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SPECTROPOP - Spectacular! Retro! Pop!
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There are 20 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. ...and Dee Dee; Lesley's new CD; Breakaways; CTA "vs." PG&E
From: Country Paul
2. Frank-ly; Left Rev. Eugene McD; Claire Francis
From: Country Paul
3. Neil Diamond's first recordings
From: David A. Young
4. Re: Jerr-E, Jerr-E . . . Kathy Kirby
From: Mark Maldwyn
5. welcoming Alan O'Day
From: Artie Wayne
6. Re: Follow Up From O'Day
From: Austin Roberts
7. Re: Arkay IV on Marion
From: Mikey
8. Re: Bedazzled
From: JKS
9. Re: late-period Rascals
From: Bill Mulvy
10. A Chat With Snuffy Garrett
From: Bob Celli
11. Vonny Berger
From: Eddy
12. Re: Fluctuating Prices
From: Anthony Parsons
13. Re: Gene McDaniels and "Chip Chip"
From: Norm D.
14. Re: "Bedazzled" and SONG requests???
From: Clark Besch
15. Rascals/Kingsmen; Lesley's new one; "Satisfied Mind"; "Bedazzled"; RIP Connie; Barry & The DuTones
From: Country Paul
16. Re: "Bedazzled"
From: Lobby
17. Original version of "Born a woman"
From: Joop
18. 45 rpm picture sleeves
From: Unsteady Freddie
19. Turn Me On, Dead Man
From: Phil X Milstein
20. Help! I need a Beatles Weekend...
From: David Walker
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 08 May 2005 20:43:14 -0400
From: Country Paul
Subject: ...and Dee Dee; Lesley's new CD; Breakaways; CTA "vs." PG&E
Phil X Milstein wrote:
> Last night, while trying to Google up some research info, I
> stumbled upon http://www.dickanddeedee.com which bills itself
> as the "official Dick & Dee Dee site." It turns out to be the
> website of the rarely-sighted Mary "Dee Dee" Sperling Phelps,
> and is dedicated primarily to her forthcoming memoir! ...[Y]ou
> can submit your EMA for notification when the book is ready
> for purchase.
I replied:
> Her links page, http://www.dickanddeedee.com/music_websites.asp,
> leads to some interesting folks, too. Thanks for the heads-up,
> Phil; the book excerpt is quite well-written, and I too look
> forward to its publication (she's got my e-mail on her list
> too).
I sent her a note mentioning the above, ands she was kind enough
to e-mail back a brief personal note of appreciation. Very sweet.
Jim Allio:
> For a brief snippet of the title song of Lesley Gore's upcoming
> CD, "Ever Since," and a sneak peek at the album cover, see:
> http://tinyurl.com/dwerq
Jim, the "tin yurl" expired (the joys of perpetually "catching
up"); could you forward the original link to me, please? Off list
is fine.
> The Breakaways
> by Ian Chapman and Mick Patrick
> with foreword by Tony Hatch
> and postscript by Petula Clark
Hey, I'm just a yankee - I never knew. Congratulations on another
scholarly work, Ian and Mick.
Bob Radil wrote:
> ... On the liner notes it says they toured as "C.T.A" and ends
> with "call them Chicago". Their 1st single in 1969, "Questions
> 67 & 68", simply credits "Chicago".
Clark replied:
> I think they were forced to change the name due to "Chicago
> Transit Authority" being an actual city business name....
Is this why west coast horn-rock group Pacific Gas & Electric
became PG&E? (Not that it helped their career a whole lot....)
To be continued,
Country Paul
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 08 May 2005 20:09:48 -0400
From: Country Paul
Subject: Frank-ly; Left Rev. Eugene McD; Claire Francis
Recently returned from a several-day computer crash and a very
busy life in general which seems to require 25 hours a day when
only 24 are available!
Old business first...
The erudite Mike Edwards wrote:
> The 60s saw the greatest change in popular music ever. The decade
> started with Frankie Avalon at # 1 with "Why" but within six
> years the Mothers Of Invention were charting with "Who Are The
> Brain Police" (from their "Freak Out" album). (I wonder how many
> people were lining up those two tracks for consecutive play in
> early '67?) Given the depth of such changes, all credit to
> artists such as the Rascals for hanging in there as long as they
> did.
Amen on all counts, Mike, although I'll confess to being one of
those people who liked both Frankie Avalon and Frank Zappa. (By
the way, one of my fun relaxation things is to sit down at the
piano and start with the "Who Are The Brain Police" melodies in
a meditative new-age arrangement, and just ad lib from there.
Zappa really did write some darn good music.)
And for Justin McDevitt, I agree with you - "Just Ask Your Heart"
is an under-recognized gem, as is the track you asked about "The
Puppet Song." I must confess in all honesty that it still chokes
me up to listen to; what a sweet story, backed by an arrangement
that pushes all the right buttons. Do you - or does anyone - know
if it was recorded in stereo?
Artie Wayne re: Al Bennett of Liberty Records:
> Ed had Paul and I play the song live for Al in his
> office. Although he was from the south, I don't think
> Al dropped me from the label because he was predjudiced
> [Did I mention that I'm black?]...but because he would
> rather promote singers like Bobby Vee and Gene McDaniels
> ...pop singers without political agendas.
If you remember, Artie, Gene McDaniels became the Left Reverend
Eugene McD or some similar handle, and became extremely political.
And he wasn't on Liberty anymore then what happened (I believe
he'd migrated to Atlantic). So I think it was indeed more political
hue than skin hue.
New business....
I haven't gotten to any info here yet, but I noticed Claire Francis
posting elsewhere, so I'm assuming she's feeling better. Hope that's
a true assumption, Claire!
Country Paul
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 07 May 2005 19:15:08 -0000
From: David A. Young
Subject: Neil Diamond's first recordings
A conversation about The Raveonettes' fabulous new album in which
I was recently engaged turned to its co-producer, industry veteran
Richard Gottehrer. My friend asked, "Wasn't he involved with some
of the early Neil Diamond records on Bang?" I replied that I didn't
think so, attributing what I believed to be his confusion to
Gottehrer's participation in records by others on the label,
including those by his own band The Strangeloves. (Someone please
correct me if I'm wrong here.) But there is a Diamond/Gottehrer
connection even earlier in Neil's career. The song's called "Ten
Lonely Guys," and it has been issued in two different forms: as a
single, credited to Ten Broken Hearts, on Diamond 123 (1962) and,
in its original demo form, on the various-artists LP "Roots of
S.O.B. Vol. 2" (1984). The latter record is a retrospective put
together by longtime Gottehrer collaborator Bob Feldman, and to
the best of my knowledge, there was never a volume one (again,
let me know if that's not true). Here's what Feldman says about
the song in his liners:
"This was a demo that was cut in 1961 or 1962. I was a staff writer
for Roosevelt Music at the time and was making $50.00 a week for
writing songs. We were having our weekly Friday Staff Meeting and
all the writers were hanging around waiting to discuss what we were
doing at that particular time. The President of the company was
locked up in a meeting that was running quite late and all of us
were getting antsy. Six of us were together in one room, two in
another and two more were in a third room. The six of us started
fooling around musically and pretty soon we started writing. I
grabbed a crayon and started writing the lyrics on the wall while I
was standing on top of the piano. Although six of us actually wrote
the song, we included the first names of all ten people waiting
around the office and all ten of us were listed as writers.
"The demo on this LP was cut in Allegro Studios in the basement of
1650 Broadway (the home of many a hit songwriter). All ten of us
recorded the demo. The lead singer was one of the writers and
anybody who is into music will recognize his voice. Today he is one
of the true superstars of contemporary music. Our demo was supposed
to be released as a master recording but our publishers gave the
song to Pat Boone instead. Two of the writers' names were changed on
the Pat Boone record and in protest none of us turned in a song for
almost a month.
"My share of the royalties brought me 12 handkerchiefs at a men's
store on Broadway."
Neil Diamond re-recorded the song for his 1993 CD "Up on the Roof:
Songs from the Brill Building," in whose booklet he shares the
following memories of the original:
"By 1964, after a series of moves from one publisher to another, I
had worked my advances up from fifty dollars a song to a peak of two
hundred dollars (for a song called 'Measles' -- I guess it wasn't
contagious). I wasn't doing bad, but never once in those six years
did I come up with a hit -- unless you count Pat Boone's 1962
recording of "Ten Lonely Guys," which I wrote with nine
collaborators.
"On the original demo, I sang lead along with the other nine lonely
guys, my pals and fellow dreamers: Bob Feldman, Richard Gottehrer
and Jerry Goldstein ('My Boyfriend's Back'), Stanley Kahan and Eddie
Snyder ('A Hundred Pounds of Clay,' with Luther Dixon; Eddie Snyder
also wrote the lyric, with my buddy Charlie Singleton,
for 'Strangers in the Night' and 'Spanish Eyes'), Lockie Edwards,
Jr. ('Mr. Wishing Well' -- which he co-wrote with the next lonely
guy), Larry Weiss ('Rhinestone Cowboy'; 'Bend Me, Shape Me' with
Scott English), Wes Farrell ('Hang on Sloopy' with Bert Berns -- who
would soon be president of Bang Records, the label that gave me my
first big hits) and Cliff Adams. For various reasons, some of us
used pseudonyms, mine being 'Mark Lewis.' I guess I must have been
signed to another company at the time."
I don't have the Boone record, so perhaps that's one of the changed
names to which Diamond refers, but on the single release, his own
last name appears. I infer from both the above mini-essays that
their writers were unaware that a record actually came out, at least
on a promo. I was very surprised to learn that neither that nor the
demo version, at least as far as my Internet research can tell, has
seen reissue on CD. (Boone's has.)
Check the Photos section, Labels and Sleeves folder, for a label
scan, as well as one of the card-stock insert distributed with the
DJ copies (a true period piece, as, obviously, is the song itself).
And check musica to hear the 45 version, which I assume is the rarer
of the two, both since Diamond and Feldman seem oblivious to its
existence and because I believe that the "S.O.B." (Sounds of
Brooklyn) album is reasonably common. The lead on the single is
handled by a different lonely guy (can anybody here identify him?)
and, honestly, I don't think I'd've been able to identify the demo
singer's voice as Diamond's without the recollections reproduced
above. The flip side, "Shining Star," is written by Joe Simmons, so
it's hard to guess how it fits in the picture. The lead singer's
definitely neither Diamond nor the A-side vocalist, but it is a male
ensemble, so who knows?
Enjoy!
David A. Young
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 07 May 2005 17:26:59 -0000
From: Mark Maldwyn
Subject: Re: Jerr-E, Jerr-E . . . Kathy Kirby
Simon White wrote:
> I've been a closet Kathy fan since I was a kid - I realise
> now it was the shiny lipstick that did it.
Steve Harvey:
> Mr. Blavat actually played Kathy Kirby's "The Way of Love"
> during the lunch time show. Never heard her before.
Hello, the majority of Kathy Kirby's catalogue has recently been
released on CD in the UK and fine barnstorming stuff it is too!
I was told she's recently been unwell unfortunately, although
there was a photo in the newspaper around a month ago.
Markm
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 7 May 2005 23:33:21 -0700 (PDT)
From: Artie Wayne
Subject: welcoming Alan O'Day
How ya'll doin'? I want to thank all my Spectropals
for the warm welcome you've given my long time friend
Alan O'Day. Seeing his posts has unlocked a lot of
memories.
I first met Alan up at Viva music in Hollywood in
1970, where I took a job as a song plugger for my old
friend, Ed Silvers. I had run up a huge bill at Amigo
studios, which was owned by Viva and I agreed to work
at the publishing company until my debt was paid off.
When I heard some of the demos Alan had been making I
knew my job was going to be easy. Alan played me
"Heavy Church" and I remember leaping out of my chair,
and yelling, "That's a f*#!king Smash for Three Dog
Night!!"
I was from New York and I had never learned how to
drive, so I hitchiked out to the valley to meet
Ritchie Podolor, the groups producer at his studio.
His mother, who answered the phones, warned me that he
never saw publishers, but I could leave the song for
him with her. I told her I knew he was busy, but I
didn't mind waiting.
Seven hours later he emerged from the studio as bleary
eyed as I was, I introduced myself and asked if I
could play him Three Dog Nights next number one song.
He looked at his engineer Bill Cooper, smiled, and put
on the demo. He suddenly revived and said he loved
it!!
Over the next few weeks I learned how to drive and had
the flexability to meet Ritchie day or night to hear
him work on "Heavy Church". Both he and two of the
Three Dogs thought it would definitely be the next
single...then Jay Lasker, head of ABC Dunhill, said
that he wanted to put out something else first!
Ritchie called me really upset but told me that there
was nothing he could do... I told him maybe there was.
I convinced him to make me a copy of "Heavy Church"
and I gave it to Mel Bly, head of Vivas promotion
department. We made dozens of copies and Mel sent it
to his DJ friends as the new Three Dog Night record.
As we started to get play, an irate Jay Lasker rush
released what I still grudgingly refer to as that
'other record'..."Joy to the World".
Ed, Mel and I were disappointed, but we had things
like this happen before. This was the first time Alan
experienced something like this, but he took it like a
trooper. It wasn't long before I was able to bring him
some good news...Bobby Sherman was going to cut one of
his other songs, "The Drum".
regards,
Artie Wayne
http://artiewayne.com
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 8 May 2005 08:11:45 EDT
From: Austin Roberts
Subject: Re: Follow Up From O'Day
Alan O'Day writes:
> Thanks for the welcoming posts & e-mails from Ed, Rob, Phil,
> Frank, Rex, Gary, Rashkovsky (thanks for putting quotes around
> "dirty"), and anyone I missed. My pal Joel is delighted to be
> remembered, as well.
Alan,
Sorry to be so late welcoming you; my computer has one foot in
hell. Glad you're here,these folks are a wealth of knowledge.
Best,
Austin Roberts
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 7 May 2005 10:31:29 -0400
From: Mikey
Subject: Re: Arkay IV on Marion
Rob Pingel wrote:
> One of the fun obscure records in my collection is a release
> on Marion Records: "Down From No.9" b/w "When I Was Younger,"
> by the Arkay IV with Bill Adleff. The label reads "Recorded
> at Gateway Studios, Pittsburgh."
Speaking of Gateway Studios in Pittsburg, they turned out some
Rock and Roll classics, the best being (in my opinion) "You're
The One" by The Vogues. I wonder whatever became of that studio,
if it was bought by another studio, or what?
Mikey
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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 8 May 2005 16:19:21 +0100
From: JKS
Subject: Re: Bedazzled
Someone wrote about Dudley Moore:
> I never saw the Goon shows and much of his other '60s work
I think there is some confusion here: Dudley Moore was never a
member of The Goons - who were Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan,
Harry Secombe and, briefly, Michael Bentine. Moore was however
a member of the Cambridge Footlights, who created "Beyond the
Fringe", along with Jonathan Miller, Alan Bennett and Peter Cook.
JS
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Message: 9
Date: Sat, 7 May 2005 10:24:13 -0500
From: Bill Mulvy
Subject: Re: late-period Rascals
Larry Lapka:
> The rest is history, and The Rascals rested in peace (at
> least in popularity) after that misguided decision. Both
> musicians told me that in hindsight it was probably the
> stupidest decision that they had collectively made as a band.
> It would have opened them up to a new audience, but at the
> time they could not see the forest for the mud.
"Things aren't what they used to be, and mud's the only thing
I see" - I couldn't resist.
But seriously, someone should have a huge festival like they
had recently in Texas, featuring numerous 60s groups like the
Rascals etc.
It might get some groups back to recording again and that would
be great.
Bill Mulvy
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Message: 10
Date: Sun, 08 May 2005 16:33:52 -0000
From: Bob Celli
Subject: A Chat With Snuffy Garrett
I gave Snuff [Garrett] a call yesterday afternoon and we chatted
for about ten minutes. He was in very good spirits. He told me
he suffered another mild stroke about a year and a half ago that
had affected his speech. I did note that he sounded a little raspy.
I asked him about Gene McDaniels, mentioning "Point of No Return",
"Chip Chip", and "Another Tear Falls". I also asked if "Point of
No Return" was written specifically for Gene and he told me that
it wasn't. I also asked him what he remembered about "Another Tear
Falls", and he said he thought it was a good record, but Liberty
couldn't make anything happen with it. He continued by saying that
Gene was a fantastic talent but very difficult to work with (those
weren't his exact words if you get my drift!).
He asked me if I had spoken with R.Velline (that's what he calls
Bobby Vee)and I said yes. He asked how Bobby was doing etc. He
also mentioned that a fan sent him a book of photos and memorabilia
on the Burnette Brothers that just knocked him out! He said there
were photos of Johnny, Dorsey, and him that he had never seen before.
That's it in a nutshell!
Bob
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Message: 11
Date: Mon, 9 May 2005 17:59:17 +0200
From: Eddy
Subject: Vonny Berger
Hey folks,
In my quest for info on Claire Francis' career, I stumbled across
a few relatives of Vonny Berger. Of course there's a lot more to
her career than the single that Claire produced, but from my point
of view, that's all I'm interested in. Is anybody in here interested
in taking things a step further and maybe have a chat with Vonny and
maybe mould things into a webpage ? Me, I'd love to, but I just don't
have the basic info on her career. According to her daughter everybody
is rather excited about the fact that there's an interest in Vonny's
career and they are anxious to contribute.
Replies off-list please.
Eddy
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Message: 12
Date: Sun, 8 May 2005 10:16:03 -0500
From: Anthony Parsons
Subject: Re: Fluctuating Prices
Phil M:
> Beyond that, though, the laws of supply-and-demand tend to
> fly out the window when dealing with any rare commodity,
> because when all that is needed to make a sale is just one
> seller and one buyer there is no telling what price they
> might agree to. Thus, were the exact same record to go on
> sale a month from now, it could just as easily go for a
> fraction of that price -- or, theoretically, many times more.
I have a great example of this. Not too long ago, I decided
to try and track down the Swingin Medallions Anthology CD.
I had eBay send me alerts whenever a new listing for it
showed up. The first one I saw went for $36.00. The next one
I was able to get myself for $15.50. Then the next one sold to
some lucky stiff for $3.50. Apparently, it's all in the timing!
Sincerely,
Antone
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Message: 13
Date: Sat, 7 May 2005 10:24:25 -0700 (PDT)
From: Norm D.
Subject: Re: Gene McDaniels and "Chip Chip"
Bob Celli wrote:
> A few years ago I had the opportunity to interview Cliff
> Crofford the gentleman who penned "Chip Chip".....etc
Great story! I love tales like this, how songs get written
and where inspirations might come from (putting feet on the
oven, for example). Keep 'em coming!
Thanks
Norm D.
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Message: 14
Date: Mon, 09 May 2005 15:33:37 -0000
From: Clark Besch
Subject: Re: "Bedazzled" and SONG requests???
previously:
> And find "Bedazzled" by Peter Cook & Dudley Moore, with vocals
> by The Breakaways, one of the girls' finest moments, now playing
> at musica.
Lobby:
> "Bedazzled" was the musical work of Dudley Moore with some lyrics
> by Peter Cook. Its a shame Dudley didn't write more pop tunes
> really he certainly had the talent. His jazz LPs are brilliant.
> Try and track down the LP "Bedazzled" which contains all the
> songs from their classic movie of the same name.
Clark Besch:
> Of course I cannot find it, but I'm sure most of you Moore
> collectors have the Ready Steady Go performance of Cooke &
> Moore doing "Goodbye-ee"--pretty crazy stuff. I never saw
> the Goon shows and much of his other '60s work, but I love
> "Arthur"--how many of us woulda loved to be that guy??? I
> have a classical piano piece on 45 from his '80s recording
> days somewhere. Seems like I remember critics thinking the
> music was nothing special, but he certainly was a terrific
> concert pianist!
Now, I'm answering my own post too! I want to apologize for
slighting Dudley's career by the couple of sentences I just
gave you above. I apparently offended some Moore fans with
my quick synopsis of his career and confusing him with Peter
Sellers (Goon comment). I still think Dudley Moore was incredibly
funny and a great pianist.
Now do I have this wrong, or did he and Cook do "LS Bumblebee"?
Great record too. By the way the video clip part that was the
gist of my comments (Goodbyee) IS correct.
I was going thru a lot of 45s this weekend and found a few I
thought there had been some requests for in the distant pass.
If anyone needed these still, let me know, OK?
If My World Falls Through - Rose Garden
Mississippi River/If I wuz a Magician - Paul Davis
Sunday's Gonna Come on Tuesday/Baby the Rain Must Fall
- New Establishment
Love Will Keep Us Going/If I don't Find You There
- New Establishment
Clark
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Message: 15
Date: Mon, 09 May 2005 11:37:17 -0400
From: Country Paul
Subject: Rascals/Kingsmen; Lesley's new one; "Satisfied Mind"; "Bedazzled"; RIP Connie; Barry & The DuTones
Clark Besch, in discussing the changes that seemed to remove
The Rascals from the musical frontlines, asks about The Kingsmen.
This juxtaposition makes me wonder about possible parallels.
Behind the scenes, both groups had internal legal issues. But
"out where folks could hear it," The Rascals "heavied up" and
"albummed up" their sound after a series of closely-related-by
-sound hits, particularly the signature sound of Eddie Brigati's
voice. While they had some album successes, the level wasn't the
same as their singles. Although a singles group, The Kingsmen also
had a series of closely-related-by-sound hits, particularly in the
signature style of "Louie Louie" ("Jolly Green Giant," etc.). When
they tried to "smooth out" (a la "Wolf of Manhattan," my favorite
Kingsmen song and discussed previously in S'pop) they were virtually
unrecognizable from their former selves. Just a thought or two....
Patrick re: new Lesley Gore:
> You can get a sample of the new Lesley Gore album here:
> http://www.enginecompanyrecords.com/lesleygore/
Wow - beautiful! And the cover art shows that time has been good
to her, too.
Richard Havers:
> {Bobby Hebb's] "A Satisfied Mind"....
Is this the same song Porter Wagoner had a #1 country hit with
in 1953? If so, it's interesting to imagine how it could be
transitioned into a soul vein.
Previously:
> And find "Bedazzled" by Peter Cook & Dudley Moore, with vocals by
> the Breakaways, one of the girls' finest moments, now playing at
> musica: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spectropop/files/musica/
Unreal! Is the phasing on the original, or part of the low-bit-rate
transfer? Incidentally, the world-weary spoken vocal reminds me of another UK product from 1983, The (Hypothetical) Prophets' "Person
To Person," a takeout on "adult" personal ads. Reissue discography:
http://www.tigersushi.com/site/frameset.jsp?page=Art.jsp&ArtId=11065
Paul Urbahns re: Connie Landers - R I P
> Music City News just reported, "Former vocalist Connie Sue
> Landers, 60, died Jan. 30. Early on she toured as a backup
> singer with LeRoy Van Dyke's Auctionettes. She previously had
> her own group Connie & The Cones. She recorded for a variety
> of labels, among them Spar, Mercury, Roulette and NRC Records.
> Following her music career, she worked many years as an airline
> flight attendant."
Sad to hear this, too, Paul. Connie & The Cones' "Take All The
Kisses" (Roulette, 1961 or so) is one of my all-time favorite
doo-wop tracks; it features a wonderful two-part lead. I hadn't
realized Connie had an ongoing career after that track, which got
good airplay and some sales in New York at the time.
Phil M.:
> Very cool Barry White discography at
> http://members.chello.nl/p.klein6/Html/barry_white_discography.htm
> ...include[s] quite a lot of surprises.
...Such as the fact that he was in the Five DuTones ("Shake A Tail
Feather"). Big change to the Love Man from that one!
Off to work,
Country Paul
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Message: 16
Date: Mon, 09 May 2005 17:48:53 -0000
From: Lobby
Subject: Re: "Bedazzled"
Lobby:
> "Bedazzled" was the musical work of Dudley Moore with some lyrics
> by Peter Cook. Its a shame Dudley didn't write more pop tunes
> really he certainly had the talent. His jazz LPs are brilliant.
> Try and track down the LP "Bedazzled" which contains all the
> songs from their classic movie of the same name.
Clark:
> Of course I cannot find it, but I'm sure most of you Moore
> collectors have the Ready Steady Go performance of Cooke &
> Moore doing "Goodbye- ee"--pretty crazy stuff. I never saw
> the Goon shows and much of his other '60s work, but I love
> "Arthur"--how many of us woulda loved to be that guy??? I
> have a classical piano piece on 45 from his '80s recording days
> somewhere. Seems like I remember critics thinking the music was
> nothing special, but he certainly was a terrific concert pianist!
On E(vil)Bay you should be able to purchase an original "Genuine
Dud" LP Decca (66 uk) - and its a class jazz record. "Bedazzled"
is amazingly rare and fetches £120+ now _ I still havent got a
copy myself. I have seen CD + vinyl reissues of it though.
I have to correct one thing though neither Peter Cook or Dudley
have anything to do with the original Goon Shows. PC + DM started
out on a satirical theatre show called "Beyond The Fringe" before
moving on and working for David Frost on "That Was The Week That
Was". This was the show that launched them into their successful
comedy careers.
The Goons are the work of Spike Milligan (genius), Peter Sellers,
Harry Secombe and Micheal Bentine.... they influenced everybody
else (especially monty python). They have the dinstinction of
releasing the UK's first ever home grown RocknRoll record "Bloodnoks
rock n roll call" (1956)...awesome! needless to say DM and PC were
young schoolboys at this point in time...
Lobby
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Message: 17
Date: Mon, 09 May 2005 17:34:46 -0000
From: Joop
Subject: Original version of "Born a woman"
Hello we started a discussion about the original version of
"Born A Woman" referring to an article about Patty Michaels
in the latest Spectro Pop Express:
http://www.spectropop.com/PattyMichaels/index.htm
Please read our findings on next link:
http://www.originals.be/nl/main.cfm?c=forum01_lees&topicid=285
Joop greets you from the Netherlands
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Message: 18
Date: Sun, 8 May 2005 18:07:28 -0700 (PDT)
From: Unsteady Freddie
Subject: 45 rpm picture sleeves
This past Saturday I came upon some property that I thought
was long-lost. I found a cache of my 45 R.P.M. picture sleeves
from the 1960s!!!!!
I have scanned a bunch of the "surf" ones for everyone to view
Artists featured are:
THE BEACH BOYS
JAN & DEAN
THE VENTURES
Hope I don't get too trashed by the "trad purists" b/c of the
'vocal' artists featured!! But these picture sleeves are so cool,
and such a wonderful reminder of what a great time musically the
1960s were.
Thanks, for the memories...... Hope you dig em! This is the site
to view them: http://www.readyunsteadygo.com
I would love to hear your thoughts and comments and I got more
where these came from!
My pleasure,
Unsteady Freddie
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Message: 19
Date: Sun, 08 May 2005 19:50:12 -0400
From: Phil X Milstein
Subject: Turn Me On, Dead Man
Hi cats, I've got another interesting website to direct your
attention to. It's called Turn Me On, Dead Man, and catalogues
"Rumors, Hoaxes & Conspiracy Theories" (as the site's subhead
reads), primarily those related to Spectropop-era music. The
site's table of contents at
http://www.turnmeondeadman.net/Features.html includes:
* I Buried Paul: The rumor that Paul McCartney died in the 1960s
* Dark Side of the Rainbow: The connection between Pink Floyd's
Dark Side of the Moon and The Wizard of Oz
* JFK : The assassination of JFK has given rise to a number of
conspiracy theories—and a lot of great tunes! A list of songs
about the JFK assassination and a list of movies based on the
assassination.
* The Abridged White Album?: What if the Beatles had taken George
Martin's advice and released the White Album as a single LP? What
tracks would you choose?
* Garage/Psych Compilations: CD compilations of obscure garage
rock and psychedelia from the 1960s.
* Led Zeppelin's Influences: The blues and folk roots of Led
Zeppelin's Music. Are they plagiarists?
* Get Back: The many versions of the Beatles' Let It Be.
Interesting stuff. The site also has a Web radio companion at
live365.
Dig,
Phil M.
--
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http://www.philxmilstein.com/hasil
new Cover Art Gallery:
http://www.philxmilstein.com/gallery2
new mp3s:
http://www.philxmilstein.com/probe
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Message: 20
Date: Mon, 9 May 2005 18:45:03 +1000
From: David Walker
Subject: Help! I need a Beatles Weekend...
THE AUSTRALIAN BEATLES FESTIVAL, ADELAIDE
June 10, 11, 12, and 13, 2005
As a point of interest to Spectropoppers, especially those who
live in the land down under.
Well it is that time again, downtown Adelaide is ready for
Australia's second annual Beatles Festival. There will be 12
hours of non stop music movies competitions, including a
schools contest to find some "mini-beats".
Actually it may all sound a bit fey but the Cavern in Adelaide
has some interesting Beatles memorabilia on show. My favourite
is the jacket that Paul wore in India which he gave to Denny Laine.
Denny must have really been pleased with such a gift considering
it is continuously on show at the Cavern in Adelaide.
"Up to the minute décor, a priceless collection of Beatles
memorabilia adorning the walls - including items such as John
Lennon's suit worn in the movie "Help", John Lennon's glasses,
Sgt Peppers Jackets worn by Paul & Ringo, Actual Autographs
from all four members of the Band, plus the reel-to-reel 2-track
recorder used by the Beatles to record the first "demo"
recordings, owned by Pete Best, the Beatles original drummer."
Last year they had Pete Best and Julia (Lennon's sister) turn up
for the proceedings. Among the special guest this year is
Canada's Hal Bruce.
The website has more details at http://www.beatlesfestival.com.au
regards
David Walker
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