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SPECTROPOP - Spectacular! Retro! Pop!
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There are 9 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Mark Wirtz interview
From: The Cat
2. Peter Lacey
From: Stratton Bearhart
3. Re: Sadie The Cleaning Lady
From: Martin Roberts
4. Re: Sadie The Cleaning Lady
From: Joop
5. Re:Dark End Of The Street
From: Howard Earnshaw
6. Bubblegum Achievement Awards & puppet spectacular
From: Kim Cooper
7. Re: Betty Willis
From: Phil X Milstein
8. Penn/Oldham Songs
From: Margaret G. Still
9. Bo Grumpus
From: Country Paul
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 17:38:53 -0000
From: The Cat
Subject: Mark Wirtz interview
>From the Cherry Red mailing list:
Mr. Teenage Opera himself, Mark Wirtz will be making a very rare
and very special guest appearence on Lillian Cauldwell's
GlobalTalkRadio show tonight! Be sure not to miss this rare treat as
Mark drops by along with sidekick H.B. Marcus for to talk about
projects old and new, and choose tracks from his illustrious back
catalogue as well as personal favourites. Show starts at 7pm New York
time but will be archived for playback afterwards! The direct link is:
http://www.globaltalkradio.com/shows/thelilliancauldwellshow/ For
more information go to: http://www.globaltalkradio.com To order a
copy of Mark Wirtz's brilliant new album 'Love Is Eggshaped' go to
http://www.cherryred.co.uk/revola/artists/markwirtz.htm, or to catch
up on his backcatalogue including the essential "Teenage Opera" go
to http://www.cherryred.co.uk/rpm/artists/markwirtz.htm
Thought this might of interest.
The Cat
"Where The Action Is"
Radio West Fife
Dunfermline
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 14:31:31 -0000
From: Stratton Bearhart
Subject: Peter Lacey
Hi fellow Spectropoppers. You may remember myself, Country Paul and
others speaking highly of the Peter Lacey album, "Songs From A
loft"?. Well, the good news is, that after some distribution hicups,
the album is now on general release. All the details regarding this
magical cd can be gleaned from this link:
http://www.pinkhedgehog.plus.com/shopsfal.htm
Treat yourself to a slice of golden pop!.
best to ya,
Stratton Bearhart
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 18:55:51 +0100
From: Martin Roberts
Subject: Re: Sadie The Cleaning Lady
Sean was asking about versions of "Sadie The Cleaning Lady". Despite
being written by Madara - White - Gilmore the song is not really my
cup of tea but the 2 45s that I know may still interest S'poppers.
Johnny Farnham's (UK Columbia 8355 '67) release, produced by David
McKay with 'Vacuum Cleaner Solo by Mr. Jolly', has Ellie and Jeff's
"Friday Kind Of Monday" as the A-Side. A very interesting group, who
I'm sure have been discussed earlier on S'pop, Finders Keepers
recorded the other version of "Sadie...". Released on UK Fontana 938
'68, this was produced by Irving Martin. (Currently his production of
Paul Craig's "Midnight Girl" is playing on musica. You know, the one
Mark Frumento doesn't like :-)) Finders Keepers earlier release was
also produced by Irving Martin and described by Jeffrey Glenn as the
definitive version of Ellie and Jeff's... "Friday Kind Of Monday".
Ain't it a funny old world,
Martin
http://www.martinruk.net/IrvingMartin
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 18:14:21 -0000
From: Joop
Subject: Re: Sadie The Cleaning Lady
Sean, A very good review of "Sadie The Cleaning Lady" is found
on the site of our Australian S'popper Lyn:
http://www.poparchives.com.au/feature.php?id=155
Joop greets
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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 14:16:28 EDT
From: Howard Earnshaw
Subject: Re:Dark End Of The Street
Margaret G. Still wrote:
> What- has no one mentioned Dan Penn? My apologies if I missed any
> mention of Dan Penn's really good recording of his song "Dark End
> of the Street" which is on the Dan Penn CD "Do Right Man".
I guess I've must have missed someone mentioning my favourite, but
that won't stop me repeating it if so...of course it's..........!!
The late great ROY HAMILTON!!!!
Howard
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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 11:26:57 -0700
From: Kim Cooper
Subject: Bubblegum Achievement Awards & puppet spectacular
If you've been planning on attending the Bubblegum Awards to see Steve
Barri, Ron Dante, Dr. Demento and Joey Levine get their Gummies,
please note that there's just a week in which to buy your tickets and
get a chance to win one free ticket. For every ticket purchased on or
before Sept 7, we'll put your name in the bowl from which we'll pick
one name. That person gets to bring a friend for free.
Visit the Lost in the Grooves blog for news about Bob Baker's very
special marionette program at the Gummies: http://tinyurl.com/8qp8n
And much more Bubblegum Awards info is at:
http://www.bubblegum-music.com
Kim
Scram
http://www.scrammagazine.com
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Message: 7
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 14:38:02 -0400
From: Phil X Milstein
Subject: Re: Betty Willis
Tony Ronette wrote:
> Back in 1980 at the age of 18, I started working at the post office
> in Santa Ana, California. I would sort letters at a cubicle and on
> occasion this black woman by the name of 'Betty' would come and work
> in the cubicle next to me. She kept to herself and was almost
> always wearing dark sun glasses and tuning everything and everybody
> out with her 'Walkman' headphones stuffed into her ears. ...
Great stories, Tony! I wish every one of us had at least one
incident much like your's in our respective pasts.
Dig,
--Phil M.
new at Probe:
"The Gospel According to Syd Nathan"
http://www.philxmilstein.com/probe
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Message: 8
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 06:18:29 -0000
From: Margaret G. Still
Subject: Penn/Oldham Songs
Bill Reed wrote:
> And it is also sung by Penn on his and Spooner Oldham's classic
> 1998 "live" (in Britain and Ireland) album...
Yes, that whole album reminds me of "Zero Willpower" in the "Do
Right" album, with that magical, viscous sound. I love it, but picked
the version on "Do Right Man" because it's so understated and smoked
just right- and for the same reason, I prefer Dan Penn's version of
"Do Right Man" to Aretha's. Aretha's version is truly fine, but she
wallops the song, and loses something in the song that Dan Penn gets.
Best,
Margaret G. Still
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Message: 9
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 18:06:58 -0400
From: Country Paul
Subject: Bo Grumpus
Dave M:
> [What was] the first track to use fuzz bass? The Beatles' "Think
> for Yourself" comes to mind...
Bo Grumpus' beautiful "Sparrow Song" (Atco, c. 1966-67?) used it on
the chorus, but the record was (in my opinion) poorly produced by
Felix Pappalardi; to hear it live was an earth-shaking experience at
the time; it was the first use of a standard-type fuzzbox on a bass
I'd encountered. (I'm not sure where this fits into the time line).
And of course, we've previously discussed the use of a distorted bass
on Marty Robbins' "Don't Worry" (1960-61), but that didn't use a
standard fuzzbox as we now know it. I don't know if Ann-Margret's "I
Just Don't Understand" was a guitar or a bass, nor do I think it was
a standard fuzzbox, also considering its early (1960-61) date.
Country "Catch-up" Paul
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