lifeblood: releases:1982: color me grey (amy ray solo)


an independently released cassette featuring amy ray performing solo. it is not known how many copies of the cassette were issued. reportedly one year the cassettes were given away by amy ray as christmas presents to eight or so people. there are suspected to be at least two different versions of the cassette with track orders and some tracks varying between versions, as well as some of the songs being known by two different titles. this release is long out of print, but the tracks are available as free downloads in the bootlegs section.

back in september of 1995 a member of the unofficial indigo girls fan e-mail list posted the following related to this release:

ok, can someon help me out; i am slightly confused. about a week ago i had dinner with someone who has an original color me grey. after looking at it and listening to it, i realized that it is not the same color me grey that i thought i had. then i began to think about it, "well maybe the one i have just has more tracks on it." but then where would the extra tracks that i have, on my cmg, come from? so here's what i'm gonna do.. i'm gonna put 2 lists.. one of the actual cmg and one of the copy-of-a-copy-of-a-copy-etc. one that i thought was color me grey. (btw.. sidenote.. the copyright on the cmg is 1982)

i thought this was cmg

scared to say we're friends
nashville
fallin' star
carry me away
anyway, i love you
clues to you
always be there
color me grey
free through eternity
passin time
losin touch
ease the pain
anyone but myself

the real cmg

just passing time
no way out
losing touch
sweet gypsy
the distance remains the same
i'll be there
slow moving sun
thursday afternoon

so, does anyone else have the cmg on the left column? i mean, it's not a huge deal, but if anyone knows where the rest of those songs are from, it'd be nice to know.

oh yeah.. here's a description of what the color me grey tape looked like:

the j-card was a picture of amy sitting under a tree, playing her guitar, with her loyal cat sitting next to her. btw, it's a black and white picture... then, when amy printed the picture, she left some white space below the picture for the song titles, etc. basically, the j-card is on photo paper, with the song titles, album tile, etc, hand-written on it. i was told that there are only 7 original cmg tapes out there. anyway.. this may be old news, but it was new for me, so i thought i'd share.

tricia :)

track listing:

01. just passing time
02. no way out
03. losing touch
04. sweet gypsy
05. the distance remains the same
06. i'll be there
07. slow moving sea
08. thursday afternoon

alternate track listing:

01. scared to say we're friends (also known as 'no way out')
02. nashville
03. falling star
04. carry me away
05. anyway i love you (also known as 'sweet gypsy)
06. clues to you
07. always be there (also known as 'i'll be there')
08. color me grey )also known as 'thursday afternoon')
09. free through eternity (also know as 'you are free')
10. just passing time
11. losing touch
12. erase the pain (also known as 'erase the pain')
13. anyone but myself (also known as 'slow moving sea')


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