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There are 25 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Re: John Lennon's Jukebox
From: Mark Hill
2. Karl Hammel, Jr.
From: Fred Clemens
3. Sampling Stu
From: Gary Myers
4. Re: "Every Little Bit Hurts"
From: Ian Slater
5. Re: The Mouse Sleeps (Uneasy) Tonight
From: Various
6. Ronettes photos
From: Mick Patrick
7. Re: Gillian Hills
From: Frank Murphy
8. Re: The Kingsmen's "Louie Louie"
From: Joe Nelson
9. Re: The Frank Guida Sound
From: Jeff Lemlich
10. Whole Lotta Shakin'
From: Ed B
11. Elvis chicks
From: Bill George
12. PF Sloan's Demo in Musica.
From: Julio Niño
13. Re: The Cowsills
From: David Coyle
14. Re: "Every Little Bit Hurts"
From: Bryan
15. Re: Dean and Jean
From: Simon White
16. Re: Gillian Hills
From: Mick Patrick
17. The Fleetwoods' later recordings
From: Martin Jensen
18. Unchain My Heart
From: Gary Myers
19. Re: Ronettes photos
From: Mikey
20. Re: Ronettes photos
From: Laura Pinto
21. Re: Ron Dante and the What Four
From: Laura Pinto
22. Kenny Rankin
From: Andy
23. Release dates; Leslie; Susan Cowsill; Billy Davis
From: Country Paul
24. Re: "Every Little Bit Hurts"
From: David Bell
25. Re: Dean and Jean / Brenda Lee Jones
From: Simon Bridger
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 18:12:51 -0400
From: Mark Hill
Subject: Re: John Lennon's Jukebox
Phil X Milstein writes
> Subject: John Lennon's Jukebox- PBS TV Special - I found out about
> it too late to post info here in time for the premiere
I had the same experience as you- finding out about this at the last
possible moment and fell asleep watching in the wee am hours. In the
central Ohio (Columbus) area, it will next be rerun on Sunday at 5am,
9pm and overnight at 1am and 4am on WOSU Plus- Warner Cable Ch 199.
"Dr. Mark" Hill * The Doctor Of Pop Culture
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 04:10:35 -0000
From: Fred Clemens
Subject: Karl Hammel, Jr.
Anyonone here know of any background on Karl Hammel, Jr., and his
possible whereabouts today? Perhaps his most successful song was
"Summer Souvenirs", but it seems he did many more on a wide
assortment of labels.
Fred Clemens
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 22:26:44 -0700
From: Gary Myers
Subject: Sampling Stu
Stu Phillips:
> Having had my music (Knight Rider... Battlestar Galactica) sampled
> by the likes of Busta Rhymes...
Did Don Peake also write music for Knight Rider?
gem
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 12:27:52 +0100
From: Ian Slater
Subject: Re: "Every Little Bit Hurts"
Thanks to Mick Patrick (10 September, Digest Number 1638) for posting
Barbara Wilson's "Every Little Bit Hurts" to Musica and for the info
on its writer, Ed Cobb. There is another element to the story of the
song as Brenda Holloway recorded it for Del-Fi before joining Motown.
I don't know if that version was issued at the time (I think not), but
is available on the excellent CD "Del-Fi Girl Groups" (Del-Fi DFCD
71266). Bob Keane produced it and the arrangement is very like the
familiar version but without the strings. It has a sparer, slightly
bluesier, sound and I'd rate it slightly better even than the fabulous
Motown re-tread. So that makes the comments in the Ed Cobb article
rather mystifying. Possibly Brenda's Del-fi version was the demo? I
doubt it: it sounds like a finished production and, yes, it does sound
like Brenda. How this fits in the sequence with the anonymous Motown
issue, the Barbara Wilson version and the mystery demo, I don't know
and look forward to future postings. Who knows, perhaps the song will
get its own CD and literature, like "Louie Louie"?
Ian Slater
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 11:44:49 +0100
From: Various
Subject: Re: The Mouse Sleeps (Uneasy) Tonight
Re: The Mouse Sleeps (Uneasy) Tonight
A compendium of recent posts:
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Norm D. Plume wrote:
> The first recording of this song, from the '30s, is a lovely piece of
> harmony singing, and a gorgeous tune that deserved to be heard across
> the world. Shame, though, about the circumstances.
In light of which, that is one song I felt none too guilty about
downloading from the Internet last night. I, too, can now attest to its
stark and haunting beauty. Although it originally appeared under a
longer group name, searching for "Solomon Linda" and "Mbube" (the song
title) ought to be enough to call a copy to the fore.
--Phil M.
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The best history of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" that I've read is "In
the Jungle" by Rian Malan, a detailed Rolling Stone article that was
collected in "Da Capo Best Music Writing 2001". In fact, it's
probably the definitive account, and it happens to be available
online at the 3rd Ear Music website:
http://www.3rdearmusic.com/forum/mbube2.html
Lyn Nuttall
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I don't remember the exact date, but several years ago, Rolling Stone
had a long, in-depth article on the origins of Lion Sleeps Tonight.
The story went all the way back to Soloman Linda's vocal group
traveling the African countryside, participating in what we might
call battle-of-the-bands, as vocal groups competed for prizes that
often times were just necessities of life, (food for their families,
etc). I'm just going on my memory here but I seem to recall that the
Lion Sleeps Tonight was the song they used to win many of these vocal
challenges. Also, a lot of time is spent in the article dissecting
the legal ownership of the song and subsequent, (apparent) ripoffs
done by promoter types. I don't know what Rolling Stone's situation
is regarding back issues, but this is a truly fascinating article
that would be well worth time and effort to obtain. Good Luck.
Dave 0'Gara
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Pete Seeger (who sang lead on the Weavers' recording) lives about an
hour away from me. Although I've never met him, from what I understand
he's very upset about the whole situation with Soloman Linda's family
and would do anything in his power to resolve it. It seems he learned
the song from a 78 of the original South African pressing he'd gotten
from Alan Lomax and couldn't read the credits.
> The first recording of this song from the '30s, is a lovely piece of
> harmony singing, and a gorgeous tune that deserved to be heard across
> the world. Shame, though, about the circumstances.
For this reason, I've posted Linda's original to Musica for all to
check out. Remember - the original's still the greatest.
Joe Nelson
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Norm D. Plume wrote:
> I saw a most interesting TV documentary a year or so back about the
> history of this song and the rather sordid treatment of the original
> South African writer, Solomon Linda and his descendants.
I believe Rolling Stone magazine had a detailed piece a few years ago
which included an interview one of his daughters.
Mike Griffiths
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 19:24:12 +0100
From: Mick Patrick
Subject: Ronettes photos
Pssst ... Wanna see some photos of the Ronettes, 21 of the babies,
from the Colpix era? Yes, I thought so. Just follow this handy link
http://www.photobucket.com/albums/0603/musicchef/ronettes/ and voila!
No, don't thank me, thank David Bell for the nod.
By the way, talking of the Ronettes at Colpix, hello to their producer
Stu Phillips, good to meet you the other week during your British jaunt.
Thanks for the laughs. The book's excellent.
Hey la,
Mick Patrick
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 12:36:05 +0000
From: Frank Murphy
Subject: Re: Gillian Hills
For an image of Gillian Hills click here and maybe like me
you'll go, So that's who she is:
http://www.hillcity-comics.com/movie_reviews/movie0159.htm
FrankM
reflections on northern soul Saturday's two thirty pm
http://www.radiomagnetic.com or listen to an archive show
http://www.radiomagnetic.com/archive/rnb.php
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 09:16:09 -0400
From: Joe Nelson
Subject: Re: The Kingsmen's "Louie Louie"
Judging from previous attempts to communicate with Tom regarding what
he did to "Wipe Out", it's unlikely he'll give up much meaningful
info. Magicians never tell their secrets.
That said, if Jack Ely says it's a single live performance I'm
inclined to believe him. Assuming that's the case, there are no stage
tapes - never were, never will be. You don't - can't - record live
performances in stages. I don't know what Tom Moulton was using, but
while he could very well get a hold of the tapes if they existed there
is more than one way to skin a cat. Various people around the internet
are creating stereo from mono under a variety of conditions, and Tom's
pre-digital experience as a producer and engineer puts him in a
position to apply techniques that mere amateurs such as yours truly
aren't able to use or even be aware of.
Yet, if the studio had multitracking facilities and used them on the
session, why was the microphone technique so poor? Specifcally, why is
the lead vocal (an acoustic instrument) being yelled into an overhead
boom mic that is also being used to record much louder instruments,
many of them electric? It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure
out the vocals should be miced seperately, even if it is all going
down to a live mix. (As far as that goes, even in direct-to-mono the
vocal flub where Ely comes in too early could have been fixed with a
simple edit - just go straight into the verse rather than finishing
the instrumental section with four bars of straight rhythm playing.)
Paul Revere and the Raiders cut their record in the same studio around
the same time, so I'd expect the two recordings to be similar in sound
quality. Unfortunately, I'm not familiar with their version: anyone
familiar with it want to comment?
Joe Nelson
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Message: 9
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 14:49:56 -0000
From: Jeff Lemlich
Subject: Re: The Frank Guida Sound
Austin Roberts:
> Frank did, and possibly still does, well with a couple of record
> shops called Frankie's Got It in Norfolk.
Guida masterminded a very cool promotional record for the shop in
1969. "Frankie's Got It!" by the Steve Peele Five is a pretty good
psychedelic novelty that can be heard on the "Aliens, Psychos, &
Wild Things" compilation of Tidewater-area bands.
Jeff Lemlich & His Perpetual Hurricane Preparations
http://www.limestonerecords.com
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Message: 10
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 15:38:15 -0000
From: Ed B
Subject: Whole Lotta Shakin'
Country Paul wrote:
> Al Kooper at al, re: Steve Alaimo: There was a Chuck Alaimo who
> recorded on MGM in the 50's - "How I Love You" (MGM 12508) was as
> close to a hit as he got in 1957, but it was a decent doo-woppy
> swamp-rock ballad as I remember it. Were Steve and Chuck brothers,
> or otherwise related? I got the label and year info from the "Whole
> Lotta Shakin'" website: http://home.rochester.rr.com/wls1/wls.htm
Whole Lotta Skakin' is a great radio show on Sunday 4pm-7pm (Eastern
Time) from RIT in Rochester N.Y. available over the internet WITR
Radio (son goes to college there discovered this program a few years
ago.)
Ed
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Message: 11
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 14:21:22 EDT
From: Bill George
Subject: Elvis chicks
I had finally caught up on my digests when I had to go out of town again,
so I'm behind once more. Someone commented on the Blossoms in Elvis'
Change of Habit film. That reminded me of another story. I was watching
Elvis' third film a while back (Loving You) and noticed MY MOTHER in one
of the audience scenes! She was featured with a close-up, and was shown
clapping and smiling and dancing rather out of rhythm. I couldn't believe
my eyes. I called my mom up and asked her about it. She would have been
exactly the right age, but she was not an Elvis fan. She said it wasn't
her. So the next time I visited, I brought the tape along and played it
for her. As soon as she saw it, before the close-up even, she said
something like "Oh my god. That is me." She swears it isn't her, but
admits that the girl in the film is an exact double, except her hair was
flipped the opposite way. haha. Anyway, if any of you watch the movie,
keep an eye out for my mom's doppelganger :)
Bill
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Message: 12
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 14:54:17 -0000
From: Julio Niño
Subject: PF Sloan's Demo in Musica.
Hola Everybody.
After spending half an hour trying to download from musica P.F.
Sloan's demo and Keni Rankin's song (Country Paul's words about his
voice has excited my curiosity), I succeded at last with the first
(not with the second but I won't give up, I can still try to sell
my soul to the Devil in exchange for the chance of downloading the
song, although I suspect he's not going to take the hook: I've
already sold it to him a couple of times before).
Anyway, I was listening to P.F. Sloan's "Crying Over You" with the
headphones, my eyes shut, bewitched (I love his voice) and suddenly
the song ended abruptly, leaving me with a desolating sensation of
"coitus interruptus". I've downloaded it again, just in case. Is
this revenge from the Devil for triying to cheat?
Chao.
Julio Niño (re-seller of souls)
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Message: 13
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 14:15:33 -0700 (PDT)
From: David Coyle
Subject: Re: The Cowsills
All I can say is, for their output through the '60s
and the early '70s, and with all their great hits and
quite a few obscure tracks that almost equal them, the
Cowsills are deserving of more than 12 to 14 tracks
per CD. Bubblegum or not, they still put out some
great, great pop music, and if someone can put out a
CD like "Osmondmania!" with 28 tracks, why can't the
Cowsills get the same treatment.
I have the "On My Side" album, and it's great...it's
very unlike a lot of their earlier stuff. I also have
the "Milk Song" EP. Great advertising collectible as
well as great music.
David
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Message: 14
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 14:36:41 -0700
From: Bryan
Subject: Re: "Every Little Bit Hurts"
Regarding "Every Little Bit Hurts," Ian Slater writes:
> Possibly Brenda's Del-fi version was the demo? I doubt it: it sounds
> like a finished production and, yes, it does sound like Brenda. How
> this fits in the sequence with the anonymous Motown issue, the
> Barbara Wilson version and the mystery demo, I don't know and look
> forward to future postings.
I hope Steve Stanley will chime in on this, because he was the reissue
producer of the Del-Fi Girl Groups CD, and he may know more about this
than I do, but in case he doesn't, here's some of the story:
The recording of Brenda Holloway's "Every Little Bit Hurt" was a demo,
and remained unreleased until it was issued on that CD.
Brenda Holloway was brought to Bob Keane by producer and songwriter
Kent Harris, who owned a record store, but he was trying to become a
producer (he had been working with the group that later went on to
become The Whispers).
Keane and Harris went into the studio with Brenda and cut several
tracks -- the demo version of "Every Little Bit Hurts," a song called
"Echo" (a ballad that was co-written by Brenda, Harris and Brenda's
ten year old sister Patrice), and a tune written by a local songwriter
named Jesse James, "Hey Fool."
"Hey Fool"/ "Echo" (Donna 1358) was released in January 1962; "Game Of
Love"/"Echo, Echo, Echo" (Donna 1366) was released in May ' 62, and a
final single -- "I'll Give My Life"/"More Echo" (Donna 1370) came out
in Sept. '62. In case you aren't able to tell, the master for "Echo"
was reissued as a b-side three times, given a different title each
time....Keane loved the song and gave it three opportunities to become
a hit.
All of these songs appear on the Del-Fi Doo Wop series; Brenda also
sings with on the Watesians' "I'm Gonna Find Myself A Guy."
Bryan
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Message: 15
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 23:05:57 +0100
From: Simon White
Subject: Re: Dean and Jean
Mick Patrick wrote:
> Funnily enough, I was playing one of Jean's solo records
> earlier - "You're The Love Of My Life" as Brenda Lee Jones.
> What a thunderous wall of sound that is! Great backing vocals
> by Valerie Simpson and pals. If it was up to me there'd be a
> Dean & Jean CD available. They made a slew of strong records
> and wrote some good songs for other artists too.
I have a 45, Brenda Jones "Give My Heart A Break"/"No More Hurt
And Pain" SSI 1003. I'm assuming on aural evidence that it is
Brenda Lee Jones but can't find a listing for it on indeed the
label itself. Anyone know what the other releases were? It's
the same song as done by Linda Jones as "My Heart Needs A Break"
on Loma, and by its writer, Sammy Turner on an early Goldmine CD.
Linda's version is from '68, Brenda's version sounds a little
later to me.
Simon White
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Message: 16
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 22:12:25 +0100
From: Mick Patrick
Subject: Re: Gillian Hills
Will Stos wrote:
> I just got "Dream Babes, Vol. 5: Folk Rock and Faithfull,"
> and I love it. But "Tomorrow Is Another Day," by Gillian
> Hills, absolutely makes me melt! I think she has such a
> beautiful voice. Is this track a good representation of her
> other recordings, and can anyone recommend a collection of
> her songs on CD or any other good comps with her songs?
To the best of my knowledge, "Tomorrow Is Another Day" (no,
not the Doris Troy/Vernons Girls/Helen Shapiro song, but a
twinkling number the lovely Gillian wrote herself) was
Gillian's only British 45. Although she is English, I think
all of her other releases are sung in French. While nice,
they are no match for this gorgeous track. What a shame RPM
didn't also include the A-side on their "Folk Rock and
Faithfull" CD, because it's even better than the flip. Ne'er
mind, it's now playing @ musica. It's a bit crackly, but fab:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spectropop/files/musica/
Details are: Gillian Hills "Look At Them" (UK Disques Vogue,
VRS 7005, 1965) Written by Gillian Hills. Orchestra arranged
and conducted by Bob Leaper. Prepare to melt.
Hey la,
Mick Patrick
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Message: 17
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 22:21:48 -0000
From: Martin Jensen
Subject: The Fleetwoods' later recordings
Hi, there's a question that's been nagging me for a few days:
I recently purchased the EMI 28 track compilation of the Fleetwoods'
classic recordings - fantastic stuff throughout! But there are two
songs in particular thar really blow my mind: "Before and After
(Losing You)" and "Lonely is as Lonely Does", both recorded in 64
and apparently issued on both sides of Dolton 302. These songs are a
bit more elaborately produced than the earlier Fleetwoods stuff, but
absolutely fabolous all the same! Great melodies, great productions
and some great leads from Gary.
My question is, does these two songs reflect the general 'feel'
and 'sound' of the 65 "Before and After" LP both tracks ended up on?
Judging from the track list printed in the liner notes of the EMI
collection, the "Before and After" album featured a clutch of covers
("Softly As I Leave You", "Mr. Sandman", "Since I Don't Have You
etc....) along with some other songs - 12 in total. Now, those two
songs mentioned above are driving me nuts - I have to play them all
the time - so if someone could enlighten me as to whether or not
they reflect the general standard of said album, I'd really
appreciate it. If they do, I'll definately have to track that one
down somehow... :-)
With regards
Martin, Denmark
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Message: 18
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 15:55:22 -0700
From: Gary Myers
Subject: Unchain My Heart
Nice story in the Saturday (9/11) L.A. Times about Bobby Sharp, writer
of "Unchain My Heart". Story is titled "Two Lives, Reclaimed" in the
Calendar section.
gem
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Message: 19
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 18:43:48 -0400
From: Mikey
Subject: Re: Ronettes photos
Mick Patrick:
> Pssst ... Wanna see some photos of the Ronettes, 21 of the babies,
> from the Colpix era? Yes, I thought so. Just follow this handy link
> http://www.photobucket.com/albums/0603/musicchef/ronettes/ and voila!
> No, don't thank me, thank David Bell for the nod.
Those are great photos Mick...thanks for that link.
I imagine that's Columbia Recording Studio in NYC circa '62?
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Message: 20
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 23:12:30 -0000
From: Laura Pinto
Subject: Re: Ronettes photos
Mick Patrick:
> Pssst ... Wanna see some photos of the Ronettes, 21 of the babies,
> from the Colpix era? Yes, I thought so. Just follow this handy link
> http://www.photobucket.com/albums/0603/musicchef/ronettes/ and voila!
> No, don't thank me, thank David Bell for the nod.
Hi, Thank you, thank you! Excellent pix!!! Thanks for sharing with us.
Laura
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Message: 21
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 23:14:38 -0000
From: Laura Pinto
Subject: Re: Ron Dante and the What Four
Mick Patrick wrote:
> A platter that I've been returning to a lot recently is an
> in-yer-face little girl group number by the What Four entitled
> "I'm Gonna Destroy That Boy", released on Columbia 43843 in
> 1966... I just noticed that the song is written by Artie Resnick,
> Kristin Resnick and Ronnie Dante. I'm hoping Mr Dante gets to
> see this message and can remember the song. How did the three
> scribes share their songwriting duties? Does Ron like the song?
> What does he think of the record? Was he at the session? Where
> was it recorded. What relation was Kristin Resnick to Artie?
Hi Mick, Here is Ron's response to your post; sorry for the delay.
Laura
Ron: "I wrote that song with Artie Resnick. Recently I spoke to
him about it and he did not remember much. Kristin was his wife at
the time and she sang the song. I helped on the session and forgot
about it. I did not know it was released in Europe. That's all the
info I have on it. Thanks, Ron"
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Message: 22
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 23:33:51 -0000
From: Andy
Subject: Kenny Rankin
Is any of this early Columbia material available on CD? Been a kenny
fan since the early 70's.
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Message: 23
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 20:48:07 -0400
From: Country Paul
Subject: Release dates; Leslie; Susan Cowsill; Billy Davis
Jim Fisher, re: "Wonderful Summer" on Dot:
> It also has "9-63" printed just below the credits---is this the
> release date?
Dot was a godsend to collectors from at least mid-1955 on into the 60s
because, yes indeed, they put release dates on the label. (I have stuff
into 1968 that is dated thus). Another pair of labels that had dates in
their matrix numbers were VeeJay and Atco. Interestingly, Atco's parent
label, Atlantic, did not, as I recall. And Jamie Guyden sequenced
released masters within each artist with their initials and a number
afterward.
Gary Myers wrote:
> Donald Leslie, the inventor of the Leslie speaker has died at age 93.
> I think one of the most effective uses of the Leslie on record is on
> the Rascals' "I've Been Lonely Too Long."
There's a Porter Wagoner song, "Heartbreak Affair" (RCA 47-7837, 1963),
which either uses a fast-setting Leslie or a Feder amp's tremelo to get
an incredible sound out of the vocal chorus - which, on Wagoner's
records fromt he 50s through the 60s, was an already incredible group
of singers. Nice backing on the track by the Anita Kerr Singers, too.
Peter Lerner:
> Most of the Cowsill talk has been about John, and I don't think
> anyone has mentioned the superb vocal contributions of Susan Cowsill
> to the work of the Continental Drifters, particularly their lovely
> album of Fairport Convention / Sandy Denny covers. A great and
> distinctive voice.
Is this the same Susan Cowsill who was involved with Dwight Twilley
(another superb talent whose work harkens back to our era but who comes
afterward)? There are some excellent comps of some early work and some
really fine recent things by him available at Not Lame, by the way. (OK,
back to our regularly-scheduled era.)
Sad to hear of the passing of Billy Davis. I certainly know his name,
although was not a follower of his career as some here obviously are.
Interesting that he live - and died - in my original hometown, New
Rochelle, NY.
Country Paul
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Message: 24
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2004 05:13:03 EDT
From: David Bell
Subject: Re: "Every Little Bit Hurts"
Just playing around on the computer this fine Sunday morning when I
came across this on Motown Boards. The same question had been asked
there about the chronology of Every Little Bit Hurts. A guy posted
this reply, which quotes Brenda.
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"Frank Wilson was responsible. This guy named Ed Cobb wrote the song.
He did some songs for Ketty Lester, "Love Letters". And I really
liked the song but Frank Wilson's wife at the time, she did the demo.
And I loved the way Barbara sang. I could never do this song justice
because they let Barbara do the demo and you know I wasn't any
competition for Barbara. I said "Let her do it". They went "No, no!
You can do it". I said "No I can't!". So we were like feuding and
fussing. Hal Davis said "Well, I'm making the decision. You're gonna
do it". I'm like "Okay". So at the session, he was fussing like he
always did and I was crying. Everybody said "How did you get that
much feeling?". I said "'Cause I was really crying. Hal made me mad!".
Shortly after Barbara did the demo, she died".
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And that's Brenda's take on the origins of this fabulous recording.
Very sad footnote about Frank's wife though.
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Message: 25
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2004 11:02:24 +0100
From: Simon Bridger
Subject: Re: Dean and Jean / Brenda Lee Jones
Mick Patrick wrote:
> Funnily enough, I was playing one of Jean's solo records
> earlier - "You're The Love Of My Life" as Brenda Lee Jones.
> What a thunderous wall of sound that is! Great backing vocals
> by Valerie Simpson and pals. If it was up to me there'd be a
> Dean & Jean CD available. They made a slew of strong records
> and wrote some good songs for other artists too.
I give this Rust 45 a spin out every now & then, the flip 'Thread
Your Needle' is superb also!
Simon
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