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There are 25 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Re: Ritchie Cordell, R.I.P.
From: Mick Patrick
2. Re: "Roses Are Red"
From: Paul Evans
3. Re: "Et Maintenant".
From: Julio Niño
4. Karina's "Me Querrás Mañana"
From: Eddy
5. Re: Back To Mono
From: Martin Jensen
6. "Murray the K's Back in Town" to Musica
From: Paul Levinson
7. Do You Hear What I Hear?
From: Dave Heasman
8. Jimmy Krondes
From: Paul Levinson
9. Alice Stuart
From: Peter Lerner
10. Re: The Jordan Brothers
From: Peter Lerner
11. Re: 1910 Fruitgum Company
From: Bob Rashkow
12. Barry Tashian
From: Peter Lerner
13. Ray Whitley
From: Austin Roberts
14. Re: "What Now My Love" / "Et Maintenant"
From: Peter Lerner
15. The Zonk
From: Pres
16. Robin McNamara
From: Laura Pinto
17. Re: Agnetha Faltskog
From: Phil X. Milstein
18. Re: Hank's stamp
From: Phil X. Milstein
19. Charles Calello etc
From: Al Kooper
20. Pet Clark "Lovin' Things"
From: Bill Reed
21. Licks
From: Al Kooper
22. RIP Ritchie Cordell
From: Bob Rashkow
23. Back To Mono
From: Al Kooper
24. "The Penthouse"
From: James Botticelli
25. Helter Skelter Books
From: Norm D. Plume
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 02 May 2004 17:15:23 +0100
From: Mick Patrick
Subject: Re: Ritchie Cordell, R.I.P.
Sad to hear of the passing of songsmith-producer Ritchie Cordell,
co-writer of "Mony Mony", "I Think We're Alone Now", "Mirage",
"Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'" and a slew of other hit songs. I might
not be the world's biggest fan of Tommy James & the Shondells, but
I can recognize and appreciate good songs when I hear them. Find
and enjoy one of Ritchie's earliest compositions currently playing
@ musica: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spectropop/files/musica/
The Cupcakes "Pied Piper" (Diamond 177, 1965), written by Paul
Simon and Ritchie Cordell - not to be confused with the similarly-
named Louisiana-based outfit of "Matilda" fame, this girl group
sound to me like the Cookies in disguise. Do any of our "insider"
contributors know one way or the other?
Hey la,
Mick Patrick
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 02 May 2004 14:58:43 -0000
From: Paul Evans
Subject: Re: "Roses Are Red"
ACJ wrote:
> And for Paul Evans: Did you ever find out whose idea it was to
> flip-flop the bridge and the last verse in Jim Reeves' version
> of "Roses Are Red"?
Hi,
Very astute - picking up what I always thought was an "error" on the
Reeves recording. As you can imagine, my co-writer (Al Byron) and I
were NOT thrilled to death when we first heard the recording.
However, it WAS Jim Reeves, so we decided to forgive the mistake. :-)
Paul Evans
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 02 May 2004 15:07:39 -0000
From: Julio Niño
Subject: Re: "Et Maintenant".
Hola Everybody,
Fred Clemens wrote about "Et Maintenant":
> ...As I understood it, the Gilbert Becaud version wasn't released
> until 1964(?)...
Eddy answered:
> Gilbert Becaud's "Et maintenant" was originally released in France
> in 1961 on HMV EGF 570 (EP) as the lead track with Dans ces moments
> la, Le comdane and Toi le musicien. It was also included on his
> 1961 LP "Le pianiste de Varsovie" (Pathe Marconi SPAM 67.060).
Just to add that the song was a very big hit in Spain in the spring
of 1962 and in Italy more or less at the same time.
By the way, Eddy, you never answered me about Karina's "Me Querrás
Mañana". Were you dissuaded for my description of the track?.
Fred again:
> I came across an early version during my Lion safari by French
> artist Gloria Lasso from 1962. It was on the same EP as her
> Lion rendition, and the featured song.
I haven't heard Gloria Lasso's version (who, by the way, wasn't French
but Spanish, born in Villafranca del Penedes, near Barcelona, although
she lived and recorded for several years in France). Is it worth
hearing?
Chao.
Julio Niño.
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Message: 4
Date: Sun, 02 May 2004 18:33:21 +0200
From: Eddy
Subject: Karina's "Me Querrás Mañana"
Julio Niño:
> By the way, Eddy, you never answered me about Karina's "Me Querrás
> Mañana". Were you dissuaded for my description of the track?
I'm sorry Julio, I'm afraid you'll have to remind me. I may have
missed that post.
Eddy
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 02 May 2004 18:11:25 -0000
From: Martin Jensen
Subject: Re: Back To Mono
Mikey wrote:
> If you want to FREAK, get ahold of the 5 Cd "Spector Sessions" set.
> It's a "Gray Area" Cd, but it is amazing because it comes from
> "safety tapes". Not copies of mono masters, mind you, rather, Phil
> had Goldstar run a stereo machine off the board outputs that was
> running all the time, thru the tune ups, meetings, run thrus, etc.
> thus, it recorded EVERYTHING that happened during a Phil Spector
> Session, including Phil joking around with the musicians. It's like
> being in the control room with Phil, Larry and Sonny!!
Hi Mikey
Which songs are featured on these cds? Does the sessions you mention
also include the various additions of string parts and vocals, or is
it just confined to Phil and the Wrecking Crew in the studio?
With regards
Martin, Denmark
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 02 May 2004 18:35:54 -0000
From: Paul Levinson
Subject: "Murray the K's Back in Town" to Musica
I just played "Murray the K's Back in Town" to Musica (hey, I'm
finally picking up on the proper phrasing here, plus, I like the
rhyme of "played" and "K's").
Great conversation about Murray here in the past week.
Donna -- great to see you and hear your music here, again. I might
have been in the audience enjoying you at Murray's show in 1963 at
Freedomland.
Peter G. -- The ice-cream place on Kingsbridge Road in the Bronx was
Jahn's. And, yeah, that Kitchen Sink huge-combo sundae could put you
in a coma for a week. My girlfriend Tina (now my wife) and I went
there plenty of times. We have a photo of the two of us leaving
Jahn's on a snowy night in 1968.
Amazing that we went to the four same schools -- PS 96, JHS 135,
Columbus High School, and City College (I wrote an alternate theme-
song for JHS 135, which I'll sing to you in person some day). The
New Outlook (later The Other Voices on Atlantic, produced by Mike
Rashkow and Ellie Greenwich) sang mostly in the alcove in back of the
cafeteria in Shepard Hall, on the North Campus of CCNY (once in a
while in the entrance to Finley, on the South Campus). We were
usually a capella or with one or two guitars; sometimes just the
three of us, or with as many as four or five other guys joining in.
(We actually replaced an a capella group, who were singing there in
the early 60s). We did Christmas songs around the holidays, and
everything from the Beatles to Sonny & Cher and the Four Tops and our
own songs in between. There was many a semester when we were
majoring in that singing....
All best,
Paul
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 02 May 2004 19:04:10 +0100
From: Dave Heasman
Subject: Do You Hear What I Hear?
Really interesting "compare & contrast" snips posted to Musica;
the Ricky Nelson bass intro to "Summertime" particularly reminded
me of the intro to his "I Wanna Be Loved" - v. similar if a little
slower, and in 1960.
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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 02 May 2004 18:57:29 -0000
From: Paul Levinson
Subject: Jimmy Krondes
Fred Clemens wrote:
> For those who are unaware, Paul [Evans] did co-write a couple of
> Doo Wop classics with Jimmy Krondes: "Valerie" by the Mello Kings
> on Herald; and "School Bells" by Nicky and the Nobles on Gone, the
> latter withh the additional help of "Jacobson" (was that Sid?).
I believe Jimmy Krondes and Sid Jacobson also wrote "At The End of
the Rainbow (You'll Find a Pot of Gold)" and "Thirty Days Hath
September." Jimmy was one of the sweetest people in the music
business. I used to ride the crowded #5 train with him up to Bronx
after work, in the late 60s. (Jimmy lived in New Rochelle.) We
wrote a couple of songs together, including "Isle of Skorpios,"
recorded by the Wally Gold Singers. Jimmy worked for Bourne/Murbo
Music -- I think Mike Rashkow introduced us. (Murbo published "Love
Colored Glasses," written by Mike's then-wife Mikie Harris and me.
June Valley recorded. That must have been 1968 or 69. You couldn't
say that Jimmy exactly had his finger on the pulse of what was
happening in music, but he did have a way...)
All best,
Paul
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Message: 9
Date: Sun, 02 May 2004 20:16:11 +0100
From: Peter Lerner
Subject: Alice Stuart
Charles comments in passing about Alice Stuart:
> Perhaps this was Alice Stuart, who is still active as a folk musician
> in Seattle. FZ said he let her go because she couldn't play "Louie
> Louie"--though I think that was a matter of attitude, not chord
> knowledge!
Alice wrote, and recorded the original version, of "Full Time Woman",
a good song also recorded well by Irma Thomas, and Jackie DeShannon.
It was on an album on I think Fantasy Records. Interesting voice and
songs.
Peter
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Message: 10
Date: Sun, 02 May 2004 20:37:01 +0100
From: Peter Lerner
Subject: Re: The Jordan Brothers
S.J.Dibai asks:
> This reminds me of a question I've been meaning to ask: who ARE the
> Jordan Brothers? Bob Hyde mentions them in the liner notes of the
> (here it comes again) KIT KATS compilation, but he just says they
> were from Pennsylvania, they were labelmates of the Kats at one
> point (so they recorded for Jamie/Guyden???), and they successfully
> transitioned through the rock styles of the late '50s through
> late '60s. I also see them listed on a Cameo-Parkway discography,
> but I can't seem to find any other info about them on the 'net.
Well, they had 3 45s out on the UK London label in 1959-61 with the
HLW prefix indicating sourcing from Jamie/Guyden - they are:
8908 Never never / Please tell me now
9235 Things I didn't say / Polly plays her kettle drum
9308 No wings on my angel / Living for the day
Wish I could tell you some more, but I don't recall ever hearing them.
Peter
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Message: 11
Date: Sun, 02 May 2004 16:39:05 EDT
From: Bob Rashkow
Subject: Re: 1910 Fruitgum Company
paferra wrote:
> ...what were you, all of ten when "Yummy Yummy Yummy" came out?
Actually, I was eleven! ! ! :--)) Bobster
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Message: 12
Date: Sun, 02 May 2004 20:26:53 +0100
From: Peter Lerner
Subject: Barry Tashian
Dave sez:
> Last I heard, Barry Tashian had moved into the country music field
> singing with his wife......
Barry played for several years in the 80s/90s with Emmylou Harris's
Hot Band, and recorded a couple of country albums with his wife,
Holly.
Peter
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Message: 13
Date: Sun, 02 May 2004 16:41:39 EDT
From: Austin Roberts
Subject: Ray Whitley
Clark Besch writes:
> Hi, I posted December's Children's "The Lovin' Things" to musica by
> request. I really love this much more energetic poppier version
> than the Grassroots one. Ray Whitley wrote the songs and I think
> wrote their followup, "Backwards and Forwards" too. I'm wondering
> if anyone out there knows Ray's story?? He wrote some songs for Vee
> Jay artists I believe and also wrote "Ive Been Hurt", the Bill Deal
> & Rhondels classic. The Sensational Epics did it earlier on Cameo.
> Was Ray from Chicago, by chance?
I think he also wrote What Kind Of Fool for the Tams and covered by
Bill Deal. I'm not sure but someone once told me he was from Atlanta.
Incidently, Maurice Williams wrote May I.
Austin Roberts
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Message: 14
Date: Sun, 02 May 2004 20:46:05 +0100
From: Peter Lerner
Subject: Re: "What Now My Love" / "Et Maintenant"
Gary on "What now my love":
> I don't think I know the "bom-bom" version, but the US chart versions
> were by Sonny & Cher, Herb Alpert, Groove Holmes, and Mitch Ryder. It
> was composed by Gilbert Becaud in 1962.
I'm pretty sure that Shirley Bassey, who had the UK hit with this, was
the culprit, but I'm also certain that almost every version that I've
heard since, bom-bom-bom BOMs away in the background.
Peter
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Message: 15
Date: Sun, 02 May 2004 19:37:26 -0400
From: Pres
Subject: The Zonk
I ran into town to visit Tower Records for the Lou Christie / The
Tammys "Egyptian Shumba" CD as I am having an intense Lou attack lately.
I was horrified to see that they did not have a copy in stock - no Lou
at all - but was thrilled to snag a copy of "Girls Go Zonk". Nice to
have a nice digital copy of "You Won't Even Know Her Name" by Josephine
Sunday and all...
Being prepared to write off any song with such a stupid title, I am
surprised to find that I am absolutely in love with Donna Loren's "So,
Do The Zonk". One minute and 44 seconds is not enough.
Judging by the label number, it's likely that I was preparing to move
out of the womb when this record was released so I have to ask: Does
anyone actually know how to do the Zonk? I know that the record was a
no-charter but one never knows.
I'm hoping that someone can help me out here or I'll have to make
travel arrangements to the Congo, Kookomongo (hmmmmm...), the White
House, and the Kremlin. I hate shots so I'd like to avoid this.
With advance thanks,
pres
(who thought the bird was the word until today)
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Message: 16
Date: Mon, 03 May 2004 00:28:13 -0000
From: Laura Pinto
Subject: Robin McNamara
Hi, S'poppers,
I'm in the process of putting the finishing touches on an article
about Robin McNamara, for which I interviewed him. I hope to have it
online within the week. I'll let everyone know the link once it's up.
Robin's a cool guy, and I really enjoy listening to his Steed album
(thanks, eBay!). "Lay a Little Lovin' On Me" (the album's title
track and Robin's sole Top Twenty hit) only just scratches the
surface of his enormous talents.
Stay tuned for more info...
Thanks,
Laura
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Message: 17
Date: Sun, 02 May 2004 17:22:08 -0400
From: Phil X. Milstein
Subject: Re: Agnetha Faltskog
Jeffery Kennedy wrote:
> "When You Walk in the Room" has some nice Spectorish flourishes,
> and "Sealed With a Kiss" has an appropriately ominous arrangement. I
> think "The End of the World" is too jaunty considering the lyric, but
> I love the schlager approach to "Love Me With All of Your Heart" and
> the bossa-nova "Fly Me to the Moon."
What meaneth this "schlager"? Warner Bros. used it for the title of one
of their loss-leader compilations, but I've never grasped the reference.
--Phil M.
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Message: 18
Date: Sun, 02 May 2004 17:50:24 -0400
From: Phil X. Milstein
Subject: Re: Hank's stamp
Phil M, attempting to quote new U.S. postage stamp:
> "Henry Mancini (1924-2004) was one of the most successful composers
> in the history of television and film..."
Mike Stachurski wrote:
> Hank died in 1994...
Indeed, the stamp states the earlier date correctly, but I -- being, for
better or worse, stuck in the here and now -- mistakenly conflated it
with the current date.
--Phil M.
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Message: 19
Date: Sun, 02 May 2004 17:56:38 EDT
From: Al Kooper
Subject: Charles Calello etc
Martin:
> Hi Donna, You can make that four songs: "Pretty Things" and "The
> Penthouse" (Inspired by the Paramount Motion Picture "The Penthouse")
> both sides written P. Leka & S. Pinz and Arr & Prod. by Charles
> Calello. I haven't heard "Through The Eye..." but talented writers
> involved in both sides and as for Mr. Calello, not many better than
> him.
This is SO OUT!
a) The Penthouse, if it's a british film, was one of my fave scripts -
but it disappeared soon after it's release never to be heard from again.
I'd luv 2 own a copy of THAT.
b) I went to highschool with S. (Shelley) Pinz - she also wrote Green
Tambourine.
c) Calello and I did tons of work together starting in 1967 and
finishing with Ray Charles 50th Anniversary on cable in 1991. I was
music director and he conducted. We still email from time to time
Al Kooper
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Message: 20
Date: Sun, 02 May 2004 22:02:46 -0000
From: Bill Reed
Subject: Pet Clark "Lovin' Things"
Clark Besch wrote:
> Hi, I posted December's Children's "The Lovin' Things" to musica by
> request. I really love this much more energetic poppier version than
> the Grassroots one.
Also highly recommended: Pet Clark's very different heavenrock version
arranged by Ernie Freeman on "Portrait of Petula."
Bill
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Message: 21
Date: Sun, 02 May 2004 18:04:07 EDT
From: Al Kooper
Subject: Licks
Clark Besch:
> ... a part from near the end of an obscure Cryan Shames Lp cut,
> "Painter", in which the horn part you hear, slightly resembles
> the opening 5 horn notes of the opening of the Ides of March's
> "Vehicle". Since both groups hailed from Chicago, did Jimmy
> Peterik and gang hear that part in the Shames song of a year
> earlier?
Gary Myers:
> It seems to me that horn line came from a song on the first BS&T
> LP - was it "I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know"? (Al?) And, I
> think I once heard that Al and/or BS&T got it from a Coltrane lick.
"I Love You More" was actually inspired by "It's A Man's World" by
James "Coltrane" Brown. That lick of which you speak first appeared
on a single I did for Aurora in 1965 called "New York's My Home" aka
"The Street Song", arranged by Artie Butler of S'pop fame (although he
doesn't remember it). That song also influenced "I Love You More". It's
good to steal from yourself, ya know. Ask John Fogerty.
Al "Ides of February" Kooper
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Message: 22
Date: Sun, 02 May 2004 17:03:51 EDT
From: Bob Rashkow
Subject: RIP Ritchie Cordell
Ritchie Cordell was a very talented penner and I'm very sad to hear
he has died.
Is "Visit to a Small Planet" the one where Nimoy says, "I find that
HIGHLY illogical!" I love that one. And BTW Clark--the background
music reminds me of The Fastest Group Alive's "The Bears"--only
faster!
I hope I get a chance to hear "Mankiller". The "other" Donna Marie
on Coral is a relic of the mid-sixties with "Eddie Wasn't There" which,
unlike the Nimoy and Fastest Group novelties, did NOT bubble under or
chart :--(( The lyrics are very simple but the tale is wonderfully
melodramatic. My hypothesis as to why it never caught on: It sounds
like it should have been released in 1961 or 1962. But it's great!
Bobster
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Message: 23
Date: Sun, 02 May 2004 18:19:54 EDT
From: Al Kooper
Subject: Back To Mono
Mikey:
> If you want to FREAK, get ahold of the 5 Cd "Spector Sessions" set.
> It's a "Gray Area" Cd, but it is amazing because it comes from
> "safety tapes". Not copies of mono masters, mind you, rather, Phil
> had Goldstar run a stereo machine off the board outputs that was
> running all the time, thru the tune ups, meetings, run thrus, etc.
> thus, it recorded EVERYTHING that happened during a Phil Spector
> Session, including Phil joking around with the musicians. It's like
> being in the control room with Phil, Larry and Sonny!!
I've actually got the entire "Be My Baby" session (27 takes) from that
vantage point. It's great to hear all the transformations take place.
Also the famous "Help Me Rhonda" session which Murry Wilson crashes
drunkenly and has an apocalyptic confrontation with Brian. I have
these on DAT tapes but I'm forbidden to say where I got 'em. When I
taught History Of Record Production at Berklee in Boston I would play
both DATS in class.
Dr. Al Kooper
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Message: 24
Date: Mon, 03 May 2004 05:35:47 -0400
From: James Botticelli
Subject: "The Penthouse"
Al Kooper wrote:
> a) The Penthouse, if it's a british film, was one of my fave scripts
> - but it disappeared soon after it's release never to be heard from
> again. I'd luv 2 own a copy of THAT.
I have The Penthouse in my collection of OST's....Creepy looking flick.
I don't believe I've sat down and listened all the way through.
Comments?
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Message: 25
Date: Mon, 03 May 2004 03:34:31 -0700 (PDT)
From: Norm D. Plume
Subject: Helter Skelter Books
Bad news. London's Helter Skelter book shop is closing shortly - due
to the usual economic pressures specialist indie book stores face
these days. It's always been such a great source of music books and
even old magazines; it's a great loss. It's going through the final
sell-off phase, if anyone's in London or still able to go down there
(Denmark Street, W1, the old heart of music publishing land). I believe
they're going to carry on as on-line trader, though probably just for
their own inprints (a great catalogue):
http://www.helterskelterbooks.com
TTFN, Norm D. Plume
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