: "Gavvin" [sic]