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SPECTROPOP - Spectacular! Retro! Pop!
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There are 14 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Re: Artie Schroek
From: Mike Rashkow
2. Re: Canada
From: Art Longmire
3. Re: The Breakaways / Vicki Brown
From: Ken Mortimer
4. RE: Soda Pop Babies CD
From: Kurt
5. Re: Spector Soundalikes CD?
From: Mike Rashkow
6. Mark Eric and The Four Freshmen
From: Steve Stanley
7. Re: Spector on A & E
From: Ron Sauer
8. Phil Spector on TV
From: David Young
9. Re: Linda November
From: Andrew
10. Re: Canada
From: Ken Bell
11. Re: Arties for Arties' Sake
From: Phil Milstein
12. Walmart of Sound
From: Steve Harvey
13. Connors/Spector; Twilettes; Paul Harris; RIP...
From: Country Paul
14. Re: Spector Soundalikes CD?
From: Frank
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 17:29:37 EDT
From: Mike Rashkow
Subject: Re: Artie Schroek
DJJimmyBee writes:
> Artie this and Artie that
> did a bunch of production/songwriting/what-have-you stuff.
> I would really like for one of our distinguished panel of
> experts (if we really have one) to make a list of Arties.
I'll start with these:
Artie Ripp, Artie Butler, Artie Kornfeld, Artie Resnick, and
just for the hell of it..how about Brooks Artie--anyone buy
into that?
For more on Schroek try this:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=artie+schroek&btnG=Google+Search
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 21:44:17 -0000
From: Art Longmire
Subject: Re: Canada
Ken wrote:
> Canada:
> Sugar Shoppe is a nice LP, kind of a sunshine pop music that
> some sellers say also falls into the "bubblegum" category.
> Ken
Hey Ken,
I'm really in with the recent Spectropop threads - I also have
this LP. It's definitely sort of light sunshine pop. The liner
notes say that they were heavily influenced by the Mamas and
the Papas. One thing I notice about this group-one of the members
has possibly the most unusual facial hair I've ever seen-makes
him look like a Satanist or a vampire. And the other three look
so clean cut!
Art Longmire
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 23:20:27 +0100
From: Ken Mortimer
Subject: Re: The Breakaways / Vicki Brown
Thanks Artie
For jogging my memory - the other version I have of 'From the
Inside' is by Yvonne Elliman (now what on earth became of
Yvonne Elliman???).
I'm really interested to hear that Cilla Black overed the song
as well - that's a version I must hear so I'll start looking about.
Thanks for the info.
Take care.
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Message: 4
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 14:58:08 -0700
From: Kurt
Subject: RE: Soda Pop Babies CD
> I also recommend the Soda Pop Babies CD
> I found it several months ago...it's a classic
It's really, really REALLY good
with zero filler.
Kurt
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 18:27:18 EDT
From: Mike Rashkow
Subject: Re: Spector Soundalikes CD?
Martin Jensen writes:
> Actually, someone should compile a collection of great Spector
> soundalikes. A CD of such songs surely would bring stars to my
> eyes. :-)
Place your order for Phil's Spectre on Ace (CDCHD 978). It should
be out by the end of the month. There is one really great song on
there called "Please Phil Spector". The writer and singer is
unknown, but I know that Ellie Greenwich, Mikie Harris and Jeannie
Thomas sang back-up.
Di da,
Rashkovsky
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 15:51:31 -0700
From: Steve Stanley
Subject: Mark Eric and The Four Freshmen
Keith D'Arcy writes:
> Here's an odd revelation: I was listening to The Four Freshmen
> "Today Is Tomorrow" LP on Liberty today (not tomorrow), and I
> realized there's a track on it written by one Mark Malmborg, called
> "When School Is Out This Year." Is this a known thing (like was it
> referred to in the liner notes to the Rev-Ola reissue of "A
> Midsummer's Daydream")? It's a pretty cool track.
Yes Keith, I mentioned the "When School is Out This Year" track in my
liner notes to the Rev-Ola reissue. I wanted to include the song on
the reissue, but since Mark isn't the artist that recorded the song,
it obviously would have been inappropriate. Unfortunately, he was
unable to locate his demo version of the song.
Mark on the track: "That was a dream come true. Yeah. And it was
kinda by accident because I had been trying to get a recording
contract since I was sixteen."
Steve Stanley
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 22:55:22 -0000
From: Ron Sauer
Subject: Re: Spector on A & E
Not sure if it has been mentioned here but A & E is having Phil as
the subject of "Biography" on Tuesday, 09 -16. They called it a
"premiere" so I assume it's new.
Ron
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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 23:19:17 +0000
From: David Young
Subject: Phil Spector on TV
Greetings, gang,
I'm pleased to announce that the subject of this coming Tuesday
night's "Biography" on A&E is none other than Mr. Phil Spector.
It's scheduled to be shown at 8:00 p.m. and again at midnight
here in Seattle, and I'll plan to have each of two VCRs record
it both times so I'll have three copies for those who want to
see the program but don't get that network.
Unfortunately, despite the fact that there were two posts here
recently about an upcoming appearance by Phil on CNN, apparently
each of the messages had incorrect information and I missed it.
It would appear that he was a guest on "Paula Zahn Today" on
Friday night, not some other show on Saturday or Sunday as
suggested here by the well-meaning posters.
Would someone who successfully taped the Zahn appearance kindly
contact me off list? Also write me privately about my spare
videotapes of the A&E special.
David
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Message: 9
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 21:07:14 -0400 (EDT)
From: Andrew
Subject: Re: Linda November
About Linda November: If you're a fan of the movie "The Incredible
Shrinking Woman" with Lily Tomlin, Linda November sang the jingle for
"Galaxy Glue," the product that started all the trouble for Ms. Tomlin
in that film; that jingle, still sung by Ms. November, was also the
film's closing theme.
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Message: 10
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 20:45:56 -0500
From: Ken Bell
Subject: Re: Canada
Art Longmire:
> I'm really in with the recent Spectropop threads - I also have
> this LP. It's definitely sort of light sunshine pop. The liner
> notes say that they were heavily influenced by the Mamas and
> the Papas. One thing I notice about this group-one of the members
> has possibly the most unusual facial hair I've ever seen-makes
> him look like a Satanist or a vampire. And the other three look
> so clean cut!
As they say Art, one in every crowd :)
Ken
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Message: 11
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 22:01:33 -0400
From: Phil Milstein
Subject: Re: Arties for Arties' Sake
Art Longmire wrote:
> James Botticelli mentioned getting confused with all the
> various Arties in pop music...well you aren't alone, James.
> For some reason I keep getting Artie Schroek and Artie Resnick
> mixed up...I guess because I have lots of records with their
> names on the labels!
I always used to get Artie Resnick mixed up with Artie Ripp.
James Botticelli wrote:
> ... I would really like for one of our distinguished panel of
> experts (if we really have one) to make a list of Arties. Who
> they are. Who they were. What they did. So I can follow along.
> Thanks. And you Arties, don't hesitate to speak for yourselves
> either!
So what you are asking for, then, is an Artieography?
--Phil M.
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Message: 12
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 19:58:54 -0700 (PDT)
From: Steve Harvey
Subject: Walmart of Sound
There was a vinyl bootleg with such pseudo-Spector productions. I
think 'Daddy, You Just Gotta Let Him In' by the Satisfactions
was on it too.
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Message: 13
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 23:44:41 -0400
From: Country Paul
Subject: Connors/Spector; Twilettes; Paul Harris; RIP...
First, I got this e-mail from Carol Connors today (Sunday):
> A&E's biography tuesday nite sept.16 8 p.m.....me!!!!
Well actually it's a biography of Phil Spector, airing on A&E. The
8pm starting time is Eastern and Pacific; "consult local listings,"
etc.
Next, for the past few weeks, I've been enjoying a highly strange
45 via the net about which I know nothing beyond the artist and
title: The Twilettes, "Where's My Baby." The sound is 2 1/2 minutes
of magnificence - a low-budget but effective Spectorian track, an
astonishingly haunting call-and-response gospel vocal, and, for the
first 90 seconds or so, eloquent lyrics (my favorite line: "My heart
is still broken / waiting for the door to open.") In the last minute,
the lyric descends to the pits of triteness and literalism, hitting
its nadir with, "Did he join the Navy or the Marines?" But then
again, there's that sound, that gorgeous sound. So: (1) Does anyone
have any info on this, please - label, producer, writer, background?
(2) Does anyone have it available to play to musica, or is it in
print somewhere? (3) Think about it - "The Twilettes" sounds close to
the French "toilettes" - would I the only person to make this
unfortunate connection in my [dirty] mind?
Last new business: am I the only person using Internet Explorer
finding that I can listen to one piece on musica, but when it comes
time to try for a second, IE refuses to behave? On or off-list help
welcome.
Catching up on "old business"....
Keith D'Arcy, Re: Smokey And His Sister/US 1967 WB LP:
> The LP was produced by Paul Harris (don't know the scoop on him),
> and it's good, but not as magical as those 45s.
Paul Harris was, I believe, an Elektra producer who, if memory
serves, produced the early Elektra rock sampler with four groups
including The Doors and The Lovin' Spoonful.
To Robert Stewart, David Young, Mick P., and all involved with the
Spector/Drifters/Big Top thread, thank you! I have nothing factual
to add, only these compliments: (1) your erudition blows me away,
and (2) it's knowledge like this that makes S'pop the encyclopedic
archive of record that it is.
Finally, RIP Warren Zevon, Johnny Cash and John Ritter. I met Zevon
twice - sober and totally blasted - and liked the former better.
Superb talent; hell of a way to go. Re: Cash, I loved his sound and
his integrity from the first time I heard "I Walk The Line." WFMU
and WNTI in Hackettstown, NJ (www.wnti.org) played some remarkable
tributes to him; the guy on 'NTI made a comment I agree with that
Cash's body was still alive, but his heart died when his wife, June
Carter Cash, did. May he find a special place with his beloved in
the heaven he sang about so eloquently.
Country Paul
(still running a week behind)
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Message: 14
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 08:58:39 +0200
From: Frank
Subject: Re: Spector Soundalikes CD?
Martin Jensen writes:
> Actually, someone should compile a collection of great Spector
> soundalikes. A CD of such songs surely would bring stars to my
> eyes. :-)
Rashkovsky:
> Place your order for "Phil's Spectre" on Ace (CDCHD 978). It should
> be out by the end of the month. There is one really great song on
> there called "Please Phil Spector". The writer and singer is
> unknown, but I know that Ellie Greenwich, Mikie Harris and Jeannie
> Thomas sang back-up.
Mike, if I remember well (and I should, I have the record in front of
me) "Please Phil Spector"'s singer was a group: the Attack. A really
funny song.
Frank
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