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There are 25 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Lavender Girl: The Patty Michaels Story
From: S'pop Projects
2. Re: The dawn of Dawn
From: Davie
3. Re: Les Irresistibles
From: Jesse
4. Re: Rockin' Rebels
From: Gary Myers
5. Re: Steff Sulke: "Oh What A Lovely Day"
From: Frank J
6. Re: French recordings
From: Peter Lerner
7. Chad & Jeremy / Artie question
From: Alan Gordon
8. Re: Steff Sulke: "Oh What A Lovely Day"
From: S.J. Dibai
9. Re: Tina on Vogue Belgium
From: Jesse
10. A lot more Quebecois info
From: Country Paul
11. Nanette Workman
From: Mark
12. Re: French recordings
From: Country Paul
13. Dee Dee Sharp/Angels & Spector sessions
From: Will Stos
14. Re: The Ronettes' "Chapel Of Love"
From: Tony Leong
15. Carolyn Hester
From: Dan Hughes
16. Bob Dylan PBS Special
From: Bob Celli
17. Subject: Recent Orbison Reissues
From: John
18. Re: Patty Michaels
From: Brent Cash
19. Re: Nanette Workman
From: Denis Gagnon
20. 2's Co.; Little Joe; product placement; looking for Canadian records; "Je T'aime" avec Bardot
From: Country Paul
21. Re: Mono/mono Dj copies,
From: Joe Nelson
22. Re: French recordings
From: Artie Wayne
23. Product placement
From: Richard Williams
24. Re: "A Love Like Yours"
From: Davie Gordon
25. Re: Mono/mono Dj copies
From: Austin Roberts
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 00:24:19 -0000
From: S'pop Projects
Subject: Lavender Girl: The Patty Michaels Story
Spectropop Presents
Lavender Girl: The Patty Michaels Story
by John Grecco and Phil Milstein
Avid fans of femme pop will be familiar with Patty Michaels from
the trio of excellent records she released in the mid-1960s. But
those discs marked a mere moment in a showbiz career that began
before she could walk, and continued into the 1980s. Patty's CV
includes Broadway, Vegas, TV, movies ... and bread wrappers, as
John Grecco and Phil Milstein reveal in this Spectropop exclusive.
Click here for the full story: http://tinyurl.com/5mnbc
Discussion very welcome.
Enjoy,
The S'pop Team
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 17:28:51 -0000
From: Davie
Subject: Re: The dawn of Dawn
Keith Moore wrote:
> My question is this: according to the bubblegum bible "Bubblegum
> is the Naked Truth" the female vocalists on the first Dawn single
> "Candida" were Toni Wine and Ellie Greenwich. Is this true? I can't
> quite tell. And if it is true, do they feature on any of the other
> tracks?
Jay Warner's "Billboard Book of American Singing Groups" says
"Tony finally agreed to spend an hour in the studio with
Ellie Greenwich, Toni Wine, Jay Siegel (lead of the Tokens)
and Robin Grean doing backup vocals. With Hank Medress producing
and Phil Margo (also of the Tokns) on drums it was almost a Tokens
affair."
"Dawn's record had some competition from a Bill and Steve Jerome
produced version on Musicor by The Corporation, a Drifters-style
group. They had obviously heard Toni Wine's original piano/voice
demo of the song, a slower version than Dawn's."
He gives the lineup for Dawn's first public appearance (a
Christmas show at Carnegie Hall0) as Tony Orlando, Norman
Bergen, Mitchell Brown. Ronnie Amodeo and Lois Griffith.
(I know Ronnie Amodeo's name from somewhere but where exactly
eludes me)
The first Dawn record Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent appear on
is the "Runaway - Happy Together" single.
I don't think Jay's book is still in print but it's well worth
picking up if you come across a copy - there's a lot of arcane
information there.
Davie
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 15:19:55 -0000
From: Jesse
Subject: Re: Les Irresistibles
Dave Monroe wrote:
> Well, apparently Les Irresistables either didn't ring any bells for
> anyone here, or, at any rate, they didn't ring them strongly enough,
I first heard Les Irresistibles' "My Year Is A Day" at a Dries Van
Noten fashion show here in Paris last year (it was used on the
soundtrack). It sounds as if it would have been one of the biggest
sixties hit ever, although apparently it wasn't. A great, forgotten
song, of the kind that keeps lingering in your head for days on end.
Jesse
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 10:40:20 -0800
From: Gary Myers
Subject: Re: Rockin' Rebels
Bob Skurzewski of Buffalo has much info on the Rockin' Rebels
and all sorts of Buffalo music and radio things. He sends out
a frequent email newsletter. If anyone is interested, you can
contact me off-list and I'll give you his email address.
gem
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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 18:41:46 +0100
From: Frank J
Subject: Re: Steff Sulke: "Oh What A Lovely Day"
The name rang a bell, and after googling a bit I was right.
Steff Sulke is Stephan Sulke. A German guy who experienced
a real strange career in the music business (which I didn't
know to that day to be honest)
According to the bio on his website (which I had to translate,
so please excuse "ze" bad quality of the text) he was born on
the 27th of December 1943 in Shanghai as son of German-Jewish
emmigrants. When his parents wanted to return to Germany after
end of WWII his father died on the trip back in Switzerland.
His mother decided to stay there.
In 1963 he released his first single under the "Steff" moniker
in France and received an award for Chansons Newcomer of the
Year. A year later - on one of his trips to the USA where his
aunt lived - Steff met a guy working at radio station WQXI in
Atlanta GA. who introduced him to Buddy Killen (Publisher and
producer of many hits). In 1965 Steff scored a small hit in the
south with "Where Did She Go". A few more releases followed until
1967 (among them "Oh What A Lovely Day) but nothing big happened.
Due to the Vietnam war Steff went back to Switzerland. He studied
Law but without a degree. He released several records under several
names sung in French and English.
In 1969 he built a studio where he recorded a lot of Jazz musicians,
among them Dizzy and Monk. He also recorded for the Montreux Jazz
Festival. In 1974 he opened up his Aquarius-Studio in Geneva.
And now comes the best part (though I admit it's not really very
Spectropopish ) In 1976 Steff gave his singing career another try.
This time as a "Liedermacher" (which is best translated as Singer/
Songwriter) though the German Liedermacher means very often a man
and his guitar/piano only. This time he hit big. During the late
seventies and throughout the eighties he was very successful. He
even entered the charts with "Uschi", a song about a girl.
And just when he's on top of it all he quit showbiz again to go
back to his studio in Switzerland. Nowadays he produces electronic
devices for radio and TV broadcast stations. A business he already
started in 1972. In 1999 he had another comeback and is currently
making music in the Swiss and German area.
The best stories are written by life.
Frank J.
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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 20:15:23 -0000
From: Peter Lerner
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.
Mikey:
> Wouldnt "Dominique" from 1963 have been the first French tune
> to make the American charts?
I think you will find that "Dominique" was Belgian.......
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Message: 7
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 13:00:13 -0700
From: Alan Gordon
Subject: Chad & Jeremy / Artie question
Clark B. - As I recall, Chad & Jeremy put on a wonderful show.
I still can't remember the name of the venue, it was close to
Anaheim Stadium.
You wanted to know what artists I was into in 1967; besides
the usual BS artists I really liked a lot of acts, the Beatles,
Stones, Spanky and our gang, to name a few. Garry and I were
so busy that year going to work with one great artist after
another and we really got into each act we met.
I have a question for Artie Wayne, Artie can you tell us how
you met Ben Raleigh? you both wrote some great songs and I
would like to know more about Ben?
Best,
That Alan
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Message: 8
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 22:19:30 -0000
From: S.J. Dibai
Subject: Re: Steff Sulke: "Oh What A Lovely Day"
Mike Bennidict:
> Does anyone know about this person? [Steff Sulke]
According to Dawn Eden's liner notes for the out-of-print "Have A
Nice Life" comp, Steff was a Swiss singer and composer. For the US
market, he put out a single on Epic in 1965 (more on that later),
and also had "Strings of My Heart"/"I Believe (It Takes Two)" on
Dial sometime later. Eden describes the latter as a "haunting Bee
Gees-influenced single." The multilingual fellow had previously
scored his biggest hit in Europe with a German language cover
of "Little Honda."
To Eden's info, I can add this: The Epic single's topside "Where
Did She Go" is a catchy little beat tune that "Bubbled Under" the
Hot 100 in the US. It's on the aforementioned comp and the singer
is billed as "Steff." In the liners, Eden spells his last name
"Shulke," while the composer of the song is credited as "S. Bulke"
on the CD and back cover--this is presumably the same guy.
Furthermore, your spelling of his last name--"Sulke"--must be the
way he was billed on "Oh What A Lovely Day." I don't have that
track, but a friend of mine has it listed under that name/spelling
and dates it to 1967.
Who'd have thought this info would come in handy someday? Only at
Spectropop!
S.J. Dibai
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Message: 9
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 15:11:39 -0000
From: Jesse
Subject: Re: Tina on Vogue Belgium
Mick Patrick wrote:
> I'd love to hear Tina and her threatening organ.
> She sounds faaaaaaabulous! Any chance of
> posting "S'il le fallait" to musica?
Dave Monroe wrote:
> I just scored this myself recently! It's great! But
> who did, er, "Toc Toc Toc" originally? I'm always
> working my way backwards from French covers ...
Unfortunately, I haven't quite figured out how to magically
transform vinyl into mp3s. Maybe Dave could post Toc Toc Toc
to Musica?
Now that this group has discussed French and Canadian pop in
some detail, maybe we can turn our ears to the likes of Italy
and Holland?
My votes go to Bonnie St Claire (the best songs somehow mix
northern soul and proto glam rock), Liesbeth List (who was Holland's
answer to Marianne Faithfull and Francoise Hardy and whose multi-
language repertoire is just amazing, spanning Serge Gainsboug, Tim
Hardin and Bob Lind, among others), and, from Italy, Caterina Caselli
(who did great versions of "The Days Of Pearly Spencer" and "In The
Year 2525", as well as some great original songs, most notably "Il
Carnevale").
Jesse
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Message: 10
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 02:33:08 -0500
From: Country Paul
Subject: A lot more Quebecois info
Dave Monroe, thank you for the additional French-Canadian
research. I've been chasing leads in http://tinyurl.com/4quhs
for a while now.
For the person who mentioned Les Hou-Lops, there's more at
http://tinyurl.com/6d46c . This is the "automatic" English
translation from the French - not too bad in comparison to
some others; at least one can make sense of it!
I still haven't found a bio of Le Couer d'une Generation,
although there's a sample of "Pierrot Les Cheveux" ("Pierrot
The Hair," literally) at at the page http://tinyurl.com/6sd6k
where you can also find many other samples of Quebecois pop
from the 1970s.
Some excerpts I've glanced over include:
Anna Bell's "Moustache a Papa" [Papa's Moustache - is this a
French version of an English song?) from '71,
Karick's "Au Chante de l'Alouette" [With The Song of the Lark
- nice country-rock] from '71,
Anna Renee's "Une Amour d'Adolescent" [humorously auto-translated
as The Love Of A Teenager, actually Paul Anka's "Puppy Love"]
from '72,
and Louise Forestier, "Dans la Prison de Londres" [In The Prison
of London - a stomping progressive-folk romp] from '72 (I need to
find a full version of this).
One of my two favorite Nanette Workman songs, "Donne Donne" [Give
Me, Give Me], is sampled in 1976. The other is "Save Me." Both
songs are recorded in English on her album on Big Tree (US)
released in the same year.
There are also some nifty samples from a folky-type group called
Beau Dommage in the '75 section.
Not everything here is great, or even good, but this is an entire
parallel universe of discovery which is keeping me quite highly
entertained - and up much too late!
Lyn in Australia, thanks for the Rockin' Rebels sites. I've
"spent the night in Canada" (didn't expect to!), but will
"migrate down to Buffalo" soon!
Country Paul (a.k.a. Paul du Pays)
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Message: 11
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 23:50:54 -0000
From: Mark
Subject: Nanette Workman
Nanette Workman was born in the US. Check out her website at
http://www.nanette.qc.ca - She also had a single release of
"I'm Going Out(The same Way I Came In)" released on CanUSA
distributed by Bell in the US in 1967.
Mark
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Message: 12
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 00:19:04 -0000
From: Country Paul
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.
Mikey:
> Wouldn't "Dominique" from 1963 have been the first French tune
> to make the American charts?
Did Edith Piaf hit the US charts with "La Vie en Rose"? Wouldn't
that be in the early '50s?
Country Paul
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Message: 13
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 01:32:57 -0000
From: Will Stos
Subject: Dee Dee Sharp/Angels & Spector sessions
Hi group,
I've tried googling this question, but to no avail. I just heard
Dee Dee Sharp's "There's No Fool like A Young Fool" on the fabulous
Spectrop Girl Pop live 365 station. Having just listened to the
Best of the Angels this morning, it struck me that it is virtually
the same song as their single "I Adore Him." Which came first? Were
they both written by the same person/team? I know the Angels song
was a moderate hit, but what about Dee Dee's song? Were they released
close together?
Also, forgive the ignorance (I haven't been able to keep up with
this list. What are the 'Spector Sessions' that get referred to here?
I'm very interested in hearing some of these studio takes.
Thanks,
Will Stos : )
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Message: 14
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 05:38:03 -0000
From: Tony Leong
Subject: Re: The Ronettes' "Chapel Of Love"
Sean:
> Thanks for the info. I never knew Estelle could go that low!
> Are there any Ronettes songs where you hear any other Blossoms
> besides Darlene?
Although I'm sure the Blossoms figure in on most of the Ronettes
songs somewhere in the mix, I cant seem to pick any of their voices
out. The one distinctive voice that I can seem to pick out on ANY
Ronettes background seems to be Ronnie's!!! Same with the Crystals
later Philles' songs--Lala can be heard singing background too with
whomever was in the studio (again, Sonny, Cher et al.).
The best Blossoms' references that I can use are the 1966-7 Johnny
Rivers songs where I can say--" Edna is there" or "...that's Darlene
hitting that note.....". AND I am more than sure that Darlene's alto
is prominent on Clydie King's "The Thrill Is Gone".
I know that the Blossoms got session fees because they had a union
contract. Another session singer once told me that the other singers
got paid in cash from Phil for their work. This same singer told me
that Phil was more than generous with her and she was able to pay in
cash for a new car in 1964!!
Tony
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Message: 15
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 12:15:11 -0000
From: Dan Hughes
Subject: Carolyn Hester
Interesting to note that after our discussion about Carolyn Hester,
the Washington Post today has a big article about her:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2434-2005Jan11.html
If you are asked to log in, use these:
Login ID: screwthepost [at] marketingslags.com
Password: slag
---Dan
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Message: 16
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 11:12:10 -0000
From: Bob Celli
Subject: Bob Dylan PBS Special
There's a Bob Dylan film in the works headed up by Martin Scorcese.
I was contacted by a person doing research for the show. She asked
me if I could supply pics of Bobby Vee and the Shadows from 1959,
the period where Dylan was in the group for a few gigs. The lady
I was in touch with told me that the time period of 1959 to 1966
would be covered. She mentioned that Dylan had talked about his
connection with Vee during his days in Fargo at length during nine
hours of interviews. I believe that she mentioned the serious work
on the project would begin in about two weeks.
Bob Celli
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Message: 17
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 22:53:34 -0000
From: John
Subject: Subject: Recent Orbison Reissues
S J Dibai:
> Howdy, fellow Spectropoppers! Just noticed that Roy Orbison's
> MGM albums have been reissued on CD by Edsel or some related
> label.......Can any of you comment on this issue?
>From my understanding these releases have been given the blessing
of Barbara Orbison while those in the past have been anything but
the finest quality. Purchase them with the expectation that you
will always enjoy Orbisongs!
JtheH
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Message: 18
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 02:20:40 -0000
From: Brent Cash
Subject: Re: Patty Michaels
Hi,
I enjoyed the recent Marcie Blaine feature by Mick Patrick and
I just finished the new Patty Michaels piece by John Grecco &
Phil Milstein, also great.
As spot on as Phil's "diagnosis" of "Emily's Illness" by Nora
Guthrie is (see Spectropop home page), I (also) hope Patty's
music gets the CD treatment, as the descriptions of the singles
come across very technicolor and exciting.
Re: The Cowsill's manager who was focusing on them more than
Patty's recordings; would that be a guy named Leonard Stogel
or the Cowsill's father, "Bud"? I've seen both of their names
listed as having managed them.
Best wishes,
Brent Cash
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Message: 19
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 17:01:59 -0500
From: Denis Gagnon
Subject: Re: Nanette Workman
James Botticelli
> 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.
Nanette Workman is an American. Not sure where she was born but
I believe she was raised in Mississipi. She was "discovered" by
a French Canadian producer named Tony Roman around 1965 and he
brought her to Montreal where she began recording in French a
few weeks/months, after her arrival. I remember first hearing
her music back in 1966. At that time, I doubt she knew the meaning
of the lyrics of her songs. One of her first hit was a French cover
of Sandy Posey's "I Take It Back", for the Canusa record company.
A few years later she hung around and sang with the Rolling Stones
and then she went to France where she sang with Johnny Hallyday (I
believe she was also his girlfriend). She also appeared in a very
successful musical called Starmania in Paris in the late 70's,
early 80's. She has been back in Montreal for about 20 years now.
Denis
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Message: 20
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 19:12:20 -0500
From: Country Paul
Subject: 2's Co.; Little Joe; product placement; looking for Canadian records; "Je T'aime" avec Bardot
Just listened to Two's Company, "Now That I Love You So,"
produced by Claire Francis, on musica. Pretty neat; almost like
having an in-tune Sonny and Cher singing the Righteous Brothers.
Fun stuff; thanks Mick for posting and Claire for producing.
Martin Roberts:
> ...The Fabulous Little Joe "(In The) Good Old Summertime",
> Eden 2, the current play @ Jack Nitzsche's Record of the
> Week; http://www.spectropop.com/JackNitzsche/index.htm
Much fun, Martin, but I agree - no hit potential! But if one
showed up at the shore in the summer and the band was playing
this, I'm sure one would party down appropriately!
Allan Rinde, thanks for the Toni Wine update. I also must
compliment you and her on http://www.toniwine.com - It's also
nice to see pictures of "then" and "now", and to know that our
artists are still out there making music. Continued good luck!
Phil M., re: product placements:
> I didn't mean to get quite so off-topic, but this does
> relate to our discussion of product names in song lyrics.
I wonder if "Little Honda" would find its way onto American
airwaves today (were it a new song) unless Honda bought airtime
for its play.
Denis Gagnon Re: French-Canadian artists and Nanette Workman:
> Le Coeur d'une Génération had a big hit around 1970 with
> "Pierrot les cheveux" (Hairy Peter?). Unfortunately, their
> career was rather short.
Thank you for filling me in on this group and Charlebois. I've
been doing some further research, and now find myself looking for
Le Coeur d'une Génération's album, Louise Forestier's album with
"Dans la prison de Londres" and the first Beau Dommage album. LP,
CD or mp3s are all fine. I invite responses on- or off-list.
Julio Nino on "Je T´Aime ... Moi Non Plus":
> I suppose everybody knows that the song was previously recorded
> by Serge with Brigitte Bardot (with an arrangement by Michel
> Colombier, I think), but it wasn´t released until many years
> after. I believe that the first time the hypnotic riff of the
> track was recorded was for the soundtrack of the film "The Coeurs
> Verts", in 1967.
Not everybody, Julio. Is it good? As good as the hit? Is it in
print? If not, any chance of playing it to musica? Por favor??
("The Green Hearts"? Or am I missing an idiom in translation?)
Au revoir pour maintenant,
Paul du Pays
(I'll be over this phase soon, I promise....)
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Message: 21
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 18:47:52 -0500
From: Joe Nelson
Subject: Re: Mono/mono Dj copies,
Previously:
> 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.
Chuck Woolery had NS mixed in both formats at the time, and
even brought a tape of the stereo mix with him to an appearance
at WOR-FM. An aircheck of this visit (or at least the stereo tape
as it was played during the visit) is a highly sought download
these days. I'm not sure why Woolery insisted the mono mix be used
for the Rock Artyfacts CD.
Joe Nelson
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Message: 22
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 12:59:07 -0800 (PST)
From: Artie Wayne
Subject: Re: French recordings
Mikey... Comme c'est va? The Singing Nun was discovered and, I believe,
produced by my late partner Lou Reizner.
The last of my french connections occured in the late 70's when Lou
and I were sitting having dinner in Cannes when we heard a lone piano
player performing a beautiful song he called "El Bimbo". Lou and I
looked at each other...and our eyes lit up!! Lou, an imposing 6'6"
American who once ran Mercury international, spoke to him in perfect
French and discovered that he was Claude Morgan, the composer of the
song. A disco record by Bimbo Jet was racing up the charts and every
U.S. publisher was after the sub-publishing rights. Claude said that
the latest bid included a $25,000 advance.
Lou, Claude and I set up a midnight meeting with the publishers and
the producers...and before Midem, the international music conference
resumed the next morning we had signed U.S.sub-publishing contracts
...without giving an advance. In lieu of money up front, I promised
them 5 or 10 covers in the first year, which was easy to deliver...
and promotional help on their "Bimbo Jet" recording, which was
released on my old Alma Mater Scepter Records.
regards,
Artie Wayne
http://artiewayne.com/
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Message: 23
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 18:22:37 +0000
From: Richard Williams
Subject: Product placement
Phil Milstein will be as sorry to hear as I am to report that
the BBC's policy of refusing to mention or display brand names
went the way of all things many years ago. It was one of the
facets that distinguished a genuine public service broadcaster,
but of course it couldn't survive the rise of corporate
globalisation, Murdoch, etc. Not that there isn't good stuff on
the BBC still, of course. But the Murdoch/Blair axis will destroy
it in the end.
Richard Williams
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Message: 24
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 17:09:15 -0000
From: Davie Gordon
Subject: Re: "A Love Like Yours"
I wrote:
> "A Love Like Yours" was originally by Martha and The Vandellas, the
> B-side Of "Heatwave" (Gordy 7022, 07/63)
Dave Monroe:
> Pardon me while I slap my forehead. You know, I generally have a bad
> habit of not having the obvious records by anyone...
Dave, I suspect that's quite common with members of this group.
I know it is with me, if I have X amount of cash and there's two
records in front of me I'll invariably go for the more obscure one on
the basis of "If I don't get this now I might never see it again"
especially if it's a "bargain". Probably how I ended up with a lot of
mediocre Motown albums from the eighties and none of Stevie Wonder's
eighties stuff. That's record collectors' psychology for you.
Davie
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Message: 25
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 15:29:07 -0500
From: Austin Roberts
Subject: Re: Mono/mono Dj copies
Clark, I appreciate your help on the UK version. Also, carrying the
theme of double sided DJ copies of a single, one of the funniest
things I've ever heard was the other side of a Don Bowman record many
years ago (country). The A side was the single but the B side only
read `DJ Version'. It was the same as the other side except the artist
had changed the lyrics to a bawdy, sometimes bordering on filthy,
version. I believe, because of this, he got a lot of airplay on the
single as well as a little on the `other side' with the more fearless
jocks.
Austin R.
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