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There are 10 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Re: Jeff Barry acetates
From: Laura Pinto
2. Re: "Midnight Confessions"
From: Joop
3. Why Can't I Love Her/Him
From: Jeff Lemlich
4. Live "Smile"
From: Dave Heasman
5. Re: The Grass Roots
From: Bob Rashkow
6. Glitterhouse, Evergreen Blues
From: Bob Rashkow
7. Lesley Gore interview
From: Jesse Brouns
8. Tonight on TV Land Lesley Gore on The Donna Reed Show
From: Matt Spero
9. Re: Glitterhouse
From: Scott
10. Re: Glitterhouse
From: Eddy
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 15:46:25 -0000
From: Laura Pinto
Subject: Re: Jeff Barry acetates
Steve wrote:
> Got three new (old) acetates, two were E.B. Marks music. Anybody
> out there who can identify Jeff Barry's voice? Laura? In that case,
> I will transfer to musica.
Hi Steve,
Yes, I saw those acetates on eBay and would love to hear 'em and do
the voice ID for ya! If you can't get them into musica for any
reason, please email me offlist.
Thanks,
Laura
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 16:55:45 -0000
From: Joop
Subject: Re: "Midnight Confessions"
Artie Wayne wrote:
> Mick...Javed...How ya'doin'? Lou Josie was the composer of
> "Midnight Confessions". I met him when he came to me at Warner
> Brothers Music in the early 70's looking for a writers deal. He
> played me his original recording of "Confessions" on a small label
> that Steve Barri heard and covered with the Grass Roots. I was
> shocked that it sounded so little like the version we all know.
> Jimmy Haskell [the arranger] and Steve did a remarkable job in
> reconstructing the song to make it sound like a hit!
Hello Artie,
I have an album of the Ever-Green Blues called: "7 do Eleven", which
has 7 Lou Josie compositions on it. On it also the original version
of "Midnight confessions" which was also released as a single in 1967
on the Mercury-label (Mercury 72756). Is this the version you
mentioned in your message, or is there still an earlier version.
Joop greets
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 17:03:33 -0400
From: Jeff Lemlich
Subject: Why Can't I Love Her/Him
Phil Milstein:
> *Yet the Chosen Few's "Why Can't I Love Her," played recently to
> musica by Jeff Lemlich, is my Musica Record of the Year so far. A
> monstrous record! Thanks, Jeff.
You're welcome, Phil. Now does anyone have the Jacki Bond version
of this song they can share?
Jeff Lemlich
http://www.limestonerecords.com
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 23:40:14 +0100
From: Dave Heasman
Subject: Live "Smile"
Florence Gray:
> I'm new here, so please forgive me if this is an old question BUT
> ...has anyone attended any of Brian's SMILE performances? I have
> tickets to see him in August and am counting the days. Saw the PET
> SOUNDS symphonic tour a few years back and, although he seemed to
> be phoning in the performance, it was amazing just to be breathing
> his air. Any reviews on the SMILE performance?
If you have a good Internet connection you can get a taste from:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4182988
Actually a whole performance, it's still up!
Dave in London
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 19:26:05 EDT
From: Bob Rashkow
Subject: Re: The Grass Roots
For the recording: Midnight Confessions hit the charts in July 1968
and peaked in the Top 5 around end of Aug. beginning of Sept. I
could be mistaken but the arranger may have been Richie Podolor aka
Richie Allen, who was Lou Adler's right-hand man at Dunhill. Also I
think the album it appeared on was recorded and released some months
earlier in '68, quite some time before MC was released as a single.
Bobster
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 19:38:44 EDT
From: Bob Rashkow
Subject: Glitterhouse, Evergreen Blues
Phil, re Glitterhouse, I never did get around to purchasing their LP
on DynoVoice but I have the 45 "Tinkerbell's Mind" b/w "I Lost Me A
Friend", and going by that I would say give it a try, absolutely.
Never heard Evergreen Blues' original "Midnight Confessions". The DJ
copy I have on ABC from around 1969-70 of "The Moon Is High"/"Girl, I
Got Wise" is rough, brassy pop; and I LOVE it!!! Am trying to get
several of their Mercury '67-'68 singles, I believe two of the titles
are "Laurie (Keep Hangin' On)" and "Three's A Crowd" (I won't even
guess how many songs have been penned with that title.) Did these
"would-be heartthrobs" always have brass in their sound or was this
just part of the trend that started around the time they switched
labels?
Bobster
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 08:46:24 -0000
From: Jesse Brouns
Subject: Lesley Gore interview
Hey now — I just stumbled on this really interesting and very long
Lesley Gore interview:
http://www.afterellen.com/People/2005/6/lesleygore.html
Jesse
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 21:57:46 EDT
From: Matt Spero
Subject: Tonight on TV Land Lesley Gore on The Donna Reed Show
Hi there, here is a last minute alert - tonight at 1 am Pacific is a
Donna Reed Show with Lesley Gore. That would be 10 pm east coast time.
Matt Spero
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Message: 9
Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 09:09:55 EDT
From: Scott
Subject: Re: Glitterhouse
The Glitterhouse LP is surprisingly good. Ignore the sales
information, but there's a brief review at:
http://www.geocities.com/badcatrecords/GLITTERHOUSE.htm
Scott
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Message: 10
Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 15:05:18 +0200
From: Eddy
Subject: Re: Glitterhouse
Glitterhouse fans may be interested to know that their very first
singles were released as by the Dave Heenan Set. The first one was
Rumpelstiltskin c/w Ode to an unknown girl (Epic) and the second one
was Alice in Wonderland c/w So many roads (Epic). Moogy Klingman is
only featured on the second one. Check my website at
http://users.skynet.be/rockofages/Moogyklingman/ for more info and
label scans. And while you're there, a bit further down the page
there's "Moogy talks", which links to an archived 2 hour radio show
Moogy did for WFMU last March. Lotsa interesting talk and great
music, including some unreleased tracks !
Eddy
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