GOLD@SUMEX-AIM.ARPA (08/21/84)
From: Lynn Gold <GOLD@SUMEX-AIM.ARPA> Forgive me for asking, but why bother to put this song to a different tune? Is the original tune so obscure that nobody seems to know it? If you can pick it up, radio station WVHC in Hempstead, NY (Long Island), at 88.7 FM used to have and probably still does have a C&W program called Western Star which is run on Saturday mornings (I suggest calling them at (516)489-8870 for the exact time slot). Why do I bother to mention this? Well, it just happens to be the case that the woman who does this show is an avid fan of SF, and "Cool Green Hills of Earth" was the first Science- Fiction-Country-And-Western song ever done, as she will gladly tell you. In fact, Alice likes it SO much that she uses it as her closing theme! For those of us who aren't within WVHC's broadcast range, the best I can do to describe the tune is to say it is similar to "The Green, Green Grass of Home." --Lynn -------