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Topics in this digest:
1. Re: Beatles' 1976 aborted reunion attempt?
From: Bryan
2. Re: Isley Meets Bacharach
From: Mick Patrick
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 14:42:41 -0800
From: Bryan
Subject: Re: Beatles' 1976 aborted reunion attempt?
C. Ponti wrote:
> Has anyone read this story on Drudge about the disinterring of
> masters from '76 cut at Davlen in L.A.?
Almost as soon as this started making the rounds again, a press
release from Davlen Sound Studios was issued. It's also posted:
http://www.davlensoundstudios.com/PressRelease/12182003.htm
Press Release: Los Angeles, Thursday, December 18, 2003
This "Pop Urban Legend" has been making the rounds on the
"memorabilia circuit" for many years now.
Len Kovner, founder and owner of Davlen Sound Studios, stated
emphatically today, as he has numerous times, over the past twenty
years:
"No sessions of this type ever took place at Davlen Sound Studios,
Universal City, California facility at any time.
The [2]tape box being offered for sale, does not say "The Beatles"
on it or inside of it, anywhere. The box was most likely retrieved
from a trash bin at or nearby the Los Angeles studio facility,
probably in the early eighties.
This tape box, and others like it, all the using simlilar vague
references to likes of The Rolling Stones, The Who, Jimi Hendrix,
and Cream.....were used as a training tool for young engineers and
tape operators, as an exemplar of how to properly label tape boxes,
per studio and record company specifications, for our clients,
library archiving, and domestic and international shipping.
The notion that "Secret Beatle Sessions" occurred is absurd".
Although each former Beatle had recorded at Davlen Sound Studios
during the seventies and eighties, no sessions ever included all four
group members at one time, let alone a "reunion" of any sort....
Len Kovner has tried for years to debunk these misrepresentations
and misconceptions, but his denials only seemed to have fuel
"The Beatle's Secret Sessions Myth".....
TM & (c) 2003 Davlen Sound Studios and it's related entities,
The Lauren Entertainment Group [us] and [international],
Len Kovner and The Lauren Group of Companies.
References:
1. http://www.davlensoundstudios.com/
2. http://www.momentsintime.com/Beatles%20Reunion.htm
3. http://www.davlensoundstudios.com/
4. http://www.davlensoundstudios.com/
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 23:02:04 -0000
From: Mick Patrick
Subject: Re: Isley Meets Bacharach
Me:
> Here's a poser for all you Bacharach experts. What was the first
> record on which Burt was credited as producer? No prizes for the
> correct answer, except my admiration.
Steveo:
> The first record that Burt Bacharach got arranging credit on was
> "Make it Easy on Yourself", Jerry Butler, Vee Jay (1962).
Do pay attention at the back. :-) That's not what I asked. My
question was: What was the first record on which Burt was credited
as PRODUCER (not arranger)?
Anyway, back to that Lou Johnson EP.
Hey la,
Mick Patrick
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