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There are 14 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Re: Kenny Young
From: Mike Rashkow
2. Re: John Peel, R.I.P.
From: Steve Harvey
3. Merry Clayton @ Photos
From: JJ
4. The Sandpipers / "Move Over Darling"
From: Julio Niño
5. Unreleased Doris Day
From: John DeAngelis
6. Welcome, John Townley
From: Martin Roberts
7. Re: Terry Melcher, R.I.P.
From: Mike Griffiths
8. Re: Terry Melcher RIP
From: Phil X Milstein
9. Kenny Young / Patti's Groove / Sunny Gale
From: Mick Patrick
10. Re: Unreleased Doris Day
From: Richard Havers
11. Re: Kenny Young
From: Lyn Nuttall
12. Re: Patti's Groove / Kenny Young
From: Brent Cash
13. Re: The Mark IV
From: Gary Myers
14. Marcie Blane
From: S'pop Projects
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 21:12:29 EST
From: Mike Rashkow
Subject: Re: Kenny Young
Barry Margolis:
> I've gotta say....that the two Moonshine RCA singles and the two
> Warner Brothers are among my all-time favorite records. God....I
> wish someone would released these on CD.
All in all, Kenny Young far from being another brick in the wall, is
more like a "Case For ACE".
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 17:14:48 -0800 (PST)
From: Steve Harvey
Subject: Re: John Peel, R.I.P.
John Peel is the cover story on the new issue of Mojo.
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 06:08:36 -0000
From: JJ
Subject: Merry Clayton @ Photos
Just attached a nice c´71 Ode rec Promo Photo of Merry Clayton in the
Photos section.
JJ/Sweden
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 18:22:20 -0000
From: Julio Niño
Subject: The Sandpipers / "Move Over Darling"
Hola Everybody.
One track by the Sandpipers I love is "Hurry To Me", a version of
the main theme of the soundtrack of "Metti, Una Sera A Cena" (One
Night At Dinner), 1970, composed by Ennio Morricone and recorded
especially for the English film release. The soundtrack of this
movie is beautifully morbid and winding, and is one of my favorite
among the many fascinating Morricone´s compositions.
The Italian version is even better, sung I think by I Cantori
Moderni Di Alessandro Alessandroni.
On the other side I want to join Dennis and John in showing their
appreciation of Doris Day´s "Move Over Darling", that is perhaps
my favorite Doris track, it´s sedative and sensual at the same
time.
Chao.
Julio Niño.
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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 03:12:47 -0000
From: John DeAngelis
Subject: Unreleased Doris Day
Watson Macblue wrote:
> There is an entire unreleased Doris Day album, produced by Terry
> and with backing vocals by Terry and Bruce Johnston, sitting on
> a shelf in Carmel...
Wow! That's exciting! Did Bruce Johnston give any indication as to
what songs Doris recorded?
John DeAngelis
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Message: 6
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 18:24:09 -0000
From: Martin Roberts
Subject: Welcome, John Townley
Hello and a warm welcome to John Townley, any friend of That Alan...
Enjoyed the story and mix-up re: your lookie likey namesake. Is this
a 'Magicians thing'? Is there another Garry Bonner who goes to the
same whist drives as the Garry Bonner? And what about Allan "Jake"
Jacobs when he attends his Rotary club lunches does he have to double-
check the table plan? Unless they also join the group I guess we'll
never know but the guessing is half the fun.
Martin
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Message: 7
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 07:15:44 -0000
From: Mike Griffiths
Subject: Re: Terry Melcher, R.I.P.
I didn't know it at the time but Terry Melcher had an incredible
run from 1963 to 1966 with a string of amazing productions that
rivalled Brian Wilson and Phil Spector. Many of these he also sang
on - either lead or backup. All I knew at the time was that all of
these records caught my ear and made my teenage heart race.
Hey Little Cobra – the Rip Chords
Three Window Coupe – The Rip Chords
Summer Means Fun - Bruce and Terry
Mr. Tambourine Man – The Byrds
I Feel A Whole Lot Better – The Byrds
Turn Turn Turn – The Byrds
The Bells Of Rhymney – The Byrds
Sometimes – Paul Revere And The Raiders
Steppin' Out – Paul Revere And The Raiders
Just Like Me – Paul Revere And The Raiders
Kicks – Paul Revere And The Raiders
I'm Not Your Stepping Stone – Paul Revere And The Raiders
Hungry – Paul Revere And The Raiders
Good Thing – Paul Revere And The Raiders
The Great Airplane Strike – Paul Revere And The Raiders
Him Or Me - What's It Gonna Be – Paul Revere And The Raiders
Mr. Tambourine Man – The Byrds
I Feel A Whole Lot Better – The Byrds
Turn Turn Turn– The Byrds
The Bells Of Rhymney – The Byrds
And then there are these wonderful ones I later discovered:
Hot Rod U. S. A. – The Rip Chords
Four Strong Winds – Bruce And Terry
Look Who's Laughing Now – Bruce And Terry
Beach Girl – Pat Boone
Goodbye Terry.
-Mike Griffiths
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Message: 8
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 14:36:25 -0500
From: Phil X Milstein
Subject: Re: Terry Melcher RIP
Watson Macblue wrote:
> Terry also did a fascinating interview for the BBC in 1994, covering
> his whole career, Charles Manson and all, in great humor and candor;
> unfortunately, only a few snippets were used in Radio One's Manson
> special, which was a pity. He was worth a special on his own. A
> very kind, gentle man.
Sounds like a fascinating interview. Is it lost for good, or might the
reporter have a backup copy still in his possession?
--Phil M.
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Message: 9
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 20:25:17 -0000
From: Mick Patrick
Subject: Kenny Young / Patti's Groove / Sunny Gale
Me:
> Thanks to Brent Cash for the (Kenny Young) interview. S'pop's
> theeeee best place for work like this. If Kenny's available
> for more questions, maybe you could ask him who the heck Patti's
> Groove were.
Actually, the answer was right under my nose, contained within
Harry Young's essay in Lou Christie's new "Original Sinner: The
Very Best Of The MGM Recordings" CD (RPM 284).
I know now that Patti's Groove were a quintet signed to R. P.
Marcucci Enterprises, Inc., the management company that at the time
handled Lou Christie, and others. The group were previously known
as the Female Beatles. I guess that means they were an all-girl band
- my favourite!
Mike Rashkow:
> All in all, Kenny Young far from being another brick in the wall,
> is more like a "Case For ACE".
A compilation CD? What a good idea. If only I could just snap my
fingers.
Failing that, I've posted to musica another lesser known Kenny
Young song. Details are: Sunny Gale "Too Bad For You" (Canadian
American 163, 1963); written by Artie Resnick and Kenny Young;
produced by Jody Cameron Prod. Corp. Sunny had been around on disc
for over a decade bu '63, but comes across as youthful as Lesley
Gore after too much Pepsi. Hear for yourself:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spectropop/files/musica/
Gotta go, Georgina Bailey's waiting for me.
Hey la,
Mick Patrick
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Message: 10
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 20:56:49 +0000
From: Richard Havers
Subject: Re: Unreleased Doris Day
Watson Macblue wrote:
> There is an entire unreleased Doris Day album, produced by Terry
> and with backing vocals by Terry and Bruce Johnston, sitting on
> a shelf in Carmel...
John DeAngelis:
> Wow! That's exciting! Did Bruce Johnston give any indication as to
> what songs Doris recorded?
Doris did a version of Bruce's Disney Girls, and according to Bruce
it's very much in the style of the 'Love Him' album that I mentioned
in a post a few days ago. Bruce says that Doris was in wonderful voice
and he was immensely proud of the album....just a shame it never got a
release.
Richard
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Message: 11
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 21:16:32 -0000
From: Lyn Nuttall
Subject: Re: Kenny Young
Kenny Young's "My Aim Is To Please You" was recorded in Australia by
The Executives in '67 and was quite popular (#5 in Sydney, for example).
See my page at http://www.poparchives.com.au/feature.php?id=407
Lyn
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Message: 12
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 21:22:43 -0000
From: Brent Cash
Subject: Re: Patti's Groove / Kenny Young
Hi all, The track recently posted to musica, "It Won't Last Too Long"
by Patti's Groove, while not as fun as having the Columbia 45, can
also reportedly be found on: "Girls in The Garage - A Collection Of
Girl Garage Groups From The 60's Vol.3" (Romulan LP UFOX 04 - presumed
out of print). I recall seeing the cover years ago, some of you might
enjoy the artwork.
Best wishes,
Brent Cash
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Message: 13
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 11:12:34 -0800
From: Gary Myers
Subject: Re: The Mark IV
Clark Besch:
> ... ran across an Eddie & dutch articl ... at Mercury, Mascari was
> ... responsible for writing and producing the mark IV's "I Got a
> Wife".
This implies that Eddie & Dutch *were* behind the scenes, and not
actual members of the group, as I had guessed from a previous post.
There are a few possible Wisc. connections with Eddie & Dutch, as it
seems that they published many songs done on other small Chicago-area
labels. A Waukegan-based agent named Al Schultz had a couple of
labels that released songs connected with them.
gem
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Message: 14
Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 08:34:13 -0000
From: S'pop Projects
Subject: Marcie Blane
New @ S'pop
Bobby's Girl: The Marcie Blane Story
by Mick Patrick
The month of December 1962 found the US airwaves filled with
female teen idols. "All Alone Am I", lamented Brenda Lee,
while Dee Dee Sharp urged everyone to "Ride", Mary Wells sang
about her "Two Lovers" and Little Eva warned her rivals to
"Keep Your Hands Off My Baby". Groups like the Crystals, the
Orlons, the Exciters and the Cookies were selling like
hotcakes too. Sitting pretty above them all in the record
charts at the time was MARCIE BLANE, who wanted to be . . .
BOBBY'S GIRL.
Read the full story here:
http://www.spectropop.com/MarcieBlane/index.htm
Discussion welcome.
Enjoy,
The S'pop Team
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