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SPECTROPOP - Spectacular! Retro! Pop!
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There are 12 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Ed Townsend / vinyl
From: Phil Chapman
2. Re: Julie London
From: Peter Lerner
3. Re: Wendy and Bonnie
From: Stewart Mason
4. Re: Jerry Keller
From: Mike Rashkow
5. Krimson Kake
From: Ken Mortimer
6. Re: The Collage, - does anyone know this group?
From: Keith D'Arcy
7. Re: Reparata's writers
From: Robert
8. Re: Julie London / Green Tambourine
From: Billy G. Spradlin
9. place these lyrics....if you can!
From: Susan
10. Barry Darvell
From: Claudia Cunningham
11. Re: Krimson Kake
From: Mark Frumento
12. Re: Jerry Keller (or Jack)
From: Keith D'Arcy
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 11:13:02 +0100
From: Phil Chapman
Subject: Ed Townsend / vinyl
Mick Patrick:
> Okey, dokey. I've placed "Tell Her" by Ed Townsend
> in musica for all to hear.
Yikes! - A black Jimmy Durante.
Should those backing girls sound familiar, Mick?
> Thank goodness there are people out there who still collect
> original 45s, as opposed to mp3s or crappy bootleg CDs.
> Without such folk, vital label copy would be lost forever.
> To me, songwriters and producers are as important as the
> performing artists. I enjoy looking at records almost as much
> as listening to them. Well, almost!
Absolutely, preserving these artefacts is essential
- and expensive. On a listening front, even though CD comps
(the better ones) are technically more accurate and informative,
and it is very interesting to hear certain recordings with great
clarity, I generally find the 45 evokes more the feeling of the
time. Of course, with a carefully restored mp3 (or CD) of the 45,
you get the best of both worlds: blemish-free vinyl recording
that you can listen to loud without the deck feeding back while
scrutinising non-rotating label artwork without losing your head.
Phil
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 21:26:59 +0100
From: Peter Lerner
Subject: Re: Julie London
Mick Patrick:
> Julie London's version of "Yummy, Yummy, Yummy" was the
> title track of her final LP... "
Frank:
> The whole LP is a must. One of the most way out record I
> ever heard, even better than Louie Louie don't miss Light
> My Fire... but anything Julie London recorded is a must."
Personally my Julie gem is "Mickey Mouse March" (Liberty 55966,
yes a single) She was certainly a case.
Peter
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 18:05:54 -0400
From: Stewart Mason
Subject: Re: Wendy and Bonnie
Art Longmire asks:
> One of the earliest kiddie-pop records I heard was one called
> "Mill Valley" back in 1970. I later purchased it and have always
> liked it very much (wish I could get it on CD). Another CD that
> I didn't hear was one by two sisters named Wendy and Bonnie that
> came out a while back, recordings originally done in the late 60s.
> Does anybody recommend this, and what does it sound like?
It doesn't sound a thing like Mill Valley, Langley or any
other "kiddie pop" records in that style: Wendy and Bonnie
were already semi-professional musicians when this album of all
original material was recorded (by otherwise adult musicians
including the Larry Carlton, Jim Keltner and Jonathan Melvoin),
and the record is mellow late-era psychedelic pop with some jazz
and folk influences. Very low-key and quite nice, and you would
have no idea that the duo were 17 and 13 at the time of recording
simply by listening to it.
S
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 17:42:04 EDT
From: Mike Rashkow
Subject: Re: Jerry Keller
Me:
> In fact, we are currently writing together although
> we have never met or seen each other face to face.
OBVIOUSLY I DON'T KNOW JACK S--T.
I MEANT JACK KELLER NOT JERRY.
DON'T HAVE A CLUE WHO JERRY IS.
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 00:38:19 +0100
From: Ken Mortimer
Subject: Krimson Kake
Can anyone tell me anything about Krimson Kake who recorded
for Penny Farthing in the late 60's?
I'm a big Sue and Sunny fan (will someone please issue a Sue
and Sunny compilation CD) and a friend of mine has told me that
he thought Sue and Sunny were members of Krimson Kake.
Does anyone know if that's true?
Thanks
Ken
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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 19:35:23 -0400
From: Keith D'Arcy
Subject: Re: The Collage, - does anyone know this group?
Oddly, there are two other great soft rock LPs by groups
called The Collage. The best one is on the Cream label out
of LA, produced by Michael Z. Gordon. The second best is by
a Long Island-based Sergio Mendes & Brazil '66-style outfit
who recorded for the Golden Crest label. Both LPs are well
worth a listen (and better than the Smash LP, in my humble
opinion).
Cheers,
KD
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Message: 7
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 22:16:37 -0000
From: Robert
Subject: Re: Reparata's writers
Ian Slater wrote:
> Many thanks to Robert for his Reparata/Delrons credits list.
> I can add the credits for the missing tracks and one more
> record. I don't have their first single, I got the credits
> for "Leave Us Alone" from Mick Patrick's fabulous CD
> compilation "Kiss 'n' Tell" (Ace CDCHD 330).
Thanks Ian for the info regarding the B-side of Your Big
Mistake as well as single #22 Just You/There's So Little Time.
I was not aware of its existence. Is it chronologically the
22nd single?
Note to Phil Milstein: Hash Brown is indeed Harry Lookofsky.
Robert
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 10:22:39 -0000
From: Billy G. Spradlin
Subject: Re: Julie London / Green Tambourine
Love Nut from Baltimore recorded a awesome Who-like
Power Pop version of it about 7 years ago on thier CD
"Bastards Of Melody" with a nice Yardbirds rave up at
the fadeout.
Also Julie London cut a nice version of Yummy Yummy Yummy.
Who at Liberty came up with the crazy idea of having her,
of all people, record bubblegum songs??! No wonder why
they were bought out by United Artists by 1970. Oh well
it was the 60s!
You cant keep a good song down!
Billy
http://listen.to/jangleradio
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Message: 9
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 08:40:42 EDT
From: Susan
Subject: place these lyrics....if you can!
This is a lyric snippet i remember from my childhood - say, maybe, the
mid-1960s. I don't know the name of the song, who performed it, or
any more of the lyrics, and it has been making me crazy for....decades.
I'm hoping someone here can help. I believe this is the chorus:
One of these days, Sunday's [or possibly Monday's] gonna come on Tuesday
And [But?] i know it's never happened before
And the sun won't shine and the grass won't grow
And the rain won't fall and the wind won't blow....
And that's all i remember. Any and all help will be enormously
appreciated!
Thanks -
Susan
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Message: 10
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 08:31:20 -0400
From: Claudia Cunningham
Subject: Barry Darvell
Could anyone tell me about Barry Darvell, who had a 1960 hit called
"How Will It End"? It was high up on the charts way back and I
remember it as a kid. Any bio information on him would be appreciated.
Thanks.
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Message: 11
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 13:30:00 -0000
From: Mark Frumento
Subject: Re: Krimson Kake
Ken Mortimer wrote:
> Can anyone tell me anything about Krimson Kake who recorded
> for Penny Farthing in the late 60's?
Krimson Kake were Kris Ife and Samantha Jones. It was a one off
single written by Mark Wirtz and Kris. Perhaps Mark will chime in
with some details behind this great song.
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Message: 12
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 09:26:11 -0400
From: Keith D'Arcy
Subject: Re: Jerry Keller (or Jack)
Mike Rashkow:
> OBVIOUSLY I DON'T KNOW JACK S--T.
> I MEANT JACK KELLER NOT JERRY.
> DON'T HAVE A CLUE WHO JERRY IS.
Hi All,
Jack Keller's "biggest hit" (although not in chart terms) was the
theme from Bewitched. I love Peggy Lee's vocal version of it. They
actually intended to use a male vocal version (sung by Jerry Vale)
for the TV show, but somehow the studios figured out that an
instrumental theme cost less in AFofM payments and they scrapped it
at the last minute! They did the same thing with the song
"Seattle," theme for "Here Come the Brides."
Jack Keller also wrote for the fabulous New Establishment, who
apparently have a "great lost LP" that was recorded for Colgems but
never released. Sob, sob.
KD
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