All right, I realise that the remastered stereo luxury version of Dr Feelgood’s
Down By The Jetty came out a month ago, but I’ve only just got the Nectar points to get it. And what a stonker it is ... except that, er, it’s no more than a stereo version of a very fine mono record, and Wilko’s guitar sounds better on the original. OK, there are some decent out-takes, including a fine “Route 66”, and “She Does It Right” and some others sound pretty good in stereo. But what’s the point? The extra material wrecks the integrity of the austere small-but-perfectly-formed package that the original was – is. I’ve had the same experience too many times. I blame capitalism. All the same,
If you see my baby walking
I’m not walking by her side
Ain’t no need to look too far
Because I won’t be hard to find
I'm walkin’ twenty yards behind her
Cause I love the way she shakes behind
remains a great lyric. I can see it, but I can't quite believe anyone ever did it.
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