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There are 11 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Re: the Pleasure Seekers
From: Bob Rashkow
2. Re: Coke jingles in musica
From: Ed Salamon
3. Re: Bacharach & David's "Knowing When To Leave"
From: Anthony Parsons
4. Re: Carpenters
From: Clark Besch
5. Re: John Carter song - Midnight Girl
From: Martin Roberts
6. Re: Bacharach & David's "Knowing When To Leave"
From: Al Pavlow
7. Re: Bacharach & David's "Promises Promises"
From: Anthony Parsons
8. Desdemona
From: Phil X Milstein
9. Upcoming Music Album Cover-photos exhibit in Cincinnati
From: Karen Andrew
10. Re: Bacharach & David's "Knowing When To Leave"
From: Frank Jastfelder
11. Re: the Pleasure Seekers
From: Eddy
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 23:49:56 EDT
From: Bob Rashkow
Subject: Re: the Pleasure Seekers
Hmmmm--maybe I'm wrong, maybe the Capitol group IS a different
"Pleasure Seekers" altogether. Osborne lumps the 3 recordings (or,
rather, labels) together, but you would think Suzi would certainly
have mentioned being signed to Capitol Records as well as Mercury!
The Capitol song, though, is a really fine gem. Excellent harmony
and melody--perhaps more of a West Coast sound than Midwest (Suzi,
originally)??
Bobster
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 15:19:08 -0000
From: Ed Salamon
Subject: Re: Coke jingles in musica
Julio:
> Could the voice making the speech at the end of the tracks be Jeff
> Barry's?
Rashkovsky:
> No--that's one of the then top DJ's in New York---if only I hadn't
> lost my memory, I could tell you his name.
It sounds like Jack Spector, who later worked for me at WHN, to me.
Ed Salamon
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 11:00:46 -0500
From: Anthony Parsons
Subject: Re: Bacharach & David's "Knowing When To Leave"
Mick Patrick on the "Promises, Promises" original cast LP:
> (is it) available on CD? If not, why not?
It's recently been reissued by Varese Sarabande for a $13.98 list
price, April of 05 as a matter of fact. However most Varese releases
of this nature tend to go out of print quickly, so I'd advise
grabbing it while it is available again. It was very pricey in the
used market between the original CD release and this recent reissue.
Antone
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 14:32:56 -0000
From: Clark Besch
Subject: Re: Carpenters
That reprise at the end of the Lp with "Yesterday Once More" is
great! I have added it to the end of a cassette or two as filler.
Some of the best carpenters songs are ones where they put things in I
never expect. 3 that come to mind would be "Goodbye to Love" with
that great guitar solo, also the B side to "Close to You". "I Kept on
Loving You" had the unique distinction of having Richard as the
singer. It was a great song and version and made me surprised he did
not do more vocals. Had "Close to You" not been a mega-monster, would
he have sung more?? The 3rd is my fave song by them. The B side to
"Only Yesterday" called "Happy". This song actually trades vocals
between Richard & Karen and is so "Happy" and upbeat that it can't
help but make you sing a long. The really cool part is the end with a
moog synthesizer solo ending, not unlike "Lucky Man" from same era.
Really surprising and really good!
All this Carpenters talk reminds me of an old PAMs jingle that was
played on stations in 73 or so. It was about a minute long (!!!) and
was very Carpenters-like with lyrics "Solid Rock in (state)" and
"Going to a ballgame...". Sorry can't remember more, but it was like
the great old days of long jingles and it sounded like the
Carpenters. I heard it on KIOA Des Moines in my area.
Clark
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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 18:25:35 +0100
From: Martin Roberts
Subject: Re: John Carter song - Midnight Girl
Mark Frumento wrote:
> Sadly (Paul) Craig's version (of) "Midnight Girl" isn't all that
> good either.
Isn't all that good?!!! This is what Jeffrey Glen had to say about
the track:
Now this is a great record! Catchy song and excellent mid-60's U.K.
arrangement and production, well performed. Nice use of bells and
horns, and Craig's double-tracked voice is perfect for this type of
song. How could this have been not a hit?
You can read more of Jeff's reviews on the production of Irving
Martin at: http://martinruk.net/IrvingMartin/reviews.htm
In the meantime Mark, I've got your address somewhere, I'll send off
some ear wax!
Martin
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Message: 6
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 15:32:56 -0400
From: Al Pavlow
Subject: Re: Bacharach & David's "Knowing When To Leave"
Regarding the Bacharach-David song "Knowing When to Leave"
Here are some 45rpm versions issued in 1968 according to the
Bacharach-David section in my soon-to-be-published "PRO-FILES
Discographies"
Michele Lee - Columbia 44698 (produced & arranged by Ernie Freeman)
Gordon MacRae - Capitol 2329
Sue Raney - Imperial 66340
Doc Severinsen - Command 4125
Big Al Pavlow
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Message: 7
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 15:18:35 -0500
From: Anthony Parsons
Subject: Re: Bacharach & David's "Promises Promises"
Me previously:
> (The "Promises, Promises" original cast album has) recently been
> reissued by Varese Sarabande for a $13.98 list price
I'm afraid I typed a bit hastily on my earlier message, the actual
List Price for the Varese Promises Promises reissue is $17.98. Amazon
is selling it for $13.98, hence the mistake in my haste to reply. As
both Don Adams and Nancy Sinatra said, "Sorry 'bout that!"
Antone
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Message: 8
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 16:47:17 -0400
From: Phil X Milstein
Subject: Desdemona
Is the Searchers' song "Desdemona" (RCA, 1971 in US) a cover of the
T. Rex song of that name, or a different song altogether? If the
former, is it available anywhere?
--Phil M.
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Message: 9
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 14:37:46 -0700 (PDT)
From: Karen Andrew
Subject: Upcoming Music Album Cover-photos exhibit in Cincinnati
On Sept. 21, at 3 p.m., there will be a sneak preview of the
following exhibit: Cincinnati Art Museum - "Borrowed Time: The
Photograph as Music Album Cover", running Oct. 22, 2005 through Jan.
29, 2006.
"Who is the artist behind the image? And what qualities made a
particular photograph work as the cover image for an album or CD?
Find out in this fascinating exhibition that explores the
intersection of music and photography."
Right now I don't see anything on the museum's Web site,
www.cincinnatiartmuseum.org. It will have to be on there soon. I'm
assuming they will have some of the photos to entice people to come
and view the exhibit. BTW, admission to the Cincinnati Art Museum is
free, thanks to some generous donators.
For this sneak preview, apparently it is free but you have to make
reservations (see Web site-programs & events).
Karen Andrew
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Message: 10
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 01:09:55 +0200
From: Frank Jastfelder
Subject: Re: Bacharach & David's "Knowing When To Leave"
Richard Havers wrote:
> Does anyone know who the vocalists were on Hugo Montenegro's
> rendition?
I'm pretty sure the singers were led by Ron Hicklin. At least he was
the leader on two other Montenegro LPs of that time. For me it's one
of the most brilliant versions of this beautiful song.
Frank Jastfelder
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Message: 11
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 08:43:51 +0200
From: Eddy
Subject: Re: the Pleasure Seekers
Bob Rashkow:
> Hmmmm--maybe I'm wrong, maybe the Capitol group IS a different
> "Pleasure Seekers" altogether. Osborne lumps the 3 recordings (or,
> rather, labels) together, but you would think Suzi would certainly
> have mentioned being signed to Capitol Records as well as Mercury!
> The Capitol song, though, is a really fine gem. Excellent harmony
> and melody--perhaps more of a West Coast sound than Midwest (Suzi,
> originally)??
This is what Rusted Chrome ( http://home.att.net/~s.m.geer/home.htm )
has to say on the subject. No mention of Capitol:
"They recorded a fine 45 for Hideout's fledgling recording
operation: "Never Thought You'd Leave Me" (b/w "What a Way to Die" -
an ode to heavy beer drinking!) which showed off their terrific
Wurlitzer electric piano-based "sound" and almost dented the local
radio charts in 1966. They landed a contract with Mercury Records
for "Light of Love" in 1967 which was a better recording but it never
got radio play."
Eddy
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