Spectropop - Digest Number 1891

• From: Spectropop Group
• Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2005

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There are 3 messages in this issue.


Topics in this digest:

      1. Jack Nitzsche and Terry Day
           From: David A Young 
      2. Jack Keller and Juggy Murray, R.I.P.
           From: S'pop HQ 
      3. Re: Mary Ann Fisher
           From: Mick Patrick 


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Message: 1
   Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2005 09:12:30 -0000
   From: David A Young 
Subject: Jack Nitzsche and Terry Day


Shucks, folks, I'm speechless.

No, really. 

Between the (admittedly pleasurable) one-two punch of Martin 
Roberts's new "Jack and Terry" pages on this site and Mick Patrick's 
brilliant new Nitzsche CD comp, I'm freaking-out speechless. In a 
good way.

For Mick and anyone else that cares, I've created a folder in the 
Photos section, called Terry Melcher, that contains hi-rez .jpg 
images of the front and back covers of the picture sleeve for this 
week's Record of the Week at http://spectropop.com/JackNitzsche/ 
(Lower-rez versions of both sides are included in Martin's mind-
blowing essay.)

Back to my "speechless" story: I got my copy of "Hearing Is 
Believing: The Jack Nitzsche Story 1962-1979" today. I'll be 
posting a more in-depth look at it, but for now allow me to offer 
this mini-review:

Oh. My. God.

Okay, that's all I can say for now, being speechless and all. 
Wait'll you hear this stuff all together. It's gonna knock you on 
your ass too, I know it.

Love,

David





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Message: 2         
   Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 22:44:02 +0100
   From: S'pop HQ 
Subject: Jack Keller and Juggy Murray, R.I.P.


Sadly, two more S'pop heroes have passed away: songwriter Jack Keller 
and Juggy Murray, the founder of Sue Records.

Jack Keller - co-author of such great songs as "Run To Him", "Venus 
In Blue Jeans", "Breaking In A Brand New Broken Heart", "Don't Try 
To Fight It Baby", "Run To Him", "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" and 
"Girls Grow Up Faster Than Boys" - lost his battle with cancer 
yesterday. 

Juggy Murray - who founded the Sue label in 1957, and made stars 
of Ike & Tina Turner, Inez & Charlie Foxx and many others - passed 
away in early February. He was 81 and had been suffering from 
Parkinson's Disease.

Obituaries will be added to the S'pop Remembers section in due course.

R.I.P.

The S'pop Team





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Message: 3         
   Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 22:25:53 +0100
   From: Mick Patrick 
Subject: Re: Mary Ann Fisher


Phil X Milstein on Mary Ann Fisher:
> What a cool chick -- shacked up (at different times, natch) with
> both Ray Charles and Jimmy Scott, not to mention being a recording
> artist in her own right (who, I ruefully admit, I have yet to hear).

Rue no more, dear chap. I notice that Simon White has posted Mary
Ann's "It's Forever" to musica. It was released on Seg-Way 1001 as
the flip of "I Can't Take It", her small hit in 1961. To my ears, it's
the more commercial of the two sides, but what do I know? Find it
right here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spectropop/files/musica/

Hey la,

Mick Patrick 





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