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There are 25 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Jack Nitzsche Update
From: Martin Roberts
2. Fading Yellow, The London Phogg
From: Art Longmire
3. Re: This Could Be The Night
From: Roger Smith
4. Youm Youm
From: Phil Milstein
5. Re: Fading Yellow CDs
From: Rat Pfink
6. It's What's Happening Murry the K
From: Charles Sheen
7. Bassett Hand; A Handful; Harry Charles; Majority;
Carol Kay; more
From: Country Paul
8. Re: The Majority / Majority One
From: frank 2
9. Re: Night Time Girl
From: Stewart Mason
10. Fantasia: gotta get away
From: Harvey Williams
11. Beat-O-Mania, The Buggs, B. Brock And The Sultans
From: Andres
12. Night Time Girl
From: Dan Hughes
13. Re: This Could Be the Night
From: Richard Hattersley
14. Randy's Rain
From: Honeydhont
15. Another classification clarification
From: Wayne
16. Julius LaRosa
From: Dan Hughes
17. Re: Another classification clarification
From: Art Longmire
18. Thanks...
From: Country Paul
19. Harrison/Beatles/recording
From: Alan Gordon
20. Jack Nitzsche - Help wanted!
From: Martin Roberts
21. Re: Julius LaRosa - OT
From: Bill Reed
22. Re: Another classification clarification
From: Phil Milstein
23. Art For Our Sake
From: Steve Harvey
24. Re: Julius LaRosa
From: John Berg
25. Re: Harrison/Beatles/recording
From: John Berg
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 06:16:43 +0100
From: Martin Roberts
Subject: Jack Nitzsche Update
A lot has been happening on the site this week, so without
much introduction or further ado:
http://www.spectropop.com/JackNitzsche/index.htm
Record of the Week: Joel Hill - "Secret Love" - Monogram.
Next week: The Moments - "Homework" - Era or The Cinders -
"Cinnamon Cinder" - W.Bros
http://www.spectropop.com/JackNitzsche/earlydays.htm
Al Hazan & Jack Nitzsche's Record of the Week is
Charlotte O'Hara (Bonnie) - "What About You" - Ava
http://www.spectropop.com/JackNitzsche/friends.htm
The Jack I Knew page has reminiscences' from Dan Bourgoise,
Carol Connors (a splendid interview from 'Country' Paul
Payton)
and Alan Gordon.
http://www.spectropop.com/JackNitzsche/radio.htm
The Radio page has Drum Demo 4+.
http://www.spectropop.com/JackNitzsche/lovingmemory.htm
A obituary has been added from Jack's hometown weekly and
Newaygo County's Newspaper, the "TimesIndicator",
http://www.spectropop.com/JackNitzsche/recordreviews.htm
The excellent sleeve notes by Andy Childs (former Zig Zag
editor) to the UK release of St. Giles Cripplegate are
linked
from the rear label scan. Plus a super review of Jack's time
with the band Crazy Horse written by Shake! editor, Chris P.
James and 'Six of the Best; Nitzsche & Crazy Horse' tracks.
That's all folks,
Martin
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2003 20:12:19 -0000
From: Art Longmire
Subject: Fading Yellow, The London Phogg
Thanks to Terry Rutledge for posting the Fading Yellow sites
with track listings - I see that Volume 3 has one of my all-
time favorite tunes, "The Times To Come" by the London
Phogg.
I've had the 45 for many years but I need it on CD!
Now if I could only get "27 Hours in the Day" by the Royal
Groove and "Anabel" by the Seagulls...then I'd really be
happy!
Art
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2003 17:15:01 -0400
From: Roger Smith
Subject: Re: This Could Be The Night
Harry Nilsson wrote "This Could Be the Night" as sort of
a tribute to Brian Wilson.
Susan Lang:
I've never heard this before, and I'm a fan of both. A
wonderful thing, if it's true - how do we know this,
Roger?
I apologize that I can't cite a specific reference, but it
comes from things Harry said in interviews.
BTW, Brian Wilson attended the recording sessions for MFQ's
version of the song. "We went into the studio and cut a song
called 'This Could Be the Night,' a Harry Nilsson tune, and
it had the whole Spector "wall of sound". Part of the sound
was to have lots of guitars, lots of drums, lots of bass -
not just one of everything. So anyway, we recorded this
song,
and Brian Wilson came down when it was finished. He'd sit in
the control booth wearing pyjamas, robe, and slippers,
listening
to the song over and over and over again. We didn't talk
much,
but we loved having him there, cuz we loved the Beach Boys."
(Henry Diltz -
http://members.aol.com/clackclack/fingv2n2.htm)
-- Roger
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 00:20:40 -0400
From: Phil Milstein
Subject: Youm Youm
Now playing at musica, "Youm" by "Bassett Hand".
Enjoy,
--Phil M.
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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2003 18:48:13 -0400
From: Rat Pfink
Subject: Re: Fading Yellow CDs
Martin Jensen wrote:
Can a track list for these cd's be obtained somewhere
and where can you order them?
You can find track lists for all of the Fading Yellow
comps (and many other '60s comps) here:
http://www.soybomb.com/garage-comps/
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Message: 6
Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 04:28:04 -0000
From: Charles Sheen
Subject: It's What's Happening Murry the K
Hey everyone
I was wondering if anyone knows where I can get a copy of
the
"It's what's happening" show,and or the other show Murray
the K
did for tv,on his web site if you click on one of the little
pictures they have 5 second clips of the artist, and I gotta
say
IT IS HAPPENING.
The best one(s) are the drifters, martha reeves and the
vandellas,
and otis redding(I mean all he's doing is snapping his
fingers but
it's cool).
rock on
charles sheen
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Message: 7
Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 01:25:15 -0400
From: Country Paul
Subject: Bassett Hand; A Handful; Harry Charles; Majority;
Carol Kay; more
Bassett Hand again - I found two 45's in my collection on
Josie:
Josie 45-927 (1965) "An F.G.G. Production," both wr.
Feldman-Goldstein-Gottehrer
In Detroit
Youm
Josie 45-934 (1965) "A Feldman-Goldstein-Gottehrer
Production"
The Happy Organ Shake (wr. Wood-Cortez)
The Hunt (wr. Fedman-Goldstein-Gottehrer)
"The Happy Organ Shake" is Dave "Baby" Cortez's "The Happy
Organ"
with brass grafted onto the shouted "Shake!" and the beat of
Sam
Cooke's record of the same name. It almost works. "The Hunt"
sounds
like one take of a piano blues and drums, designed to fill
the space
on the B-side.
Incidentally, a Google search for "Bassett Hand" yields a
mention
in S'pop archive #347,
http://www.spectropop.com/archive/digest/m815.html and
someone with
a copy for sale described "Youm" as "Sloppy, amateurish
Beach Boys
imitation, produced ALL WRONG". There are also references to
him
as an arranger, but nothing more about him.
Next to "Mr. Hand" I found:
A Handful, KHI 45-1201 (December '67), both arr/cond Don
Randi
Does Anybody Know (wr. Don Crawford, A Lee Hazelwood
Production by Lee Hazelwood)
Dying Daffodil Incident (wr. M. London, G. Beam, A Lee
Hazelwood Production by S. J. Hokom)
A-side is impressive for the deep cathedral-style reverb on
the background vocals; the song is OK, wortha listen if you
find
it but not an earthshaker. B-side is just too twee to these
ears.
I couldn't find anything on this group in Google. Anyone
know
anything?
Harry Charles, Rowax 802 (1963) (addr. on label: Globus
Music,
1650 Broadway, NYC) both wr. Richard LaForest, A Rich
Production
My Laura
Challenge of Love
"My Laura" is beautiful, a favorite since it was new; the
flip
is totally forgettable. I remember it getting airplay in
NYC.
WLS, Chicago listed it as #39 the week of August 2, 1963
http://www.oldiesloon.com/il/wls080263.htm
KROY, Sacramento shows it as #24 on August 17, down from #12
the
week before (check
http://www.broadcast.net/pipermail/broadcast-airchex/2003-Au
gust/056263.html
for a really fun hit list including Theola Kilgore,
Jaynetts, Avons,
Raindrops, and some other really strange entries). A Google
search
for "Harry Charles"/"My Laura" led to the above; "Richard
LaForest"
led to a Ph.D. A search for "Rowax" shows another release on
the label
(803) by Stu Allen, "Jordan Blooper"/"Bloopers Morse Code";
the A side
is a break-in record a la Dickie Goodman. It also leads to a
2-volume
list of 4000 independent labels called The R&B Indies,
http://www.rootsandrhythm.com/roots/randbindies.htm So -
anyone know
about Harry Charles?
The Majority was being discussed. I have one US 45:
London 45-LON-9779 (1966?), no prod./arr. listed
Pretty Little Girl (wr. Carter-Lewis)
I Don't Wanna Be Hurt Anymore (wr. Whitaker)
A side is very inventive; highly recommended. Is this the
same group
that became "Majority One"? And does the above info help
anyone?
Norman:
What can anyone tell me about Carol Kay who backed Tommy
Dee on
Three Stars?
Nothing from me, except that Tommy Dee was missing from the
B-side,
"I'll Never Change," which is a sparsely produced but
achingly
sincere ballad. The group was "Carol Kay and the TeenAires,"
by the
way. But wait....
>From the Rockin' Records discussion group comes this:
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From: "Tapio Vaisanen"
Date: Tue Apr 1, 2003 8:02 pm
Subject: Carol Kay
Michel Proost wrote on 1 Jan, 1999:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rockinrecords/message/531
I read in one of the latest issue of DISCOVERIES Mag an
interesting
article on the West-Coast bassist-session woman Carol
KAYE.
I was wondering if she was the Carol KAY on the Recorded
In Hollywood
label, #424, "Boogie In School" (mid-fifties).
>
Since Carol Kaye have a web site (& a E-mail address), I
ask her & she
quickly & kindly replied :
>
>No, that's NOT ME at all, some bad artist with the same
name, for
>some reason. My CDs "First Lady On Bass", "Better Days"
(w/Joe Pass),
>and "California Creamin" are listed on my website, I
never sang (nor
>had to sing).
...I was recently corresponding with Carol Kamenis, who had
several Crest
releases as Carol Kay (#1057, #1061, #1062 & #1067) and one
45 on Keno
which was then leased to Teen Town. I wrote to her: "I've
been wondering
if you were also the same Carol who had one record on
"Recorded In
Hollywood" label in 1954. Carol Kay & Red Callender Orch.:
You Can't Do
Boogie In School/Good Man Is Hard To Find (#424). That was
probably
another Carol but I thought that I ask now when I have a
chance."
She replied to me:
I am in shock !!! What are the chances that anyone would
even know or
remember ..... Yes indeed, I am the same Carol who recorded
"Good man
is hard to find" and "Can't Do The Boogie in
school...(written by Liby
Wolf) with Red Callander Orch. (#424).
---
Short takes:
Stu Phillips: I made a copy of your east coast itinerary,
and will try to
get to meet you at one of your stops. (Being a freelancer,
advance
scheduling is problematic!)
Where can one find a track list for the Fading Yellow CD
series, please?
Mick Patrick:
Some of you will enjoy the following essay by Spector
biographer
Rob Finnis on the new "Phil's Spectre" CD. To read more,
visit:
http://www.acerecords.co.uk/gotrt/sept03/cdchd978.html
Thank you, Mick; track list, too. I've got about half of
'em, but this might
require a purchase anyway.
Egads - I'm actually caught up!
Country Paul
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Message: 8
Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 07:56:02 +0200
From: frank 2
Subject: Re: The Majority / Majority One
Stephane:
In France (and many other European countries), Majority
One records were
released on Pink Elephant (same label as Shocking Blue,
Aeroplane...)
If I remember well, Pink Elephant was a part of the Decca
Group.
Frank
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Message: 9
Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 02:02:22 -0700 (PDT)
From: Stewart Mason
Subject: Re: Night Time Girl
Bob Rashkow asks:
MFQ's "Don't You Wonder" is a nice tune I used to have a
DJ copy of. Am looking for a copy of "Night Time Girl".
Is it the same song as recorded by the Down Children?
And is either of these the same song that Twice As
Much do such a magical version of on the soundtrack to
TONIGHT LET'S ALL MAKE LOVE IN LONDON? Simply
wonderful song.
Stewart
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Message: 10
Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 12:23:34 +0100
From: Harvey Williams
Subject: Fantasia: gotta get away
Fantasia - Gotta Get Away
Now in Musica. Hope you enjoy it.
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Message: 11
Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 11:55:16 -0000
From: Andres
Subject: Beat-O-Mania, The Buggs, B. Brock And The Sultans
Glenn Sadin once wrote:
RE the Buggs' album, it's one of the best
of the ersatz American "Beetle" albums.
Most likely the band is from the NYC area.
I've just recently bought 3 vinyl discs - Beat-O-Mania,
The Buggs 'Beatle Beat' and B. Brock And The Sultans
'Do The Beetle'. Apart from enjoying the music (it's
really great!) there were some strange and interesting
things that arrested my attention:
Beat-O-Mania
Very catchy pic on the sleeve with screaming girls, one of
them even unintentionally showing her underwear. On one of
the girls' dress there's a knitted word 'Beatles'! The same
pic was used on French EP We Love the Beatles. The note says
Recorded live in England, although it was recorded neither
live nor in England. The year of release as indicated on the
rear cover is 1962 (!). The quality of the recording itself
is rather poor, maybe it was made in a haste, just to make
money before the Beatle craze has gone?
The Buggs - 'Beatle Beat'
Again 'Recorded in England' note, though the Buggs are sure
from America and hardly ever visited England. No song
credits
anywhere. Some songs are renamed to give a hint for some
Liverpool or English origin, like, for instance, Liverpool
Drag (in fact no mentioning of Liverpool in the song at all,
just a simple love song.)
B. Brock And The Sultans - 'Do The Beetle'
Really great stuff, especially instrumentals Fast Beetle
and Little Brown Beetle, plus a couple of very good Beatles
covers. No song credits again.
I've transferred all 3 discs on one CDR (plus one bonus - 02 songs by Tina Ferra, including 'R Is For Ringo') and made an
artwork
using the original sleeve pics. If you want to trade, you're
welcome.
Regards,
Andres
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Message: 12
Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 07:28:53 -0500
From: Dan Hughes
Subject: Night Time Girl
The Bobster asks,
Am looking for a copy of "Night Time Girl". Is the same
song as recorded by the Down Children?
Yes. Written by Kooper-Levine if memory serves.
---Dan
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Message: 13
Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 14:12:05 +0000
From: Richard Hattersley
Subject: Re: This Could Be the Night
Bill Reed:
>In my haste, I forgot to add that there are at least two
recorded
>homages to the MFQ version of the Nilsson/Spector "Night":
>
>1. Brian Wilson on "For the Love of Harry: Everybody Sings
Harry
>Nilsson" Music Masters 65127-2, 1994.
>
>2. Tatsuro Yamashita on his 1978 album, Go Ahead. Yamashita
was the
>compiler and annotater of an official Japanese boxed
Spector set that
>at the last minute fell through the cracks, though rumor
persists
>that a few copies of the multi-CD affair did make its way
through the
>production process before it was quashed for unknown
reasons.
This Could be the night is my favourite Spector recording.
I also payed homage to it on a track I did called "Coming
Soon
(Going So fast)". Although the song is an original, I
totally
confess to lifting the production and fell from the MFQ
track.
Check it out at http://www.mp3.com/richard_snow
Speaking of Brian Wilsons version of the song, I read
somewhere
that he attended the session, any body else remember reading
this?
I can not remember the source.
Richard
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Message: 14
Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 16:30:27 +0200
From: Honeydhont
Subject: Randy's Rain
Hi,
Does anybody out there knows who recorded the first version
of
Randy Newman's "I Think It's Going To Rain Today"? Many
sources
say Eric Burdon, but Judy Collins definitely beat him on her
album In My Life at the end of '66. Surprisingly, I bumped
into
an earlier? version by some crooner Julius LaRosa on his
album
You're Gonna Hear From Me on MGM. Can anyone confirm this,
or
am I overlooking someone else? Honeydhont.
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Message: 15
Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 16:19:04 -0000
From: Wayne
Subject: Another classification clarification
Another close category is framed in the term 'Chamber Pop"
which must have its roots in Spector yet is also applicable
to the sunshine/harmony pop artistes aforementioned. Is this
just another ultimately useless tag?. Thanks in advance.---
Wayne.
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Message: 16
Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 13:04:15 -0500
From: Dan Hughes
Subject: Julius LaRosa
In speaking of "I Think It's Going To Rain Today",
Honeydhont
refers to:
....an earlier? version by some crooner Julius LaRosa..."
I am shocked that a learned Spectropopper calls Julius
LaRosa
"some crooner."
LaRosa was the singer on the Arthur Godfrey show whom
Godfrey
fired, live and on the air, for "lacking humility." Quite a
huge story in its day, when Godfrey was perhaps the nation's
best-loved air personality on both radio and television.
Seems like yesterday!
---Dan the old-time radio fan
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Message: 17
Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 18:51:45 -0000
From: Art Longmire
Subject: Re: Another classification clarification
Wayne wrote:
Another close category is framed in the term 'Chamber Pop"
which must have its roots in Spector yet is also
applicable
to the sunshine/harmony pop artistes aforementioned. Is
this
just another ultimately useless tag?. Thanks in
advance.---
I recall the term "chamber pop" being used in reference to
The
Left Banke's style...I've got two interviews with them in
magazines dating to 1966 and '67 where I think the term was
used.
It just hit me that yet another category that may overlap
with
the ones being discussed is "goodtime music" which was
applied
to groups like the Lovin' Spoonful and the Sopwith Camel.
One thing I notice is that during the 60s I never heard
terms
like "sunshine pop" being used! A lot of these categories
were
devised long after the era, in relatively recent times when
this
type of music seemed to become fashionable again.
One person on the board mentioned that it has only been
relatively recently that this type of music has gotten
mainstream
attention and respect. That sure is true - I'll never forget
the
time I was listening to the local "hard-rock" AOR station
back in
the 80s and these two disc jockeys were playing, for a joke,
the
song "Listen People" by Herman's Hermits. They were just
laughing
their heads off and trashing it, and I remember thinking
that the
song they were making fun of was better than the entire
playlist
of their idiotic hair-metal "hard-rock" station.
All right...I'll get off of my soapbox now!
Art
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Message: 18
Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 16:15:46 -0400
From: Country Paul
Subject: Thanks...
...Artie Wayne, for following up on my Bobby Darin "Lost
Love"
query. It's such a beautiful song....
...Terry and Bryan, for the Fading Yellow info links. Now
I've
got to check the bank account!
Talked with Carol Connors the day before yesterday. No news,
but
she said to say hello to her Spectropop friends. Message
delivered.
Country Paul
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Message: 19
Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 15:24:20 -0700
From: Alan Gordon
Subject: Harrison/Beatles/recording
Steve Harvey wrote:
As far as the George story I was told it was remixed over
here in the US when George visited in 1968, not England.
He heard the tapes before they were pressed and decided to
remix his tunes. Never heard of the cuts surfacing or
anyone
who had them. Could be bunk.
I think you're right - sounds like the usual Beatles rumour
stuff. The idea that George would remix his cuts over here,
sounds kinda silly to me. As anyone who has worked as a
producer,
or engineer, or musician knows... Every studio sounds
different.
It doesn't matter that most studios in America all have the
Yamaha
NS-10Ms for close-reference. For more reasons than just
acoustics,
those speakers sound different in every studio.
For instance, I have read complaints by George Martin and
Paul
McCartney about play-back and basic recording issues using
Trident
studios - which was a facility that the Fab Four used when
EMI
hadn't installed their basement-occupying 8-track recorder
into a
proper studio yet.
So... playing a tape that you already mixed in a familiar
studio,
could sound very different in another studio.
And, it seems to me, completely unlikely that Capitol would
have
the multi-track session tapes for George to remix in the
first
place... there would be no reason since they were recorded
in
England, and Capitol wouldn't need them for reference,
pressing or
anything else.
I haven't heard them in years, but I think that the "White
Album"
stereo and mono versions are very different mixes. I know
there
has been talk over the years about releasing them. It's
hard to
imagine these days, that the prominent mixes for Sgt Pepper
were
the mono ones... the stereo ones were done as an
afterthought in
an afternoon.
Also, the Capitol American albums were/are being considered
for
issue since Capitol added reverb to a lot of the tracks, and
a lot
of Americans remember and prefer them that way.
xoxoxo,
~albabe
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Message: 20
Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 22:40:56 +0100
From: Martin Roberts
Subject: Jack Nitzsche - Help wanted!
Not the usual (but still required) request for reviews,
stories or info - rather I'd like help of a more technical
and grammatical nature. The ideas I have for
http://www.spectropop.com/JackNitzsche/index.htm
outstrip my ability to deliver as quickly as I'd wish.
Ideally the successful applicant(s) would have a
finely-tuned
grasp of the English language (as it is written) and/or an
understanding of HTML that would enable them to look at the
Nitzsche pages, 'view source', smile kindly and note that by
adding this or that code the pages could be read by even the
most ancient of browsers. Naturally a love of great pop
music
would also be an asset!
What can I offer in return for this expertise? Very little!
However if more folk were involved with 'Jack Nitzsche at
Spectropop', more could be accomplished and the increased
sense of self-worth would be sure to be its own reward!
Martin
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Message: 21
Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 23:17:21 -0000
From: Bill Reed
Subject: Re: Julius LaRosa - OT
Dan Hughes wrote:
In speaking of "I Think It's Going To Rain Today",
Honeydhont
refers to:
....an earlier? version by some crooner Julius LaRosa..."
I am shocked that a learned Spectropopper calls Julius
LaRosa
"some crooner."
How quickly we forget! I was going to post pretty much the
same
thing but thought it might sound too "harumph-y" and "I
fought
the war for your kind." NOW I feel empowered to do so.
LaRosa is still around, and there is a healthy contingent of
fans
(myself included) and critics who consider him just about
the best
male jazz-pop singer around. Caught him on the Jerry Lewis
telethon
this year and he "killed."
Like the previous poster noted, when Arthur Godfrey fired
Julius
LaRosa on air "live" for his lack of so-called humility, it
was major
news. Maybe the top show biz story of the year---or close.
Neighbors
ran into the streets shouting the news, and the seemingly
avuncular,
awshucks Godfrey went---at warp Jerry Lee Lewis speed---
from being
the most powerful personality in radio-TV to dead media meat
almost
overnight. The meglomaniacal character, Lonesome Rhodes,
brilliantly
portrayed in the film "A Face in the Crowd" by Andy Griffith
was
based on Godfrey.
LaRosa, meanwhile, went on to carve a nice recording career
for
himself. No spectropop that I can recall, however.
Bill Reed
http://www.cllrdr.com
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Message: 22
Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 19:36:01 -0400
From: Phil Milstein
Subject: Re: Another classification clarification
Art Longmire wrote:
One thing I notice is that during the 60s I never heard
terms
like "sunshine pop" being used! A lot of these categories
were
devised long after the era, in relatively recent times
when this
type of music seemed to become fashionable again.
Well said, and it reminds me to ask if anyone can tell me
just
what in the hell "freakbeat" means.
--Phil M.
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Message: 23
Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 16:36:20 -0700 (PDT)
From: Steve Harvey
Subject: Art For Our Sake
Art's story reminds of me of the time I lent some
Spoonful LPs to another student at school. This was
the age of Alice Cooper and other "badass acts". The
Spoons were to "gentle" for his liking. Yet these
tunes (for the most part) still hold up over the
years. Some bands like Kiss or Madonna have great
publicity, but that same publicity rarely focuses on
the actual music (which why they are supposedly
famous).
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Message: 24
Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 20:00:56 EDT
From: John Berg
Subject: Re: Julius LaRosa
I too was slighty stunned to read "some crooner" applied to
Julius LaRosa. He was among the stars for my parents when I
was growing up (born in 1948, so I'm a relatively early
"Baby
boomer"). I watched all their TV shows and listened to all
their radio faves -- while also very early on getting
intoxicated
by Elvis (from the first time seeing him on Steve Allen and
Ed
Sullivan) and every other early rocker that stormed the
culture.
I think our "boomer" generation was exposed in the home
daily to
two distinctly different types of music. I really didn't
have much
choice when it came to watching Lawrence Welk, listening to
big band "crooners", etc. -- meanwhile I had to keep my
"rebel" music
pretty well concealed.
By contrast, my kids (22, 19 and 15) like much of the same
music
I like, and I listen to all their current faves (well, maybe
not
the rap stuff, but fortunately they are much more into '60s
groups!)
I can go to the clubs where my son's band plays and not seem
too out
of place. At times I almost worry about this -- what do my
kids have
to rebel against if we all like rock?
John Berg
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Message: 25
Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 20:08:27 EDT
From: John Berg
Subject: Re: Harrison/Beatles/recording
In contrast to what you may think, the fact is that back in
the 1960s labels in other countries did often receive copies
of the multi-tracks, and created their own mixes. This is
certainly the case with the first couple Captain Beefheart &
The Magic Band albums. The German first-editions are today
highly collectible amongst Beefheart fans because they
featured
much cleaner mixes. In particular, the "Strictly Personal"
album
is desired because it doesn't bury the sound in the "whoosh"
phasing that Bob Krasnow emphasized on the original US mix.
Later European editions reverted to an "internationalized"
mix
but the early overseas pressings are definately collectible
because of this range of different mixes.
Maybe somebody who used to work for Capital could tell us
whether
copies of the multi-tracks were sent over here for use in
creating
the US versions of Beatles albums?
JB
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