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There are 17 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. The Duchess, guitarist with Bo Diddley
From: S'pop Projects
2. Phil Ramone on BBC 2
From: Steve Jones
3. Re: The Gamblers
From: Gary Myers
4. Re: Robert Moog, RIP
From: Dave Monroe
5. Re: the Pleasure Seekers
From: Harvey Williams
6. listen to samples
From: Henry Stone
7. Neil Diamond Now Playing At Musica
From: Mike Rashkow
8. Re: Robert Moog, RIP
From: T D Bell
9. Shirley Goodman of Shirley & Lee and Shirley & Co.
From: S'pop Projects
10. Re: the songs of Lori Burton & Pam Sawyer
From: Brent Cash
11. Francine Barker, nee Hurd, aka Peaches
From: S'pop Projects
12. Re: Shirley Goodman; Francine Baker and Coke jingles in musica
From: Julio Niño
13. Re: Shirley
From: Phil X Milstein
14. Re: The Duchess, guitarist with Bo Diddley
From: Jack Russell
15. Carpenters solo
From: M Rashkow
16. Dolly Parton Gets Retro With Cover Tunes
From: Phil X Milstein
17. Recordmaster.com
From: Orion
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 00:43:39 +0100
From: S'pop Projects
Subject: The Duchess, guitarist with Bo Diddley
Sad to report that Norma-Jean Wofford, aka The Duchess, guitarist
with Bo Diddley's band from 1962 to 1966, passed away on April
30th. An obituary has been posted to the S'pop Remembers section:
http://www.spectropop.com/remembers/DuchessObit.htm
In tribute to Norma-Jean, "Hey Bo Diddley", a live performance from
the 1966 movie The Big TNT Show, is now playing at musica:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spectropop/files/musica/
Please enjoy and, by all means, discuss.
The Duchess, R.I.P.
The S'pop Team
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 16:00:33 -0500
From: Steve Jones
Subject: Phil Ramone on BBC 2
The last two half hour segments of the radio show "Behind the Glass
- The Phil Ramone Story" are posted as mp3 files on the newsgroup
alt.binaries.sounds.radio.british
Steve Jones
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 09:39:29 -0700
From: Gary Myers
Subject: Re: The Gamblers
Phil Milstein:
> Was that the same Gamblers as of "LSD-25" fame?
Yes, that was the flip side of "Moondawg".
BTW, guitarist Derry Weaver went to the Hollywood Argyles after that.
gem
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 09:51:15 -0700 (PDT)
From: Dave Monroe
Subject: Re: Robert Moog, RIP
More on Robert A. Moog:
http://www.zu33.com/moog/
http://imdb.com/title/tt0378378/
http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/PINANA.html
http://www.hup.harvard.edu/pdf/PINANA_excerpt.pdf
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/23/arts/music/23moog.html
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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 19:36:21 +0100
From: Harvey Williams
Subject: Re: the Pleasure Seekers
Mick Patrick wrote:
> I have a question, or several, about the following record: The
> Pleasure Seekers "If You Climb On The Tiger's Back" b/w "Theme From
> The Valley Of The Dolls", released on Capitol 2050 in 1967. Are
> either of these tracks out on CD? If so, info please. If not, if
> anyone has the 45, maybe they could post it to musica please. I'd
> love, indeed NEED, to hear it. Are these Pleasure Seekers the same
> group that recorded for Hideout and Mercury? If not, does anyone
> know anything about them? Thanks in advance.
Hi Mick, I don't know if these tracks have been released on CD, but
I have the 45 and can play it to Musica if no-one else has the
inclination. Incidentally, I was under the impression that this band
was a different Pleasure Seekers to the act who recorded for Mercury
& Hideout (and featured Suzi Quatro), but have no concrete proof of
this beyond a brief quote from Suzi that I found online: "...We
released a couple of things; on the Hideout label, one on Mercury,
then nothing until Mickie Most came along..." And that's all I know.
HarveyW
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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 17:04:39 EDT
From: Henry Stone
Subject: listen to samples
Greetings from Henry Stone,
There are now music demos from my three new releases up on the Henry
Stone Music Web Store. These releases include:
MIAMI FUNK VOLUME 2
http://www.henrystonemusic.com/store/funkv2.htm
CLARENCE REID FUNKY PARTY
http://www.henrystonemusic.com/store/reid.htm
THE ROACH THOMPSON BLUES BAND
http://www.henrystonemusic.com/store/roach.htm
You can listen to samples from each release by clicking on the
speaker beside the track on the webpage. And, of course, there are
all the other releases for sale at the Henry Stone Music Web Store.
To check out all of the CDs available, click below:
http://www.henrystonemusic.com/hsmwebstore.htm (If the link does not
work, just copy and paste the above line into your browser navigation
bar.)
Sincerely,
Henry Stone
Henry Stone Music, Inc.
http://www.henrystonemusic.com
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Message: 7
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 22:28:49 EDT
From: Mike Rashkow
Subject: Neil Diamond Now Playing At Musica
Going through some old tapes I discovered these gems: Two Coke
jingles written and sung by Neil Diamond, circa 1967. Produced by
Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich, likely arranged by Artie Butler. The
backgrounds are probably Ellie and Mikie Harris - maybe Ellie and
Jeff. Hope you all enjoy these.
Di la,
Rashkovsky
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Message: 8
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 14:10:18 -0400
From: T D Bell
Subject: Re: Robert Moog, RIP
When I saw Robert Moog give a lecture in 1968, he played ten examples
of music done on his Moog synthezier, including The Rolling Stones'
"2000 Light Years From Home".
-- TD
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Message: 9
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 01:24:12 +0100
From: S'pop Projects
Subject: Shirley Goodman of Shirley & Lee and Shirley & Co.
Sad to report that Shirley Goodman - of Shirley & Lee and, two
decades later, Shirley & Co - passed away on June 19th. An obituary
has been added to the S'pop Remembers section:
http://www.spectropop.com/remembers/SGobit.htm
In her honour, a version of "Oh Baby (We Got A Good Thing Going)",
recorded by Shirley & Jessie (Jessie Hill) for Wand in 1966, is now
playing at musica:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spectropop/files/musica/
Please enjoy and, by all means, discuss.
Shirley Goodman, R.I.P.
The S'pop Team
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Message: 10
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 21:16:05 -0000
From: Brent Cash
Subject: Re: the songs of Lori Burton & Pam Sawyer
Mick Patrick wrote:
> I find myself still engrossed in the songs of Lori Burton & Pam
> Sawyer. I've taken a crack at compiling a list - see below. The
> chances of it being complete are slim. Can anyone add to it, I
> wonder? Hope so.
Hi Mick, I don't know if you're interested in pairings other than
"Burton-Sawyer", but if so, there is "Gettin' Into A Good Thing" by
The Rites Of Spring, written by Burton-Scott. It's the B-side of "If
You Let Me Make Love To You, Then Why Can't I Touch You" on
Generation 113. Both sides produced by Lori Burton and Roy Cicala. I
assume the "Scott" in the equation is Joe Scott, who arranged both
sides. I have a strange feeling you probably know this already...
Best Wishes,
Brent Cash
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Message: 11
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 01:38:34 +0100
From: S'pop Projects
Subject: Francine Barker, nee Hurd, aka Peaches
Sad to report that Francine Barker, nee Hurd, aka Peaches, of Peaches
& Herb fame, passed away on August 13th. She also recorded solo, and
as lead singer of the Darlettes on Mira and the Sweet Things on Date.
An obituary has been added to the S'pop Remembers section:
http://www.spectropop.com/remembers/FrancineBobit.htm
In her memory, the Darlettes' "Sweet Kind Of Loneliness", on which
Francine sings lead vocals, is now playing at musica:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spectropop/files/musica/
Please enjoy and, by all means, do discuss.
Peaches, R.I.P.
The S'pop Team
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Message: 12
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 14:42:31 -0000
From: Julio Niño
Subject: Re: Shirley Goodman; Francine Baker and Coke jingles in musica
Hola everybody.
I'm not very fond of "duet" songs (most of them produce in me a kind of "ménage à trois"
sensation: they can be nice but I find them somehow lack of intensity), but I like Shirley
& Lee's joyful tunes.
New Orleans early music, and particulary Shirley and Lee songs, had an enormous influence
in the development of Jamaican music. In the early sixties, a lot of boy-girl, very successful
duets appeared in Jamaica. In most of them the influence of S&L can clearly be noticed,
especially in the very high pitch of the girls' voices, emulating Shirley Goodman's
characteristic way of singing. You can clearly notice that influence if you think of
Millie Small for instance.
Changing the subject, I loved the beautiful "Sweet Kind Of Loneliness" by The Darlettes
playing in musica. Francine sounds exquisite in this subtle song. Was it a B-side?.
And finally, continuing with tracks currently in musica, I would like to thank Mike Rashkow
for playing the Neil Diamond jingles. Could the voice making the speech at the end of the
tracks be Jeff Barry's?
I going to the city to hunt for records.
Chao.
Julio Niño.
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Message: 13
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 21:49:37 -0400
From: Phil X Milstein
Subject: Re: Shirley
I LOVE the Shirley & Jessie version of "Oh Baby (We Got A Good Thing Going)," now playing
in musica. Shirley had a unique voice, but at times, especially on the upbeat material, she
could really wail. The only other version of the song I'm familiar with is the Stones's, from
their "Out Of Our Heads (And Everybody's)" LP (some versions of it, at least). I'm curious to
know who wrote the song, and who cut it first? Also, is Jessie Jessie Hill, of "Ooh Poo Pah Do,
Pt. 2" fame?
Dug,
--Phil M.
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Message: 14
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 09:33:25 +0100
From: Jack Russell
Subject: Re: The Duchess, guitarist with Bo Diddley
> Sad to report that Norma-Jean Wofford, aka The Duchess, guitarist with Bo Diddley's
> band from 1962 to 1966, passed away on April
I saw the Duchess with Bo Diddley on an Everly Brothers tour, I think it was the tour when
Don quit halfway through. Little Richard was on the bill, with the Rolling Stones closing the
first half!!
I never figured out what she was doing, but then that was the appeal of Bo Diddley.
Jack Russell
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Message: 15
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 22:32:36 EDT
From: M Rashkow
Subject: Carpenters solo
Does anyone out there in wonderland know who played the guitar solo on the fade of
The Carpenter's "Goodbye To Love"? I know that's a pretty esoteric question, but
that solo has always knocked me out.
If I had to take a stab, I'd stab Andrew Gold.
Di la,
Rashkovsky
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Message: 16
Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 01:53:43 -0400
From: Phil X Milstein
Subject: Dolly Parton Gets Retro With Cover Tunes
This AP story might be of some Spectrointerest.
--Phil M.
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Dolly Parton Gets Retro With Cover Tunes
by The Associated Press
August 19, 2005
Nashville, Tenn. -- It's almost a given for veteran singers to dust off
the American songbook and cut an album of standards. But Dolly Parton
does them one better on "Those Were the Days."
Not only does she put a country spin on songs such as "Turn, Turn,
Turn," "Crimson and Clover" and "Me and Bobby McGee," she gets some of
the artists who wrote or popularized the originals to join her.
Roger McGuinn, Kris Kristofferson, Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens),
Keith Urban, Alison Krauss, Norah Jones, Judy Collins and many others
lend their talents.
It's easy to recruit performers like that when you're one of the world's
most recognizable entertainers. For many people, the busty blonde in the
gaudy getup is the embodiment of Nashville and country music.
One recent morning at her office, impeccably dressed in a yellow jacket,
bright multicolored skirt and red heels, Parton spoke in her fast,
pitter-patter speech. She had been up since about 2 a.m. (standard
waking time for her, she says, as she only requires 3-6 hours of sleep)
yet was cheerful and funny, punctuating conversation with a distinct
laugh that's beyond a giggle but short of a guffaw.
"This record I didn't write any of the songs," she says. "I thought,
well, I ought to just maybe make the next one all songs I'd written, and
I thought what should I call that one -- I'll call it `Let Me Compose
Myself.' That would be a good title."
Parton says she wasn't trying to show off by assembling an all-star cast.
"I really wanted these artists on to complement them and to complement
the songs. I'm not just trying to stick somebody out there to say, `Hey,
look who we got on this record."'
A few are noticeably absent. Bob Dylan declined to do "Blowin' In the
Wind," and Joni Mitchell was set to sing on her "Both Sides Now" until a
family emergency kept her away (Collins, who had a hit with the song in
1968, and Rhonda Vincent join in). Parton contacted Sean and Julian
Lennon about singing on their father's "Imagine," but both told her they
wanted to focus on their own music -- same with Jacob Dylan when asked
to fill in for his dad on "Blowin' In the Wind."
Islam sang and played guitar on his "Where Do the Children Play," then
decided against the vocal parts.
"He did do a vocal just for me that I'll keep for myself and that I'll
always treasure," Parton says. "But he just felt that it was in the
wrong key and that he wasn't really complementing it. And he said --
probably to flatter me -- he did love my version and said every time he
came in it was more distracting than adding to it."
Parton focuses on folk and rock songs from the 1960s and '70s with a
couple of exceptions: "Twelfth of Never," a tune she does with Urban,
was a hit for Johnny Mathis in the 1950s; and "The Cruel War" is a
ballad that dates to before the Civil War, though Peter, Paul and Mary
recorded it in the 1960s.
With so many of the songs associated with the anti-war movement of the
'60s, she worried people might get the wrong idea.
"I'm certainly not into any kind of political thing or protest. People
who know me will know I've chosen these songs to really kind of uplift
and to give hope, like they were written for at the time," she says.
Still, she says the songs speak to the times -- both then and now -- and
she didn't want to shy away from them.
"I just felt it was good time to bring a lot of these songs back," she
says. "We don't want to be at war, but of course we have to fight if we
have to. We don't want to lose our children in war, but of course we do.
So we write about it and sing about it, and it kind of helps us relieve
our grief and express ourselves."
The '60s theme extends to her current tour, billed as the Vintage Tour.
She's performing a half-dozen songs from the new album (due out Oct. 11)
as well as her own hits. She dresses in bell bottoms and headbands and
pokes fun at the era, cracking, "We went from taking acid to taking
antacid" and "We went from BYOB to AARP."
"It's really kind of fun for me to get to go back and relive those days
again when you really can enjoy them," she says.
Parton, 59, grew up in Tennessee's Smoky Mountains, one of 12 children
in a poor family. Her mother and father were both musical and taught her
church hymns and mountain folk ballads.
After high school she moved to Nashville and found success as a
songwriter. She had her first top 40 hit as a singer with "Dumb Blonde"
in 1967, but her career took off when she teamed with singer Porter
Wagoner that same year. The two recorded duets together through the 1970s.
Parton also began a hugely successful solo career in the '70s. Her hits,
many of which she penned, ranged from the very country "Jolene" to
ballads like "I Will Always Love You" and pop hits like "Here You Come Again."
Her fame took her to Hollywood where she starred in "9 to 5," "The Best
Little Whorehouse in Texas" and "Steel Magnolias."
But radio programmers cooled to her new music in the 1990s, and by 1999
Parton figured she may as well do as she pleased musically. So she
released "The Grass Is Blue" and won a Grammy for best bluegrass album
in 2001. Its success put her on a creative roll that included the
acoustic flavored "Little Sparrow" and "Halos & Horns."
With "Those Were the Days," she takes a break of sorts from her
songwriting, which she calls her greatest love. While she didn't include
any of her own material on the new album, she says she continues to
write prolifically, including a bunch of songs for a Broadway production
of "9 to 5."
"The people that really have followed me and that really do look closer
and look underneath the big hair and big boobs and big mouth -- the
artificial look -- they really know I'm a serious person about my work
and am serious about my songwriting more than anything," she says. "It's
the songs that brought me out of the Smokies. It's the songs that
started it all."
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Message: 17
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 22:57:22 -0000
From: Orion
Subject: Recordmaster.com
This is not a plug for www.recordmaster.com, but I was wondering if anyone uses this site?
It is a $25 annual fee but the last time I subscribed, it seemed to have a good deal of
information about groups and or labels. At that time I believe it was aimed at 45s but was
supposedly going to start including LPs. Does anyone know if they have added anything
recently? I am thinking of joining again, because when I make a CD-R, I like to compile all
of a group's songs on it, if possible including LPs and 45s. Any help and/or discussion would
be greatly appreciated.
BTW, thanks to all of you for all of the invaluable information that is passed along between
the group. This group is by far my favorite of all groups I belong to. People here are so
helpful and it is rare that someone rags on you. Peace.
Orion
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