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There are 25 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Ed Rambeau & Tracey Dey
From: Mick Patrick
2. Beatles footage
From: Ed Rambeau
3. Re: "Hello, Muddah 2004"
From: Ed Rambeau
4. Re: Beatles footage
From: steveo
5. To Lloyd Thaxton
From: mssdusty
6. Llyod Thaxton tapes
From: itsmceachens
7. Re: sediS-B sdrawkcaB fo noitalipmoC/ Zal Yanovsky!
From: TD
8. Re: Chris White/Louis Phillipe/Peter Lacey
From: Wayne Short
9. Phil and Brian
From: Bob Hanes
10. Re: Vinyl Junkies
From: Stewart Mason
11. Re: Grapefruit
From: Eddy
12. Al Kooper/Bob Dylan
From: Peter Kearns
13. Re: Songs' running times
From: Susan
14. Gretchen Christopher
From: Peter Lerner
15. Ron Dante; Artie Butler
From: Michael Edwards
16. Welcome; more Sally; strange and "inept" records; The Innocents; David's BBoys instrumental
From: Country Paul
17. PS to my Brian post
From: Bob Hanes
18. Re: Austin Roberts - Upbeat TV show.
From: Austin Roberts
19. Re: Jon Brion!!! and "Organic" and Chutzpah
From: Peter Kearns
20. Rag Dolls / Bernadette Carroll
From: ontariofan
21. Why we collect records
From: Mark
22. Question for Austin and Ron
From: Mark
23. Re: Beatles footage
From: Eddy
24. Re: Zal Yanovsky
From: C. Ponti
25. Feldman, Goldstein, and Gottehrer
From: Bob Celli
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 10:45:21 -0000
From: Mick Patrick
Subject: Ed Rambeau & Tracey Dey
How great to read Ed Rambeau's stories of his days with Bob Crewe
and the gang. We can't get enough Bob Crewe yarns here at S'pop.
Ed, can I ask you about Tracey Dey? Is there anything interesting
you'd like to share? When did you last see her? Was there any
rivalry between her and Diane Renay (or, more likely :-), their
mothers)?
As an aide-memoire, I've posted a Tracey Dey track to musica. It's
one you wrote: "Here Comes The Boy" (Amy 894, 1963), written by
Eddie Rambeau & Bud Rehak, Arranged & Conducted by Charles Calello,
A Bob Crewe Production. It scratched the Billboard Hot 100 late in
'63: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spectropop/files/musica/
Hey la,
Mick Patrick
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 23:28:42 EST
From: Ed Rambeau
Subject: Beatles footage
Steveo wrote:
> Ed,
> There's a scene in the film documenting the Beatles
> first trip to New York in 1964 whilst they are staying
> at the Plaza Hotel. On there way there in the car, they
> have these give-a-way "Pepsi" transistor radios. Paul is
> listening to your song "Navy Blue" by Diane Renay. Just
> wondered if you ever saw thet piece of footage?
No, Steveo, I never did. Never even heard about it till now.
Do you have the footage? Would love a copy if you do.
Ed Rambeau
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 23:37:22 EST
From: Ed Rambeau
Subject: Re: "Hello, Muddah 2004"
Laura wrote re. "Hello, Muddah 2004":
> Hi Ed,
> Great production! I love what you did with the lyric.
> Thanks for giving us the opportunity to hear it.
Thanks, Laura. So glad you enjoyed it, however, I erroneously
sent several people who requested it the wrong version. I recorded
2 different versions and had a favorite. So I retraced my sent
Emails and resent everyone who requested it the version I prefer.
Would love to know which version you guys like better. So, for
the sake of clarity, let's refer to the one you first received
as ...VERSION 1.
Thanks for listening,
Ed Rambeau
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Message: 4
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 04:38:51 -0800 (PST)
From: steveo
Subject: Re: Beatles footage
Steveo wrote:
> Ed,
> There's a scene in the film documenting the
> Beatles first trip to New York in 1964 whilst they are
> stayingat the Plaza Hotel. On there way there in the car,
> they have these give-a-way "Pepsi" transistor radios.
> Paul is listening to your song "Navy Blue" by Diane Renay.
> Just wondered if you ever saw thet piece of footage?
Ed Rambeau wrote:
> No, Steveo, I never did. Never even heard about it
> till now.
> Do you have the footage? Would love a copy if you
> do.
Ed,
This footage with "Navy Blue" playing on the Beatles
transistor radios in their limo is on a dvd
called "The First U.S.Visit"(The Beatles)released by
Apple Records/MPI Home Video DVD6218 in 1998.
Should be available in Video Stores.If you can't find
it after awhile,I'll loan you mine. : )
Steveo
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 04:43:04 -0000
From: mssdusty
Subject: To Lloyd Thaxton
We are waiting for the LTShow in DVD,no matter how meny minutes it
is...the 60's were the greatest.And you show was the best too..
Mary
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 04:57:57 -0000
From: itsmceachens
Subject: Llyod Thaxton tapes
Do I understand correctly that Llyod Thaxton personally has tapes of
his tv show??? what does he want to do??? Be a hog and keep them
all for himself??? Of Course fans would like to be able to buy
these and share the memories with their kids and grandkids.... those
were the days of dancing, singing, and fun...where we would do
our "chores" around the house dancing and singing to shows like
Llyod Thaxton, American Bandstand, Hullabaloo, Shinding and all the
rest...
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 00:18:12 -0500
From: TD
Subject: Re: sediS-B sdrawkcaB fo noitalipmoC/ Zal Yanovsky!
C Ponti wrote
> ... No one had a better appreciation of troubled minds than the
> brilliant, winning, and sadly, late Zal Yanovsky of the Lovin'
> Spoonful... What a wonderful, innovative guitarist and a
> delightful, mischievous human being he was...
Tom Rush dedicated a song to Zal Yanovsky while tuning his guitar
on stage at the Filmore East during a concert in April of 1967.
Rush said that Yanovsky smuggled a can of vegtable soup onto an
airplane. While making airsick noises, Zal dumped the vegtable
soup into the "barf bag". When a stewardess came to his seat and
asked if he needed help, Zal said, "Yes! Bring me a spoon!" Rush concluded, "Anyone with a mind like that ought to be elected
President of the United States!
TD
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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 07:40:32 -0000
From: Wayne Short
Subject: Re: Chris White/Louis Phillipe/Peter Lacey
Good to hear that Chris White's Mouth Music is available on cd, my
vinyl copy is well past its sell-by date!..
The album was first released on the famous Charisma label back in 76'
when homages to The Beach Boys were few and far between, and Mr
White's sterling album certainly gave me the hope that the summer was
endless!. Grab a copy from EM records before I do!.
I can't trace the Louis Phillipe 'Azure' album.... nevertheless, if
you are hungry for LP LP's - Cherry Red have issued a cool
compilation. Perhaps Kingsley Abobott can shed a little more light on
the topic?...
But be warned, some folks find his take on Wilson/Bacharach a little
too sugary sweet, as Debussy would say, it's "music without feet".
However its also beautifully arranged and recorded.
Lastly,
Mark Frumento wrote:
> I'm sorry to say that I just don't put Peter Lacey in the same
> category as Chris White, Chris Rainbow or Jeff Foskett (as
> mentioned by Richard). I've tried to listen but can't get past
> the singing.
To my ears, Peter Lacey's vocal has echoes of the recent
Bacharach/Costello liason and like Bourbon its an acquired taste.
Also, the lo-fi aspect isn't everyone's cup of tea either.
That said, I'd argue he does lyrically and harmonically ventures into
rarer territory than Messrs White, Rainbow and Foskett.
Whatever your taste in Brian's legacy, its a rich mine.
best
Wayne Short
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Message: 9
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 21:41:51 -0800 (PST)
From: Bob Hanes
Subject: Phil and Brian
Brian's "incident" was after Phil's.
I would like to make clear that Brian didn't insist on the plane turning
around as Phil did. Brian's actual plea was, "I can't go on any more".
Being on the road and being the songwriter, arranger, producer, singer,
and most recently husband was too much for the young guy. 4 to 5 albums
a year! WOW!
Brian's was an anxiety attack, as I'm sure Phil's was as well.
Unfortunately for Brian it was defined as a "nervous break-down" and he
was then treated as a bit of a pariah by his family and friends. It
only seemed to make things worse in his world.
Those were very different times with very different taboos about certain
illness and the behaviors that those illnesses manifest.
Some of the behaviors are quite amusing and some are just a shame and a
pity. If we only knew then what we know now. But, I guess that's the
whole point of life, huh?
The Right Reverend Bob, dumb angel chapel,
Church of the Harmonic Overdub
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Message: 10
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 22:03:20 -0800 (PST)
From: Stewart Mason
Subject: Re: Vinyl Junkies
I said:
> If someone handed me a sealed first-state butcher
> cover copy of YESTERDAY AND TODAY, the first thing I'd
> do is rip it open and play "And Your Bird Can Sing"
> very loudly four or five times in a row. Records are
> meant to be played, not secreted away!
Eddy ripostes:
> I wonder if you'd have that same attitude after you
> paid a couple of grand for your sealed copy..."
And that, finally, is why I'll never truly be a
"record collector" as that term is commonly
understood. The idea of dropping $2000 on a single
album -- that I wouldn't even be allowed to open! --
when I could rescue 400 great albums from the
remainder bins for that much money simply would never
ever occur to me!
S
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Message: 11
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 09:58:54 +0100
From: Eddy
Subject: Re: Grapefruit
markt439 wrote:
> I bought the first which is great
> and passed on the second which is terrible. Love to know what happened
> and why they changed their sound so drastically. We're not talking
> about a small dropoff in quality, this was from great to unlistenable.
Before the recording of the second album Pete Sweetenham left the band and was replaced by Bobby Ware and Mike Fowler, which is about the only reason I can give that would account for the drastic change in style.
Eddy
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Message: 12
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 10:44:18 -0000
From: Peter Kearns
Subject: Al Kooper/Bob Dylan
It is indeed a pleasure to bump into Al Kooper here. I was (and am)
primarily a keyboard player for years before I moved into production
and I have been an admirer of your work for a long time Al.
Amongst my musical activities,I record the occasional cover for my
own enjoyment and at the moment I'm part way through a version of
Dylan's 'To Make You Feel My Love'. I realize it was on the
recent 'Time Out Of Mind' album, but was the song actually an older
one that hung around for years? For some reason I think this. I don't
know why.
Are you able to verify that either way Al?
Cheers, Peter.
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Message: 13
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 08:28:09 EST
From: Susan
Subject: Re: Songs' running times
Harry Nilsson used to say that if you couldn't make your point in two
minutes, then it wasn't worth making. Or something like that.
I'm with you, Laura...i miss those 2 1/2 minute gems!
Susan
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Message: 14
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 13:45:34 -0000
From: Peter Lerner
Subject: Gretchen Christopher
John Sellards wrote, of "Since Gary Went In The Navy"
> I'll send this on to Gretchen Christopher, whom I have been
> trying to get to join this list...she may know.
John. I for one would welcome Gretchen to the list. The lovely silky
Fleetwoods are one of the treasures of the early 60s and quite, quite
unique.
Peter
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Message: 15
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 15:33:35 -0000
From: Michael Edwards
Subject: Ron Dante; Artie Butler
Laura Pinto writes:
> The Dante-(Gene) Allan songwriting team turned out dozens of tunes
> for artists like Jay and The Americans, Johnny Mathis, Gary Lewis,
> and Bobby Vee.
One of the gems from these collaborators was "(He's) Raining' In My
Sunshine" by Jay & The Americans (United Artists, 1966). Great drama
and very full backing vocals. I remember this being a favorite of the
late Kenny Everett when he was a DJ on Radio London.
"(He's) Raining' In My Sunshine" also appeared on a J&TA album
entitled "Try Some Of This", the sleeve notes to which tell us that
Bob Feldman produced it and Jimmy Wisner was the arranger.
The album featured 3 arrangers, one of whom was Artie Butler, now an
esteemed Spectropop member. And what a job he did. The songs he
arranged are:
"You Ain't As Hip As All That Baby" (wr: Jeff Barry)
"(There's) Always Something There To Remind Me" (Bacharach-David)
"Where's The Girl" (Leiber-Stoller)
"The Show Must Go On" (Barry-Artie Resnick)
"Where Is The Village" (traditional)
"Nature Boy" (traditional)
"What To Do With Laurie" (Leiber-Stoller)
One of the pics on the back cover features (I believe) Artie along
with Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller and J&TA. A very fine album, which is
out on CD as part of a 2 on 1'er from the UK BGO label. (The other
album is "Living Above Your Head").
Two of the above songs have received mention on this site. "Where's
The Girl" has been recorded by Ben E King, Jerry Butler and Freddie
Scott among others. "The Show Must Go On" was released by the Reveres
(Jubilee, 1963) and a member wanted to know if anyone knew anything
about that group. I guess he still does because I don't think anyone
was able to respond. The Reveres sure sound like J&TA, though.
Anyway, that's four threads rolled into one. Five if you would
graciously concede the "brackets".
Mike
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Message: 16
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 02:36:41 -0500
From: Country Paul
Subject: Welcome; more Sally; strange and "inept" records; The Innocents; David's BBoys instrumental
Welcome to Lloyd Thaxton, Ron Dante, Al Kooper, Eddie Rambeau, Artie Butler,
and a whole lot more of you "first person" participants whose records I had
the pleasure to play on the air and/or whose shows I heard or watched. Glad
you're here!
Lloyd Thaxton:
> Questions I get most....If you are really interested I'll post
> an answer. Don't want to bore anyone. Not my style.
I promise you, Lloyd, we're interested and will NOT get bored.
Michael Fishberg (and Artie Butler):
> Further to the Jaynetts' "Sally Go 'Round The Roses" - the flip
> was just the backing track (with the girls faintly heard). I
> think I've got another 7" on Tuff by another group that has this
> poor value phenomenon.
To the list of Tuff singles Jules Normington cited, add The Joys on Valiant,
"I Still Love Him," for a whiter shade of karaoke. And I thought the "Sally"
backing was a great value - you could hear the timeless track more clearly,
and it was a great deadroll to news back in AM radio days! Many of you
probably know the famous piano riff has been either sampled or re-recorded
on the track "Hard Petting" on the recent Tipsy Dave CD "Uh Oh" (Asphodel
2003).
Re: inept records/performances/elements, I love how folks are nailing down
some of my favorites. As Ian Slater notes, these discs somehow had the magic
despite - or because of - the ineptitude. It's part of why so much
mass-appeal music is so boring today - all the fun has been perfected out of
it. On a related note:
> [I]f there is anyone on this forum with perfect pitch, I
> would like to ask if it [flat singing] bothers him or her.
I have it; I'm aware of sour pitch, clinkers, etc., but they bother me only
when they they're so wrong they detract from the performance. See my
Innocents paragraph below. One such sour note that should detract but
doesn't: the last vocal chord on the Elegants' otherwise magnificent #1 hit
"Little Star" (the guy on the bottom of the chord is almost on a sharped
fifth, and the band crashing in underscores the gravity of the error.)
John Fox:
> Even [Jan & Dean's] premiere "Baby Talk" was dismal.
> Jan's even earlier premiere, "Jennie Lee" by Jan & Arnie, was
> worse! Talk about unintelligible at any speed--I defy anyone
> to listen to that record and come up with one word that's being
> sung, other then "Oh Jennie Lee".
Dismal? No. Mud-fi? Sure. I haven't figured "Jennie Lee" out yet 44 years
in, and haven't cared - it is a great rock and roll record - apparently
about a stripper no less, so maybe I would like to hear the lyrics! (They
posted anywhere?) And you no doubt know that Arnie "Woo Woo" Ginsburg went
on to become one of the radio legends of Boston.... I met Jan and Dean on
the first tour after the accident in the '70's, and Dean confessed that he
was really a visuals guy, not a singer. (Didn't hurt Fabian's career
any....) It was a great night, and I still love J&D's early hits where it
was all about rock and roll.
Mick Patrick;
> [T]he correct title of the Swans' track is actually "He's
> Mine", not "I Love Him".
Would this be the same song by Alice Wonder Land on Bardell? And Mick,
thanks for posting Marcy Jo's "Since Gary Went Into The Navy" to musica. I
didn't know it was about Gary Troxel, but have always loved the song.
Speaking of Pittsburgh, do you or any member have Janet Deane's "Another
Night Alone" available to post? This great ballad is the only lead I know by
the late Janet Vogl of the Skyliners, and she smoulders! (One day I'll get
my capabilities up to speed.)
John Sellards:
> The Innocents did an incredible job on "Gee Whiz", one of my
> favorite records, and a pretty much flawless performance. Wonder
> why they don't sound that great on other things? I have the LP
> (I haven't listened to it in a few years) and recall some intonation
> issues there as well.
There's a fine Ace CD by the Innocents, "The Complete Indigo Records" (CDCHD
374), which includes some pretty nice out-takes and demos; although not all
are in perfect tune, the songs work - you can hear where they were taking
it. And oh, those misty voices - like a trio of Ritchie Valenses. (Art
Longmire, "Honest I Do" was their first hit, not as big as "Gee Whiz." Both
are on this CD.) The major missing track on the CD: "Tick Tock" (Trans-World
100, 1960), produced by Gary Paxton, Kim Fowley and Bobby Rey, unissued
before "A Thousand Stars" and then issued when that track hit. A rare loud
track for them, and excellent; not on CD yet, I'm told. You can check in the
archives, Digest 853, Message 15 (April 11, 2003) for an interview via
e-mail with them; it has the details. You can also go to
www.theinnocentsmusic.com and check sound samples of four new songs
available on CD. The original by Jim West sounds really good, and there's a
remake of "Angel With A Heartache" (The Mavricks, Capitol early '60's, wr.
Gary Paxton - how'd they find this phantom?!? The original is superb!). It's
a bit pricey, but hey, my check's in the mail to them. (The Ace CD is
available there, too.)
Joe Nelson:
> Jim Abbott will be interviewing Austin [Roberts] on the 60's
> and 70's show at WNHU in a few weeks....
Could you please post the date and time? I'm frequently in Connecticut and
would love to hear it.
Rashkovski references "a very good and very funny LP titled, "My Son The
Folk Singer" by Allan Sherman on Warner Brothers C1962." Indeed - the Stan
Freberg of Jewish crossover humor. Always funny, frequently brilliant. And
I'm still laughing over your Sam Chalpin story, Mike. Ed should be ashamed
of himself.
David in Chicago:
> With all of the debate flying around recently regarding
> influence and imitation, I thought I'd throw online one
> of my favorite, Beach-Boys-stylized-but-still-quite-good
> instrumentals. Musica's full, so I put it up at:
> http://www.lukpac.org/~handmade/bn/villageonthesea.mp3
> Tell me which category you think this falls into.
"Let's Go Away For A While" re-written sideways. Also the beautiful "After
The Game" by the Survivors, a Brian composition. I'd call it an homage. Very
pleasing sounds. Do you have an artist and title credit on it for my files,
please?
And now it's time for me to go away for a while....
Country Paul
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Message: 17
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 21:44:58 -0800 (PST)
From: Bob Hanes
Subject: PS to my Brian post
There are a bevy of "yanks" going to England for the RFH (and a few
beyond that) shows! Reum, Priore, Lega, just to mention a few that are
active on the net. Many, many more, aside from the Leaf's and such.
It'll be a "gas" to use a word Brian used in the sixties.
The Right Reverend Bob, dumb angel chapel,
Church of the Harmonic Overdub
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Message: 18
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 00:10:00 EST
From: Austin Roberts
Subject: Re: Austin Roberts - Upbeat TV show.
Laura,
It's acyually fun to remember the `not so slick' things that have happened
to me in this business I love so much and these things happened sans drugs. Did I miss something?
Austin
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Message: 19
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 04:39:55 -0000
From: Peter Kearns
Subject: Re: Jon Brion!!! and "Organic" and Chutzpah
Albabe Gordon wrote
> So in terms of organic or digital; isn't it "What you do with
> what you got", rather than "What you got?"
Yes, I would absolutely agree.
> My Mom used to say that... but I was an ugly kid and needed the
> Hootspa..
Hootspa?? Please fill me in. :-)
Peter Kearns
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Message: 20
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 16:02:54 -0000
From: ontariofan
Subject: Rag Dolls / Bernadette Carroll
I am looking for any CD's that would contain songs by two of my
favorite "girl-group sound" performers, The Rag Dolls and Bernadette
Carroll. Any suggestions?
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Message: 21
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 16:26:28 -0000
From: Mark
Subject: Why we collect records
I don't know if I would fit in the record collector category, although
I do collect. I consider myself a music collector and I look for music
I like. Much of this consists of songs recorded on vinyl which will
never see a CD release. I am not one of these people who refuses to
accept advances in technology and insists on the vinyl format just
because that happened to be the prevailing form when they were children.
If I can get something on CD, great, I prefer it. If I can't, then I go
for the vinyl. If it then gets released on CD, I no longer feel a need
to keep the vinyl. I also have lots of music on DAT and minidisc as
well. Again, like I said, I collect music. I want it to be as good a
quality as I can get it but I'm not hung up on the format as many vinyl
people are. But, hey to each his own.
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Message: 22
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 16:20:59 -0000
From: Mark
Subject: Question for Austin and Ron
Just wanted to ask you guys how you felt about the term "bubblegum"
being used in relation to your music. Is is something that you don't
mind or are you offended by it? It seems that it began to get used
for most uptempo, cheery, happy sounding pop at some point. I
personally don't mind it although I prefer the term "sunshine pop"
myself. Over the years, the term bubblegum has gotten so corrupted
that it is now used for any kind of music that appeals to teens,
regardless of what type of music it is. I personally don't think
I've heard true bubblegum since Debbie Gibson in the late 80s.
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Message: 23
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 17:14:54 +0100
From: Eddy
Subject: Re: Beatles footage
Steveo wrote:
> Ed, There's a scene in the film documenting the Beatles first
> trip to New York in 1964 whilst they are staying at the Plaza
> Hotel. On there way there in the car, they have these give-a-way
> "Pepsi" transistor radios. Paul is listening to your song "Navy
> Blue" by Diane Renay. Just wondered if you ever saw thet piece
> of footage?
Ed Rambeau wrote:
> No, Steveo, I never did. Never even heard about it till now. Do
> you have the footage? Would love a copy if you do.
Steveo:
> Ed, This footage with "Navy Blue" playing on the Beatles
> transistor radios in their limo is on a dvd called "The First U.S.
> Visit"(The Beatles)released by Apple Records/MPI Home Video DVD
> 6218 in 1998. Should be available in Video Stores. If you can't
> find it after awhile,I'll loan you mine. : )
An expanded version of this video is scheduled for release on dvd
on February 3rd.
Eddy
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Message: 24
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 16:41:19 -0000
From: C. Ponti
Subject: Re: Zal Yanovsky
> ... No one had a better appreciation of troubled minds than the
> brilliant, winning, and sadly, late Zal Yanovsky of the Lovin'
> Spoonful... What a wonderful, innovative guitarist and a
> delightful, mischievous human being he was...
TD:
> Tom Rush dedicated a song to Zal Yanovsky while tuning his guitar
> on stage at the Filmore East during a concert in April of 1967.
> Rush said that Yanovsky smuggled a can of vegtable soup onto an
> airplane. While making airsick noises, Zal dumped the vegtable
> soup into the "barf bag". When a stewardess came to his seat and
> asked if he needed help, Zal said, "Yes! Bring me a spoon!" Rush
> concluded, "Anyone with a mind like that ought to be elected
> President of the United States!
TD,
A recent slide show of Henry Diltz' work took place at Apple in Soho.
It featured a wealth of Diltz' album covers and random shots from the
60's. One was of "the flaming toilet". Zal would often, upon entering
a new hotel room, fill the toilet with lighter fluid and toss in a
match. He was kind of our American Keith Moon.....
C
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Message: 25
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 16:59:09 -0000
From: Bob Celli
Subject: Feldman, Goldstein, and Gottehrer
I can recall seeing the names Feldman, Goldstein, and Gottehrer on the
flip sides on a couple of my early Bobby Vee singles and thinking they
were easily good enough to be the "A" sides! Tunes like "A Letter From
Betty",and "Bobby Tomorrow" come immediately to mind. As a matter of
fact, "Bobby Tomorrow" was released as the "A" side in England and did
quite well. The tracks were obviously written with Bobby Vee in mind
and fit his style perfectly. Bob Feldman's name again appeared in the
late sixties on Bobby's "Come Back When You Grow Up" album. Many years
later while researching unreleased tracks for upcoming reissue
projects, we came across a couple of other gems, the brilliantly
arranged "Willingly" and "Rhythm of Love". "Willingly" ended up on the
double cd out of the UK. "Rhythm of Love" remains in the can. There
was also a demo session in the vault done with the Strangeloves with what
I would assume are other tracks written by the trio. The titles were
"Because of Him", How About You?", "Something About You", and another
version of "Rhythm of Love". I was wondering if any of these songs were
recorded and released by any one else, and also, what are these three
great talents up to now?
Bob Celli
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