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There are 25 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. a word or two
From: Dave Monroe
2. Re: "Love Is Strange"
From: Phil X Milstein
3. Re: Chain Reaction
From: Eddy
4. Buckinghams' musings
From: Bill Mulvy
5. Re: Mamas and Papas on PBS
From: Bill Mulvy
6. Re: "At The Discotheque"
From: Frank Jastfelder
7. Re: What you find in your collection.....
From: Joe Nelson
8. Re: What you find in your collection.....
From: James Botticelli
9. Re: The Cosines
From: James Botticelli
10. Re: The Grasshoppers
From: Gary Myers
11. Re: The Demotrons "Beg, Borrow & Steal"
From: Phil X Milstein
12. Ohio Express at Infernofest
From: Matthew David
13. Re: The Mugwumps
From: Clark Besch
14. Re: Spanky & Our Gang box set
From: Clark Besch
15. session players for Clint Holmes?
From: Jonathan
16. Re: Spanky & Our Gang box set
From: Tom Taber
17. Mamas and Papas PBS show
From: Paul Urbahns
18. Beach Boys: Lost & Found, 1961-1962
From: Phil X Milstein
19. White Whale
From: Joe Nelson
20. Re: Spanky & Our Gang box set
From: Barry Margolis
21. Crabby Appleton
From: Boomer
22. Love & Light from Claire Francis
From: Claire Francis
23. Re: Spanky & Our Gang box set
From: Barry Margolis
24. Spanish Girls galore
From: Julio Niño
25. Reparata & the Delrons
From: James Botticelli
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 21:29:20 -0800 (PST)
From: Dave Monroe
Subject: a word or two
Recommended:
The Story Of Reparata & The Delrons
Nobody's Baby Now, By Mick Patrick & Charlotte Greig
"I'M NOBODY'S BABY NOW" is regarded by aficionados as not only the
best record REPARATA & THE DELRONS ever made, but also as one of
the greatest of the entire girl group genre. But it was not a hit
record.
They might not figure too heavily in chart reference books at all,
but this exotically monikered outfit are one of the most fondly
remembered and highly rated of the 1960s girl group boom. Their
lead singer had one of the most distinctive voices of the era; an
angst-ridden New York whine rivalled by few outside of the Shangri-
Las' Mary Weiss. That handle helps, too. Once heard never forgotten.
So where did it come from? Well, believe it or not, the group was
so named after a singing nun. Your reporters spoke to the Delrons'
ringleader Mary O'Leary (née Aiese), who told us their story ...
Full story: http://www.chachacharming.com/article.php?id=9
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Richard Williams wrote:
> I still haven't sorted out the personnel of the Earl Van Dyke
> Sextet (apart from Jack Ashford), but retain hopes of unearthing
> further facts.
Try the Earl Van Dyke Six instead. Not that it's helped me (in fact,
the local library here is giving me some hassle about simply
searching the word "Dyke" [!]), but I think that's likely what they
were called.
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Well, this expalins a lot. From the editor of Cha Cha Charming's
online diary:
By now my infatuation with Lou Christie is no secret. During my
breaks from Matthew Wilder's "Break My Stride," I listen to
"Rhapsody In The Rain" and "Trapeze" and "If My Car Could Only Talk"
- just a few of Lou Christie's myriad toxic pop concoctions. I wrote
a review of two recent Lou Christie compilations for Spectropop,
which I urge you to read if you're not yet hip to his melodic genius
(don't feel bad- I only just discovered him a few months ago).
Here's the link:
http://spectropop.com/recommends/index2005.htm#LouChristie
Back to work!
Sheila
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Phil X Milstein wrote:
> I've noticed that it's recently taken a surprisingly satirical
> turn (including a "guess the fake story" contest!) ...
That was a laugh out loud moment in the checkout line. Who is this
guy? That's my dream job ...
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I recommended:
> http://www.chachacharming.com/article.php?id=$
Joe Nelson:
> Interesting site. Browsing around, I was surprised to find an
> interview with, of all people, Ami Onuki and Yumi Yoshimura of
> Puffy AmiYumi. My five year old son has a crush on Ami because
> of their show on Cartoon Network and it was intersting to put
> the show's obviously ficticious portrayal of the ladies aside
> and find out some actual facts about the group.
Puffy (+ AmiYumi here because of P. Diddy, apparently) are a
fantastic pop group, not in the least because of the involvemnet
of Jellyfish's ("The King is Half Undressed" et al.) Andy Sturmer.
I would imagine that there's much coming out of Japan that would
be of interest here, Pizzicato 5, Fantastic Plastic Machine, or,
as also covered on that (most excellent) site, The Brilliant Green:
"We know one thing for certain. The music world does not need
another Beatles-infatuated band churning out four-chord melodies
in hopes of being coined the new Fab Four- whether they're in
Britain, America, or Japan. It is only the rare few that have been
able to make magic out of the usual guitar-bass-drums-vocals
formula and an unhealthy George Harrison obsession. Perhaps that
is why it seemed so unlikely that three young musicians from Kyoto
would manage to make anything at all out of their love for all
things Beatles and a guitar sound straight from Oasis and the
Smashing Pumpkins. But with vocalist Tomoko Kawase's raspy cutie-
pop voice and Shunsaku Okuda's knack for writing unforgettable
melodies, The Brilliant Green, known as Buri Guri to most Japanese,
serve up an irresistible helping of psychedelic guitar pop that
recalls only the best bands of rock n'roll."
http://www.chachacharming.com/article.php?id=8
But are you sure this stuff's not true? Aw ...
http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/tv_shows/puffyamiyumi/
And here's one for the young 'uns:
"In a time when punk itself has become a bloated and clichéd genre,
Kiiiiii have boiled punk down to its most essential parts: just
drums and vocals. And a crocodile puppet."
http://www.chachacharming.com/article.php?id=22
But wait, there's more ...
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Recommended:
The History Of America's Girl Groups, By Sheila Burgel
When the Chantels had their first hit in 1958 with "Maybe," it
marked the beginning of an era; an era dedicated to the girl
groups. Though the 1950s had its share of female vocal groups
like the Maguire Sisters, the Poni Tails and the Chordettes (you
all remember their 1958 hit "Lollipop," if not from the fifties,
maybe from the Stand By Me soundtrack?), but their sound was
affiliated with the fifties and bore little resemblance to the
girl groups of the next decade.
The Shirelles, who began their career in 1958, were the first
successful girl group of the sixties and had a tremendous
influence on the sound. They had minor hits in the late fifties
with "I Met Him On A Sunday" and "Dedicated To The One I Love,"
but their recognition and success can only be credited to their
1960 smash "Will You Love Me Tomorrow?" This song was a turning
point, not only in the girl group era, but also in musical
history. It proved to be the perfect blueprint for the renowned
girl group sound. The story behind "Will You Love Me Tomorrow?"
goes far beyond what's printed on the record....
Full story: http://www.chachacharming.com/article.php?id=2
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Recommended:
It's My Party: The birth of a pop classic. Featuring Lesley
Gore, Helen Shapiro, the Blossoms and Barbara English.
By Mick Patrick and Malcolm Baumgart
IT'S MY PARTY AND I'LL CRY IF I WANT TO. These days that phrase
is part of our lingua franca - it even has resonance for those
who weren't born at the time - but for a diminutive teenager
with diamond hard strawberry blonde flick-ups and a 22-carat
voice, those fateful words were her key to immortality. Born in
Brooklyn in 1946, Lesley Goldstein's passion for music had begun
even before she had learned to read, by which time her immigrant
father Leo had restored the original Russian family name of Gore
and moved his wife and child out to the 'burbs of New Jersey - to
Tenafly via Teaneck. As Lesley approached her teens, childhood
favourites like Patti Page had been supplemented by Presley and
the new wave of rockers. Poodle skirts and record hops were part
and parcel of her adolescence and, yes, Lesley was a member of a
girl-group in junior high; a gang of Shirelles wannabes who got
to perform a couple of shows. From small acorns ...
Full story: http://www.chachacharming.com/article.php?id=16
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Mikey wrote:
> Freddie Garrity was an absolute showman. The clip of them on
> Hullaballoo is an all time classic. No wonder they clicked in
> America...they were as crazy as we were.
Only Keith Patterson of The Funskeeres, The Conquerors, The
Spectors et al. has come close to doing it since.
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Clark Besch wrote:
> I did just come across a good 45 by Milwaukee group, the Triumphs
The surf band, with a recently reissued EP (maybe on Norton)? I
picked up the reissue, at least, for a friend, only to find that
one of the members had taught him guitar way back when. Another
friend picked it up because one of the OTHER members had taught
HIM guitar. I'd never heard of it, but it's apparently a local
classic.
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Country Paul wrote:
> Re: the Cha Cha Charming articles on Stella, Keren Ann and the
> Spanish Yé-Yé Girls: Very interesting as usual. As my French
> aural comprehension is marginal at best, I might miss some of
> the irony of the lyrics juxtaposed with the music in Stella's
> earlier work, but the later songs, as she was transitioning out
> of yé-yé would be interesting. I've been hearing about Keren Ann
> recently; it's good to know more. And those Chicas De España -
> I'm in love with Ana Belen 40 years ago! (See page 3 of the
> article.) Thank you, authors Sheila, Pink and Lex.
I've only the first couple of Keren Ann albums, but tehy're
beautiful, very much a Francoise Hardy for the 21st Century (and
don't write off FH just yet, either). I'd also recommend Coralie
Clement, the OTHER (or even 3rd) Francoise Hardy for the 21st
century, I've only now noticed she has a new album out, but her
first, Salle Des Pas Perdus, is gorgeous, with a couple of brezzy
samba/bossa nova tracks, even. But speaking of, e, Spanish chick,
anyone here familiar with either The Satin Bells ("Come C'mon")
or Ellas ("Llovio")?
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 13:22:09 -0500
From: Phil X Milstein
Subject: Re: "Love Is Strange"
Frank Wright wrote:
> I'm surprised that nobody has identified this record. It is by
> Chubby Checker and Dee Dee Sharp, from their duet LP - "Down To
> Earth" (Cameo C/SC 1029). It is part of a long medley titled
> "What A Combination". In it, they do Brook & Dinah's hit of "A
> Rockin Good Way", then go into "Love Is Strange" and finally,
> "Let The Good Times Roll".
Bingo! Many thanks, Frank, for ID'ing this for me, and thanks also
to all who tried, as well as to all who contributed other "Love Is
Strange" versions.
And how do you call YOUR loverboy?,
--Phil M.
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 11:17:59 +0100
From: Eddy
Subject: Re: Chain Reaction
DC:
> I'm not familiar with this particular track, but it sounds like it
> could be by the same New York combo that brought us "When I Needed
> You" (available on "Psychedelic States: New York in the '60s, Vol.
> 2" and "Psychedelic Unknowns Vol. 4"). If it is the same band,
> that's Steve Tallarico on lead vocals--you know him better as
> Steven Tyler from Aerosmith.
If you take a look at the insert of the first Aerosmith CD (the
limited edition with special 20-bit mastering, that has the expanded
fold-out booklet), you'll see two Date 45's and the Verve 45
pictured as part of Steven Tyler's past. No big secret there.
Eddy
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 07:12:51 -0600
From: Bill Mulvy
Subject: Buckinghams' musings
Roy Clough:
> Quite liked some of The Buckinghams' stuff I have heard. Never
> knew they did "Sweets". Just listened to a clip and I'll stick
> with the Searchers' version.
The Buckingham's version of "Sweets" isn't one of my favorites.
You might want to try the CD "Made In Chicago" for mid period stuff
or the Sundazed CD "In One Ear And Gone Tomorrow" which has their
later material. "In One Ear" has a ton of great extra 45 A & Bs
which hardly were ever heard as well as the album itself. There are
many different styles of music done and is a long way from "Kind Of
A Drag".
Bill Mulvy
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 07:16:17 -0600
From: Bill Mulvy
Subject: Re: Mamas and Papas on PBS
Karen Andrew:
> I saw that Mamas and Paps special on the local station's (CET) fund
> drive last week in Cincinnati. There was something wrong with part
> of their tape (the hosts even apologized for it) and they replayed
> another section. So, I'm thinking maybe the early 70s part you're
> talking about is where the problem was-maybe it was cut out "due to
> technical difficulties". But, what they did show was great and it
> was nice to hear of their explanation of "Creek Alley".
They don't play all of the material so it gives you an incentive to
pledge to get the entire show in your "thank you" gift of the DVD.
Bill Mulvy
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 15:43:55 +0100
From: Frank Jastfelder
Subject: Re: "At The Discotheque"
Just listened to Sarah Vaughan's version of "Dominique's Discotheque".
It seems to me as if she sings "disco-tay" too. Someone shoud have
told the Americans that the french have a silent H not a silent Q in
their language. ;-) Anyway Sarah's singins is so sophisticated and
cool it doesn't matter how she pronounces the words.
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 13:23:57 -0500
From: Joe Nelson
Subject: Re: What you find in your collection.....
Clark Besch:
> If that wasn't enough, a heavy metal guy was asking about Ram Jam's
> 77 hit, "Black Betty" and when i pulled it, it was produced by
> KASENETZ-KATZ!!!
One of the guys was in the Lemon Pipers: between the two something
critics of "too sweet bubblegum music" might consider.
Joe Nelson
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 11:58:56 -0500
From: James Botticelli
Subject: Re: What you find in your collection.....
Clark Besch wrote:
> Just goes to show that Cds sound great and are true miracles of
> technology, but vinyl is SO much more FUN!
In that spirit I have been on a 45's binge lately. They are out there
in droves.....
Found yesterday:
Jefferson - The Color Of My Love - Decca
Stony Brook People - Just A Little Lovin' - Columbia
The Guise - When You're Sorry - Musicland USA
Free Press - Bubblegum America - Paramount
Cryan' Shames - Rainmaker - Columbia
The Garden Club - Little Girl Lost & Found - A&M
The Pastors - Heather - GWP
The Steeple People - Green Plant - BT Puppy
The Steeple People - Oh, Kathy - BT Puppy
The Beeds - Run To Her - Team
The Boys Next Door - Begone Girl - ATCO
The Hondells - All American Girl - Mercury
The Sounds of Sunshine - Linda, The Untouchable - Ranwood
The Love Ins - Groove Me - Laurie
The "E" Types - The Love Of The Loved - Sunburst
Dino, Desi, & Billy - We Know - Reprise
The Zig Zag People - Chewy Chewy - Decca
(from an LP called "Zig Zag People Take Bubblegum Underground")
JB/Having Fun With Vinyl
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Message: 9
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 15:30:15 -0500
From: James Botticelli
Subject: Re: The Cosines
The Cosines' "Just To Be With You", a demo of the song popularized
by The Passions in 1959, in which Carole King can be heard singing
with Paul Simon is easily downloadable on Limewire.com
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Message: 10
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 12:44:39 -0800
From: Gary Myers
Subject: Re: The Grasshoppers
Clark Besch:
> The Grasshoppers I am speaking of (not likely the same as Cleveland
> band) are from Minneapolis, not Milwaukee!
Thanks for the clarification, Clark.
> Gary, I did just come across a good 45 by Milwaukee group, the
> Triumphs. I assume they are in your book?
p. 222, and the drummer is a good friend.
> ... can your new edition have a thorough index?
You mean with individual musician's names in addition to bands? I
thought about that with the first book, but I figured it would add a
lot of pages and I didn't know if it would be worth it. (BTW, the
Triumphs are in the index on p.384).
gem
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Message: 11
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 21:54:15 -0000
From: Phil X Milstein
Subject: Re: The Demotrons "Beg, Borrow & Steal"
Matthew asked:
> Does anyone out there have a copy of The Demotrons version
> of "Beg Borrow & Steal" (Cameo #456)?
I don't, but there are a couple of copies (both M-) presently
available at http://www.gemm.com , as well as several other
Demotrons releases.
--Phil M.
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Message: 12
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 21:47:57 -0000
From: Matthew David
Subject: Ohio Express at Infernofest
Ingemar Gustafsson writes:
> Thanks for the interesting info reg. Ohio Express. I liked them
> quite a lot in the 60's. . . . I really hope a DVD/CD will be
> released from the Infernofest.
All the original members were there (except for the late Jim Pfahler)
-- Dale Powers (lead guitar), Doug Grassel (rhythm guitar), Dean
Kastran (bass) and Tim Corwin (drums). Believe the Sir Timothy & The
Royals and Ohio Express lineups slightly differed, the latter being
augmented by Corwin's current touring group. The Royals set consisted
of original material and covers they played back in the day, while the
Ohio Express did all the bubblegum stuff. Dean & Dale's group The
Vibrations also did a mini-set. The Infernofest CD is tentatively
going to be a double disc collection. See the site's guestbook for
info on next month's CD/DVD release party.
Matthew David
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Message: 13
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 22:46:09 -0000
From: Clark Besch
Subject: Re: The Mugwumps
Stephane Rebeschini:
> Here's the entry from Fuzz, Acid & Flowers:
> The Mugwumps
> 45s:
> 1 Bald Headed Woman/Jug Head Music (Sidewalk 900) 1966
> 2 My Gal/Season Of The Witch (Sidewalk 909) 1967
> 3 Bo Weevil/I Can't Keep From Cryin' (Sidewalk 931) 1967
> NB: (3) released as by The Mugwump Establishment.
Stephane, "Jug BAND Music" was a hit on WLS in Chicago on Sidewalk.
It was cool to hear gurgling on the radio!!! Clark
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Message: 14
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 23:18:36 -0000
From: Clark Besch
Subject: Re: Spanky & Our Gang box set
Matthew wrote:
> The anticipated Spanky & Our Gang-The Complete Mercury Recordings box
> set has been released: http://www.hip-oselect.com/catalogue_spanky.asp
Looks like a great set, but for 3 GLARING exceptions in my eyes. WHY
would they leave both sides of their first Mercury 45 off the rarities
Cd? The Cd has only a handful of songs as I see it. Also, if I am
reading correctly, I see "And She's Mine" on 3 different Cds, but NONE
with the non-horn intro stereo DJ 45 version! So many titles not needed
repeating, yet missing key ones that have NEVER been on Cd! BAD ERRORS!
Otherwise, I think it's great....just not the GREATEST!
"Still Frustrated over these tracks" Clark
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Message: 15
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 23:52:03 -0000
From: Jonathan
Subject: session players for Clint Holmes?
Any of you College of Musical Knowledge faculty know who were the
players on Clint Holmes' "Playground in My Mind"? Since Clint plays
Vegas, there's a lot of "current" material about him on the web, but
very little regarding March '73, when Epic 10891 debuted -- other
than that it was songwriter Vance's young son singing the "My name
is Michael..." part. 'Just wondering who the fine journeymen were
behind Clint. Especially who was playing keys (and managed to work
in that perennial New Orleans, Prof. Longhair/Huey Smith/Allen
Toussaint lick). It doesn't sound like a NY record -- although the
drummer does go to the high-hat with Purdy-esque frequency. If it
was an L.A. session, then it could have been the ever-capable Mike
Melvoin on keys. I guess my hope (and fantasy) is that it was a
Nashville session. THEN, the guy on keys could have been "The Piano
Prince of New Orleans," James Booker -- who did, for a short time,
work some Nashville sessions. The reward, for information leading to
the arrest of my troubled thoughts, will be Alvin Robinson's "Fever"
('63?) (featuring Wardell Quezerque's too-hip arrangement) which I
will attempt to upload to the Musica Lounge.
Also, anybody out there have the little liner notes booklet that
accompanied "Crescent City Soul-The Sound of New Orleans 1947-1974,"
The Official CD Collection of the 1996 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage
Festival (EMI, 1996). This is, by far, the best 4-cd collection of
New Orleans r'n b that has ever been invented -- and the liner notes
have gone missing!
And speaking of "missing," where's Kooper? He used to write in all
the time. What happenned?!! Did someone accuse him of playing guitar
on "You Really Got Me" and Shel Talmy had him whacked?
Thanks to you all,
--- Jonathan
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Message: 16
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 16:17:54 -0800 (PST)
From: Tom Taber
Subject: Re: Spanky & Our Gang box set
Matthew wrote:
> The anticipated Spanky & Our Gang-The Complete Mercury Recordings box
> set has been released: http://www.hip-oselect.com/catalogue_spanky.asp
> The "rarities" portion is intruiging......wonder how Tracks #14-18
> differ from the familiar versions. Inclusion of the Greatest Hit(s)
> album seems redundant........unless it has some alternate mixes/edits
> I'm not aware of.
I remember owning the "greatest hits" lp - they had "tarted up" some of
the tracks in very unpleasant ways - kind of like drawing moustaches on
Mona Lisas.
Tom Taber
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Message: 17
Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 00:29:07 +0000
From: Paul Urbahns
Subject: Mamas and Papas PBS show
I haven't seen the program but normally PBS stations are offering
DVDs of the show as a thank you gift. Seems like they would have
opened one of them and played that bad part off of it. Unless it's
one of those prepackaged Pledge shows where the folks asking for
the money are not actually at the local station and on tape too.
I one I saw several years ago on TV was called "Straight Shooter"
and that's the one I own.
Paul
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Message: 18
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 22:08:17 -0500
From: Phil X Milstein
Subject: Beach Boys: Lost & Found, 1961-1962
I was listening to my well-played and much-loved copy of "The Beach
Boys: Lost & Found, 1961-1962" (DCC, 1991) tonight, when I noticed the
credit line "Concept: Paul Urbahns" in the booklet. For those
unfamiliar, the album documents, from master tapes, some of the boys'
very earliest sessions (actually, if I'm not mistaken they're their VERY
first), done at Hite Morgan's studio, including their fun "industrial"
track for Barbie dolls (which itself bears an interesting credit line:
"Also features Audree Wilson"). Just wanted to bring this very exciting
credit to the group's attention, and to coincidentally ask Paul for some
thoughts on his experiences with helping put together this collection.
Hang 10,
--Phil M.
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Message: 19
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 22:55:34 -0500
From: Joe Nelson
Subject: White Whale
Clark Besch:
> In case you wondered, after the 24 Turtles 45s, next in line for
> most White Whale releases were Nino Tempo & April Stevens (6), the
> Clique (6), and Rene & Rene (5). It was also interesting to see
> releases on the label by Bobby Bloom, Dobie Gray (3), Kris Jensen
> (2), Kenny Lynch, Mathew moore, Bobby Boris Pickett (2), Artie
> Resnick, Walter Scott and Iowa's XL's (2).
And let us not forget Columbus Jones (1), a product of the bubblegum
machine of Johnny Cymbal, Austin Roberts and George Tobin!
Joe Nelson
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Message: 20
Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 09:00:35 -0600
From: Barry Margolis
Subject: Re: Spanky & Our Gang box set
Tom Taber on Spanky & Our Gang:
> I remember owning the "greatest hits" lp - they had "tarted up"
> some of the tracks in very unpleasant ways - kind of like drawing
> moustaches on Mona Lisas.
The original CD of the greatest hits removed the chatting in the
beginning of "Lazy Day", but they kept the original extended
version of "Sunday Morning".
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Message: 21
Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 15:11:36 -0000
From: Boomer
Subject: Crabby Appleton
Does anyone know whatever happened to a band called "Crabby
Appleton" who had a total flop single called "Go Back" which I
thought was pretty good?
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Message: 22
Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 10:16:45 EST
From: Claire Francis
Subject: Love & Light from Claire Francis
Hi you Groovy S'pop people,
Just to let you know why I haven't been writing to the group....I have
been busy taking care of some personal medical needs so I haven't been
able to read all the messages like I usually love to do. Please keep
me in your prayers for my up and coming Breast Cancer Surgey April 7th.
I will be in surgery for 6-7 hours. I hope all you groovy S'pop people
will take a moment to visualize me as coming out of the surgery alive
and well. I will ask my family to write a post to let you know how I
did.
After that, it will take a couple of months for a re-coup period...
then if all goes well, and I make it through all this, I should be
back chatting with you all around mid-summer. You can write to me off
line if you like, and I will have a family member respond...if I cannot.
Love you all!!
LONG LIVE THE S'POP NATION!
LOVE AND LIGHT,
ClaireFrancis
http://www.clairefrancis.com
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Message: 23
Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 09:23:16 -0600
From: Barry Margolis
Subject: Re: Spanky & Our Gang box set
Interesting point. I own both the promo 45's of "Anything You Choose"
and "And She's Mine", and while they're really cool, they're not much
different than the connected versions on the LP. The "Greatest Hits"
versions of the hits are MUCH better sounding than those on the first
2 albums, which in comparison are mixed in a much more dull fashion.
It's cool to have the 4 albums in toto, but instead of using the
"Greatest Hits" format, I'd rather see them use those better mixes for
the singles A's and B's as the additional disc. Meanwhile, I doubt if
the first single is in stereo on the box....
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Message: 24
Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 15:38:34 -0000
From: Julio Niño
Subject: Spanish Girls galore
Hola Everybody:
Country Paul:
> I'm in love with Ana Belen 40 years ago!...
Hola Paul. Ana Belén´s picture in Cha Cha Charming article about
Las Chicas de España (Spanish Girls) must be from the early
seventies. She still looks very attractive. Ana Belén recorded at
least one EP and a single in the mid sixties, in yeyé fashion,
just being barely a teenager (I posted in musica a song by her
"Tengo Un Nuevo Angel" some time ago). I find them lovely, but
she doesn´t seem to be very proud of them, because they are never
mentioned in her biographies. From the early seventies on she
recorded many records in a more adult orientated style that I find
very boring.
Ana Belén recorded the original version of one of my favorite
Guijarro-Algueró songs, "Muy Cerca De Tí" ( very near you), the
lyrics are fun because it begins like a innocent song about
fidelity but the singer repeats so insistently the refrain ...
"very near you, very near you..." that it ends seeming more like
the threat of a maniac. The song was also recorded by GG group
Las Chics, Gelu (maybe my favorite version) and by new wave group
Alaska and Los Pegamoides, whose version was featured in a scene
of Almodovar´s first movie "Pepi Luci Bom y Otras Chicas Del
Montón" (Pepi , Luci, Bom and other plain Janes). Alaska (Bom in
the movie) was the teen, she was fifteen or so then, that in the
movie has a lesbian SM flirt with Luci, a fortysomething masochist
housewife; Pepi´s role was played by one of my favorite Spanish
actresses, the wonderful Carmen Maura. The accelerated version of
the song featured in the movie was the first I listened to, being
just a kid, and fell immediately in love with it.
Returning to Ana Belén, in the early sixties she married Spanish
singer-songwriter Victor Manuel. The couple was well known for
their leftist political affinities, although for many people
somehow they always looked a little too "Pijos" (preppies), the
kind of people that go to a anti-globalisation protest with a
total Prada look.
Malicious tongues had repeatedly spread kinky (and surely untrue)
gossip about the sexual orientation of both Victor M. and Ana. But
what is sure is that Ana was and is extraordinarily beautiful and
a great actress.
Continuing with Spanish girls:
Dave Monroe:
> But speaking of, e, Spanish chick, anyone here familiar with
> either The Satin Bells ("Come C'mon") or Ellas ("Llovio")?.
Hola, Dave. I´m familliar with the Cem single by Ellas that
contains "LLovió" (it rained), a very nice song by the way, much
better in my opinion than the other side, "Sola en La Ciudad"
(alone in the city). They looked extremely sexy. One member of the
group was Laura, a singer that some years before recorded a
wonderful version of "Tu Loca Juventud" (your crazy youth), a yeyé
song that I like very much.
In respect to the Satin Bells, are you sure they were Spanish?.
Couldn´t they be the British group of the same name?.
Chao.
Julio Niño.
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Message: 25
Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 11:40:27 -0500
From: James Botticelli
Subject: Reparata & the Delrons
Previously:
> "I'M NOBODY'S BABY NOW" is regarded by aficionados as not only the
> best record REPARATA & THE DELRONS ever made, but also as one of
> the greatest of the entire girl group genre...
I just found one called "Saturday Night Didn't Happen" that's pretty
danged good itself.
JB
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