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There are 17 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Re: Canadian music regulations/Cameo-Parkway
From: Will Stos
2. Re: Ray Stevens
From: Stephanie
3. Re: Ray Stevens
From: Lyn Nuttall
4. The Mirwood Soul Story
From: S'pop Projects
5. Re: And More Again
From: Phil X Milstein
6. Canadian Oldies on Radio
From: Paul Urbahns
7. Ray Stevens and John D. Loudermilk
From: Skip Woolwine
8. Re: And More Again
From: Norman D
9. Re: Chris Curtis
From: John Kenneth Stewart
10. Re: "Stay With Me"
From: Susan Lang
11. RIP Martin Denny
From: Eddy Smit
12. Re: Ray Stevens
From: Ingemar Gustafsson
13. Re: The Austin Roberts
From: Martin Nathan
14. Henry Stone, Founder of TK Records, Offering Previously Unreleased Masters on CD
From: Henry Stone
15. Angelettes request
From: Mark Frumento
16. Re: Ray Stevens
From: John Henderson
17. Re: Ray Stevens
From: Rodney Rawlings
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2005 00:13:03 -0000
From: Will Stos
Subject: Re: Canadian music regulations/Cameo-Parkway
John Henderson wrote:
> It should be noted that the mandate is now 35% and will soon
> become 40% if the CRTC has it's way ... and it usually does.
The funny thing about the content regulations is that while they were
essential for getting some Canadian artists on the map, now most
radio stations only play the well-known artists that have made it
internationally (a few exceptions like the Tragically Hip, Our Lady
Peace, SoulDecsion, etc). I wonder if they're worth it anymore.
For all of you Spectropoppers around the world, I'd be interested to
know if your countries have content rules to support domestic
artists, when they came into effect, and how much it helped the local
industry. I read something a while ago about an Australian or New
Zealand Music video program that adopted a domestic-artist content
rule. Initially it meant the show had a lot of bad covers or poorly
produced videos, but then they started to improve as the artists
became popular. I also wonder whether bands that benefit from these
rules adopted the popular international sounds of the time or catered
to local variants. I know about 10 years ago there was a First
Nations (native) singer name Susan Aglooklark who had a big pop hit
here that might have missed radio if the content rules weren't in
place.
As for the Cameo-Parkway release, I can only say it's about time! I
wonder if ABCKO has any plans to release best-of comps by some of its
artists? I also wonder what finally pushed them to do a release? I
wonder if all the file-sharing and foreign grey-market releases
convinced them they were missing out?
Will : )
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2005 22:44:52 -0000
From: Stephanie
Subject: Re: Ray Stevens
I totally agree, Unwind is my favorite record by Ray Stevens and
I wish it had charted much higher it deserved to it was one of
his finest moments. What he did with Misty was awesome. I like
the novelty stuff but he is so much better in a serious mode.
Stephanie
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2005 07:26:26 -0000
From: Lyn Nuttall
Subject: Re: Ray Stevens
Austin mentioned 'Misty'. For me, this clinches it when summing up the
brilliance of Ray Stevens: the musicality, the wit, and the pleasantly
surprising territory he takes the song into! Joyful stuff, still makes
me smile every time I play it.
Lyn
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 08:32:27 -0000
From: S'pop Projects
Subject: The Mirwood Soul Story
New @ S'pop Recommends: The Mirwood Soul Story
reviewed by Simon White
An excerpt:
M & Ms? Little round things, sweet and sometimes a bit nutty.
And they come in different colours too. Motown and Mirwood.
Little round records, some sweet and some nutty. Very nutty
sometimes . . .
Next time you have to explain Northern Soul to someone, how
about you play them the Four Tops' "It's The Same Old Song"
and then play them the Olympics' Mirwood recording "The Same
Old Thing"? The similarities between them are remarkable, but
the differences are what make Northern Soul what it is. And
while Motown is the cornerstone of the Northern sound,
arguably there's no Northern Soul without Mirwood.
My real introduction to Northern Soul was Mirwood, and it
remains my favourite label to this day. And here for the
first time the logo really gets the reissue it deserves.
Full review:
http://www.spectropop.com/recommends/index2005.htm#mirwood
Read, enjoy, discuss.
The S'pop Team
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2005 17:17:07 -0800
From: Phil X Milstein
Subject: Re: And More Again
Country Paul wrote:
> Incidentally, I love the way the lyric opens with "And ..." --
> something about that strikes me as incredibly poetic. Another track
> with the same lyrical device is the late '60s masterpiece by The
> Wildweeds, "And When She Smiles" (Vanguard). There's also a track on
> Rust (late '60s) by The Crescent Six called (I think) "And Then,"
> which is a jumbled psychedelic mess with rare moments that show what
> it might have been.
And leave us not forget that one of our leading standards, "My Way,"
also begins mid-sentence.
And now the end is here,
--Phil M.
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Message: 6
Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2005 22:01:37 +0000
From: Paul Urbahns
Subject: Canadian Oldies on Radio
John wrote:
> It should be noted that the mandate is now 35% and will soon become
> 40% if the CRTC has it's way ... and it usually does.
I am kinda glad it is that way, as I was driving through Canada for
two days last fall on vacation and was glad to hear some Canadian
oldies on the radio. Stuff that I would not have heard in the states.
I am not talking about Ann Murry stuiff there were good artists that
I had never heard of before. Unfortunately, I looked at the record
shops and did not see anything out of the usual.
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Message: 7
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 12:22:09 -0600
From: Skip Woolwine
Subject: Ray Stevens and John D. Loudermilk
Mike Rashkow said:
> Also, at the risk of being laughed out of the group, I had reason
> to go back and listen to Ray Stevens. I have always had a high
> opinion of his work, but after a long time without hearing his stuff,
> I was moved to see if there are others out there who also think he
> was underrated and under-appreciated.
Ray Stevens' (Ray Ragsdale) "Everything is Beautiful" won a Grammy, too.
A girl I dated in high school (and later, my wife's roommate) was in
Nashville's Oak Hill School 2nd-grade class who sang on the intro. It's
a small world after all.
Another brush with greatness:
John D. Loudermilk's son, John D. III, and I were best friends in 6th
grade. He, his 2 brothers Rick and Mike, and their recently-divorced
mom moved into a house just a couple of doors down, and rode the same
school bus as I did. I remember the first day of school, the teacher
went around the room and asked each student "What does your Daddy do?"
Johnny replied, "nuthin'". I had no idea who his dad was, until "Indian
Reservation" by Paul Revere & the Raiders came on the radio one
afternoon, and he told me "that's my daddy's song." Where are they
today? I know Mike is an incredibly hot lead guitar-player and has
toured with major A-list country acts out of Nashville. Rick, I'm not
sure. Johnny was a friend of Dobie Gray's and used to own a recording
studio in Nashville, but moved to North Carolina to produce custom
recordings, and I've lost touch. And where is John D. Loudermilk, the
tunesmith-deity, living these days? We could not figure out how to
contact him when Gene Hughes of the Casinos passed away, and since JDL
had written Gene's signature "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye", we wanted
him to attend the tribute show...
Skip Woolwine
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Message: 8
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 06:36:26 -0800 (PST)
From: Norman D
Subject: Re: And More Again
Country Paul wrote:
> Incidentally, I love the way the lyric opens with "And ..." --
> something about that strikes me as incredibly poetic.
"And when I see the sign that
Points one way ..."
Norman D.
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Message: 9
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 01:10:12 -0000
From: John Kenneth Stewart
Subject: Re: Chris Curtis
previously:
"The 12-string especially make it sound somewhat Byrds like ..."
To be pedantic, it's the other way around -- The Searchers were sounding
"Byrds-like" for years before The Byrds existed.
JS
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Message: 10
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 19:48:08 EST
From: Susan Lang
Subject: Re: "Stay With Me"
John Fox wrote:
> "Say, what's your name again?" is one of the all-time great lines in a
> rock song, especially since he mentions her name earlier in the song.
I took a whole lotta shit for liking that song back in the day ... and I took
it gladly, because it's just SUCH a great song. My only regret is that even
though I'm a singer, I am all about men. So I could not, and cannot, justify
singing it myself, and I've yet to find a band or bandmates who are willing
to take it on...
;-)
Susan
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Message: 11
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 11:47:52 +0100
From: Eddy Smit
Subject: RIP Martin Denny
HONOLULU, Hawaii (AP) -- Martin Denny, who recorded 38 albums that
defined a genre of tropical mood music, dubbed "Exotica," which reflected
tiki lounge culture, died Wednesday, his daughter said. He was 93.
Denny created a sound that he described as a fusion of Asian, South
Pacific, American jazz, Latin American and classical. His relaxing
compositions were frequently punctuated by wildlife nature sounds.
Denny's original "Exotica" album was recorded in 1956. Several albums
by Denny played off the Exotica theme, such as "Exotic Sounds from the
Silver Screen," "Exotic Sounds Visit Broadway," "Exotic Percussion" and
"Exotica Classica."
His other albums include "Forbidden Island," "Primitiva," "Hypnotique,"
"Afro-Desia," "The Enchanted Sea," "Romantica" and "Hawaii Goes
A-Go-Go!"
Born in 1911 in New York City, Denny studied piano as a child, and as a
young man toured South America with a six-piece band, picking up the
Latin elements that would later influence his Exotica sound.
During the 1950s and '60s, Denny was a fixture in Waikiki.
His music was rediscovered by a new generation of fans in the 1990s,
when most of his early catalog was reissued on CD.
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Message: 12
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 13:54:40 +0100
From: Ingemar Gustafsson
Subject: Re: Ray Stevens
A friend of mine played me a song by Ray Stevens called "Surfin U.S.S.R".
It was a good Beach Boys style song. Does anyone know if it's easy
available?
Ingemar
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Message: 13
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 13:06:32 -0800 (PST)
From: Martin Nathan
Subject: Re: The Austin Roberts
Austin Roberts wrote:
> Ray Stevens was and still is one of a kind. From "Ahab The Arab"
> to "Everything is Beautiful" and many more, he's one of the most
> original artist/writers I know.
Are you "the" Austin Roberts? If so, I want you to know I've always enjoyed
your songs. I've have the minor hit "Mary And Me", but my favorite song by
you is "One Word"-- that song didn't do very well, I only heard it once on
the radio, but I found the 45 and I won't part with it. The song has a great
groove to it.
MN
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Message: 14
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 13:45:57 EST
From: Henry Stone
Subject: Henry Stone, Founder of TK Records, Offering Previously Unreleased Masters on CD
Hello,
My name is Henry Stone, founder of many record labels including Marlin,
Dade, Alston, Chart, and the world-famous T. K. Records where KC and
the Sunshine band got their start. I have recently opened up a new
webstore and am re-releasing some of my earliest material from the 50s,
60s, and 70s, including the Weird World of Blowfly. There are many
great artists from that era that I recorded, including Steve Alaimo,
Sam & Dave, Benny Latimore, J. P. Robinson, Earl Hooker, Little Sam
Davis and many, many others.
If you are interested in some great Funk, R&B, and Rock & Roll from the
early days, please check out www.henrystonemusic.com/hsmwebstore.htm
Many of these have never been released in album form, and almost all of
them have been out of circulation for decades, so this is an excellent
opportunity to pick up some great music that is otherwise nearly
unavailable or very expensive.
I will be releasing more of the classics as I get them remastered. Plus,
I am releasing some new, modern material, but with that same special
Henry Stone sound!
Once again, the website is:
http://www.henrystonemusic.com/hsmwebstore.htm
I hope that you will come by and enjoy some gems from days gone by.
Sincerely,
Henry Stone
Henry Stone Music, Inc.
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Message: 15
Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2005 11:47:36 -0000
From: Mark Frumento
Subject: Angelettes request
Does anyone have a copy of the Angelettes' "Goodbye Jon" (B-side of "I
Surrender," on Mooncrest) they'd be willing to share (via MP3)? My copy
of the single is a promo. I'm asking for a friend who is after that song.
Please contact me offlist.
Thanks.
Mark F.
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Message: 16
Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2005 22:50:54 -0000
From: John Henderson
Subject: Re: Ray Stevens
Ray's version of Sunday Morning Coming Down, which I believe he
produced, is truly a masterpiece -- so close to overproduction but just
right!
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Message: 17
Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2005 18:00:49 -0000
From: Rodney Rawlings
Subject: Re: Ray Stevens
Lyn:
> Austin mentioned 'Misty'. For me, this clinches it when summing up
> the brilliance of Ray Stevens: the musicality, the wit, and the
> pleasantly surprising territory he takes the song into! Joyful stuff,
> still makes me smile every time I play it.
A couple of years ago, I wrote this to someone about Ray's MISTY:
That Ray Stevens MISTY is the strangest version of the song I have
ever heard. I have to wonder whether it too was a joke, especially
when he says "a thousand violins begin to play" and we get a
rollicking country fiddle!
Just in passing--I love it. Somehow the sentimental romanticism of
this tune still shines through!
Rodney Rawlings
Later, I wrote to the man himself:
Ray,
I just listened once again to MISTY.
Of course, there is a great, subtle humor in the treatment you have
given this romantic song. But, what this wonderful record has made me
see is something few people seem to realize:
Ray Stevens is not about comedy--he is, above all, about MUSIC.
Rodney Rawlings
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