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There are 10 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Ernie Sheldon
From: Mark
2. Re: Sid Bernstein
From: Mike Rashkow
3. Speaking Of Paul Jones...
From: Bill Craig
4. Re: Eddie Smith
From: Mike Rashkow
5. Re: He Hit Me (And It Felt Like A Kiss)
From: Harold Shackelford
6. Re: He Hit Me (And It Felt Like A Kiss)
From: Phil Milstein
7. Re: Inquiring minds / Hey la, di la
From: Mike Rashkow
8. Re: The earth-shatteringly important "Henry The 8th". God save us from this never ending torment..
From: Mike McKay
9. Re: Midnight Cryin' Time / Faux Shangs / Mickey Lee Lane / Death Discs
From: Mick Patrick
10. Re: Sound Of Silence / David Hemmings / Rupert's People
From: Richard Williams
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2003 03:42:34 -0000
From: Mark
Subject: Ernie Sheldon
Does anyone know how I can get in touch with Ernie Sheldon? I
wanted to ask him about the New Establishment, a group he was
heavily involved with.
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2003 22:21:07 EST
From: Mike Rashkow
Subject: Re: Sid Bernstein
> Can Mike, or anyone else, offer a word or two about Sid Bernstein?
I am not saying anything about anyone for any amount of money.
He was fat. How's that.
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2003 04:05:46 -0000
From: Bill Craig
Subject: Speaking Of Paul Jones...
Speaking of Paul Jones, I have only had the opportunity to see the
film "Privilege" once many years ago on a small black and white T.V.
and to this day do not know if it was shot in color(or colour, being
a Brit flick).Also does anyone know if it's available on VHS or DVD?
I recall it being fascinatingly dreary and ahead of it's time,seeming
to have foreseen stuff like "The Wall" etc.
I read somewhere that Canadian band Sloan have referenced the Stephen
Shorter character in a video.
Bill Craig
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2003 22:59:33 EST
From: Mike Rashkow
Subject: Re: Eddie Smith
Andrew Jones:
> About Eddie Smith: I remember that two of my favorite pre-S'pop
> tracks, "Rave On" and "That's My Desire" by Buddy Holly, were
> recorded at Bell Sound - was Eddie Smith involved in either of
> these?
I have no knowledge. I was a mere schoolboy when Rave On was a hit.
Rashkovsky
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2003 02:09:05 -0800 (PST)
From: Harold Shackelford
Subject: Re: He Hit Me (And It Felt Like A Kiss)
Julio Niño:
> The mention of "He Hit Me" brings to mind some early sixties
> songs with SM ("Sadomaso" as we say in Spanish) connotations,
> like Brian Hyland's "Let Me Belong To You", Jess Conrad's
> "Hurt Me" (produced by Joe Meek) or Little Eva's "Please Hurt
> Me". I always find a bit of perversity wrapped in an innocent
> package very sexy. Could anybody add some more examples?.
How about the Mac Rebennack (Dr. John) fronted early 60's group
"The Threee Stooges" singing "You Are My Girl" with lines like....
"Frankenstein wanted you for his wife, but Jack the Ripper
stabbed you with his knife"........Kinda abusive dont cha think?
Aloha, Shack.
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2003 17:25:34 -0500
From: Phil Milstein
Subject: Re: He Hit Me (And It Felt Like A Kiss)
"Julio Niño" wrote:
> The mention of "He Hit Me" brings to mind some early
> sixties songs with SM ("Sadomaso" as we say in Spanish)
> connotations, like Brian Hyland's "Let Me Belong To You",
> Jess Conrad's "Hurt Me" (produced by Joe Meek) or Little Eva's
> "Please Hurt Me". I always find a bit of perversity wrapped
> in an innocent package very sexy. Could anybody add some more
> examples?.
I would put Hal David's lyric for "Johnny Get Angry" in that
category.
--Phil M.
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2003 18:08:27 EST
From: Mike Rashkow
Subject: Re: Inquiring minds / Hey la, di la
Jon Adelson asked:
> ...is there a relationship between Mick Patrick's "hey la" and
> Rashkovsky's "di la?"
WELL FINALLY. Does one have to run naked through the streets
screaming??
If you're suggesting something intimate? NOT.
I do love Mick and I'll tell the world I do, but we are not an item.
At least not so far. We've never even met face to face.
The facts are this: I thought Hey la was the perfect signature line
for this site. I asked Mick's permission to take off on it, because I
wanted to follow the path of enlightenment--and after suitable
meditation and prayer, permission was granted.
We wondered if the "play" would be picked up. Mick said it would be
noted by those whom we would like to have notice it. Probably they
have, and simply nodded their heads quietly as they contemplated the
beauty and simplicity of the homage. Who knows?
I was originally using "di da" until just the other day while looking
at the sheet music for the Angels' "My Boyfriend's Back" I saw that I
had it wrong. What's new?
It wasn't "Hey la di da, My Boyfriend's Back", it was "Hey la di la."
So after agonizing over the decision and discussing it with my
psychiatrist and staff, I changed it to "di la"---and lo and behold
there is a rushing of waters and a roar in the streets.
In a word YES, which would have been easier on both me and those who
have suffered this far through the answer. But it will teach people
to be careful about asking me questions unless they want to miss High
Tea while reading the response.
Di la,
You know who
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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2003 01:50:38 EST
From: Mike McKay
Subject: Re: The earth-shatteringly important "Henry The 8th". God save us from this never ending torment..
Michael Fishberg wrote:
> UK artists Joe Brown and the Bruvvers had the original pre-Hermits
> hit with "I'm 'Enery The Eigth I Am".
The song itself, however, comes from British Music Hall and goes
back to the second decade of the 20th Century. I think the copyright
date for it is 1911 -- which makes it, I believe, the oldest
copyrighted song (i.e., not of "traditional" or "unknown" authorship)
to make #1 in the states in the rock 'n' roll era.
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Message: 9
Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2003 12:21:17 -0000
From: Mick Patrick
Subject: Re: Midnight Cryin' Time / Faux Shangs / Mickey Lee Lane / Death Discs
The S'pop Team:
> Budget conscious S'poppers might already be aware of the great
> value for money offered by the Castle Pulse logo's themed 3 CD
> sets. Their latest release, subtitled "Teen Angst Classics From
> The Rock 'n' Roll Era", is the latest addition to the S'pop
> Recommends section. Mike Edwards is your reviewer:
> http://www.spectropop.com/recommends/index2003.htm#MidnightCryinTime
Me:
> One of the best tracks I discovered on "Midnight Cryin' Time" is
> Mickey Lee Lane's "She Cried To Me", from the Swan label c. 1965.
> It's an eerie male Shangri-Las type disc of the first order. Very
> me.
Talking of Faux Shangs, and suchlike, the "MCT" set also yields a
number of excellent Death Discs:
Troy Talton "Marilyn" - rare Monroe tribute disc
Vern Stovall "Long Black Limousine"
Tommy Dee "Three Stars"
Roy Etzel & the Jupiter Serenaders "Tell Laura I Love Her"
Cody Brennan & the Temptations "Tragic Honeymoon"
Tony Casanova "The Grave"
Del Shannon "The Prom"
Jimmy Cross "I Want My Baby Back" - great Shangri-Las answer record
Hey la,
Mick Patrick
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Message: 10
Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2003 12:55:46 +0000
From: Richard Williams
Subject: Re: Sound Of Silence / David Hemmings / Rupert's People
1. Re Sound of Silence: Al Gorgoni and Bobby Gregg played on Bringing
It All Back Home; Bob Bushnell didn't. (Source: Clinton Heylin's Bob
Dylan: The Recording Sessions 1960-1994)
2. Re David Hemmings RIP: Was it the album called David Hemmings
Happens that some of the Byrds played on? There's a piece on her ex-
husband by the actress Gayle Hunnicutt in this morning's (London)
Sunday Times, illustrated with a picture of the young couple arriving
at an airport some time in the late Sixties, GH with a copy of the
album prominently tucked under her arm.
3. Re Rupert's People: "Reflections of Charles Brown" is a wonderful
record. Does anyone know who the lead singer was? Can anyone confirm
or explode my belief that the backing band were Fleur de Lys, possibly
with Bryn Haworth on lead guitar?
Richard Williams
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