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SPECTROPOP - Spectacular! Retro! Pop!
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There are 25 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. New at S'pop: The Beverley Jones Story
From: S'pop Team
2. Re: Oh! Canada
From: James Botticelli
3. Re: The Breakaways CD
From: Ken Mortimer
4. Re: More Chiffons
From: Donny H
5. Re: The Breakaways / Vicki Brown
From: Artie Wayne
6. Dickie Goodman
From: Ian Chapman
7. Re: Timothy
From: Rat Pfink
8. Beatle's Early Invasion
From: Steve Harvey
9. Re: The Younghearts
From: Mark
10. Sorry Artie
From: Steve Harvey
11. Found the answer Puss n' Boots or Pussycats
From: Rich
12. Re: Bobby Darin
From: Mike Rashkow masterswng@aol.com
13. Re: "Got My Mind Set On You";
From: Bill Craig
14. Telephone song
From: Nancy M
15. Re: Crystals "Uptown" in stereo
From: Frank
16. James Ray
From: Austin Powell
17. Re: 100 club
From: Wendy Flynn
18. Re: Comebacks
From: Susan Lang
19. Tallyrand Music/Sammy Turner
From: Stuffed Animal
20. "Got My Mind Set On You"
From: Hugo M
21. Johnny Cash
From: Dan Hughes
22. Re: Jerry Keller
From: Jon Adelson
23. Re: "Got My Mind Set On You"
From: Andrew Jones
24. Re: Crystals "Uptown" in stereo
From: James Botticelli
25. Re: Jerry Keller
From: Phil Milstein
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 17:07:39 +0100
From: S'pop Team
Subject: New at S'pop: The Beverley Jones Story
The public singing debut of Beverley Jones, the S'pop Team's
favourite BritGirl du jour, took place at the Electric Light
Club in Alderman's Green, Coventry. She was just 4-years-old.
To encourage his reluctant daughter to sing that night, her
father promised to buy her something special as a reward. So
Beverley got up and performed an old song entitled 'Little
Mister Baggy Britches'. Dad bought Beverley a blue plastic
handbag the next day. Within a decade she had become something
of a local celebrity, known as Coventry's answer to Brenda Lee,
soon to embark on a recording career. Mick Patrick met up with
her recently and captured her story for posterity. Click here
for the full deal:
http://www.spectropop.com/BeverleyJones/index.htm
Beverley's best record, "Hear You Talking", cut with London-
based beat group the Prestons in 1964, is currently playing
at musica. Gosh, could that be Jimmy Page on guitar?! Take a
listen and see if you agree:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spectropop/files/musica/
Enjoy!
The S'pop Team
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 16:42:25 -0400
From: James Botticelli
Subject: Re: Oh! Canada
Denis Gagnon wrote:
> Anybody else have any good Canadian soft rock recommendations?
Free Design
Andrew Jones wrote:
> I'm not quite sure this is what you're looking for,
> but there was a Canadian group called Motherlode that had one
> big hit in the US, "When I Die." Their Buddah album was a
> fixture on my brother's turntable when I was young.
I just found that LP yardsailin'. got a great version of
Jr Walker's finest "What Does It Take (To Win Your Love For Me)"
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 22:38:58 +0100
From: Ken Mortimer
Subject: Re: The Breakaways CD
Mark Frumento:
>The Breakaways should have recorded more on their own.
> They sure backed up some second rate singers.
They were particularly brilliant on Cilla Black's 'Conversations'!!!!
Ken
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 21:39:05 -0000
From: Donny H
Subject: Re: More Chiffons
David A. Young wrote:
> My "Bronze Chiffons" adventure continues: .... and
> how I can successfully make myself a backup disc?
I've found that burning at a slower speed solves this problem.
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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 14:40:12 -0700 (PDT)
From: Artie Wayne
Subject: Re: The Breakaways / Vicki Brown
Ken............How ya' doin'? Thanks for all the information
on Vicki Brown. I never knew she put out an album titled
"From the Inside"..... which I wrote.
regards,
Artie Wayne
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Message: 6
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 21:43:07 -0000
From: Ian Chapman
Subject: Dickie Goodman
All this talk of Dickie Goodman thread made me dig out
"Senate Hearing", which he cut on 20th Century in '63.
At the hearing of crime syndicate boss "Little Joe LaVacci"
the cut-ins are provided by the Angels, Crystals, Jaynettes,
Essex, Stevie Wonder, the Miracles, Dion and Jan & Dean.
Tailor-made for Spectropop!
Ian
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Message: 7
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 19:31:41 -0400
From: Rat Pfink
Subject: Re: Timothy
Bill George wrote:
>Please forgive my untimeliness as I catch up on past digests...
>but all this discussion of "Timothy" has me anxious to hear it.
>Can it be played to musica or is it currently available on CD?
It's available on Rhino's "Have A Nice Day #6" and Varese Sarabande's
"Dick Bartley Presents: On The Radio #2". I think The Buoys LP is also
available as a CD reissue on Collectables.
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Message: 8
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 16:45:35 -0700 (PDT)
From: Steve Harvey
Subject: Beatle's Early Invasion
Before the Fabs came to the US George came over to
Benton, IL to visit his sister. The local radio
station interviewed him in 1963 and was probably the
first to play Beatles stuff due to his sister, Louise,
bugging them all the time to give his kid brother's
band a spin.
While over here George played with a local band doing
Hank Williams and Chuck Berry covers. He also picked
up some lps including the one by James Ray (who died
in the 60s and seems to be forgotten by most). That's
where George heard "I've Got My Mind Set On You". The
rest is history.
I finally found the LP on C on Collectables for $6
last year. They were deleting it.
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Message: 9
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 23:48:46 GMT
From: Mark
Subject: Re: The Younghearts
Hi James!
Here's an interesting factoid regarding the Tempos/Younghearts'
output for Canterbury: When they switched to Minit, they re-recorded
both songs ("Countdown: Here I Come" and "Little Togetherness").
Sad to say, the remade "Countdown" sucks swampwater (the
original on Canterbury is FAR better); I'd hate to hear
how bad the revamped "Little Togetherness" is, considering
that the original is my favorite Northern soul tune.
Best,
Mark
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Message: 10
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 16:51:58 -0700 (PDT)
From: Steve Harvey
Subject: Sorry Artie
> One night, after my first set at the Bitter End in
> Greenwich Village.....a stranger came backstage and
> asked if he could sit in and play guitar on the next
> set. Paul looked at me........ I looked at the stranger
> like he was crazy........until he said he was Bobby Darin's
> guitarist. I knew I was "busted"..........so I just smiled
> and let Roger McGuinn sit in with us.
Artie,
You didn't let Roger, but his evil twin, Jim McGuinn,
sit in with you. Spittin' image of his brother.
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Message: 11
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 01:38:44 -0000
From: Rich
Subject: Found the answer Puss n' Boots or Pussycats
== Puss n' Boots or Pussycats ==
Found the answer in Archives. Looked before I posted answer
the first time and nothing appeared, but tried again today
and found answer on #705. They are one and the same.
Thanks Martin for posting this info back then. You didn't
know you were a mind reader 9 months in advance did you?
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Message: 12
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 20:02:37 EDT
From: Mike Rashkow masterswng@aol.com
Subject: Re: Bobby Darin
Artie Wayne writes:
> Bobby Darin and his involvment in folk
Nice anecdote, must be a great memory.
Rashkovsky
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Message: 13
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 02:32:09 -0000
From: Bill Craig
Subject: Re: "Got My Mind Set On You";
Ian Chapman wrote:
> James cut "I've Got My Mind Set On You" in '62 on Dynamic
> Sound 503 (it says here...)
I think I remember George saying that he based his version
on Rudy Clark's
Bill Craig
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Message: 14
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 02:44:20 -0000
From: Nancy M
Subject: Telephone song
On March 6,2003 Mike Edwards mentioned Robin Clark's
"Daddy Daddy" which was reissued on one of the A side
girl group compilations from Japan in the mid 90's.
Does anyone know the title of the cd and if it is still
available? I have been searching for this song for many
years. Any info would be appreciated.
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Message: 15
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 07:50:43 +0200
From: Frank
Subject: Re: Crystals "Uptown" in stereo
Jimmy B:
> Your ears are your friends. I too have that version along with
> a few other Spector Stereo Spectaculars. "Uptown" is the best
> of the batch, but the others ain't closin' time ladies themselves.
Jimmy,
Just curious, is that version featured on a CD ?
Frank
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Message: 16
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 08:16:34 +0100
From: Austin Powell
Subject: James Ray
James's version of this Rudy Clark song (he also wrote
"If You Gotta Make A Fool....") was on his (only ?) LP,
"James Ray" released on Caprice (LP/SLP 1002).....It's
listed as "I've Got My Mind Set On You Pt. 1 Pt 2 but
is only 3 mins 28 seconds long ! Strangely the track
wasn't included on a 1983 vinyl, sort of "Best Of..."
release by UK's Charly Records. My very battered LP
says all tracks were recorded at Regent Sound Studios
with Robert Liftin as engineer. Six of the twelve tracks
were Rudy Clark songs.
Has anyone seen a James Ray CD ?
Austin
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Message: 17
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 11:27:28 +0100
From: Wendy Flynn
Subject: Re: 100 club
Re: 100 club - 14 September
Hey S'poppers - if anyone out there is going to the Valatone
soul sessions or the 100 club anniversary please say hi to me.
I'm coming over from Dublin, will be sporting flares and I'll
be clapping along out of time
x
Wendy
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Message: 18
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 07:18:35 -0400
From: Susan Lang
Subject: Re: Comebacks
Alfie Noakes writes:
> still, the Brian Wilson comeback. Now that's got to be
> worth holding out for.
Um.....who's holding out? Brian's been touring the world
to critical and popular acclaim since 1999, and has released
several livealbums during that time. As of right now he is
working on a studio album, putting the finishing touches on
a show he will headline next month for the Carl Wilson Foundation
at Royce Hall on the campus of UCLA with Sir Elton John, and
rehearsing for the mind-boggling premier of the Smile tour,
which begins in England in January.
Holding out for what - the Love You tour?
;-)
Susan
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Message: 19
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 13:43:56 +0000
From: Stuffed Animal
Subject: Tallyrand Music/Sammy Turner
Mike Rashkow:
> I don't know anything about Shadow helping Jeff and or Ellie
> run Talleyrand. I doubt it. Actually Talleyrand was Neil
> Diamond's publishing company - Jeff and Ellie had no part
> in it.
Not so! Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich helped Neil Diamond
start Tallyrand Music in the mid 1960s, and they were co-owners
of this publishing company with Neil. Some years later, they
let him buy out their shares.
Can someone please post an obituary for Sammy Turner? Don't
direct me to a website . . . post an obit. I want to know how
he died.
Stuff
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Message: 20
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 16:09:14 -0000
From: Hugo M
Subject: "Got My Mind Set On You"
"Got My Mind Set On You"
It's also available on James Ray's 1961 LP, Caprice 1002.
Cheers --
Hugo M.
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Message: 21
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 07:59:12 -0500
From: Dan Hughes
Subject: Johnny Cash
So Jerry Lee Lewis is the last surviving member of the
Million-Dollar Quartet.
Strange. I would have bet he'd have been the first to go.
---Dan
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Message: 22
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 16:19:56 -0000
From: Jon Adelson
Subject: Re: Jerry Keller
Artie Wayne wrote:
> I'm glad to hear that Jerry Keller is alive and well
> and living in Nashville.
Back in 1975, I wrote a jingle for Sugar Crisp and I could
swear that at the session the person doing the voice of Sugar
Bear was introduced to me as Jerry Keller (I remember him
looking somewhat bearish with a cast on his recently broken arm).
I also remember the beautiful Bing Crosby-like voice. However,
on the search engines I've only seen the name Sterling Holloway
given credit as the voice of Sugar Bear. Is my memory clouded
(won't be the first time)?
Jon Adelson
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Message: 23
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 10:20:15 -0400 (EDT)
From: Andrew Jones
Subject: Re: "Got My Mind Set On You"
Ah, yes. "If You Gotta Make A Fool of Somebody."
One of the very few rock songs that dared to include a tuba!
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Message: 24
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 14:19:01 -0400
From: James Botticelli
Subject: Re: Crystals "Uptown" in stereo
Jimmy B:
> Your ears are your friends. I too have that version along with
> a few other Spector Stereo Spectaculars. "Uptown" is the best
> of the batch, but the others ain't closin' time ladies themselves.
Frank wrote:
> Jimmy,
> Just curious, is that version featured on a CD ?
> Frank
I got it on a CD-R made by a stereo weenie pal that relishes
the "subversive" concept of having stereo Spector...it's
often his sole raison d'etre! his life could use the proverbial
shot in the arm.
JB
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Message: 25
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 13:05:13 +0000
From: Phil Milstein
Subject: Re: Jerry Keller
Jon Adelson wrote:
> Back in 1975, I wrote a jingle for Sugar Crisp and I could
> swear that at the session the person doing the voice of Sugar
> Bear was introduced to me as Jerry Keller (I remember him
> looking somewhat bearish with a cast on his recently broken arm).
> I also remember the beautiful Bing Crosby-like voice. However,
> on the search engines I've only seen the name Sterling Holloway
> given credit as the voice of Sugar Bear. Is my memory clouded
> (won't be the first time)?
Well Sterling Holloway certainly had a high, sort of squeaky voice,
so the Crosbyish voice used for Sugar Bear could not have been his
(and thus may still have been Jerry Keller's). If yours' was the
"Can't get enough of Super Sugar Crisp" jingle, it was a gooder!
--Phil M.
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