Josephine - Chris Rea (Original Version)

Chris Rea is immensely talented writing songs, playing blues and slide guitar and his husky voice is unmistakably his own. He re-recorded much of his earlier catalog. I’m personally not a fan of those new recordings. The original releases are better by far. This is the original album version from 1985. The single was already a remix. Chris Rea has re-recorded the track ’Josephine’ many times, and it exists in 7 distinct versions: This original 1985 album version, which can be found on original vinyl and CD releases of Shamrock Diaries; length . The 1985 single version, a completely different, more rocking recording; length 3:35. This was later included on the 2001 compilation The Very Best of Chris Rea. The promotional video for the single uses a slightly extended version of this, which is approximately twenty seconds longer at the start. The more disco-sounding “Josephine (La Version Française)“ aka “Josephine Extended French re-record“, an extended remix created for a European non-album single release in 1987; length . An edited version of “La Version Française“ that appears on reissues of Shamrock Diaries in place of the original; length . The 1988 re-recording created for the compilation New Light Through Old Windows; length 4:34. Possibly the most well-known version of the song, it has appeared on numerous Chris Rea compilations since. An alternate, faster 1988 re-recording found only on US editions of New Light Through Old Windows published by Geffen Records, but not those published by ATCO Records; length . A stripped-back 2008 re-recording included on the Germany-only compilation Fool If You Think It’s Over - The Definitive Greatest Hits; length 3:58.