you might remember the hit "voodoo ray" by "a guy called gerald"... i
read somewhere that the "voodoo ray" vocal was taken from a dudley
moore and peter cook comedy record... but i have never found out (a)
whether this is true or (b) which song it was taken from. so the
question is: what was the original song from which the "voodoo ray"
sample was taken?

Dear Teticio

Afraid this information may not be available on the web.  All I have
found is a snippet on a Peter Cook appreciation page at:
http://stabbers.muon.posiweb.net/stabbers/html/spiggott.htm
which confirms a slight link between him and a Guy called Gerald.

oops - should have done a google search myself before putting in a
question... last time i didn't find anything. yes, that article seems
to confirm my suspicion... now i just need the song info if that's
possible. good luck!

Afraid I can't find anything definitive either, but I have a sneaking suspicion
it is from this song "Bo Duddley"
http://www.phespirit.info/derekandclive/dclive09.htm
search for voodoo on the page
"voodoo rage"

I cannot identify the source of the female vocal track on "Voodoo
Ray," but I believe the same singer performs backup vocals on P.J.
Proby's cover of "In the Air Tonight."

It is my belief that the male voice intoning the words "voodoo ray" is
multiple electronic alterations of Peter Cook's voice only (no Dudley
Moore this time, although the two certainly recorded together on many
occasions.) In the 1984 film "Supergirl," Cook plays a minor baddie
named Nigel. A "voodoo ray" is one of many weapons brought into use
against the titular superheroine. I speculate that Gerald Simpson
lifted Cook's plummy utterance of the words "voodoo ray" from the
soundtrack of "Supergirl," and proceeded to spin it into an elaborate
techno treat.

ALL of the vocals in Voodoo Ray were recorded specially for the track.
The singer to the scat vocals was interviewed on British TV  few
months back (cant remember her name). The robotic voice chanting
'Voodoo Ray' was also recorded for the track, which im GUESSING could
be  Gerald Simpson  the composer of the original track.

I cant guarantee i, but try keyword NANOPLASMIC and CHAPTER AND THE
VERSE

There could be some links there.

Dont damn me if nothing comes up!!!

The

Just checked that link  and looks like im wrong!!!!!!!
Never minsd

i think that the "voodoo ray" sample is probably from the derek and
clive record - i'll soon find out as it is coming in the post! i like
the supergirl idea - but i'm not sure i can face sitting through the
film to find out if it is THE sample or not! i think gerald did a
later take of the song for which he re-recorded all the vocal samples.
also a version called "voodoo rage" which might be a reference to the
peter cook "voodoo rage" sample.

anyway, thanks everyone for your help! i'm not sure there is much more
to this answer! would already give it 5 stars if i could...!

thanks

The 'popular' version I've read was that the track was originally
going to be "Voodoo Rage", but there wasn't enough room in his sampler
for the complete phrase, hence why it came out as "Voodoo Ray".

the derek and clive live record arrived and the sample is *definitely*
from this. thanks for the info - particularly liked the imaginative
super girl theory! :-)