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There are 2 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Alan Boyd
From: Mark Frumento
2. Re: Who Killed Teddy Bear
From: Phil X Milstein
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 02:41:16 -0000
From: Mark Frumento
Subject: Alan Boyd
I wanted to thank the person who posted the link to Alan Boyd's CD.
Since I first heard his Beach Boy convention song 'Everybody's
Waiting' about 5 or 6 years ago I've trolled the internet looking
for any Boyd clips I could find. Unfortuntely, for all this time,
only two clips and 'Channel Surfing' have turned up (the later
thanks to the Varese comp 'Warmth of the Sun').
Anyway, a full CD of Alan's is a real boon to Beach Boys fans and
especially timely with the popularity of Smile. Alan can sound a lot
like late 60s Brian and even does a mean Mike Love (not literally
mean!). While most of the songs are short, there are several
wonderful full-length pop songs, all well produced for bed room
demos. One track 'I Can't Wait to Fall Asleep Tonight' sounds
exactly like a Friends period Beach Boys. The track 'Too Damn
Cold/Hawaiian Rhapsody' is a funny track with a cool Smile tribute
embedded. Beach Boy/60s harmony pop fans should not hesitate to buy
this CD.
Mark F.
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 17:33:55 -0800
From: Phil X Milstein
Subject: Re: Who Killed Teddy Bear
Claire Francis wrote:
> Phil daalink This is some paragraph sweetheart...ya tink I can
> understand this? So....tell me? Is this my record on the film or not
> ...was this "ultrarare promo that was taken directly from the film's
> soundtrack" the same 45 that Martin sent me that is my production?
> ... So between John Grecco and Davie's comments...does this
> mean my record is on the soundtrack or not?
My apologies for the mushmouthed phrasing -- I blame it on excitability.
There are only two known versions (from the '60s, at least) of the WKTB
title theme, the Leslie Uggams version and the one which had been going
around as "artist unknown" until your recent ID'ing of the singer as
Mikki Young. It is the Mikki Young version, therefore, that is used in
the movie, and which appeared on a promotional 45.
I'm not sure if my explanation this time is any clearer than before!
> Also, I listened to the link Davie sent,
> and even though it is a short clip....I then immediately listened to
> my production...and I can't help it...I like mine better.
I don't think you'd get much argument there! If you were going after a
whispy, mysterious atmosphere piece there, you succeeded big-time.
One further question: the movie was a New York production, so I wonder
if you received any input, or even met, any of the people involved with
the film (as opposed to the soundtrack) part of the project. Did Sal
Mineo sit in on drums, for instance, or Juliet Prowse pirouette around
as you were recording?
--Phil M.
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