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There are 25 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Re: "No Direction Home" and some thoughts on the G-word
From: Phil X Milstein
2. Re: Pete Best docu
From: Mark Frumento
3. Re: Cruisin' series
From: Stewart Mason
4. Pete Best
From: Steve Harvey
5. Cruisin Series again. - Hunter Handcock
From: Paul Urbahns
6. DC5 HOF?
From: Lapka Larry
7. Video for the Third Rail's "Run Run Run"???
From: Kim Cooper
8. Roger McGuinn and Nedra Ross duet
From: David A Young
9. Carole King and the Monkees
From: Mick Patrick
10. Authentic DJ Air Checks
From: Matt Spero
11. Re: Cruisin series
From: Phil X Milstein
12. Re: No Direction Home - Dylan Documentary
From: Kurt Benbenek
13. Re: Carole King and the Monkees
From: Regina Litman
14. Re: Carole King and the Monkees
From: Regina Litman
15. Re: DC5 HOF?
From: Shawn Nagy
16. Re: DC5 HOF?
From: Shawn Nagy
17. Re: Cruisin' series
From: Hans Huss
18. Re: DC5 HOF?
From: Leslie Fradkin
19. Re: DC5 HOF?
From: Leslie Fradkin
20. Re: Pete Best docu
From: Anita
21. Re: Carole King and the Monkees
From: Mick Patrick
22. Bikinis, Black Denim and Bitchen Sounds
From: Mick Patrick
23. Helen Miller, "On Broadway", Sugar Pie De Santo and Crime
From: Julio Niño
24. "Rhythm On The Reedy" To Benefit Hurricane Victims
From: Bill Swanke
25. Buddy's Boxer Rebellion
From: Steve Harvey
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 13:02:13 -0400
From: Phil X Milstein
Subject: Re: "No Direction Home" and some thoughts on the G-word
Chris Ponti wrote:
> Bereft of the weight of his body of work, it would be hard to
> cite one person in the Dylan piece who had much positive to say
> about Dylan the human being. He stole records, he used any leg
> up he could and never reciprocated when fortune found him. I
> knew Dylan in the Village and he was not someone who inspired
> affection among people he knew, either in the folk or pop worlds.
> I guess the upshot of my thinking was how Best (impoverished
> though his accomplishments are) came off versus the way Dylan
> did. (Pete) Best, though he can be viewed as the biggest loser
> of our era, at least in the world of music, came off so much
> more sympathetically than Mr. Zimmerman.
I hear ya, Chris, and you make some pertinent points. However ...
One of the sub-themes of the movie, it seemed to me, was the nature
of genius. Part of the exploration of this theme was the thick
strand about Dylan's process of chasing his muse, the contentious
situations it frequently put him in, and the need for artists --
the great ones, at least -- to be given the luxury of the freedom
to chase that muse, at the risk of their art being diminished for
the lack of such freedom.
For instance, I think that were it not for the troika of roadblocks
(i.e., Love, Murry, Capitol) thrown in Brian Wilson's way during
the years of his peak creativity, it's quite possible he would have
been able to bring "Smile" to its full fruition, and perhaps even
gone on to other great (if not necessarily higher) heights from
there.
The problem with this dynamic, though, is that among the many
things the artist needs freedom from is manners, which, for better
or worse, are compromises we all make for the sake of being thought
well of. Genius makes many demands of the people around it, but it
is so wrapped up in its OWN demands that it rarely takes the
trouble to consider the pain such rudeness causes. Dylan is far
from the only genius to be considered something of an asshole by
those he's come in contact with, and in fact I don't think it'd be
inaccurate to say that his case is more the rule than the exception
in this regard. If I started naming names, I'd be here typing for a
very long time!
The compensation for those within the genius's whorl is that their
cooperation with his demands ultimately enable the genius to
produce his best work, which become gifts for the entire world to
partake of forever. The alternatives are to try to block him, and
risk being seen by history as another Love/Murry/Capitol, or to get
out of the way, in which case the genius will surely find someone
else to put up with his crap.
Dig,
--Phil M.
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 18:43:27 -0000
From: Mark Frumento
Subject: Re: Pete Best docu
Chris Ponti wrote:
> Best, though he can be viewed as the biggest loser of our
> era, at least in the world of music, came off so much more
> sympathetically than Mr. Zimmerman.
I agree with you about Best and the contrast of the two men is
astounding. It's an interesting study in why some people become
successful and some don't. Like you I felt a bit heartbroken
during the Best bio. Having just seen Paul McCartney live it felt
frustrating to see how close the guy came to being side by side
with the rest of the Beatles. But I did walk away from both bios
thinking that their respective situations were meant to be.
All in all, though the quality of the production doesn't compare
to the Dylan bio, 'Best of the Beatles' had some interesting
interviews (and no one half annoying as Peter Yarrow!). I thought
it was good of the elusive Neil Aspinall to appear and there were
cool appearances from Norman Smith and Ron Richards (with Richards
taking blame for Best's demise).
For me, the most interesting comment that Best made was that he
viewed the inclusion of his performances on The Beatles Anthology
as "payment for services rendered." It made me wonder if they were
attempting to pay him some money after all these years.
Mark F.
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 16:10:15 -0400
From: Stewart Mason
Subject: Re: Cruisin' series
Andrew C. Jones wrote:
> I have the "Cruisin' 1959" album which features Hancock in action,
> and I'd like to hear more of him.
Phil Milstein:
> The patter for that series were re-creations, were they not? The
> text on that H.H. page implies his was from an authentic aircheck,
> but the couple I have sure sound re-done, plus it seems to make
> more sense that they would be.
I have the complete set, 1955 to 1970, on CD and love them to death.
Yeah, they're all undoubtedly recreations: they're simply too
smoothly done to be authentic airchecks, and it seems unlikely that
the compilers could have found 40 minutes or so of airchecks that
just "happened" to only contain songs they could get the licensing
to.
Does anyone have any background info on who originally commissioned
these? I first started seeing the LPs in the bins in my dad's store
when I was a little kid in the late '70s, and the CDs I have are on
a variety of labels from the late '80s to the mid-'90s. It's a
brilliant idea, and I wish more things like this had been done back
when most of the DJs were still alive to do such things!
S
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 19:38:41 -0700 (PDT)
From: Steve Harvey
Subject: Pete Best
This past summer I got to meet Pete Best twice at two gigs. I
finally got to ask him a question I'd been wondering about for two
decades.
Everyone viewed him as the poor guy that nearly grabbed the brass
ring. That changed on Dec. 8, 1980 with Lennon's assassination.
Suddenly things changed in regard to Pete Best. While Pete lost out
of fame and fortune (although he did get some dough from the first
Anthology) he can play with his grandchildren, something Lennon will
never get to do. Pete admitted to me that it was "some compensation".
Even though he may have to play bars and small theaters Pete won't
have to worry about some jackass trying to make a name for himself
by blowing him away. In the long run Pete is the lucky one.
Steve Harvey
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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 07:40:13 -0400
From: Paul Urbahns
Subject: Cruisin Series again. - Hunter Handcock
Andrew C. Jones wrote:
> I have the "Cruisin' 1959" album which features Hancock in action,
> and I'd like to hear more of him.
Phil Milstein:
> The patter for that series were re-creations, were they not? The
> text on that H.H. page implies his was from an authentic aircheck,
> but the couple I have sure sound re-done, plus it seems to make
> more sense that they would be.
Yes Cruisin' 1959 features Hunter Hancock in action, but the whole
Cruisin' series is re-creations using original elements (commericals
jingles etc). This allowed Increase Records to market an oldies
album (also cassettes, 8 tracks, remember 8 tracks?) that featured
the biggest hits of a given year in the style to which most of us
first heard them, on the radio. Since the albums were produced by
people in the radio production field, they are better than if a
major record company tried such a thing.
Paul Urbahns
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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 05:23:28 -0700 (PDT)
From: Lapka Larry
Subject: DC5 HOF?
To All: I haven't been around here for awhile, but talk of the
Dave Clark Five being nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
has prompted me to write.
I do believe that those initiating the process of nominating acts
for the HOF took note of Mike Smith's recent struggles, which
became higher profile through the recent all-star benefit held in
New York City. Of course, this is completely the wrong reason for
the DC5 to gain such a nomination, but since every year adds
another year to the time when they were a very public, prolific
and hit-strewn group, I guess so be it.
There is great controversy about who played on their records,
exactly what role Dave Clark actually played with the band, who
actually wrote their tunes, etc., but to me, whatever the reality
was, a lot of great music came out of this organization called the
Dave Clark Five.
At this point in time, the importance of possibly being voted into
this sham of a Hall of Fame isn't, well, isn't really that
important. What is important is that just possibly, when Mr. Clark
sees that the DC5 are still important in some people's eyes, he
will find it in his heart to allow the proper rerelease of the DC5
catalog. Now that the Cameo/Parkway catalog appears to be out in
the open, the DC5 catalog is virtually the last rock and roll holy
grail. You can get bootlegs, but wouldn't it be nice to have the
catalog released legitimately?
Larry Lapka
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/DC5/
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Message: 7
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 09:44:08 -0700
From: Kim Cooper
Subject: Video for the Third Rail's "Run Run Run"???
Next week's Bubblegum Achievement Awards honoree Joey Levine asked
if I had any idea of where he could find a copy of the video his
early band the Third Rail made for "Run Run Run."
Any clues (or better still, offers of dupes or online streams)
would be MUCH appreciated.
Kim
http://www.bubblegum-music.com
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Message: 8
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 17:58:04 -0000
From: David A Young
Subject: Roger McGuinn and Nedra Ross duet
Yo, wassup, y'all?
I've just learned of a track that is not Spectropoppish in the
least, but because the people who recorded it are icons of the
era, I thought it might be of interest to some members
nonetheless.
As nearly as I can tell, Roger McGuinn enjoys recording songs
from the American folk tradition and then making them available
free on his Web site. The particular tune in question, "Follow
the Drinking Gourd," was posted in March of this year and is
available about halfway down the page at:
http://www.ibiblio.org/jimmy/folkden-wp/
Whoever thought we'd hear an ex-Byrd and an ex-Ronette duet
forty years after their hits?
Peace out,
David A. Young
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Message: 9
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 19:08:12 +0100
From: Mick Patrick
Subject: Carole King and the Monkees
Hey, hey . . .
Question: How many Carole King compositions did the Monkees
record? Don't worry, I don't need an answer, because I
already know it. How do I know? Well, there wasn't a sight
for me to do at work this afternoon, so I spent most of the
time leafing through Andrew Sandoval's new book "The Monkees:
The Day-By-Day Story Of The 60s TV Pop Sensation". What this
tome can't tell you about the Monkees ain't worth knowing.
Although it's not long out, copies are going for a fiver on
Amazon. A bargain, or what? Find more details here:
http://tinyurl.com/8adql and here: http://tinyurl.com/8tznx
Hey la,
Mick Patrick
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Message: 10
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 15:11:09 EDT
From: Matt Spero
Subject: Authentic DJ Air Checks
You can hear authentic Air Checks of hundreds of DJs at a
great web site called reelradio.com. Hhere's the link:
http://www.reelradio.com/index.html#menu
Being that I wa a DJ at one time I love listening to some
of these great shows.
Matt Spero
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Message: 11
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 16:13:57 -0400
From: Phil X Milstein
Subject: Re: Cruisin series
Paul Urbahns wrote:
> Yes Cruisin' 1959 features Hunter Hancock in action, but the whole
> Cruisin' series is re-creations using original elements (commericals
> jingles etc). This allowed Increase Records to market an oldies
> album (also cassettes, 8 tracks, remember 8 tracks?) that featured
> the biggest hits of a given year in the style to which most of us
> first heard them, on the radio. Since the albums were produced by
> people in the radio production field, they are better than if a
> major record company tried such a thing.
How are the song transfers in the series? Proper versions? Stereo?
Etc.? Generally speaking, of course.
--Phil M.
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Message: 12
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 20:01:55 -0000
From: Kurt Benbenek
Subject: Re: No Direction Home - Dylan Documentary
The day after the Dylan documentary was aired, some friends and I
were discussing it over dinner. One of my more creative friends
brought up his own theory that Dylan never really met and hung out
with Woody Guthrie, and that this claim was just another in a long
line of Dylan put-ons. I don't mean to be naive, but is there any
tangible evidence of Dylan having been an acquaintance of Woody?
For instance, photographs of them together, Guthrie family
reminiscences, etc. Musically, Woody and Dylan were connected, but
did they really hang out together?
Kurt Benbenek
Long Beach, CA
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Message: 13
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 23:18:09 -0000
From: Regina Litman
Subject: Re: Carole King and the Monkees
Mick Patrick wrote:
> Hey, hey . . . Question: How many Carole King compositions
> did the Monkees record? Don't worry, I don't need an answer,
> because I already know it. How do I know? Well, there wasn't a
> sight for me to do at work this afternoon, so I spent most of
> the time leafing through Andrew Sandoval's new book "The
> Monkees: The Day-By-Day Story Of The 60s TV Pop Sensation".
> What this tome can't tell you about the Monkees ain't worth
> knowing. Although it's not long out, copies are going for a
> fiver on Amazon. A bargain, or what? Find more details here:
> http://tinyurl.com/8adql and here: http://tinyurl.com/8tznx
I know there are at least two - "Pleasant Valley Sunday" and "The
Porpoise Song". I know them because they were singles that got
airplay where I lived (an understatement regarding the former). But
I know there are others on the "Listen to the Band" box set. Oh,
yes, one of them is "A Man Without A Dream", a song I had never
heard by anyone until the 1990s, when it turned up both on "Listen
to the Band" and a Righteous Brothers anthology (also put out by
Rhino).
In case anyone's wondering, they recorded and released four that
were written by Neil Diamond. Besides the huge hits "I'm a
Believer" and "A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You" (a Monkees
recording in name only, since only Davy Jones performed on the
record), there were also "Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow)", which
made its debut on their second album, "More of the Monkees", and
"Love to Love", which didn't get released until the 1980s. It is
believed that they did a fifth Diamond song that has never been
released, and this one may possibly be "Black and Blue from
Kicking Myself", which some sources say was written by Neil along
with the famous songwriting team of Leiber and Stoller rather
than by Neil alone.
Neil has never released his own versions of "A Little Bit Me, A
Little Bit You" and "Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow)", but he has
been performing the latter during his current concert tour (which
is in the middle of a 4-night L.A. stand). This had led some of his
fans to believe it may turn up on his new album due out on November
8, but he's since said that this will be all new material, and
track listings that finally hit online retail sites such as Amazon
this week do not show it. "Love to Love" was on his very first
album, "The Feel of Neil", but it has never been released on any
officially sanctioned CD. (I have a bootleg-looking import called
"First Hits" that includes it. I bought it around 1997.) He's put
out several versions of "I'm a Believer", including one with brand
new lyrics on the "September Morn" album released in late 1979 or
early 1980.
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Message: 14
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 23:18:09 -0000
From: Regina Litman
Subject: Re: Carole King and the Monkees
Mick Patrick wrote:
> Hey, hey . . . Question: How many Carole King compositions
> did the Monkees record? Don't worry, I don't need an answer,
> because I already know it. How do I know? Well, there wasn't a
> sight for me to do at work this afternoon, so I spent most of
> the time leafing through Andrew Sandoval's new book "The
> Monkees: The Day-By-Day Story Of The 60s TV Pop Sensation".
> What this tome can't tell you about the Monkees ain't worth
> knowing. Although it's not long out, copies are going for a
> fiver on Amazon. A bargain, or what? Find more details here:
> http://tinyurl.com/8adql and here: http://tinyurl.com/8tznx
I know there are at least two - "Pleasant Valley Sunday" and "The
Porpoise Song". I know them because they were singles that got
airplay where I lived (an understatement regarding the former). But
I know there are others on the "Listen to the Band" box set. Oh,
yes, one of them is "A Man Without A Dream", a song I had never
heard by anyone until the 1990s, when it turned up both on "Listen
to the Band" and a Righteous Brothers anthology (also put out by
Rhino).
In case anyone's wondering, they recorded and released four that
were written by Neil Diamond. Besides the huge hits "I'm a
Believer" and "A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You" (a Monkees
recording in name only, since only Davy Jones performed on the
record), there were also "Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow)", which
made its debut on their second album, "More of the Monkees", and
"Love to Love", which didn't get released until the 1980s. It is
believed that they did a fifth Diamond song that has never been
released, and this one may possibly be "Black and Blue from
Kicking Myself", which some sources say was written by Neil along
with the famous songwriting team of Leiber and Stoller rather
than by Neil alone.
Neil has never released his own versions of "A Little Bit Me, A
Little Bit You" and "Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow)", but he has
been performing the latter during his current concert tour (which
is in the middle of a 4-night L.A. stand). This had led some of his
fans to believe it may turn up on his new album due out on November
8, but he's since said that this will be all new material, and
track listings that finally hit online retail sites such as Amazon
this week do not show it. "Love to Love" was on his very first
album, "The Feel of Neil", but it has never been released on any
officially sanctioned CD. (I have a bootleg-looking import called
"First Hits" that includes it. I bought it around 1997.) He's put
out several versions of "I'm a Believer", including one with brand
new lyrics on the "September Morn" album released in late 1979 or
early 1980.
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Message: 15
Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2005 06:36:29 -0000
From: Shawn Nagy
Subject: Re: DC5 HOF?
My intial thought of the Rock & Roll Hall Of Shame was to honor
those who made a major CONTRIBUTION to R&R. Since there obviously
already inductees who haven't done that, and are non-rockers, I
guess anything goes. Sure DC5 had hits, but how did they influence
other musicians? Fashion, hairstyles, sound? Remember, The Ventures
are not in the Hall yet, and I think every musician that visits this
board has learned their chops playing a Ventures song at one time or
another. There are a few that NEED to be inducted & have been
gravely overlooked.
As for holy grails not out yet, remember that Buddy Holly - icon of
the '50s music & imagery, has no legit box set yet.
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Message: 16
Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2005 06:36:29 -0000
From: Shawn Nagy
Subject: Re: DC5 HOF?
My intial thought of the Rock & Roll Hall Of Shame was to honor
those who made a major CONTRIBUTION to R&R. Since there obviously
already inductees who haven't done that, and are non-rockers, I
guess anything goes. Sure DC5 had hits, but how did they influence
other musicians? Fashion, hairstyles, sound? Remember, The Ventures
are not in the Hall yet, and I think every musician that visits this
board has learned their chops playing a Ventures song at one time or
another. There are a few that NEED to be inducted & have been
gravely overlooked.
As for holy grails not out yet, remember that Buddy Holly - icon of
the '50s music & imagery, has no legit box set yet.
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Message: 17
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 13:54:33 -0700 (PDT)
From: Hans Huss
Subject: Re: Cruisin' series
Phil X Milstein wrote:
> How are the song transfers in the series? Proper versions?
> Stereo? Etc.? Generally speaking, of course.
The original series, in 1970, sounded great. Mono versions, proper
versions all of them, as far as I can recall. But later re-releases
- still vinyl, this would be in the late 1970s or early 1980s
perhaps - were different, only I can't recall exactly what was
wrong with them.
Stewart Mason wrote:
> Does anyone have any background info on who originally
> commissioned these? I first started seeing the LPs in the bins in
> my dad's store when I was a little kid in the late '70s, and the
> CDs I have are on a variety of labels from the late '80s to the
> mid-'90s. It's a brilliant idea, and I wish more things like this
> had been done back when most of the DJs were still alive to do
> such things!
The first batch of seven albums in the Cruisin' series was released
by Chess-distributed Increase in June, 1970.
1956 Robin Seymour, WKMH, Detroit
1957 Joe Niagara, WIBG, Philadelphia
1958 Jack Carney, WIL, St. Louis
1959 Hunter Hancock, KGFJ, Los Angeles
1960 Dick Biondi, WKBW, Buffalo
1961 Arnie "Woo Woo" Ginsburg, WMEX, Boston
1962 Russ "Weird Beard" Knight, KLIF, Dallas
Then, in January, 1972
1955 "Jumpin'" George Oxford, KSAN, San Fransisco
1963 B. Mitchell Reed, WMCA, New York
And in September, 1973, Increase now distributed by GRT
2009-2012
1964 Johnny Holliday, WHK, Cleveland
1965 Robert W. Morgan, KHJ, Los Angeles
1966 Pat O'Day, KJR, Seattle
1967 Dr. Don Rose, WQXI, Atlanta
According to the liner notes, the series was "conceived and
recreated" by Ron Jacobs. Production and research: Ellen Johnson,
Jere Alan Brian, Sandy Gibson, Sharon Weisz and Lyn Lacie.
My memory is not clear on this, but I recall being very disappointed
with what I think was a later re-release of the series, in the same
sleeves and with similar track listings, but with some tracks
missing (or with inferior commercials) and poorer sound. Anyone
remember this?
Hasse Huss
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Message: 18
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 14:45:09 -0600
From: Leslie Fradkin
Subject: Re: DC5 HOF?
Lapka Larry wrote:
> ... the DC5 catalog is virtually the last rock and roll holy
> grail. You can get bootlegs, but wouldn't it be nice to have the
> catalog released legitimately?
I have Dave Clark 5's 2 CD set on Hollywood Records. It was
released in 1993. You must mean, reissued yet again so that
downloads can occur?
Les
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Message: 19
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 14:45:09 -0600
From: Leslie Fradkin
Subject: Re: DC5 HOF?
Lapka Larry wrote:
> ... the DC5 catalog is virtually the last rock and roll holy
> grail. You can get bootlegs, but wouldn't it be nice to have the
> catalog released legitimately?
I have Dave Clark 5's 2 CD set on Hollywood Records. It was
released in 1993. You must mean, reissued yet again so that
downloads can occur?
Les
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Message: 20
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 23:20:36 -0000
From: Anita
Subject: Re: Pete Best docu
Although we don't, of course, know who Pete Best might have become
had he ended up a Beatle with a capital B, instead of a footnote to
the larger story. He could just as easily have become a huge bastard
or a nice, gentleman billionaire. I htink his perspective on the
whole thing at this point is commendable and realistic, though. Life
handed him a big fat bitter lemon, and he instead chose to make
babies. Not a bad end result. :)
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Message: 21
Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2005 10:49:17 +0100
From: Mick Patrick
Subject: Re: Carole King and the Monkees
I wrote:
> Hey, hey . . . Question: How many Carole King compositions
> did the Monkees record? Don't worry, I don't need an answer,
> because I already know it.
Regina Litman:
> I know there are at least two - "Pleasant Valley Sunday" and
> "The Porpoise Song". I know them because they were singles that
> got airplay where I lived (an understatement regarding the
> former). But I know there are others on the "Listen to the Band"
> box set. Oh, yes, one of them is "A Man Without A Dream"...
Two? Three? Try sixteen.
How do I know? Well, there wasn't a sight for me to do at work
this afternoon, so I spent most of the time leafing through
Andrew Sandoval's new book "The Monkees: The Day-By-Day Story Of
The 60s TV Pop Sensation". What this tome can't tell you about
the Monkees ain't worth knowing. Although it's not long out,
copies are going for a fiver on Amazon. A bargain, or what? Find
more details here: http://tinyurl.com/8adql and here:
http://tinyurl.com/8tznx
Hey la,
Mick Patrick
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Message: 22
Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2005 11:14:32 +0100
From: Mick Patrick
Subject: Bikinis, Black Denim and Bitchen Sounds
Attention girl group fans - Stephen McPartland's new book is
now out. If I wasn't so engrossed in Jackie DeShannon's new
"Breakin' It Up On The Beatles Tour" CD (with previously
unissued bonus tracks), I'd be reading it right now. Trust me,
you need a copy. Find the gen below.
Hey la,
Mick Patrick
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BIKINIS, BLACK DENIM AND BITCHEN SOUNDS
A Musical Appreciation Of Female Surf, Hot-Rod And Related
Recordings 1961-1967
1 876 788 22 4
A4 SIZE (8.5” x 11.5”)
280 pages, including 53 pages of black and white photos,
7 pages of full colour, 7 pages of graphics, full index,
perfect bound with a full colour glossy cover
Whereas one single girl, Kathy Kohner, aka Gidget,
established the concept of the girl surfer in the minds of
hundreds of thousands of individuals around the world via
the printed media and the film medium, thanks to Frederick
Kohner’s best selling 1957 book GIDGET: THE LITTLE GIRL
WITH BIG IDEAS and Columbia Pictures’ 1959 box-office
success GIDGET, the concept of the girl (or woman for that
matter) singing about surfing (and its related offshoot of
hot-rod music) has never been fully explored, until now.
Unlike surfer girls, females singing the praises of surfing
was largely a ‘60s phenomenon and this book attempts to
chronicle this brief yet interesting flowering. Likewise,
girls singing about hot-rods, drag racing and motorcycles
have been included as well as actresses from The Beach Party
genre of films who have recorded material. Similarly, this
book also documents the recorded exploits of female
performers who have fallen under the creative wing of
individuals more well-known for their own involvement in the
surfing and hot-rod music genre. Such product by record
producers, music arrangers and songwriters of the calibre of
BRIAN WILSON, GARY USHER, BRUCE JOHNSTON, TERRY MELCHER, JOE
SARACENO, PHIL SLOAN & STEVE BARRI and GARY ZEKLEY is
therefore discussed and documented, not all of which falls
into the category of surfing or hot-rod music, but is often
couched in similar musical terms. And lastly, for those
interested in The Girl Group musical genre, this book taps
into an area (and covers individuals) largely ignored
elsewhere and so should provide an additional bountiful
supply of information and trivia.
PRICE $US44.00
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NSW 2137
AUSTRALIA
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Message: 23
Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2005 12:23:10 -0000
From: Julio Niño
Subject: Helen Miller, "On Broadway", Sugar Pie De Santo and Crime
Mick Patrick about Andrew Sandoval's just published book "The
Monkees: The Day-By-Day Story Of The 60s TV Pop Sensation":
> What this tome can't tell you about the Monkees ain't worth
> knowing...
Mick again, writting about Stephen McParland new book "Bikinis,
Black Denim and Bitchen Sounds" (What a title!):
> Trust me, you need a copy...
I never thought that my fixation with sixties music will impulse
me to delinquency. But the flow of upcoming irresistible
temptations: Cameo-Parkway´s artist compilations, the Jackie
DeShannon´s reissues, Rhino´s Girl Groups box set, the
interesting new books Mick recommends, keep me considering my
possibilities in some illegal and lucrative activities. I suppose
that If I get caught I can always denounce Mick for induction to
crime.
Changing the subject I managed to find out that the Frankie
Avalon´s song I asked about a week ago, "Don´t Make Fun Of Me"
(thanks Fred for the info about it) was composed by Howard
Greenfield and Helen Miller. I´ve been looking for information
about Helen in record notes and also in internet (including the
S´pop archives, where I discovered that I´m not the only one
intrigued by her, and also that someone considered some time
ago the possibility of making a "Brill Building songs" compilation
that included a collection of her songs, a kind of continuation of
"On Broadway" on Westside. I think that, that compilation was
never made, or was it? I would love if someone could tell us
something about Helen. I wonder what she is doing nowadays.
By the way, talking about "On Broadway", it surprised me a lot
reading in the S´pop archives that the notes of the compilation,
by Malcolm Baumgart and Mick, were qualified as chaotic, because
they are one of my favorite liner notes. I find them very
informative and very imaginative and fun to read).
I have to leave you, the coffee maker is whistling hysterically,
I must take it off the burner before it explodes. My favorite
song these last days is "Ask Me" by Sugar Pie De Santo, 1962; I
love the backing voices, by some girls named the Louisiana Jems.
Does somebody know who they were?
Chao.
Julio Niño.
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Message: 24
Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2005 09:05:07 -0500 (Central Standard Time)
From: Bill Swanke
Subject: "Rhythm On The Reedy" To Benefit Hurricane Victims
This just in:
"RHYTHM ON THE REEDY" TO BENEFIT HURRICANE VICTIMS
R&B, Beach Music Highlight Oct. 13
Event at Peace Center Amphitheater
GREENVILLE, S.C.
Put your shaggin’ shoes on. Some of the top names in beach music
and rhythm and blues will take the stage Thursday, Oct. 13, at
the Peace Center Amphitheater for "Rhythm on the Reedy," a concert
benefiting victims of hurricanes Rita and Katrina, presented by
the Beach Music Association International. Scheduled performers
include Billy Scott; Hack Bartley and Shuffle, performing with
original members of the Swingin’ Medallions; The Flashbacks; The
Sound Factory Band; Double Take and More; Clay Brown; Josh Quinn;
Ceasar Dave Freeman; and Larissa Holliday. Special guest for the
evening is New Orleans native Herbert Hardesty, who has served as
bandleader and saxophonist for the legendary Fats Domino since
1949. Hardesty is among the thousands who lost their homes and
possessions to the devastating storms that hit the Gulf Coast over
the past several weeks, and has dedicated himself to raising money
to help rebuild his hometown.
The event will run from 6 to 10 p.m. Food and beverages will be
available for purchase and a silent auction will also be part of
the event, with all event proceeds going to the American Red Cross.
In case of bad weather, the concert will be held at the Peace
Center Auditorium. Tickets are $25, a portion of which may be tax-
deductible. They can be purchased in person at the Peace Center
Box Office, by calling (864) 864-457-3000 or (800) 888-7768, or
via the Internet at http://www.peacecenter.org
Sponsors of the event are Carolina First, Erwin-Penland and
Palmetto Health Baptist Easley. Other sponsors include American
Services, Ballenger Equipment, BellSouth, Champion Communications,
Duke Power, Greenville Events, Kent Manufacturing, Larkin’s on the
River, Paper Cutters/WPCI-AM, the Peace Center, Soby’s, Southern
Vinyl Window Manufacturing and Stax Restaurants. Other supporters
include the Greenville Chamber of Commerce, Greenville Symphony
and Docker’s of Greenville.
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Message: 25
Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2005 08:58:05 -0700 (PDT)
From: Steve Harvey
Subject: Buddy's Boxer Rebellion
Shawn Nagy wrote:
> As for holy grails not out yet, remember that Buddy Holly -
> icon of the '50s music & imagery, has no legit box set yet.
Point of clarification, Buddy had several boxsets, just not ones
with CDs. There was an American one from the 80s I believe and a
more extensive German one with 9 lps. There is a double CD set of
the legit stuff and a 7 set CD bootlleg which was suppose to come
out, but didn't due to some falling out with Maria Elena.
Steve Harvey
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