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There are 7 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Re: The 2 Of Clubs
From: Jan Kristensen
2. Two On A Guilloteen / Musical Instrument
From: Herb
3. Darlene McCrea Goes Zonk!!
From: Mick Patrick
4. Question for Mark Wirtz
From: Sean Streit
5. Re: Growin' Up Too Fast CD Sound Quality
From: Mikey
6. Drum lessons
From: That Alan Gordon
7. What Happened to those "Hits"
From: Dave OGara
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2004 09:38:43 +0100
From: Jan Kristensen
Subject: Re: The 2 Of Clubs
Mick Patrick:
> Now, if I may, I'd like to switch my attention to ... the 2 Of
> Clubs from Cincinnati. Can anyone out there assist me in
> locating a photo? It's for a CD due soon on Big Beat. Did I
> read somewhere that the duo are still active today?
Maybe you can find more about Linda and Patti from this source.
http://www.cincypost.com/living/1999/fests061799.html
JanK
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2004 15:00:40 -0000
From: Herb
Subject: Two On A Guilloteen / Musical Instrument
Hi Spectropoppers,
Two On A Guilloteen has a release date of 1965 and starred Connie
Stevens, Dean Jones & Cesar Romero and kind of a "B" movie horror
flick.
There is a scene where Connie & Dean go into club that includes a
black vocal group (two males; one female). The group performs a very
energetic uptempo number sort of like "Shout" but I cannot recall the
exact song nor if the group were credited.
Does anyone recall the scene, the song, the group?
And ...
Can anyone inform me as to the musical instrument used on certain
recordings that seems to stylize the late 50s and early 60s. It's
heard on songs like Neil Sedaka's "Oh Carol", Bobby Darin's "Dream
Lover", I think on Gary Miles' "Look For A Star" (from Circus Of
Horrors) and others I can't think of right now.
An aquaintance told me it was a Spanish guitar but I want to be sure.
Thank you.
PS: Would be nice if "Look For A Star" could be included in Musica :)
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2004 08:45:36 -0000
From: Mick Patrick
Subject: Darlene McCrea Goes Zonk!!
Julio Nino:
> My favourite song right now is "Don't Worry Baby" by Darlene
> McCrea included in the new, and marvelous, compilation by Mick
> Patrick for RPM : "Girls Go Zonk!!". The selection is full of
> good taste and fun.
Gosh, thanks. When Mark Stratford at RPM suggested a CD full of
Girl Groups from the EMI catalogue I nearly bit his hand off. It's
not my style to fill up a CD with smash hits (I'll leave that to
Universal), so I sent him a list consisting mainly of in demand
rarities, obscurities and personal favourites. Darlene McCrea was
near the top of my list. It was tough deciding which side of her
Tower 45 to use. EMI approved the idea, confirmed they still owned
the copyright, and even came up with a mastertape - Yay!
I hope the designer doesn't get to read this, but I have to admit
that I don't much care for the layout of the booklet. Trying to
read it brought on one of my <<>> Anyway, it's the music
that's most important, not some fancy artwork, yes? Whatever,
here's a neater version of the relevant para:
DARLENE McCREA . . .
Formed in Coney Island in 1954 by DARLENE McCREA, Dorothy Jones
and Beulah Robertson, the Cookies were discovered at a talent show
at the Apollo in Harlem by their mentor Jesse Stone. They debuted
with his song 'Don't Let Go' for Lamp before beginning a lengthy
association with Atlantic Records. While their own releases for
that label included the R & B hit 'In Paradise', it was as backing
singers for acts like Ray Charles, Big Joe Turner, LaVern Baker,
Ruth Brown and Chuck Willis that they excelled. So integral did
they become to Ray Charles' sound that in 1958 he enticed Darlene
and new girl Margie Hendrix to join two others as his personal
back-up group. Thus the Cookies fell apart and the first of many
Raeletts line-ups was born. Darlene remained with Charles'
entourage until the mid-1960s, a fact captured for posterity in
Ballad In Blue, his movie of 1964. That year also marked the
appearance of the second of her three solo 45s, the Gerry Goffin/
Russ Titelman-produced DON'T WORRY BABY, issued on Tower. In the
meantime, Dorothy Jones had re-formed the Cookies with two new
girls and enjoyed hits like 'Chains' and 'Don't Say Nothin' Bad
(About My Baby)'. Darlene re-joined the group for their final pair
of singles, released on Warner Brothers in 1967, before retiring
from the music biz.
View track list here: http://www.geocities.com/antlion7/tammys.htm
Hey la,
Mick Patrick
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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2004 19:14:46 -0000
From: Sean Streit
Subject: Question for Mark Wirtz
Hello Mr. Wirtz,
Just wondering if the girl group The Ladybirds were in fact The Mood
Mosaic?
Thanks,
Sean Streit.
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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2004 16:50:39 -0500
From: Mikey
Subject: Re: Growin' Up Too Fast CD Sound Quality
Steph wrote:
> The "Growin Up Too Fast" CD is probably one of the better girl group
> CDs I have seen. Where else are you going to find "I Want That Boy"
> by Sadina, a cult classic.
Steph, I have no argument with the Song Selection of "Growing Up Too Fast".
My fault with that collections is that it was obvious, from the sound
quality, that they dumped all the tracks to a DAWand curved the EQ to
remove all the top and bottom end, in a stupid effort to make them sound
"like the old 45s"By doing this they destroyed most of the pristine
quality of the masters.That set needs a remaster, with NO EQ or noise
reduction added. Give us thesound from the original masters.
Mikey
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Message: 6
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2004 16:54:56 -0700 (MST)
From: That Alan Gordon
Subject: Drum lessons
Hi Clark,
I never saw "That Thing You Do'. I loved playing drums. When I
was a kid, back in 57 I took a few drum lessons from Cozy Cole.
He and Gene Krupa had a teaching studio on 54th St. in Manhattan.
Are you ready for this, the cost was 7 dollars per half hour!
Best, That Alan
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Message: 7
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2004 01:48:06 -0000
From: Dave OGara
Subject: What Happened to those "Hits"
Really enjoyed Artie's story of the "can't miss" Stones medley. It
got me to thinking about other songs that you artists, writers and
producers in S-pop land thought were sure shots that for whatever
reason missed the mark. I know from experience as a Music Director at
a Top Forty station way back when that I certainly was fooled many
times auditioning records and deciding which deserved airplay. Also
surprising were songs that "made it" that I thought had no merit. I
would love to hear some "hit and miss" stories from the likes of Al,
Austin, Alan, etc. What songs that you had a part in that surprised
you by not breaking out, and on the flip side, name some tunes you
worked on that totally surprised you by becoming hits. Thanks for the
memories...
Dave 0'
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