"I'm wasted and I can't find my way home"...

[GReedDiamond]

...the electric version not on the original release album:

"I'm wasted and I can't find my way home" is how I feel these days...

[stevil]

1. Supergroup

I'm home. But I'll find a home with a lake, trees, hills and a view of the stars.

[GReedDiamond]

3. Yeah, I'm prolly gonna havta sell everything I got...

...and move to someplace outside of L.A. if I wanna live another 10-20 years.

Beyond that I might as well be immortal.

[mr_lebowski]

2. Very cool! Never heard this one! LOVE IT!

BTW, I recommend just getting wasted AT home ... then you won't have this problem.

That's what I do, anyways

[DFW]

4. Sounds like a scratch track that got overdubbed

On the final version, they left out the organ and all the conflicting guitars, which was far more effective.

Back when I was in the studio a lot, this is often what happens when someone gets an idea for a song. They lay down the scratch track, and use it as a basis to refine it until the band is happy with the final version.

[Dr Hobbitstein]

7. Nah, Blind Faith recorded two versions. One electric, one acoustic

The electric one remained unreleased until the Deluxe Edition Remaster of Blind Faith in the early 00s.

The acoustic version is more polished as they actually finished the mix/master, but it’s a totally different recording from the electric version.

[DFW]

8. That's actually what I meant

They left the scratch track as it was, and overdubbed the hell out of it. Notice they didn't even finish the lyrics on the electric version, they were just testing the waters. They then decided to do the song over--to much better musical effect, and with completed lyrics.

[Dr Hobbitstein]

9. Reading back, you are correct.

I thought I had read somewhere that they abandoned the electric version after completing everything but vocals. Turns out it was just a jam session that got recorded (which is what a LOT of the sessions for that album were).

I’m a recording engineer, I know what scratch tracks are, I just had it all backwards in my head on the genesis of this song.

[DFW]

11. Got it, no sweat

I've been in and out of recording studios for nearly 50 years, but never went into music professionally. Though it is one of my great passions, it was not the one that promised to put the most food on the table.

[Dr Hobbitstein]

13. Oh, it's definitely a passion.

I work in a professional studio, but still have to supplement my income by working in a music store and doing instrument repairs on the side.

[DFW]

14. Back in the dark ages, I used to record and tour in my spare time

That stopped when my top brass informed me that there was no longer such a thing as spare time, and that was 40 years ago.

[JohnnyRingo]

5. One of my favorite albums.

...back when we had albums.

Thanx for posting the flashback.

[LiberalLoner]

6. Me too. Thanks for posting!

[pwb]

10. Im wasted and can't leave home.

Steve Winwood is amazing. Even today. Thanks.

[Ohiogal]

12. Absolutely timeless.

Thanks for posting!