Because yester-day was the fiftieth anniversary of the release of Odessey and Oracle, I listened to it (of course) and noticed a few things.
In "Care of Cell 44" the "so" in the line "Feels so good you're coming home soon" is sung with a melisma (I think it's F# G F#). This emphasizes that adverb, giving a greater sense of exactly how good it feels.
I listened to the fiftieth anniversary edition of the album, which includes an alternate mix of "Care of Cell 44" as a bonus track. I'd noticed that in take 2 of the backing track (which is also on the thirtieth anniversary edition) Hugh Grundy clicks his drum sticks together to keep time during the a cappella sections, and I'd assumed that he did this for the final version (take 4 according to the Zombie Heaven liner notes) and that it was muted or edited out during mixing. Although I've been regularly listening to this fiftieth anniversary edition of Odessey and Oracle for the last year, it wasn't until yester-day that I realized that the alternate mix of "Care of Cell 44" restores that feature: during those a cappella sections, you can hear the drum sticks clicking together to keep time.
