Lazy saturday afternoon, a good night of drinking the night before. At a friend's place, recovering & re-collecting. Exchanging stories (more like memories from the previous night). Making plans for the rest of the weekend. As we sit on the couch, her neighbour plays a song. The tune is strangely familiar. Very soulful. She cries out "sunshine of your love". Explained it was a cover of the orginial by Cream. Still a bit oblivuos what she was talking about, I get home & look for the song on my laptop. I realise which song she referred to. I always preferred the version by Jimi Hendrix. I do appreciate the original but I never associated the song to Cream. So begins my search for this soul/jazz cover. I keep playing the song over & over in my head. I kept thinking it was version made in this decade, very naive of me. Eventually, I found myself surfing youtube.com (note: I never do) looking for that song. I find various covers & notably stumble across the two that I have been looking for. One by Ella Fitzgerald & the other by Spanky Wilson.
Ella's version- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiea8g6SqvQ
Spanky Wilson's verison - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ-Nf7j2riU
The quality is bit low. However, I think it Spanky Wilson's version has a bit more soul. Funkier.
After spending a bit more time on google, I find myself listening to a higher quality version
http://forum.odeo.com/episodes/9491883-Sunshine-of-Your-Love-Spanky-Wilson-1968
Now I need to find this on album in a store. I do recommend this version over the others.
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