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There are 9 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Re: Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?
From: Orion
2. Re: Foreign language versions
From: Eddy
3. Re: Bobby Sheen
From: Charles Sheen
4. Vince Hill in Bert Russell shock.
From: Simon White
5. Re: Tommy Boyce and The Pleasers
From: Scott Charbonneau
6. Re: Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?
From: James Botticelli
7. Re: L.A. DJs
From: Mac Joseph
8. Actual Cover Originals
From: Fred
9. Roberta Day
From: Mick Patrick
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 19:43:10 -0600
From: Orion
Subject: Re: Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?
Jeff Lemlich:
> Sounds like the version by Copper 'N Brass, on the Amazon label.
> It actually got some Northern soul spins in the 70s.
Jeff thanks so much. I went to recordmaster and it shows it was the only
record they released and it was in 1970. I thought for sure it was one
of them I spun but in April 1970, I was in boot camp for the U S Army.
Peace, Orion
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2003 08:12:04 +0100
From: Eddy
Subject: Re: Foreign language versions
Here's a site that should cover just about everything you'd like
to know on the subject. Not quite complete, but it'll do for now.
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/denis.schwartz/
Eddy
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2003 10:39:04 -0000
From: Charles Sheen
Subject: Re: Bobby Sheen
Mick Patrick wrote:
> Hey Charles, I had the pleasure of meeting your dad in London
> back in the '80s when he was on tour with the Coasters. He
> signed my Philles copy of the Bob B. Soxx & the Blue LP. Have
> you heard the tracks he recorded as lead singer of the Ding
> Dongs, released on Johnny Otis's Eldo label? They're really
> great.
Yea, I have one Eldo 45 of the Ding Dongs. I think they came out
with two. As a matter of fact the Ding Dongs were the Robins.
Rock on, Charles
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2003 10:40:56 +0000
From: Simon White
Subject: Vince Hill in Bert Russell shock.
Talking of UK cover versions...
British uber-crooner Vince Hill did a song called "Push Push" written
by Bert Russell (Berns) and Phil Medley. Whose is the original version -
assuming this isn't it?
--
Simon
Have you been, Walter?
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2003 14:04:44 -0000
From: Scott Charbonneau
Subject: Re: Tommy Boyce and The Pleasers
"A Girl I Know (Precis Of A Friend)" can be found on the Rhino CD
"Teenage Kicks: UK Pop 1 (1976 - 79)", released in 1993. This was
one of many volumes in their "DIY" series covering punk/new wave/
power pop from the US and UK. Most, if not all, of the volumes in
this series were cut out by 1995. With a little effort, and luck,
a copy of this should be easily had. Great track, too.
Scott
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2003 08:56:59 -0500
From: James Botticelli
Subject: Re: Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?
Jeff Lemlich:
> Sounds like the version by Copper 'N Brass, on the Amazon label.
> It actually got some Northern soul spins in the 70s.
Orion:
> Jeff thanks so much. I went to recordmaster and it shows it was the
> only record they released and it was in 1970. I thought for sure it
> was one of them I spun but in April 1970, I was in boot camp for
> the U S Army.
The Chicago Transit Authority was first with it released at least by
airplay. Because summer '69 for me and my palz was the summer of "I'm
A Man" with the Ginger Baker-Like long drum solo that the LP version
of CTA's I'm A Man featured.
JB/got out of Navy Boot in March '70 (out of Navy itself in March '71,
another story~)
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2003 06:47:43 -0800 (PST)
From: Mac Joseph
Subject: Re: L.A. DJs
And while were on the subject, let's not forget Jim Pewter and Brian
Byrne aka "Mr. Rock n' Roll" from KRTH (K-Earth 101) in LA from the '70s.
Mac Joseph
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2003 15:29:03 -0000
From: Fred
Subject: Actual Cover Originals
Paul Bryant wrote:
> By the way - has anyone ever posted a list of "Covers better than
> the Originals"? Might be fun.
Phil Milstein:
> Or how about "Actual Originals of Covers That Were Generally Thought
> To Be the Original"?
Ok Phil ...
"Time is on My Side"
supposed original: Irma Thomas (Imperial) 1964
actual original: Kai Winding (Verve) 1963
"Twist And Shout"
supposed original: Isley Brothers (Wand) 1962
actual original: Top Notes (Atlantic) 1961
"Hanky Panky"
supposed original: Raindrops (Jubilee) 1963
actual original: Summits (Harmon/Rust) 1963 (verified by Ellie
Greenwich)
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Message: 9
Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2003 15:47:49 -0000
From: Mick Patrick
Subject: Roberta Day
Oh dear, my record collection has let me down, just when I needed it.
So I need some help please. I require songwriter, arranger, producer
and publisher information for the following record: Roberta Day
"Someday" (United Artists 792, 1964). Hopefully, someone out there
has a copy. I don't. Feh!
Hey la,
Mick Patrick
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