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There are 13 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Re: JDS' "Sunshine Of Your Love"
From: Frank M
2. Re: The Utlimate Jackie DeShannon
From: Larry Watts, Jr.
3. Re: Adam Wade; soul radio
From: Simon White
4. Why "When"?
From: Phil X Milstein
5. Re: Vanity Fare ... on Soma?
From: Joe Nelson
6. www.theshangri-las.com website updated
From: Lex
7. Re: more on The Vogues
From: Ed Salamon
8. Re: Teardrops
From: John Black
9. new Monkees book
From: Andrew Sandoval
10. Re: "Midnight Sun"
From: Gary Myers
11. Re: Sam Fletcher
From: Gary Myers
12. Re: Smokey Robinson question
From: Hans Huss
13. Re: Smokey Robinson question
From: Julio Niño
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 11:19:28 +0100
From: Frank M
Subject: Re: JDS' "Sunshine Of Your Love"
Peter Lerner wrote, re Jackie DeShannon:
> "Sunshine Of Your Love" featuring Dr John and Barry White
> is interesting; girl singers with the imagination to try to
> cover the very male rock band anthems of the late '60s
> are few and far between ...
Spanky Wilson's version of this and another of "Light My Fire" are being
played on the EZ lounge and Northern soul circuits.
FrankM
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 15:37:05 -0000
From: Larry Watts, Jr.
Subject: Re: The Utlimate Jackie DeShannon
Peter Lerner wrote:
> Pres drew attention to the interesting "new" Jackie
> DeShannon CD and didn't say that the compilers chickened
> out on Track 21 at the last minute, substituting "Put A
> Little Love In Your Heart" for "Crystal Clear", but
> forgetting to amend the sleeve listing.
Sorry 'bout that ...
> Pres mentions that the version of "When You Walk In The
> Room" on the album is "the faster version". I think it's
> the same version that we normally hear, speeded up ...
Yesterday, for a giggle, I played the 45 and messed with the pitch
control and got it synced perfectly to the CD. I then did the same
with the version included on Liberty's "More Golden Greats"
compilation and got it synced again.
Poor Jackie -- Liberty tried to "chipmunk" her.
Too much time on my hands,
pres
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 21:24:41 +0000
From: Simon White
Subject: Re: Adam Wade; soul radio
Mike Edwards wrote:
> Adam Wade is responsible for one of the very best Popcorn
> tunes, Bacharach-David's "Rain From Skies" (Epic, 1963).
Blimey, how did I forget this one?! What a superb record it is. Thanks
for the radio comments -- I miss it too. The last one was a year ago
now. But let me recommend these instead:
Paddy Grady, at http://northernsoulradio.co.uk . On a loop so you can
listen when you like.
Northern Soul Radio with Frank Murphy, Saturday afternoon at 2:30pm (BST)
http://www.radiomagnetic.com
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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 17:01:05 -0800
From: Phil X Milstein
Subject: Why "When"?
Why did Jackie DeShannon name her song "When You Walk In The Room,"
instead of "Everytime That You Walk In The Room"? The lyrics include the
latter phrasing approximately half a dozen times (depending on version),
while the title phrasing doesn't appear even once. I think maybe she was
trying to pull a fast one on us!
--Phil M.
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 17:45:16 -0400
From: Joe Nelson
Subject: Re: Vanity Fare ... on Soma?
Billy G. Spradlin wrote:
> I was looking for information on Soma Records (Minneapolis
> label -- famous for the Fendermen, Castaways, Gestures etc)
> and discovered a label scan of "Hitchin' A Ride" on Soma 5000. ...
> So the appearance of a UK recording from 1969-70 is strange.
> Does anyone think this was a pressing plant label error,
> bootleg, or did Soma have first dibs on the USA release?
Whatever it is, it ain't legit. Check out the catalog number, Soma
5000, which is inconsistent with the Soma numbering system (sequentially
upward from Soma 1000). The mere fact that the number is such an even
one so far down the road is suspicious.
Joe Nelson
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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 08:25:20 -0700 (PDT)
From: Lex
Subject: www.theshangri-las.com website updated
Just thought I'd post that I've updated the site, added some stuff, and
all that. Thanks to a couple of collectors e-mailing me some great items,
it's come up well. Please ignore the typos on the site, it's 1.30am here
in Australia, and I sent Word's paperclip man to bed early.
Mick Patrick, many thanks!
Lex
http://www.theshangri-las.com
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Message: 7
Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 15:45:17 -0000
From: Ed Salamon
Subject: Re: more on The Vogues
The Vogues' manager, Elmer Willett, owned the Vogue Terrace nightclub,
where the group freqently appeared.
Ed Salamon
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Message: 8
Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 12:48:11 EDT
From: John Black
Subject: Re: Teardrops
Jimmy Botticelli wrote:
> TeardropsTears Come Tumbling / You Won't Be There
> Can you go wrong with a Musicor 45? Not in my lifetime!
> Anyway this is great girl-group pop from a group I hadn't
> heard of.
There's a great CD of the Teardrops' output for sale online. Highly
recommended.
John Black
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Message: 9
Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 12:38:13 EDT
From: Andrew Sandoval
Subject: new Monkees book
Hello Spectropop people, Andrew Sandoval here. Fifteen years in the
making, my book on The Monkees will finally be available in the U.S. on
July 5 (and a bit sooner in the UK). It covers the group's day-by-day
activities from 1965 to 1970, including breakdowns of all their recording
sessions with musician listings, plus my interviews with Neil Diamond,
Neil Sedaka, Boyce & Hart, all four Monkees and many more.
A friend of mine who runs a fine music series at the Port Washington, NY
Public Library has invited me to preview my book along with some rare
and unissued Monkees audio and video bits direct from my archive. The
event is on Thursday, June 2 at 8pm, and I believe it is free. I will
also be happy to discuss any of my other reissue or musical work at
this Q&A presentation. I welcome any and all of you -- Monkees fan
or otherwise -- to come by and say hello. I'm not from the area, but
I'm told it's pretty easy to get to from NYC. Here's a link to the
library: http://www.pwpl.org/
I will also be doing an event in July in Los Angeles when the book
comes out. I'll keep you posted on that.
Andrew Sandoval
http://www.andrewsandoval.com
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Message: 10
Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 04:18:15 -0700
From: Gary Myers
Subject: Re: "Midnight Sun"
Jimmy Botticelli wrote:
> The Five Whispers -- Midnight Sun ... "Midnight ..." is a
> ballad and has that great sliding guitar sound, with nice
> echoes and reverb.
"Midnight Sun" is a great song, and probably the only one to use
"aurora borealis" in a rhyme. Johnny Mercer's lyrics to the great
composition by Lionel Hampton and Sonny Burke.
gem
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Message: 11
Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 04:24:38 -0700
From: Gary Myers
Subject: Re: Sam Fletcher
Country Paul wrote:
> I have Sam Fletcher's "Tall Hope" on RCA ... but I know
> nothing else about him ...
Around '67. when we (Portraits) were signed to Mike Curb, our producer,
Clancy Grass, had some involvement with a Fletcher release. My recollection
is that Clancy made some reference to Fletcher having a drug problem that
seriously affected hi career.
gem
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Message: 12
Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 14:57:18 -0700 (PDT)
From: Hans Huss
Subject: Re: Smokey Robinson question
Max Weiner asked:
> Sometime in the late sixties Smokey Robinson & The
> Miracles did a song called (I think) "I Don't Blame You
> At All." ... If anyone could tell me what album it is on ...
"I Don't Blame You At All", #7 R&B and #18 Pop back in 1971, is on
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles' "One Dozen Roses" (Tamla 312). Not one
of their best albums, but it's the one to go for to hear the author
himself sing 'The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game'. And it does have
a lovely cover.
Best wishes,
Hasse Huss
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Message: 13
Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 18:54:49 -0000
From: Julio Niño
Subject: Re: Smokey Robinson question
Max Weiner asked:
> Sometime in the late sixties Smokey Robinson & The
> Miracles did a song called (I think) "I Don't Blame You
> At All." ... If anyone could tell me what album it is on ...
Hola Max. "I Don't Blame You At All" is included in the 1971 album
"One Dozen Roses", and was also released as a single (Tamla 54205)
in 1971, so it came after "Tears Of A Clown".
Chao,
Julio Niño
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