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There are 10 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Darin, Mono/mono Dj copies, "Come Monday"
From: Clark Besch
2. Re: French recordings
From: Mikey
3. Early UK guitarists
From: Frank Murphy
4. Re: The Ronettes' "Chapel Of Love"
From: Sean
5. Re: Nanette Workman
From: James Botticelli
6. Joe Brown / Early UK guitarists
From: John Stewart
7. Recent Orbison Reissues
From: S.J. Dibai
8. Re: Charlie Rich
From: Doug Richard
9. Toni Wine, Ron Dante Oldies Cruise cancelled
From: Allan Rinde
10. More on Al Gorgoni's website
From: Country Paul
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 02:57:36 -0000
From: Clark Besch
Subject: Darin, Mono/mono Dj copies, "Come Monday"
That Alan Gordon wrote:
> I think "She Knows" is still a great record and holds up well.
> I will try to get it to a new artist, after all when Bobby
> sings it people take notice. Jack Nitzsche did a brilliant
> arrangement. After the session, we met up a a park in Beverly
> Hills for a softball game. Bobby drove up in a nifty white
> foreign sports car, a convertible. He was with his new squeeze
> at the time, who was the ex of A&P heir Huntington Hartford.
> Later that night Bobby invited us to see him in concert at a
> venue in Anaheim, with Chad & Jeremy opening. Wonderful memories.
Alan, thanks SO much for the cool memories of the Darin
experience! Hope the movie is as good as yours and Artie's
memories! Now, I wanna know how that Chad & Jeremy show went.
This being 1967, C&J had become an LA phenom from what I can
gather. Their national popularity had lessened, but they seemed
to be right at the top in LA with LPs like "Cabbages & Kings"
breaking new ground for them. What other artists were you taking
in in 67?
Phil M. wrote:
> I found a record this weekend that was a "double mono," i.e.
> the same track on both sides, the same length, etc., and both
> sides in mono. I've seen plenty of S/M and double stereos, but
> can't recall any other double monos. Was that configuration
> more common than I realize?
Phil, since I got dj copies from 67-71 from the local AM station
in Dodge City, Kansas, most often I got mono/mono copies. Many
companies that could afford to put out different styles of DJ
copies would often issue mono/stereo "A" side copies to stations
that had a mono AM/stereo FM format. Often, a double stereo might
go to FM stereo stations. Usually, mono/mono went to mono AM
stations. That's how these variations usually happened. Columbia
was most often using these methods. Funny, but "my" source, KGNO,
got mono/mono, mono/stereo and an occasional mono/stereo from
Columbia. Sometimes, if there was no stereo Lp that the 45 was
culled from, such as Avant-Garde's "Naturally Stoned", no stereo
version was even mixed, so it came mono always. Hope this makes
sense.
Austin Powell wrote:
> Me again.....My copy of "Come Monday" (UK) ABC 4001 relased in
> '74 has the "Hush Puppies" lyric. It's one of my favourites -
> shame Mr. B never meant more on this side of the pond.
Austin, if I can, I will try to send you my UK 45 version separate
as musica is currently thwarting the efforts of dial up users like
me. This really bugs me, but I am cheap, I guess?
Clark
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 13:41:01 -0500
From: Mikey
Subject: Re: French recordings
Artie Wayne:
> ... "Je T'aime" by Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin ... To my
> knowledge, it was one of the first French language records to
> become a hit it the United States.
Wouldnt "Dominique" from 1963 have been the first French tune to make
the American charts?
Mikey
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 21:52:41 +0000
From: Frank Murphy
Subject: Early UK guitarists
Previously:
> Reminds of all the poor souls who tried to figure out how Les Paul
> played so fast on his records only to find out later that he simply
> speed up the tape while making records.
I wish I could remember the name of the British guitarist who couldn't
work out how James Burton played the guitar solo on Hello Mary Lou and
not realisng he was double tracking.
FrankM
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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 23:52:42 -0000
From: Sean
Subject: Re: The Ronettes' "Chapel Of Love"
I wrote:
> On the Ronettes version of "Chapel of Love" I recognize a lot of
> voices on there (Sonny, Cher, Darlene Love, etc.) I was wondering
> who is doing the soprano part....... And on their versions of
> "Mashed Potato Time" and "The Twist" who is the alto voice that
> is right up front?
Tony Leong:
> Estelle was the alto voice on those cuts you mentioned. I believe
> Bobby Sheen is the other prominent voice on the Ronettes' "Chapel
> Of Love".
Thanks for the info. I never knew Estelle could go that low! Is there
any Ronettes songs where you hear any other Blossoms besides Darlene?
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 17:08:04 -0500
From: James Botticelli
Subject: Re: Nanette Workman
Denis Gagnon wrote:
> As for Nanette Workman, she was one of the first female rocker to
> sing in French in this Province and she's still going strong,
> almost 40 years later.
Wow...This IS news. A few collectors around here have the Atco single
from 1975 called "If It Wasn't For The Money" by Nanette Workman.
This is the first thing I've ever heard about her. So she's Canadian,
eh? Tres interessant.
James Botticelli
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Message: 6
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 20:19:35 -0000
From: John Stewart
Subject: Joe Brown / Early UK guitarists
Anyone even remotely interested in UK guitarists, or pop music in
general, of the 50s and 60s should take a look at "17 Watts" (for
some reason also published as "Play Like Elvis") by Mo Foster -
himself a session bassist.
The book has numerous tales from sessions of the period and the
struggles of later-famous teenage guitarists to sound like Chuck
Berry or Scotty Moore often with only a cheap Spanish guitar, a
WWII RAF pilots microphone and a radiogram.
More details on: http://tinyurl.com/4rqfy
and: http://tinyurl.com/5urxb
Great fun and very informative,
JS
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Message: 7
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 00:31:55 -0000
From: S.J. Dibai
Subject: Recent Orbison Reissues
Howdy, fellow Spectropoppers! Just noticed that Roy Orbison's MGM
albums have been reissued on CD by Edsel or some related label. Has
anyone heard these? I'm not concerned about the quality of the music
because I'm familiar enough with his MGM output to know what to
expect. What I AM concerned about is the sound quality. I've wasted
my money before on Orbison reissues with mediocre-to-terrible sound
quality, and am not about to do that again. Can any of you comment
on this issue?
Thanks,
S.J. Dibai
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Message: 8
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 01:06:53 -0000
From: Doug Richard
Subject: Re: Charlie Rich
Pres wrote:
> Does anyone know the original track order of "The Best Years" LP?
Charlie Rich - The Best Years Mercury SRS-67078 (Stereo)
1. No Home
2. So Long
3. The Best Years
4. Party Girl
5. You Can Have Her
6. Have I Stayed Away Too Long
7. Hawg Jaw
8. Something Just Came Over Me
9. Double Dog Dare Me
10. Just A Little Bit Of Time
11. Blowin' Town
12. Tears A Go-Go
Doug
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Message: 9
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 01:32:41 -0000
From: Allan Rinde
Subject: Toni Wine, Ron Dante Oldies Cruise cancelled
Just got word that the cruise mentioned in my earlier post today has
been cancelled.
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Message: 10
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 22:54:09 -0500
From: Country Paul
Subject: More on Al Gorgoni's website
Me earlier:
> Check out http://www.gorgoni.net
This is Al Gorgoni's new website. It's not as deep as we here at S'pop
would probably like it to be, and the audio samples are all of his
recent classical guitar work. However, what he has listed is indeed
impressive. There is also an e-mail address. Perhaps if a couple more
of us encouraged him to join S'pop, he might consider it. (He told me
a while ago he was seriously thinking of it once he had moved and the
website got up and running.)
Mick Patrick, thank you for the Kathy Lynn/Rebels story. What a
twisted - yea, braided - tale!
Country Paul
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