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There are 25 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Re: Surprising Originals
From: John Fox
2. Re: interview scans / Four On The Floor
From: Phil X. Milstein
3. Masks; The Wabe & Farmer's Daughter on musica; real originals; Denver; Bikini redux; more
From: Country Paul
4. Re: Stars On 45!
From: Ron Dante
5. Re: Bee Gees' Odessa
From: Eddy
6. Re: Info on Austin Robers
From: Steve Fuji
7. Re: The Covered Man etc
From: Frank J
8. Re: Four On The Floor
From: Frank J
9. Weldon McDougal / Motown
From: Kingsley Abbott
10. Shindig Magazine
From: Jon 'Mojo' Mills
11. Re: Darlene McCrea, the Cookies and the Cinderellas go Zonk!!
From: Mick Patrick
12. Re: Bee Gees' Odessa
From: Jim Shannon
13. Re: Bee Gees' Odessa
From: Austin Roberts
14. Re: Bee Gees' Odessa
From: Mike Page
15. Re: Bee Gees' Odessa
From: Eddy
16. The Tammys & Lou Christie Go Zonk!! / Millie / Johnny Cymbal
From: Julio Niño
17. Re: You Are What You Eat credits update
From: Phil X. Milstein
18. Re: Sugar & the Spices
From: Austin Roberts
19. Cathy McGowan
From: Phil X. Milstein
20. Re: What happened to those "Hits"
From: Austin Roberts
21. Re: Hit$ and Misses
From: That Alan Gordon
22. Tim Buckley on "The Monkees"
From: David Coyle
23. Finders Keepers - Sadie the Cleaning Lady
From: John Kirby
24. The Shadows back together for one last hurrah
From: Michael Coxe
25. Re: You Can't Sit On My Faith Anymore
From: Phil X. Milstein
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2004 22:36:16 EST
From: John Fox
Subject: Re: Surprising Originals
Phil X. Milstein writes:
> I'm working up a list, for an eventual compilation,
> of "surprising" original versions
I nominate the Shorty Long original of "Devil With The Blue
Dress On", surprising because it's almost a ballad, sounding
nothing like the Mitch Ryder version we all came to know first;
and also it's nothing like Shorty's other "hits" (Here Comes
The Judge and Function At The Junction) which were funky and
humorous.
John Fox
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2004 22:44:29 -0500
From: Phil X. Milstein
Subject: Re: interview scans / Four On The Floor
Country Paul wrote:
> Phil M., great stuff from Hit Parader - but how do you
> increase the size enough to read?
I've had a few complaints along these lines. The scans read
fine at my end, but they're apparently not imaging large enough
in all browsers.
Not wanting any members of our aging Spectropopulation to strain
their eyes any more than necessary, I will rescan at least the
text versions soon. And, if there's a call for it, do up some of
the other articles (Donnie Brooks, Jerry Butler, Mike Clifford,
Patsy Cline, Dick & Dee, Bobby Edwards, Gene Krupa, Marcels,
Ann-Margret) at the same time.
Do you think scanning at an additional 33% will do the trick? 50%?
Al Kooper wrote:
> .......The Glimmer Twins Medley - a whole continuous side of
> Stones tunes at 120 BPM! ... The album was called Four On The
> Floor and I think thats how many people bought it.
Ever play it for Keith?
--Phil M.
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2004 01:09:29 -0500
From: Country Paul
Subject: Masks; The Wabe & Farmer's Daughter on musica; real originals; Denver; Bikini redux; more
Previously:
> Finally, does anyone know any other masked singers from the 60s? I
> remember one rock´n´roll guy disguised as a superhero but forgot
> his name. Would be fun to do a pre-KISS masked compilation.
There's the notorious You-Know-Who Group ["Roses Are Red (My Love)],
documented here previously....and the different-but-also-notorious
Masked Marauders!
Phil X. Milstein:
> I've played to a musica a really nice track Simon produced for that
> album. Entitled "The Wabe," it is a musical setting of Lewis Carroll's
> famous nonsense poem The Jabberwock. I neglected to check the writing
> credit as I was transferring the piece (and wonder now whether it
> included "Carroll," or perhaps his real name of "Dodgson"), but
> I'll be happy to go back and look it up upon request.
This song is one of the great treats almost lost to time; thank you for
the resurrection (complete with the surrounding "psychedelic BS")!
Hints of the Beach Boys, plus a precursor of a very strange UK record
called "Person To Person" by The Hypothetical Prophets (Columbia in
the US, c. 1983). A very sinister couple reads UK sex adverts over
a strange and beautiful track that borrows (I wonder if consciously)
part of one chord progression from the above (the strange one after
the verse). Anyone have any info on the HP's? It's one of the strangest
records I have in my collection.
> ...Basil Swift & The Segrams...lovely cover version of Brian
> Wilson's exquisite "Farmer's Daughter."
I love the song itself, but the record is "Swift" indeed; sounds like
it was recorded on speed - and helium! What *were* they thinking? Fun,
though. Thank you very much for posting both.
Phil again:
> I'm working up a list ... of "surprising" original versions, i.e.
> songs where a later version is generally thought to be the original.
Please include my new fave, the Top Notes' "Twist & Shout." Also, may
I suggest the Valentinos' "It's All Over Now."
For Tom from Boulder, CO (whose e-mail I don't have, or I'd ask
off-list, since the songs are from the mid-70's although they sound
like late 60's): Do you have any information on two Denver/Boulder
area bands who contributed killer cuts to KBPI's "homegrown" album on
1976? The exceptional "The Other Man" by Spooner could be a Buffalo
Springfield song, and "Van Nuys" by The Drivers is a very nice nice
tight light pop song that sticks with you. (I worked in the KBPI,
Denver radio mill in '74 - popular station, loads of talent, and a
revolving-door hellhole to work in. I was #48 to quit or be fired in
a two-year period; when a fellow jock who "sponsored" me out there
got canned four weeks later, he was #51! Ah, radio....)
Laura Pinto:
> Most of you Ron Dante fans out there probably know that Ron's is the
> voice you're hearing in the TV commercials for Yoplait yogurt here in
> the States. Yes, that's Ron singing "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow
> Polka Dot Bikini."
Not to take anything away from Ron's very credible cover, but did the
producers know that Paul Evans, the original artist, is alive, well and
still working (and a member of S'pop as well)?
End notes:
Nick Archer:
> My friend Byron Warner of Status Cymbal fame traded emails
> last summer with Dotti Holmberg. They played clubs together
> on the Georgia/South Carolina coast in the 60's. Byron has
> given me permission to post excerpts on Spectropop if
> there's interest, so let me know.
Here's some interest, right here! :-)
hiloth2002, re: Phil Spector Gold Star acetate:
> Anyone seen an acetate like this before? http://tinyurl.com/32wys
Not a Spector one, but the second hole was a standard feature. There was
a second post on the stylus which went into the second hole and held the
blank acetate firm as the groove was cut into it.
Still can't get enough of the Raindrops CD I just got. Turn it up, and
"Let's Go Together" is so fierce that it eats little children for lunch! :-)
Wom doobie doo-wop, wom be doo,
Country Paul
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2004 06:30:20 -0000
From: Ron Dante
Subject: Re: Stars On 45!
Clark Besch wrote:
> Another thing that got me thinking was when he played "Stars on
> 45". It made me wonder what Ron Dante thought when this 45 went
> gold with "Sugar, Sugar" leading into an all Beatles medley?
> How wierd is that idea? - and yet it was a huge hit!
Hello.
I kind of liked the Stars on 45 hit. Nice company for writers Jeff
Barry and Andy Kim.
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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2004 08:16:05 +0100
From: Eddy
Subject: Re: Bee Gees' Odessa
Russell Prowse:
> This might help: http://www.geocities.com/bgsongs/albsingle.html
I noticed this website does indeed list Melody Fair as a 1971
UK single. However, I have never seen a copy, nor have I ever
even seen it listed in any other UK discography (see for example
Record Collector magazeine issue #100).
Like I said, I only know of a Japanese 45, which was a release
from the Melody movie rather than from Odessa. Does anybody
happen to have the UK 45 or can actually confirm its existence?
Eddy
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Message: 6
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2004 07:27:01 -0000
From: Steve Fuji
Subject: Re: Info on Austin Robers
Austin,
I just recently joined Spectropop and it was a pleasant
surprise to find you on this group, since I was also trying
to do some internet research on Arkade and your early solo
recordings. Can you give some background information on the
forming of Arkade, who the other members were and direct me
to finding photos and discographies?
Thanks,
Steve Fuji
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Message: 7
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2004 10:04:56 +0100
From: Frank J
Subject: Re: The Covered Man etc
Phil Milstein:
> Roctober magazine, from Chicago, has thoroughly documented the
> entire history of "masked rocknroll", starting with one exhaustive
> feature a few years ago followed by a succession of updates since
> then. Check 'em out at http://www.roctober.com/roctober
Thanks for the link. To be honest, I'm not THAT much into masked
musicians to buy the roctober issue. Interesting though, that every
single rock'n'roll phenomena has been put under the microscope
already.
Frank
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Message: 8
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2004 10:35:27 +0100
From: Frank J
Subject: Re: Four On The Floor
Al Kooper:
> I have an embrassing Stones tribute tale to tell.
Nice story. I guess Casablanca was flying so high then they even
would've put out country songs in Disco style. I got a Casablanca
LP of New York radio personality Frankie Crocker singing "Tuxedo
Junction", "Prisoner of Love" and "September in the Rain" in
straight 4 on the floor versions. It has Plas Johnson, Sonny Burke,
Ray Parker and Wilton Felder playing on it. Anyway do you remember
your bands name? I think I'll give it a try.
Frank J
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Message: 9
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2004 10:13:12 -0000
From: Kingsley Abbott
Subject: Weldon McDougal / Motown
Stephanie wrote about Weldon McDougal:
> He has finished a DVD on Philly disc jockeys and he wrote
> the book Motown the Golden Years in 2001.
Great book as it is, I feel I have to point out that it was
written by the respected soul writer Bill Dahl, whilst Weldon
was responsible for the hundred or so rare photos in the book.
Bill Dahl's very full text over the 348 pages makes the book
a fine purchase, and on the basis of a picture being worth 1000
words, they are probably roughly even!
Kingsley
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Message: 10
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2004 10:26:21 -0000
From: Jon 'Mojo' Mills
Subject: Shindig Magazine
Good Morning Dear Readers.... .....
Here I am sitting at home oozing green slime and barking
like a dog -- and I have London Transport to thank for
the various germs I have breathed in -- but still, even
when incarcerated with the Common Cold I still get the
reviews out to you.
This month:
UGLY THINGS magazine
ACTION NOW
THE EVERPRESENT FULLNESS
BILL FAY
THE PAISLEYS
SHARON TANDY
TWIN ENGINE
VARIOUS "Living In The Past Vol.1: 19 Forgotten Nederbiet Gems
1964-'67"
VARIOUS "Psychodelicas Vols. 1-6"
THE CH-LITES
JOE HOUSTON
FONDA 500
THE GURUS
ROCKFOUR
+ more old stuff, new bands and books....
Where do we find the time you may ask?
Right, I'm off to bed....
March's section is in preparation now...
Adieu...
Jon 'Mojo' Mills
Shindig Magazine, Editor
PS - SD#7 out this Summer!
PPS - A link would help... See, I am ill :0)
http://www.shindig-magazine.com/reviews.html
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Message: 11
Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2004 01:49:54 -0000
From: Mick Patrick
Subject: Re: Darlene McCrea, the Cookies and the Cinderellas go Zonk!!
Art Longmire:
> I've got a record by a group called the Cinderellas titled "Baby
> Baby, I Still Love You" on the Dimension label, and I've heard
> that this group is actually the Cookies. The record is a Russ
> Titelman production, and your post got me to thinking...are the
> Cinderellas really the Cookies? Can someone please solve this
> riddle for me?
Indeed, the Cinderellas *were* the Cookies - Earl-Jean McCrea
Darlene's younger sister), Dorothy Jones and Margaret Ross. Dig
the way cool picture of the group on the Spectropop members page:
http://www.spectropop.com/go2/members.html Margaret Ross, who
sings lead on the Cinderellas 45, is the lady in the middle.
Hey la,
Mick Patrick
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Message: 12
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2004 16:56:54 -0000
From: Jim Shannon
Subject: Re: Bee Gees' Odessa
Eddy wrote:
> Can't find any trace of Melody Fair being released on a single in
> the UK. But it was the main tune in the 1971 movie Melody and was
> in that context released as a single in Japan. It had a still
> from the movie on the picture sleeve.
Good research. I don't recall the film "Melody" but it makes sense.
"Melody Fair" would have been a hit for Bee Gees. From the same LP,
I was driving around last night and put on "First of May" - very
similar in sound/production as "Holiday".
Russell Prowse:
> This might help: http://www.geocities.com/bgsongs/albsingle.html
Wow, that link has everything. It was apparently released in England
as a single in '71. Thanks for your help.
Art: The title track "Odessa" is beautiful, very English. The LP/CD
takes a few listenings to appreciate. Some songs seem to be fillers
but over all a nice concept LP. The "First of May" was one of my
favorites, too. It actually shows up as "b" side with "Melody Fair"
in a UK release three years after the LP was released in early '69.
There is also an instrumental version of "First' on Odessa. It was
truly the Bee Gees' quantum leap into progressive rock.
Jim Shannon
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Message: 13
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2004 14:36:18 EST
From: Austin Roberts
Subject: Re: Bee Gees' Odessa
Although I'm a big fan of most of the Bee Gees Music, my favorite
cuts are with Robin as the lead vocalist. His is one of the most
unusual and haunting voices I've ever heard. Also, for some reason,
the Bee Gees Holiday reminds me of the Left Banke's Pretty
Ballerina. Don't really know why. Both songs are two of my
favorites of all time.
Austin Roberts
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Message: 14
Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2004 08:51:46 -0000
From: Mike Page
Subject: Re: Bee Gees' Odessa
Hi Art,
Yes IMO it was a Bee Gees record released as a solo one by Robin.
Great song. It is often included in greatest hits packages by the
Bee Gees. I have an old European double LP where it is included.
Mike Page
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Message: 15
Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2004 08:36:35 +0100
From: Eddy
Subject: Re: Bee Gees' Odessa
Hi Art,
Saved by the bell is a ballad and much too sweet for my taste. Nice
big production though! It was a huge hit all over Europe : # 2 in
the UK and # 1 in many other countries. Personally I found it a bit
of a disappointment compared to the Bee Gees at the time, just like
Robin's Reign album. But apparently the Bee Gees themselves liked it
enough to include it on their 2001 Their Greatest Hits - The Record
2cd compilation. But then again, maybe that's just because it was
such a huge hit here.
Eddy
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Message: 16
Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2004 19:03:47 -0000
From: Julio Niño
Subject: The Tammys & Lou Christie Go Zonk!! / Millie / Johnny Cymbal
Hola everybody.
Mick Patrick wrote about "Girls Go Zonk!!":
> View track list here: http://www.geocities.com/antlion7/tammys.htm
Guau ¡, very interesting web page about The Tammys and the turgid
Lou Christie. Thanks Mick.
These last days I can't get my mind off a little song by Millie "Mixed
Up, Fickle, Lonely, Self Centred, Spoiled Kind Of Boy" (first issued
in 1966 as Brit WI1002/ B-side), included in the recent Trojan CD
"Time Will Tell" as a bonus track. It's an uptempo poppie song in pure
GG style. I´ve read in the CD booklet that the track was recorded in
NYC in 1966, but they give no information about the writers or the
producer. I'm convinced that it must be a cover. Could anybody tell me
more about this song?.
Changing the subject, I've been listening to some Johnny Cymbal early
recordings. I always find very sexy "Mr. Bass Man" (I refuse to
explain why, I'm going to try to protect the ruins of my reputation).
The superlative backing voices in "Marshmallow" and "There Goes a Bad
Girl" have caught my "ear", I love them. Who were those girls?.
Chao.
Julio Niño.
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Message: 17
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2004 11:17:40 +0000
From: Phil X. Milstein
Subject: Re: You Are What You Eat credits update
I finally got off my butt and checked out the credits on the You
Are What You Eat album. I was mistaken in crediting John Simon
alone for "The Wabe," which is currently playing at musica. Both
artist and writing credits actually belong to John Simon and Peter
Yarrow together (with nothing left over for poor Lewis Carroll).
The album itself was a 1968 release on Columbia Masterworks, with
the production credited to Simon, Yarrow and Phil Ramone. By the
way I don't know if it's commonly known that The Band back up Tiny
Tim on his two cuts on that album, I Got You Babe (in a duet with
the adorable non-singer Eleanor Bucharian) and "Be My Baby."
--Phil M.
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Message: 18
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2004 15:14:38 EST
From: Austin Roberts
Subject: Re: Sugar & the Spices
Dan Nowicki wrote:
> Sugar & the Spices were Corky Casey (producer-guitarist Al Casey's
> wife) and Carol Roberts (the first Mrs. Duane Eddy). The same bunch,
> including Al, also recorded an LP for Time as the Raintree County
> Singers.
Just as a tidbit of info: Corky Casey-O'Dell has been married to one
of my dear co-writers and, most of all, good friends, named Kenny
O'Dell, of Next Plane/Beautiful People/Behind Closed Doors/Mama
He's Crazy fame. He and Corky have been married for years, have
children, and are two of the nicest people you'd ever wanna meet.
They live just outside of Nashville.
Austin Roberts
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Message: 19
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2004 14:17:54 +0000
From: Phil X. Milstein
Subject: Cathy McGowan
Out of the blue today I suddenly grew curious as to whatever's become
of Cathy McGowan. Any clues?
--Phil M.
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Message: 20
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2004 14:17:26 EST
From: Austin Roberts
Subject: Re: What happened to those "Hits"
Hey Dave,
I've had a lot more non-hits than hits, as I'm sure we all have. I thought
"Shelly Tell Me Why" (as River Deep, I think) had a shot. I was surprised
when "Boo On You," by me as Bazooka, didn't happen, as it acted like it
wanted to. I thought "Sing Out The Love" by The Arkade was gonna happen,
since KHJ in LA picked us up out of the box (I think we went all the way up
to 99 on the top 100; wow!). I thought my first single, "Mary And Me," looked
good, as it was top 10 wherever it got play, but unfortunately not enough
people played it. "Something's Wrong With Me" confused us until Jerry Fin,
the great promo man for Chelsea Records, figured out that after it got 3 weeks
of good airplay in any market it would sell like a mutha. "Rocky" surprised me
as to how fast it took off, all over the world actually. We all thought my version
of "Keep On Singing" (although it did go top 15 Adult Contemporary) would be
bigger top 100 (where it went to 50, I think). Helen Redddy's record was bigger.
Also, John Hill and I wrote for and produced me on a record called "Georgia,
I'm Coming To You" on PIP (although I don't remember what we called the
group), that I thought could happen. There have been many country records
I've had as a writer that became big hits, and some that didn't that I was hoping
for.
Bottom line, you do what you do and hope it's in the cards. I can't complain.
Best,
Austin Roberts
PS I still wonder why Hanna-Barbera didn't release some of our Scooby Doo
trax as singles.
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Message: 21
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2004 10:24:26 -0700 (MST)
From: That Alan Gordon
Subject: Re: Hit$ and Misses
Dave O was asking about songs we thought just couldn't miss. Well, as
Art Baker used to say, "Dave O, You Asked For It!"
Garry Bonner and I were in the studio in L.A. back in '67. Dino, Desi &
Billy were the act. As I recall, Dino was the only one present. We recorded
"Two In The Afternoon" and "Kitty Doyle". We also did "When The Good
Sun Shines" Hank Levine did a beautiful arrangement,. Dino did the vocals
on the first two songs, and left the studio. Garry and I were listening to
the beautiful track of the third song, we took out the Bambu papers and
kept listening over and over. And then it happened: "The Idea". The
angels above must've been bored and in need of a good laugh. I stood
up and said, "I've got it! We will be the act to do this song, but we'll do it
as two young kids, Elmo & Almo."
We returned to the hotel. The Ideas were coming fast and furious. We
summoned Charles Koppelman and Don Rubin from New York. We
would put the record out on our own label, Daddy Best Presents. Charles
and Don arrived in a few days and set up a meeting with Mo Ostin at
Reprise. Mo liked the CON-cept! Full-page ads in all the trades, although
Elmo & Almo themselves would never be seen. An artist drew two
characters, young boys with a flower in each of their hair.
The next step would be a Saturday morning TV animated show. We
huddled together at the hotel room as Charles set up a meeting with
Mort Werner, VP of development at NBC. When Charles mentioned "I
hope Mort likes The Idea," I stood up and replied, "Of course he'll like
it!," emphasizing the words by stomping down with my right foot. Alas,
I was not wearing shoes, and underneath the thin carpet was a thick slab
of concrete. YEAOWWW! I thought I'd fractured my heel, but X-rays
showed only a bruise. Nevertheless Charles and Don got me crutches.
The meeting with NBC went well, BUT: all was contingent on the single
being a hit. But when it was finally released it made it only made as far
as the low 90s on Billboard, and that was the end of Elmo & Almo.
A postscript: About 2 years later, I got a letter from the DMV [Division
of Motor Vehicles]. I had to go down and renew my driver's license. It
was a rainy day when I was going to do it, although I dreaded going to
downtown Brooklyn, not to mention waiting all day on that line that
never ends. When I went to my closet to get my trenchcoat, there in
the back of the closet I saw my old Elmo & Almo crutches. THAT'S IT!!!
If I was on crutches, they'd be BOUND to let me go to the head of the
line. I arrived at the DMV, a building specifically designed to hold several
hundred malcontents with multiple identities. I placed the crutches
under my arms and entered the building. I felt like Walter Neff, Fred
MacMurray's character in "Double Indemnity," as he boarded a train
feigning a broken leg. I limped in, then put my left foot up and held it. After
several minutes, I began to get a cramp in my leg. I slowly put my left foot
down, and then slowly lifted my right foot up. I realized I was doing the
freakin' Hokey Pokey! No one gave a damn about the jerk in the trenchcoat --
I could've been only a head on the ground, with no body attached, standing
there, and they STILL wouldn't've let me go to the head of the line. All
because of Elmo & Almo.
Best,
That Almo
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Message: 22
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2004 08:05:53 -0800 (PST)
From: David Coyle
Subject: Tim Buckley on "The Monkees"
I believe the song Tim Buckley performed on "The Monkees" (final episode?)
was "Dolphins," written and originally recorded by Fred Neil who also wrote
"Everybody's Talkin" and "Other Side Of This Life".
I haven't been a longtime fan of Buckley's and I only have his first two
albums, but I too was struck by the vocal resemblance between he and
Micky Dolenz. I always thought of Tim Buckley as sounding like a serious
Micky Dolenz. But would Dolenz have had Buckley's range?
On a semi-related note: Has anyone noticed that current opera-pop (is that
accurate?) sensation Josh Groban has a strange resemblance to Buckley?
Dave
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Message: 23
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2004 16:23:20 -0000
From: John Kirby
Subject: Finders Keepers - Sadie the Cleaning Lady
Anyone help a new member? We're having a surprise birthday party for
the singer with Finders Keepers, and we're trying to get a decent copy of
their record "Sadie The Cleaning Lady." If anyone can help please mail
me offlist.
Thanks,
John Kirby
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Message: 24
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2004 15:03:07 -0800
From: Michael Coxe
Subject: The Shadows back together for one last hurrah
I know Alec Palao, among others, will be interested in this.
Via:
"The most successful British instrumental group in chart history,
The Shadows, are back together for one last hurrah. Hank B. Marvin,
the legendary guitarist whose style influenced dozens of young
aspiring axemen from Peter Frampton to Mark Knopfler, will reunite
with bassist Bruce Welch and drummer Brian Bennett for what’s being
billed as The Final Tour, a massive 37-date itinerary that starts on
April 30 and concludes at the London Palladium on June 14. Universal
will release the 45-track double CD, Life Story -- The Very Best Of The
Shadows, on June 26. The album will include the newly-recorded
instrumental 'Life Story,' which really does bring the story of the 'Shads'
full-circle as it was written by Jerry Lordan, who recorded their first
smash 'Apache,' a massive No.1 hit in 1960."
- michael
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Message: 25
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2004 23:19:29 -0500
From: Phil X. Milstein
Subject: Re: You Can't Sit On My Faith Anymore
Artie Wayne wrote:
> Now with the obscenity hearings looming who knows how we'll be
> affected. I know this isn't the time to show the last song I wrote
> with Ben Raleigh.......A song about a man who leaves his wife
> because she's surpressing his religious beliefs....called, "You
> Can't Sit On My Faith anymore".
And here all along I'd thought that one was by Tim McGraw!
--Phil M.
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