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There are 25 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Re: how to lip-sync / Midnight C'boy / Ruben Williams
From: Phil X. Milstein
2. Re: Inner Dialogue
From: Paul
3. Re: Shindig questions
From: Ed Rambeau
4. Re: Fraternity Records - Harry Carlson / Cathy MacGow-owan
From: Phil X. Milstein
5. Re: Glimmer Twins medley
From: Steve Harvey
6. Re: the meaning of 'c/w' / F&B Bryant
From: Frank Young
7. Re: Bob Brady & The Conchords
From: various
8. The Golden Lost
From: Phil Hall
9. pts. 1 & 2 of the Jerry Naylor interview added
From: Bob Celli
10. Re: The Groop/Midnight Cowboy
From: p.a. ferra
11. New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (NOJHF)
From: Mike Rashkow
12. Johnny Restivo recording???
From: Mojo
13. Re: Less tar, more cement
From: Steve
14. Re: "If My World Falls Through"
From: Art Longmire
15. Re: Blue Cat oddity
From: Austin Powell
16. Bob Brady and The Con Chords - discography
From: David L. Gordon
17. Re: Diane Renay Video at Old-Time Radio Convention (Sept. 2002 in NJ).
From: Fred Clemens
18. Eddie Rambeau Shindig Video from 1965
From: John
19. Bobby Womack & A Question for Al Kooper
From: Dan N
20. Re: b/w, c/w
From: Fred Clemens
21. Breakaways Voices
From: Tony Leong
22. Re:"Dio, Come Ti Amo" lyrics & Millie single on Brit
From: Steve
23. Bob Brady And The Concords
From: Justin McDevitt
24. Re: Questions arising from new Spector biography
From: Mark Wirtz
25. Girl Talk
From: Simon White
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2004 15:49:56 +0000
From: Phil X. Milstein
Subject: Re: how to lip-sync / Midnight C'boy / Ruben Williams
Mikey wrote:
> On that Shindig episode, were you sidelining (miming to the 45s)
> to those two songs, or were you really singing live to a backing
> track?
This reminds me to ask whether lip-syncing (never heard the term
"sidelining" before) usually involved singing out loud but without the
track being recorded (or at least being wiped before broadcast), or
whether one had to pretend to sing without actually uttering any sounds.
The former would seem to make more sense to me performance-wise, but
then there are times I think I can hear ambient sounds, indicating live mics.
Matt wrote:
> Elephants Memory ("Jungle Gym At The Zoo" & "Old Man Willow"),
> The Groop ("A Famous Myth" & "Tears and Joy"), Nilsson
> ("Everybody's Talkin") and Leslie Miller ("He Quit Me"
> written by Warren Zevon) are all featured on the soundtrack.
> None of the artists actually appear onscreen however.
I have heard that the Velvet Underground were invited to be the group
playing in the party scene, but for some reason turned it down. (They
were also invited to the band in Blow Up, but couldn't get their visas
together in time.) Some of the Warhol "Factory" people are in the party
crowd.
Ed B wrote:
> Hello, while going through my collection of 45's purchased
> over the years in various yard sales, flea markets etc, I
> came across an interesting 45, Capitol 4769 by Rubin Williams
> "Blow Out The Sun"/"Burning Memories" both sides produced by
> Bright Tunes Productions. A Side wr. Artie Resnick/ Jeff Barry
> B Side Margo/Medress. Any information on Rubin Williams would
> be appreciated. Thanks.
He was the unwanted lovechild of the brief but fiery liaison between
Robin Williams and Ruben Studdard. Alas, the family came asunder in the
aftermath of the San Francisco earthquake, and have spent the ensuing
decades in a prolonged custody squabble. Happily, though, I understand
that Rubin, Robin and Ruben have been angling for a reconciliation of
late, and have been hinting (through their respective attorneys) that
the precipitating factor may be the posting of either or both of the
abovementioned tracks to musica. Can't somebody help reunite this
once-loving family?!
Helpfully,
--Phil M.
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2004 15:58:04 EST
From: Paul
Subject: Re: Inner Dialogue
I've got a vinyl reissue of the LP, think it's a couple of years old. Don't know
who reissued it, a bootleg I think. It's got the catalogue no. RGF001A. It's one
of my favourite albums &, I agree, it deserves a CD reissue. There's a link and
info at http://www. weirdsville. com/featured1. html
The main composer was Gene Di Novi, a session player & songwriter in LA who
had worked with everyone fron Nelson Riddle to Frank Zappa. Lyricist Tony Velona
provided the far-out lyrics, and vocals were by BJ Ward & Lynn Dolin. Apparently,
Racquel Welch put them on The Ed Sullivan Show. That I would like to see! My
favourite tracks are 'Inner Dialogue' and 'Yesterday The Dog'.
Paul
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2004 16:22:33 EST
From: Ed Rambeau
Subject: Re: Shindig questions
Mikey asked Eddie:
> On that Shindig episode, were you sidelining (miming to the 45s)
> to those two songs, or were you really singing live to a backing
> track?
Everything on Shindig was performed LIVE. They re-recorded the tracks in my
presence at a recording studio a week before the show, and then we rehearsed a
few times off the soundstage and once on the soundstage before the actual
performance, which was done in one take straight thru (no stops) with a live
audience.
Frank W. writes:
> Ed, thanks so much for sharing this historic Shindig clip. You
> looked just as great at 22 as you do now. I immediately noticed
> Darlene Love and the Blossoms backing you up, but who is the male
> trio on the left of the stage?
They were called "The Wellingtons". It was the Blossoms and the Wellingtons.
Ed Rambeau
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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2004 15:42:28 +0000
From: Phil X. Milstein
Subject: Re: Fraternity Records - Harry Carlson / Cathy MacGow-owan
Me myself I wrote:
> What a lovely article! It makes ne wonder whether the local
> dailies aren't a great untapped resource for stories on the
> older-era performers. Also, it may be the first time I've
> ever heard an artist call a record company owner "one of the
> most wonderful people I've ever met."
I should have added this link to a fascinating article about Fraternity's
founder, Harry Carlson, written by Shad O'Shea, who bought the
company name (and only that) when Carlson retired in 1975:
http://www.shadoshea.com/fraternity/
Elsewhere I have another article by Shad, from one of his books, about
Carlson's crosstown rival and stylistic contrast, Syd Nathan; if anyone
wants to see that let me know.
Frank Murphy wrote:
> Cathy McGowan is alive and well and taking nothing to
> do with any nostalgia. You can find her here:
> http://www.tv-ark.org.uk/itvlondon/redprogs-new.html
All I see there is info about her RSG days. Besides being "alive and
well," is there nothing more you (or anyone) can tell us about Cathy's
post-RSG life? Even whether or not she remained in show business would
be of interest.
--Phil M.
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2004 15:00:01 -0800 (PST)
From: Steve Harvey
Subject: Re: Glimmer Twins medley
Al,
Any chance of hearing Four On The Floor when the Rekooperators play
the Dennis Flyer March 13?
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Message: 6
Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2004 13:16:39 -0800 (PST)
From: Frank Young
Subject: Re: the meaning of 'c/w' / F&B Bryant
Hi all.
C/w is indeed "coupled with," as I've seen the phrase spelled out in some
pages of old Melody Makers and New Musical Expresses from the era. How
polite sounding!
On a completely different tangent, I am presently going through a seasonal
obsession with the more obscure compositions of Felice and Boudleaux Bryant.
Everybody knows the songs they wrote for the Everly Brothers, or "Let's Think
About Living," but I'm digging on some of the lesser-known creations of this
duo. They really wrote some brilliant and musically complex material, especially
in the very early '60s. Songs like "Sleepless Nights" and "The Same Old Trouble"
are several years ahead of the pop curve, sounding more like 1965-66 pop
material.
They also probably influenced as many wannabe pop songwriters as they did
country scribes -- their music really resists easy categorization.
Just wondering if anyone has any super-obscure Bryants faves they'd care to
mention.
Best,
Frank Young
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Message: 7
Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2004 23:47:42 -0000
From: various
Subject: Re: Bob Brady & The Conchords
Following is a sampling of the wealth of responses to Billy G's inquiry
about Bob Brady & The Conchords (alt. Con-Chords, Con Chords). David
L. Gordon's Brady/Conchords discography will appear in a separate post.
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Billy G:
> I was listening to an aircheck of WEAM (then a Washington DC
> Top 40 station) from 1966 on http://www.reelradio.com and it
> had a snippet of a 45 by Bob Brady and the Concords called
> "Goodbye Baby".
Dan Nowicki:
I love those guys! Bob Brady and the Con Chords were a Mid-Atlantic
white group that had the Smokey Robinson sound down cold. They
reportedly were from Baltimore, but more often are identified as a
Washington, D.C., group because they had a strong D.C. following,
the remnants of which are still around. I picked up most of their
Chariot label 45s when I was based in D.C. a few years ago. Hip folks
in the D.C.-Virginia-Maryland area definitely still consider them local
heroes. The Northern Soul scene has picked up on their supposed "hit"
"Everybody's Goin' to the Love-In," (Brady's groovy twist on "Going
to a Go Go"), but a guy who remembered them from the 1960s told
me that's purely revisionist, and that it was their version of "More,
More, More (Of Your Love)" that was the local sensation and
cemented the band's reputation back then. Whatever. I like all
their stuff. Hopefully someone else knows more and can elaborate.
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Simon White:
A well known group on the Northern Scene, Billy. "More More More
Of Your Love", originally a Smokey Robinson & The Miracles track,
was an early Northern fave and got a U.K. release. "Illusion" and
"Everybody's Going To The Love In" were also big Northern records,
the latter virtually as a new release in 1968 and it was even used in a
KFC T.V. ad here recently. Blue-eyed Bob out smokes Smokey on
those three! "Savin' All My Love for You" was also played to a lesser extent.
"Goodbye Baby" was one that only recently got played in the Northern Soul
clubs, having been passed by until a few years ago. It doesn't really have the
same vocal sound as the other three. It has been on CD -- "Allnighter Vol.
2" on Goldmine. All in all they made great records!
As far as I know, Bob and the boys were the only act on Chariot, so maybe
they owned it.
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Jimmy Botticelli:
It was actually a Smokey Robinson tune from their 'Going To A Go-Go' LP.
Bob had a respectable caucasian false tenor.
Billy G Spradlin himself:
I wasn't getting any search findings for his music until I tried "Bob Brady"
and found out his band's name was actually the "Con-Chords" and that
they hailed from Baltimore.
It's strange that with "Goodbye Baby" he doesn't go into full falsetto
mode, 'cause the guy sounded exactly like Smokey when he does. "Love Is
The Master (And I Am The Slave)", "Illusion" and "Everybody´s Going To A
Love In" are great '60s low budget Motown soundalikes.
I found "Goodbye Baby" and several other songs (all from vinyl dubs)
using WinMx. If anyone is interested in hearing them let me know.
Great stuff!
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Bob Brady saw one UK label release, "Everybody's Going To A Love-In"
c/w "It's Been A Long Time Between Kisses" on Bell. Both sides were 'club'
plays.
Incidently "Love In" was recently used on the KFC (soul food) ads running in
the UK. Other songs used so far by :
Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) - Frank Wilson - US Soul/UK Tamla Motown
I Can't Get Away - Bobby Garrett - US Mirwood/UK Jay Boy (as Bob & Earl)
Moonlight, Music & You - Laura Green - US RCA/UK Grapevine
Road Runner - Jr Walker -US Tamla/UK Tamla Motown
Sock It To 'Em JB - Rex Garvin - US Like/UK Atlantic
and most recently
The Flirtations - Nothing But A Heartache US ?/UK Deram
(The Flirtations were formed from the US group The Gypsies (Old Town
label) when they settled in the UK in the early 1970's)
Cheers,
Howard
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Message: 8
Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 00:18:46 -0000
From: Phil Hall
Subject: The Golden Lost
While doing a little Internet research on The Groop, I ran across an
obscure but interesting-looking CD called "The Golden Lost". The site
description of it reads:
Lost treasures -- each one a priceless gem!
A double CD-R of obscure soft pop and bubblegum 45's from the
late 60's (1966 into early 1970 to be exact) many of which have never
appeared on CD or even a vinyl LP. Includes songs by The New
Establishment, The Groop, Bobby Skel, December's Children, Twinn
Connexion, The Sherry Sisters, Merrilee Rush, The Robbs, World of Oz,
Pat Shannon, Majic Ship and many more.
http://www.sunpk.com/art/cdart/pages/016goldenplaylist.htm
I wonder if our resident expert Mick Patrick, or anyone else, could shed
any light on this CD or some of the performers on it.
Phil H.
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Message: 9
Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 01:48:19 -0000
From: Bob Celli
Subject: pts. 1 & 2 of the Jerry Naylor interview added
Hi,
I have posted parts 1 & 2 of the Jerry Naylor interview in the Files area.
Enjoy!
Bob Celli
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Message: 10
Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 00:55:40 -0000
From: p.a. ferra
Subject: Re: The Groop/Midnight Cowboy
Matt wrote:
> Elephants Memory ("Jungle Gym At The Zoo" & "Old Man Willow"),
> The Groop ("A Famous Myth" & "Tears and Joy"), Nilsson
> ("Everybody's Talkin") and Leslie Miller ("He Quit Me"
> written by Warren Zevon) are all featured on the soundtrack.
> None of the artists actually appear onscreen however.
Matt, thanks for the info...
Question for you (or anyone else who may know this):
There must have been at least two bands that went by the name "The
Groop". Do you know which band they were referring to? The American
Groop or the Aussie one?
The one from Australia did "Woman You're Breaking Me" on CBS, and
also recorded on the Jamie label.
Anther other band that went by "The Groop, Ltd." came out of
Rochester, NY, recorded on Integrity records, and included Karim Capli
(who later was with the Sundowners and The Monkees -- see my post on
The Groop, Ltd. for the link to an interview with lead guitarist Jake
Gerber).
The Midnight Cowboy review described the Groop a "hip '60s band,
which seems to describe both American and Aussie bands fairly well.
However, Aileen Thomas (the folk singer) was among the members of "The
Groop" that played on the Midnight Cowboy soundtrack. Which one of
these bands did she belong to? Was there a third one?
p.a. ferra
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Message: 11
Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2004 18:08:15 EST
From: Mike Rashkow
Subject: New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (NOJHF)
New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival at satchmo.com
Go here and click on each date to see who's appearing -- gotta be a party!
Rashkovsky
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Message: 12
Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2004 23:07:38 -0000
From: Mojo
Subject: Johnny Restivo recording???
Greetings all,
On a local BBC radio station here in the UK a song was requested which
went by the title of "Girls Girls I Love Them All." The person requesting
the song was 100% sure it was a Johnny Restivo recording, but no trace
could be found in the main BBC record library.
Could it be a line from a song (the lyric lists a lot of girls names), or are
we looking at someone else's song? Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Mojo
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Message: 13
Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2004 22:10:20 -0000
From: Steve
Subject: Re: Less tar, more cement
Charles G. Hill wrote:
> Eric's "Hard to Find 45s on CD, Vol. 7: More Sixties Classics"
> (11513-2) contains a lovely stereo mix (by the late Bob Hyde)
> of "Tar and Cement" which runs 3:13; I believe the 45 was
> labeled 3:09.
Hi Charles,
My Aussie 45 runs 3:42 -- and I'm afraid that "stereo" mix on Eric is
absolutely unlistenable. It would be better left untampered.
Steve
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Message: 14
Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2004 22:20:51 -0000
From: Art Longmire
Subject: Re: "If My World Falls Through"
S.J. Dibai wrote:
> Bonjour, Spectropoppers. I was wondering if anyone here has the Rose
> Garden's follow-up to "Next Plane To London," which was called "If
> My World Falls Through," and if so, how can I get to hear it? I know
> this song as done by Bobby Vee, but I'm interested in hearing the
> Garden's version.
Hello S.J.,
I do have the "If My World Falls Through" single by Rose Garden.
I haven't listened to it in years but I like it a lot -- nice lead vocal,
harmonies, and jangly folk-rock guitar. I never knew anyone else
had recorded it. Was this written by Kenny O'Dell?
I've never heard the Rose Garden LP or the CD release by Collectors
Choice, and have always wondered how good it was.
Art Longmire
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Message: 15
Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2004 21:48:27 -0000
From: Austin Powell
Subject: Re: Blue Cat oddity
Andrew C. Jones wrote:
> Okay, many of us know Blue Cat as the R&B-oriented sister
> label of Red Bird. But I have a Blue Cat promo single (BC 105)
> which contains two "adult-pop" songs, "Real Live Girl" b/w
> "Deep Down Inside," by British popster Bruce Forsyth. (Each
> side is "A Pye Records U.K. Recording.") Anyone know how
> Blue Cat came to release this single?
Pye Records won the rights to Red Bird and Blue Cat, issuing "Chapel Of
Love" and the Jelly Beans single "I Wanna Love Him So Bad" on their Pye
International label in May '64 before giving Leiber-Stoller-Goldner their
own identity in the U.K. When the Red Bird label was launched in the
U.K., the releases carried the same catalogue number as their U.S.
counterparts, though in fact very few U.S. Red Bird records were issued
here. When Blue Cat came along, they were issued in the U.K. on Red
Bird but with a numbering system starting with "BC."Pye would have
offered Red Bird some of its British productions, though why George
Goldner would have picked a Bruce Forsyth track is a mystery to me,
though history would be suggest Goldner cared little for his boss's
feelings, so it was probably just a "sop" to his British licensee ????
Austin
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Message: 16
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 15:21:31 -0000
From: David L. Gordon
Subject: Bob Brady and The Con Chords - discography
As far as I know this is the group's complete discography:
BOB BRADY AND THE CON CHORDS (Baltimore)
personnel unknown
Chariot 100 12/66
CH100A Goodbye Baby (Bob Brady, James Samuels)
CH100B Tell Me Why (Bob Brady, James Samuels)
Prod: J Cash - B Gordon
Chariot 101 05/67
CH101A More, More, More Of Your Love (Smokey Robinson)
CH101B It's A Better World
Prod: J Cash - B Gordon
["More ... " was originally an album track on the Miracles' 11/66 "Away
We A Go-Go" set ]
Chariot 525 02/68
8482 Illusion (Brady, Samuels)
8483 I Love You Baby (Brady, Samuels)
Prod: J Cash - B Gordon
Chariot 526 05/68
8712 Everybody's Goin' To The Love-In (Brady, Samuels)
8713 It's Been A Long Time Between Kisses (Brady, Samuels)
Prod: J Cash - B Gordon
[issued in the UK as Bell BLL1025 in '68, then reissued in 1970 as Bell
BLL1114 in 1970, in the first wave of UK reissues as a result of its
"underground" popularity on the early Northern Soul scene]
Chariot 527 01/69
9001 It's Love (Cavaliere, Brigati)
9002 Love Is The Master ( )
Prod: J Cash - B Gordon
Chariot 528 10/69
9356 Savin' All My Love For You (Brady)
9357 Please Stay (Brady)
Prod: J Cash - B Gordon
The first two were distributed by Cameo, then Amy/Mala/Bell took over
following the collapse of Cameo/Parkway into bankruptcy.
on compilation CDs:
Goodbye Baby on "All Nighter II" (Goldmine)
More, More, More of Your Love on "Out On The Floor Again" (Goldmine)
Everybody's Goin' To The Love-In on "Kent's Cellar of Soul" (Kent)
The group appear to have disbanded in 1970. Brady became a promotion
man for A&M in the early seventies, which is how the A&M issue of "More ..."
came about. I haven't heard the actual record, but from the label scan I've
seen my guess is that it's a reissue of the Chariot single, with the artist credit
changed to just "Bob Brady." The last I heard of Bob (late eighties) was that
he was still working as a promotion man for, I think, MCA.
A&M 1382 BOB BRADY c09/72
More, More, More Of Your Love (Smokey Robinson)
I Stand Rejected ( )
Prod: J Cash - B Gordon
Davie Gordon (no relation)
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Message: 17
Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 03:29:32 -0000
From: Fred Clemens
Subject: Re: Diane Renay Video at Old-Time Radio Convention (Sept. 2002 in NJ).
Ed Rambeau wrote:
> Here are 2 more video clips just shot this past Sept. It was
> a tribute to Diane Renay at an Old-Time radio convention.
Hi Ed -
I was there when that happened (October, not September), and happened
to catch some video of my own from the left side, so I was able to
pick up the audio from the piano (played by Ronnie Allen on "Concrete
And Clay") and guitar (by Brian Gari). Unfortunately, I was just
getting used to the camera, and it only allowed me to catch three
minute clips. (I only caught a snip of Diane synching "Navy Blue"). I
ended up fumbling the buttons abit, so I couldn't catch it all. But I
did get most of your "Concrete And Clay" straight through, as well as
all of Diane's surprise.
I also got Rupert Holmes doing his song ("Escape") and explaining how
the song was developed. As he went through the lyric develpoment, it
reminded me of the controversial Bouys' "Timothy". When he opened
with "People need other people", it sounded so much like he could be
saying "People eat other people". Or did he really say THAT?
Fred Clemens
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Message: 18
Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2004 21:44:58 -0500
From: John
Subject: Eddie Rambeau Shindig Video from 1965
Previously...
> It features "Concrete & Clay" and "My Name Is Mud". I
> was all of 22. Go to: http://66.34.56.217/shindigshow1.wmv
Eddie, thanks for the very 'groovy' links. It should've went higher
up the charts. Quick question - do you remember who played the
tasty guitar in Concrete & clay, My name is mud and Yesterdays
newspapers... very nice, whoever it was. Also I believe I remember
from a previous post that you wrote / co-wrote "Big Town boy"...if
so, thanks...one of my favorite 'girl group' tunes, I never
tire of.
John
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Message: 19
Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2004 22:03:13 EST
From: Dan N
Subject: Bobby Womack & A Question for Al Kooper
Longtime Arizona radio personality John Dixon ("R 'n' B with Johnny D.")
asked me to forward one burning question to Spectropop-at-large and another to Al
Kooper's attention. Thanks, Dan N.
Hello,
Can anyone out in Spectropop land tell me something about Bobby Womack's
live album, "The Womack Live" (Liberty LST 7645). Who was in the band?
And, especially, what is the last name of "John," the guitar player who Bobby
calls out?
Also, where it was recorded? Hollywood, I know, what venue? It's a
fantastically tight band, great drummer and horns, and there are no
credits to be found. Short notes were by Bill Crite. I'm into live albums
and
this is right up there near the top. (James at the Apollo would be number one
of course, you understand.) And then there's Stevie Wonder's "Finger
Tips........what key!? What key!?" Just wondering after all these years.
For Al K.: Is it true that you started the rumor that guitarist Little
Beaver was on the short list to join the Rolling Stones many years ago?
Thanks,
Johnny D.
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Message: 20
Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 06:55:45 -0000
From: Fred Clemens
Subject: Re: b/w, c/w
Phil M wrote:
> Can anyone explain what the British equivalent, "c/w," stands
> for? (First wiseguy who replies "Country & Western" gets it!)
> I'm guessing "coupled with," but could be "combined", "conjoined",
> "commingled," or, for all I know, "crammed." I was about to ask if
> "c/w" is even still in use, but then I remembered that NOTHING
> having to do with flipsides is, present company excluded, still
> in use ...
I've been using the "b/w" thing (as in "backed with") a long time. I
don't know about a British equivalent, but I always took "c/w" to
mean "cut with". If it has a British origin, it may have background
related more to EP's rather than single issues, as with featuring two
songs on the same side (one song 'cut with' another). The EP format
seemed to be more popular in the UK and Europe than Stateside.
EP's are a whole 'nother can of worms. While most recognize it as
being short for "Extended Play", RCA used it for the short
of "Economy Package". Not sure which definitive term came first.
Fred Clemens
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Message: 21
Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 06:09:19 -0000
From: Tony Leong
Subject: Breakaways Voices
Hello UK Breakaways experts!!
Just picked up a CD containing "I Can Hear Music" by the Breakaways
with Margo Quantrell singing the lead. Does anybody out there know
which member did the solo part at the end of "That Boy Of Mine"
and "He Doesn't Love Me"?? Tony
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Message: 22
Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 09:16:50 -0000
From: Steve
Subject: Re:"Dio, Come Ti Amo" lyrics & Millie single on Brit
Julio Nino wrote:
> It must be difficult
> to translate the ultra-Italian lyrics into English words. Are
> the English lyrics a more or less direct translation of the
> Italians like in the version of "Tar and Cement"?.
Hi there Julio
Verdelle's God How Much I Love You ....
Dio come Ti Amo, I still can hear him say
Oh God how much I love you, yet I walked away
The wind began to blow, and all the leaves went flying
He stood there in the night, & tried to keep from crying
What could I have told him, what could I say or do
When love has lost it's meaning, it's over it's true
And so I head on, for someone who was waiting
To hold me in his arms, in endless celebrating
But that was long ago, and many loves had I
But only one was real, the guy I let slip by
etc etc
(....can you imagine a video to go with this!?)
I would presume that any translated song is only faithful in melody,
it must be hard to re write the song into English and keep the same
emotions.
Mixed Up, Fickle, Lonely, Self Centered, Spoiled Kind of Boy
Millie Small - Brit 45-7002
Arr & Cond by Larry Fallon
Prod by Larry Fallon & Jimmy Miller
Brit was distributed by Atco Records Sales Co
I agree with you - it's a very catchy number
Cheers
Steve
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Message: 23
Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 13:21:43 -0500
From: Justin McDevitt
Subject: Bob Brady And The Concords
Hello Spectropop,
Billy inquired regarding Bob Brady And The Concords.
I have a memoery of being a freshman in highschool and making the long
daily commute from my house in the Virginia suburbs to downtown Washington
D.C. where the private school that I atended is located.
One morning in the spring of 1967, en route to highschool, I was awaken
from my semi-conscious state by the DJ on Weam mentioning Bob Brady and The
Concords, a Baltimore-Washington area group. Following his comments on the
group, he played More, More, More of your love. Bob's falsetto voice and
the upbeat tempo of the song awoke me from my torpor, at least for a brief
time.
A followup song to More, More More of Your Love is a favorite song of mine
called, Everybody's Goin to a Love-in.
Okay, enough of this memories stuf! Billy, there is a record store in
Bladensburg Maryland from them I have purchased Lps and 45s over the years.
I will contact them to see if they have any music by Bob brady and the
Concords. If they do, I anticipate that the price will be steep., though
you never know; some years ago I purchased a 45 from this store of The
Fallen Angels, I found You and it ran me about $5-$6.
I have yet to check more recent S'pop postings, so someone from the list
may have referenced a Cd comp of The Concords music, though I doubt that
one has been put together.
Justin McDevitt
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Message: 24
Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 09:58:24 -0800 (PST)
From: Mark Wirtz
Subject: Re: Questions arising from new Spector biography
Hiya, Martin,
I had the honor of being present at the Dion session
(at A&M studios, with Larry Levine at the board, and
Nino Tempo holding the baton as well as playing Sax).
Phil was convinced at the time that this recording
would catapult Dion back to success. It should have.
The recording was quite stunning, with Spector at his
classic best, and Dion in nothing less than spine
chilling form...
BTW - at the end of the session, Phil proudly played
back another production he had just completed with a
young, soulful girl singer for which he had high
hopes. I forget the girl's name (Phil Chapman, you
know who I am talking about; what was her name and
what was the tile of that track??) nThat recording,
too, at least to my knowledge, was never released.
Sad. Very sad...
best,
mark wirtz
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Message: 25
Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 19:24:03 +0000
From: Simon White
Subject: Girl Talk
Two girl group questions for those in the know:
Who where The Bronzettes on Parkway?
Who were the girls backing Neil Sedaka on his high octane
dance drama "Let The People Talk"?
Thanks !
Simon
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