Spectropop - Digest Number 1871

• From: Spectropop Group
• Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005

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There are 3 messages in this issue.


Topics in this digest:

      1. Sheila B. loves Lou C.
           From: S'pop Projects 
      2. "Guide for the Married Man"
           From: ACJ 
      3. The Grasshoppers
           From: Gary Myers 


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Message: 1
   Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 23:19:30 -0000
   From: S'pop Projects 
Subject: Sheila B. loves Lou C.


Stewart Epstein:
> Any Lou Christie fans out there??

A recent Christie convert is that doyenne of girl pop devotees 
Sheila B. Check out her reviews of Lou's recent "Original Sinner: 
The Very Best Of The MGM Recordings" and "Egyptian Shumba: The 
Singles And Rare Recordings, 1962-1964" RPM CDs, newly installed 
at S'pop Recommends.

An excerpt:
If Lou Christie wrote a bad song, you wouldn't know from 
"Original Sinner" and "Egyptian Shumba", RPM Records' digital 
tributes to the high-voiced Italian-American dynamo, the latter 
also including the complete works of his early back-up trio, the 
Tammys. The selection of hits ("Lightnin' Strikes", "The Gypsy 
Cried") and misses ("If My Car Could Only Talk", everything the 
Tammys ever recorded) all lead to the same conclusion; Lou 
Christie was a twenty-four carat genius.

Full review:
http://www.spectropop.com/recommends/index2005.htm#LouChristie

Enjoy,

The S'pop Team





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Message: 2         
   Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 22:41:22 -0500
   From: ACJ 
Subject: "Guide for the Married Man"


As most of us know, the Turtles were hired circa 1967 to record the
theme for the movie "Guide for the Married Man." As part of the deal,
White Whale was supposed to print up 1000 singles of the song. I've read
that those singles were never released and eventually destroyed; but
I've also seen the single listed in some discographies (most notably on
the Turtles / Flo & Eddie website), which would seem to indicate some
copies of the single got out. Anyone know if they did? Thanks.

ACJ






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Message: 3         
   Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 21:11:58 -0800
   From: Gary Myers 
Subject: The Grasshoppers


Clark Besch:
> ... a Milwaukee group (Gary Myers can correct this if I'm wrong), 
> The Grasshoppers, did a nice version too.

Clark, I've never heard of the Grasshoppers! What makes you connect 
them with Milwaukee? Tell me more about them!

gem





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