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There are 13 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. The Grammy-winning Avons
From: Mick Patrick
2. Juggy Murray, R.I.P.
From: S'pop Projects
3. Twiggy's Beautiful Dreams
From: Phil X Milstein
4. Re: Claire is okay!!!
From: Phil X Milstein
5. Re: Welcome aboard, John Beland
From: Mark Wirtz
6. Re: Thee Prophets
From: Gary Myers
7. Re: Double tracking
From: Rodney Rawlings
8. Re: Everly Brothers Box Set?
From: Bill Mulvy
9. Re: Thee Prophets
From: Dave Monroe
10. Re: The Cray-ons
From: Stefano Boni
11. Little Lisa & Motown
From: Phil X Milstein
12. Re: Little Lisa & Motown
From: Ray
13. Little Lisa and the Lewis Sisters
From: Austin Powell
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 00:08:48 +0100
From: Mick Patrick
Subject: The Grammy-winning Avons
I wrote:
> ... I see the "Night Train To Nashville" CD won the Grammy. It's a
> great piece of work and deserved to win... congratulate the Grammy-
> winning Clifford Curry for me. His featured track is great.
David Bell:
> ... I recall a conversation I had with Mick a couple of years ago
> about (the Avons) and I remember him saying that they recorded
> under aliases for the Hit label. Does anyone have a listing of what
> they recorded and under which names?
Me:
> Don't quote me, but I think the Avons recorded for the Hit label as
> Jenny & the Jewels - all Motown songs. No doubt you'll be scouring
> eBay? Do keep us informed what you score. Actually, the Avons are
> also featured on "Night Train To Nashville". So I guess that from
> now on we should refer to them as "The Grammy-Winning Avons".
Sure enough, David has started accumulating 45s on the Hit label.
Having now heard some Jenny & the Jewels tracks, I doubt if that
group are the Avons after all, although the performances are
excellent. However, David's latest find really does sound like them.
I've posted it to musica on his behalf. Listen to it here and see if
you agree: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spectropop/files/musica/
Details: Gerry & the Georgettes "Quicksand" (Hit Records 253, 1963).
Hey la,
Mick Patrick
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 00:25:18 +0100
From: S'pop Projects
Subject: Juggy Murray, R.I.P.
As reported previously, Juggy Murray, founder of Sue Records of New
York, one of the leading soul and R&B labels of the 1960s, passed
away in February. An obituary has been added to the S'pop Remembers
section. Please find the time to read it. Access here:
http://www.spectropop.com/remembers/JMobit.htm
R.I.P.
The S'pop Team
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 19:07:07 -0800
From: Phil X Milstein
Subject: Twiggy's Beautiful Dreams
As a dabbler on the instrument myself, my ears always perk up whenever
they detect musical saw (aka "singing saw") on a record. Needless to
say this doesn't happen all that often, let alone on a pop record,
which is why my ears practically perked themselves right off my head
when they recently heard Twiggy's "Beautiful Dreams." Is there any
kind of a story behind this record? Was it any kind of a hit? Who
produced it? Not only does it include saw, used to wonderful and
subtle effect -- which, as you might imagine for such a piercing
instrument, ain't all that easy -- but, despite the intrusion of some
extraneous clicks and even a cough, it is a gorgeous record through
and through.
Dig,
--Phil M.
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 19:08:07 -0800
From: Phil X Milstein
Subject: Re: Claire is okay!!!
Kiva wrote:
> My name is Kiva and I am Claire Francis's daughter. I just wanted to
> let you all know that mom is okay!! Thank you all so much for all
> your thoughts and prayers, mom said she got every one of them and
> they all worked!!! So thank you all very much for all the love and
> support.
Dear Kiva, that is great news! Please keep us posted, or better yet
have your mom update us if she is able to soon.
--Phil M.
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 01:31:47 -0700 (PDT)
From: Mark Wirtz
Subject: Re: Welcome aboard, John Beland
Hey, JB, old friend and master picker, welcome to the club! :):):)
Mark W.
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 00:11:29 -0700
From: Gary Myers
Subject: Re: Thee Prophets
Previously:
> I read in the last online edition of "Fuzz Acid And Flowers" that
> Thee Prophets were a hard rock band that got turned into a pop
> group by the folks handling their career ...
Actually, they weren't that much hard rock at the beginning, but they
went that way later, and did not want to record any more of the stuff
that Bonafede wanted. Their first single, before the Kapp stuff, has
more of an Association sound. Thee Prophets are covered in my
Wisconsin book. F,A&F has the book, and I've contributed much other
info to them, but their Prophets info may be from before all that.
I'll have to check to see what they said. BTW, there was also a final
Kapp single (non-LP) by Thee Prophets that did not involve the band
in any way.
gem
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Message: 7
Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 15:50:31 -0000
From: Rodney Rawlings
Subject: Re: Double tracking
Why don't we all just admit that sometimes double tracking is used to
improve a weak singer and sometimes to enhance a good singer? Same
with echo--it sometimes simply sounds better for the material, no
matter what the level of talent.
Rodney Rawlings
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Message: 8
Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 15:02:49 -0500
From: Bill Mulvy
Subject: Re: Everly Brothers Box Set?
Alan Gordon:
> Has anyone seen a song list and graphics etc., for the Bear Family
> WB Everly Box set? Or even a release date?
You might want to check the Collectors Choice website for all the
catalog releases of the Everly Brothers CDs. They are now releasing
them on the Collectors Choice label.
Bill Mulvy
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Message: 9
Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 14:42:02 -0700 (PDT)
From: Dave Monroe
Subject: Re: Thee Prophets
Previously:
> Greetings, fellow Spectropoppers. I recently purchased the lone LP
> by Milwaukee's Thee Prohpets, "Playgirl," which came out on Kapp in
> 1969 ... In all, a remarkable attempt to mold a band into a clone
> of a past sensation, and an album that is best appreciated as an
> intriguing artifact rather than an artistic statement.
I've repeatedly pulled this from bins, taken it to a listening
station, and then returned it. Gary M., anyone, what ARE the great
Milwaukee 60s records? I have friends who have soul and funk covered
fairly well (it doesn't begin or end at "Get on Up" by The Esquires),
but what about beat, garage, what have you?
"Stop and Listen" by The Shag. There's another, even more killer
(can you say "even mre killer"?) garage track a friend spun one
night, but I can't recall artist or title. I should know this stuff,
I've lied here all but a few years of my life, but ...
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Message: 10
Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 17:37:01 -0700 (PDT)
From: Stefano Boni
Subject: Re: The Cray-ons
Thank you, Ian and everyone else for information on The Cray-ons.
Does anyone know if any of their songs have been reissued on vinyl or
CD? Is there a chance the masters even still exist? They had a very
nice sound.
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Message: 11
Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 20:52:20 -0800
From: Phil X Milstein
Subject: Little Lisa & Motown
Did Little Lisa/Lisa Miller ever cut anything for any of the Motown
family of labels, or only her mom & auntie The Lewis Sisters?
Thanks, Phil M.
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Message: 12
Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 12:52:19 +0100
From: Ray
Subject: Re: Little Lisa & Motown
Phil X Milstein:
> Did Little Lisa/Lisa Miller ever cut anything for any of the Motown
> family of labels, or only her mom & auntie The Lewis Sisters?
Details including discographies, pics etc at:
http://www.geocities.com/lonelytree519/home.html
Ray
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Message: 13
Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 11:31:45 +0100
From: Austin Powell
Subject: Little Lisa and the Lewis Sisters
Phil X Milstein was asking:
> Did Little Lisa/Lisa Miller ever cut anything for any of the Motown
> family of labels, or only her mom & auntie The Lewis Sisters?
Phil, Little Lisa had no Motown group of labels releases. The Lewis
Sisters had just the 2: 25018 He's An Oddball / By Some Chance (May
1965) and 25024 You Need Me / Monlight On the Beach (August 1965).
Helen and Kay were both ex-school teachers. They also got a bit part
in "Lady Sings the Blues", auditioning for a radio show. They wrote
"Just Walk In My Shoes" (Gladys Knight & The Pips) and did back up
vocals on sessions for the likes of Chris Clark.
Austin P.
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