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There are 11 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Zip & the Zippers / The Orlons
From: James Botticelli
2. Re: "Sugar And Spice"
From: James Botticelli
3. Re: Cameo-Parkway Story
From: Nick Archer
4. Re: Myths?
From: Artie Wayne
5. Re: Byrds vs. Searchers
From: Artie Wayne
6. Re: The Cameo Parkway Story (1957-1967)
From: Dave Monroe
7. WTAG / WORC
From: Dave O'Gara
8. Re: Rare Breed "Beg Borrow And Steal"
From: Bill Mulvy
9. Re: Tony Hatch AKA Fred Nightingale AKA Mark Anthony / The Searchers
From: Roy Clough
10. Re: "I Gave My Love A Cherry ..."
From: Phil X Milstein
11. S'pop Remembers
From: The S'pop Team
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 10:11:46 -0500
From: James Botticelli
Subject: Zip & the Zippers / The Orlons
Country Paul wrote:
> My bid would be for "Where You Goin' Little Boy" by Zip & The Zippers
> (really the Orlons primarily led by the bass).
Thanks for that, CP. I have been housing a 45 called "This Gig" by Zip &
The Zippers for 25 years, and always wondered about 'em. No more
wondering! Not about them, anyway ...
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 10:14:03 -0500
From: James Botticelli
Subject: Re: "Sugar And Spice"
Bill Mulvy wrote:
> They were a Chicago area group (USA) and received mostly regional
> airplay. I think you would like them if you did hear them. They had
> superb vocals and the guitar lick on "Sugar And Spice" is mid-'60s
> heaven.
For the record, the song was played on WMEX and WBZ here in Boston,
and as I recall came out after The Searchers initially had a hit with it.
JB
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 09:22:48 -0600
From: Nick Archer
Subject: Re: Cameo-Parkway Story
Martin Nathan wrote:
> I can't believe what they left off. How could they not include
> "Sway" or "Let's Limbo Some More".
If Cameo-Parkway follows the Motown sequence to maximize their profits,
they'll release the box set, then individual comps of each major artist,
then "rarities and obscurities" discs for all of the Spectropoppers. I
bet we'll still be waiting a while for some of these songs to appear on
CD.
Nick Archer
Check out Nashville's classic pop and soft rock radio station SM95, now
streaming at http://www.live365.com/stations/nikarcher
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Message: 4
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 08:50:04 -0800 (PST)
From: Artie Wayne
Subject: Re: Myths?
How ya'll doin'? Jimmy Page once told me that he played the 12-string
intro on the Beatles "Hard Days Night"...but he also said that he
played lead on the Kinks "You Really Got Me", which my friend, Kinks
producer Shel Talmy denies. Does anyone know if this is just myth?
regards, Artie Wayne http://artiewayne.com/
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 09:01:43 -0800 (PST)
From: Artie Wayne
Subject: Re: Byrds vs. Searchers
How ya' doin'? In 1963, Roger McGuinn [then known as Jim McGuinn] was
considered one of America's foremost 12-string session guitarists. This
is why I used him on the Joey Powers "Midnight Mary" album version of
"Walk Right In". This was almost 2 years before he formed the Byrds.
regards, Artie Wayne http://artiewayne.com
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 10:00:43 -0800 (PST)
From: Dave Monroe
Subject: Re: The Cameo Parkway Story (1957-1967)
Billy G Spradlin wrote:
> Chubby Checker's "You Just Don't Know" and "At the Discoteque"
> (just to show people he made a few good records after the twist
> craze)
"At the Discotheque," "Birdland," whatever are one thing, but THEN
there's "Karate Monkey." It's got BOTH kinds, karate AND monkey.
But I think his "Stoned in the Bathroom" was on London, so ... so,
still good to see both Bobby Marchan's "Shake Your Tambourine" and
Bob Seger's "Sock it to Me Santa" (!) on there.
Dave M.
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 17:09:38 -0000
From: Dave O'Gara
Subject: WTAG / WORC
As someone who spent 25 years (1969-1994) at WORC in Worcester, I
know first hand that WTAG was known for news and we were known for
the music. But WTAG "did" play music between the news segments. What
they didn't do, to the best of my knowledge, is play the kind of
music that gets discussed here quite often. They generally followed
the Top Forty charts of the day. WORC on the other hand, did what I'm
sure a lot of our readers experienced in different parts of the
country. They gave nearly everyone who released a record a shot on
the air, especially local and regional acts. Hence, our music library
was a treasure trove of 45's from the likes of The Cryan Shames;
(Sugar and Spice is excellent as is the high-powered I Wanna Meet
You), to other lower charting acts like Tracey Dey, Ginny Arnell, and
scores of others.
This is what makes Spectropop so amazing. Now I'm getting so much
information about these artists that I grew up listening to and
playing without ever really knowing anything about them. (How did we
survive without the internet?). I only wish I could remember the girl
group in question from the original post.
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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 12:25:57 -0600
From: Bill Mulvy
Subject: Re: Rare Breed "Beg Borrow And Steal"
I think there are two versions. The mono 45 (faster) found on Nuggets
CD. The album version in stereo found on Collectibles CD.
Bill Mulvy
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Message: 9
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 18:32:34 -0000
From: Roy Clough
Subject: Re: Tony Hatch AKA Fred Nightingale AKA Mark Anthony / The Searchers
Frank Murphy wrote:
> Check here: http://www.makingtime.co.uk/searchers.html
Fine but this article has a number of incorrect entries. Johny
Sandon was lead singer not Sarden as stated, early on. Tony Hatch
actually conned The Searchers into recording Sugar and Spaice to
some degree, telling them later he had wrote it. Don't Throw Your
Love Away was an Orlons song not a Shirelles song. Minor points but
let's just get them correct.
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Message: 10
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 19:38:34 -0000
From: Phil X Milstein
Subject: Re: "I Gave My Love A Cherry ..."
TD Bell wrote:
> Yes, Johnny Mathis sang "Twelfth Of Never". The melody and
> sentiment are similar to "I Gave My Love A Cherry What Had No
> Stone", which is why Bluto smashes the preppy folk-singer's
> guitar in "Animal House".
Played, by the way, by Stephen Bishop, of "On And On" fame. I always
figured that casting to have been pointed at "smashing" the soft-pop
sounds of the early '60s and mid- to late-'70s both in one fell swoop.
Which makes Bishop a good sport, if nothing else.
Toga toga toga,
--Phil M.
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Message: 11
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 19:50:41 -0000
From: The S'pop Team
Subject: S'pop Remembers
Dear All,
Alas, we have been kept busy updating the S'pop Remembers
page. Obituaries added recently include:
James Griffin: http://www.spectropop.com/remembers/JGobit.htm
Ray Peterson: http://www.spectropop.com/remembers/RayPeterson.htm
Jim Capaldi: http://www.spectropop.com/remembers/JimCapaldi.htm
Chris Curtis: http://www.spectropop.com/remembers/CCobit.htm
Edward Patten: http://www.spectropop.com/remembers/EPobit.htm
Tyrone Davis: http://www.spectropop.com/remembers/TDavisobit.htm
Please take the time to read these tributes to departed heroes.
R.I.P.
The S'pop Team
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