Fresh Fish Special

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Original

Collaboration

Compilation

Playlist

Commercially Released: June 15, 1978
Label: Private Stock
Produced by Richard Gottehrer and Robert Gordon
Recorded by Rob Freeman, assisted by Eric Block at Plaza Sound Studios
Mixer uncredited
Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound
Design by Neil Terk
Photography by Gary Green and Jim Houghton

Overview

Fresh Fish Special is the second album Robert Gordon made with Link Wray. The record featured The Jordanaires, who had been background vocalists for Presley, and it includes the Bruce Springsteen song "Fire". Springsteen played keyboards on the track. The album was recorded in December 1977.

Released

Fresh Fish Special

#	Song Title	Running Time	Release
5.	FIRE	2:39	GUEST: FISH

^{Total Running Time: 26:49}

Additional Information

Artwork

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Personnel

• Robert Gordon: Vocals
• Link Wray: Guitar, Vocals
• Billy Cross: Guitar
• Charlie Messing: Guitar
• Bruce Springsteen: Piano
• Rob Stoner: Bass
• Howie Wyeth: Drums

Media

Related Releases

• All Versions
  • Fresh Fish Special

On The Tracks

FIRE - V1	5:14	LM-2 / DDO / DO-2 / MT1 / AM
FIRE - V2		private reel-to-reel
FIRE - V3	4:05	PROMISE
FIRE - V4	2:39	GUEST: FISH

Note: Written in May 1977, a few days after Bruce and Steve attended an Elvis Presley concert in Philadelphia. V1 (which is not a final take) comes from June 17, 1977 at Atlantic Studios. Introducing the song on November 20, 1978 in Champaign, IL, Bruce said "This is a song I wrote, oh, we jammed it up in the studio one night in twenty minutes." Allegedly (and this may be myth) a finished demo take was sent to Elvis Presley in July or August 1977, shortly before his death, with the hope that Elvis might cover it. Bruce ended up donating the song to Robert Gordon, sending two demo versions on a reel-to-reel tape that was auctioned off by the Gordon estate in 2024 (likely V1 and V2). Gordon recorded his cover (V4, with Bruce on piano) in early December 1977 (released June 1978). The Pointer Sisters then quickly covered Gordon's released version and had a major international hit in early 1979. The officially released V3 was partly recorded in 1977, and partly recorded in 2010.

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Lyrics

• Fire

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