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There are 17 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Let there be drums
From: Al Kooper
2. Re: What's a 45?
From: Norm D. Plume
3. Re: What's a 45?
From: Gary Myers
4. Re: Neil Sedaka on Back-up Vocals
From: David Bell
5. Belated Hello
From: Margaret G. Still
6. Re: Nina and Frederik
From: Steve Harvey
7. Al Kooper's "(I'm Going) My Way" demo
From: Julio Niño
8. Re: Appaloosa
From: Al Quaglieri
9. Re: What's a 45?
From: Phil X Milstein
10. Leo Fender to the rescue.
From: Steve Harvey
11. Re: Neil Sedaka on Back-up Vocals
From: Gary Myers
12. Syreeta on CD
From: Bill Reed
13. Re: Appaloosa
From: Nick Archer
14. Greetings From MantanHattan
From: Mantan Hattan
15. Syreeta on CD
From: Jeff Petschow
16. another Spectropop classic goes commercial
From: Phil X Milstein
17. Syreeta on CD
From: Michael Coxe
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 06:57:24 EDT
From: Al Kooper
Subject: Let there be drums
Me:
> There was no reason for Gene to play drums on a recording. Piano and
> to a lesser degree guitar were his forte...
A reply:
> Depends on what you were looking to do. I would never release
> something I'd played drums on - guitar and to a lesser extent piano
> being my stronger points. Yet I've always done my demos completely
> solo, because that was the best representation of what was in my head.
> Then I figured it was up to the producer to decide if it could be done
> better. If so, then do it. Otherwise, bring in some real musicians and
> get the essence of the demo back on take the way it's supposed to be
> done.
>
> Joe Nelson
> (stopped the madness and gave up on real drums after 1989...)
Well, back in '61, as you well know, there were NO drum machines, so a
decision to play all the instruments meant actually playing drums; not
something that comes naturally to most pianists & guitarists. That
separated the men from the boys back then. I have demos where I'm
playing drums, but in my lifetime you'll never hear them!
Old Al Kooper
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 08:18:56 -0700 (PDT)
From: Norm D. Plume
Subject: Re: What's a 45?
Mick Patrick:
> (wondering if there are S'poppers who don't know what a 45 is)
It's a gun, right? It got used to shoot the last DJ who still
played vinyl.
Norm D.
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 10:13:02 -0700
From: Gary Myers
Subject: Re: What's a 45?
Mick Patrick:
> (wondering if there are S'poppers who don't know what a 45 is)
David Bell:
> Although I have a quite a lot of 45rpms in my collection, I very
> rarely play them. My wife jokes when the postman brings yet another
> parcel from a mad Ebay purchase and hands them over that "Here's
> another one for the shelf."
My girlfriend makes fun of me for buying 45's. I usually buy a few
from each sale list that Frank Merrill puts out and occasionally from
others. She says "They must be really happy that I buy these." :-)
gem
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Message: 4
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 15:11:13 EDT
From: David Bell
Subject: Re: Neil Sedaka on Back-up Vocals
Margaret Still:
> Ever since hearing Connie Francis singing the Greenwich/Barry song
> "Don't Ever Leave Me" (I found it on the very good comp "Growin' Up
> Too Fast") and "hearing" Neil Sedaka singing back-up (sometimes I
> hear it and sometimes I think it's just Connie sounding like Sedaka),
> I wondered whether Neil did ever in fact sing back-ups for other
> artists.
Interesting that you can hear Neil Sedaka on back-up vocals on "Don't
Ever Leave Me," Margaret, as I thought it was Ellie Greenwich doing the
harmony part with Connie on this particular song. At least that's what
the notes to the excellent "Souvenirs" 4 cd release say.
I understand that Neil sang background on "Whatever Happened To
Rosemarie," the flipside to "Your Other Love" though, along with Jeff
Barry and Ellie Greenwich.
David
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 14:05:50 -0400
From: Margaret G. Still
Subject: Belated Hello
I just read the Spectropop guidelines and saw that I have just jumped
in here with no formal introduction. I am Margaret Still; I love and
collect the music discussed here.
M. G. Still
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 10:15:15 -0700 (PDT)
From: Steve Harvey
Subject: Re: Nina and Frederik
I can remember seeing Nina & Frederik's lps advertised in the inner
sleeve for some label. However, I do remember a scandal that involved
one of them and a faked biography, I think it was of Howard Hughes,
which claimed to have been written with the subject's help, but the
writer never talked with him.
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 18:34:43 -0000
From: Julio Niño
Subject: Al Kooper's "(I'm Going) My Way" demo
Hola Everybody.
I want to thank you Al, for the very exciting demo of "My way". It's
great with that cool cadence a la Bacharach. I love listening to
those demos, they produce a strange feeling of intimacy and anonymity
at the same time, a kind of voyeuristic pleasure (maybe in this case
*ecouteristic* would be a proper word). By the way, Al, I love the
charming organ parts.
Chao.
Julio Niño.
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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 16:59:00 -0400
From: Al Quaglieri
Subject: Re: Appaloosa
Al Kooper wrote:
> ...about half that album is indeed, timeless.
What about the other half?
Someone had to ask. Might as well be me.
Al Q.
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Message: 9
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 16:32:47 -0400
From: Phil X Milstein
Subject: Re: What's a 45?
Mick Patrick wrote:
> (wondering if there are S'poppers who don't know what a 45 is)
I understand the estimable Jim Dawson and Steve Propes have a new book
out on the history of the 45. I don't have its title or other info yet,
but I can bet the Spectropopulation will account for a number of copies
sold once it becomes fully available.
Around and around,
--Phil M.
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Message: 10
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 18:04:11 -0700 (PDT)
From: Steve Harvey
Subject: Leo Fender to the rescue.
Gary Myers wrote:
> My girlfriend makes fun of me for buying 45's. I
> usually buy a few from each sale list that Frank
> Merrill puts out and occasionally from others. She
> says "They must be really happy that I buy these."
This reminds me of the eternal argument over me
collecting Fender basses.
Wife: "How many basses do you have? "How many more are
you gonna buy?" "How many can you play at one time?"
To which I reply: "How many shoes do you have?" "How
many can you wear at one time?"
Her rebuttal: "Yes, but my shoes don't cost nearly as
much as your basses do."
Ending it all with: "Yeah, but ten years from now
nobody's gonna want to buy your shoes, but my basses
will have increased in price very nicely, thank you."
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Message: 11
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 14:31:48 -0700
From: Gary Myers
Subject: Re: Neil Sedaka on Back-up Vocals
David Bell:
> Interesting that you can hear Neil Sedaka on back-up vocals on "Don't
> Ever Leave Me," Margaret, as I thought it was Ellie Greenwich doing the
> harmony part with Connie on this particular song.
Although I'm sure it wasn't him, some of the vocal bg on one Pitney song
always sounded to me like Sedaka. IIRC, I think it's "It Hurts To Be In
Love."
gem
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Message: 12
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 22:17:00 -0000
From: Bill Reed
Subject: Syreeta on CD
I said:
> I'm not even certain that SW Presents Syreeta has ever been available
> on CD in the U.S.
I was wrong about this. The CD appeared briefly in the U.S. in '94
AND it is now available along another Syreeta Motown LP as a two-fer.
It's all legal 'n Hip-O 'n Universal music 'n stuff and available at:
http://www.hip-oselect.com/cat_motown.asp
My check is already in the mail.
Bill Reed
http://www.cllrdr.com
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Message: 13
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 17:19:37 -0500
From: Nick Archer
Subject: Re: Appaloosa
Al K:
> ...about half that album is indeed, timeless.
Al Q:
> What about the other half?
About 16 minutes?
Nick Archer
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Message: 14
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 15:36:46 -0700 (PDT)
From: Mantan Hattan
Subject: Greetings From MantanHattan
Hi-
I've just joined the group and wanted to introduce myself. I collect
all kinds of music but my special interests are the disturbed and the
sublime. Folk-Rock, Brill Building, Girl Groups, Regional Depraved
Teenage Garage Rock'n'Roll, Rockabilly, Rhythm'n'Blues, *Good* Blues,
psychotic hillbillies on pills and booze - I love & collect it all.
Mantan Hattan
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Message: 15
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 19:39:49 -0500
From: Jeff Petschow
Subject: Syreeta on CD
Someone asked if Stevie Wonder Presents Syreeta was released on CD
in the US. It was released by Motown on CD in the US in 1994. I was
surprised to see it and bought it at that time as I really liked
this album. So keep looking for it. The catalog number is 31453-0401-2.
Jeff
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Message: 16
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 22:13:01 -0400
From: Phil X Milstein
Subject: another Spectropop classic goes commercial
Tony Hatch and/or Petula Clark fans will be either delighted or
petrified to hear that a new ad, for M&M candies, is playing on
U.S. TV that uses a version of "Colour* My World" as its
soundtrack.
--Phil M.
*or, since it's an American ad, perhaps we should spell it "Color"
in this case.
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Message: 17
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 15:23:46 -0700
From: Michael Coxe
Subject: Syreeta on CD
I recently received the 2-fer "Syreeta / Stevie Wonder Presents Syreeta"
released by the Mercury limited reissue arm Hip-O Select. Sounds great
& has liner notes by the same David Nathan who informed us via MP's post
of the sad, sad news of Ms Wright's passing.
As for the cd, The Syreeta lp sounds like the same master as the Japanese
reissue. Dunno if SW Presents... is remastered for the 2-fer (it *was*
released briefly in the US ~10 years ago but I missed it).
URL: http://www.hip-oselect.com/catalogue_syreeta.asp
Fyi, the Essential Syreeta that James alludes to above contains a some
gems: "Harmour Love", an outake from the SW Presents... sessions that
I have on 45 & later released on her "One To One" lp; "Quick Slick",
a 1981 single every bit as hip as same-era Prince; a decent rendition
of the Chantels "She's Gone"; and both sides of the Rita Wright single.
The 1st side of SW Presents... is there but no 2nd side - which plays
like the relationship suite of Mr & Mrs Wonder - and criminally only
2 cuts from Syreeta are considered "essential".
R.I.P. Syreeta Wright,
- michael
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