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There are 23 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Re: NYC Recording Studios
From: Mick Patrick
2. Re: Top Movie Soundtracks make hit records
From: Artie Wayne
3. Milt Gabler
From: Phil X Milstein
4. Bikinis, Monkees & Reparata
From: S'pop Projects
5. Re:Willie Hutch, R.I.P.
From: Simon White
6. Rhino Girl Groups Box Set
From: SP
7. Teddy Vann & "Teenage Hayride"
From: ACJ
8. Re: Brian Wilson's Christmas Album
From: David Coyle
9. Re: NYC Recording Studios
From: Al Quaglieri
10. Re: NYC Recording Studios
From: Greg
11. Re: The Changing Scene
From: Lyn Nuttall
12. Re: Sometimes I'm overcome thinkin' about ...
From: Phil X Milstein
13. so Soo me ...
From: Phil X Milstein
14. Re: more to see in NYC
From: Phil X Milstein
15. Re: City Zu "Give A Little Bit"
From: Bob Brooks
16. Re: NYC Recording Studios
From: Greg
17. Re: NYC Recording Studios
From: Leslie Fradkin
18. Re: Rhino Girl Groups Box Set
From: Regina Litman
19. Milt Gabler
From: Steve Harvey
20. Re: more to see in NYC
From: James Botticelli
21. All Things Bob Crewe and The Four Seasons!
From: Ken Charmer
22. Re: so Soo me ...
From: Steve Harvey
23. Re: Teddy Vann discography
From: Hans Huss
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2005 18:22:55 +0100
From: Mick Patrick
Subject: Re: NYC Recording Studios
Greg asked:
> In a few weeks I'll be visiting the States for the first time.
> Apart from seeing the usual things, the *main* thing I'm
> excited about seeing, or finding, are the recording studios in
> New York where so much music that I adore has been recorded. I
> realise a lot of these studios no longer exist, but I hope to
> at least try and find the locations.
Here are a few other studio addresses for you to investigate
while you're in New York:
A & R
112 West 48th Street
Opened by Jack Arnold and Phil Ramone 1959. Corner of 6th
Avenue, next door to Jim & Andy’s Bar and Manny’s Music, both
famous musicians hangouts. Used regularly by Tom Dowd for
Atlantic sessions and producer Creed Taylor for Verve. Van
Morrison recorded "Brown Eyed Girl" here.
A & R Studio 2 (formerly Columbia Studio A)
799 7th Avenue
Opened by Jack Arnold and Phil Ramone early 1968.
ASSOCIATED SOUND (now Quad Recording Studios)
723 7th Avenue
Near corner of West 48th Street, a few doors down from Dick
Charles. The Angels' "My Boyfriend’s Back", the Raindrops'
"What A Guy" and the McCoys' "Hang On Sloopy" were all cut
here.
BELL SOUND (later The Hit Factory)
237 West 54th Street
Owned by Al Weintraub and Dan Cronin. Burt Bacharach's
favourite studio. Bought by Jerry Ragovoy 1968 and reopened
as The Hit Factory. Sold 1975 to partner Eddie Germano, who
died in 2002. Now run by Troy Germano, his son.
CENTURY SOUND
135 West 52nd Street
One flight up. Former radio studio. Opened by Brooks Arthur
in 1967.
COLUMBIA 30th Street
207 East 30th Street
Converted Armenian church. Opened 1949, closed mid-1982. Now
an apartment building.
COLUMBIA STUDIO A (later A & R Studio 2)
799 7th Avenue
Opened in the 1930s. Columbia’s main facility prior to East
30th Street. Sold to A&R late 1967.
COLUMBIA STUDIO B
49th East 52nd Street
Former site of CBS Radio Network building, near Madison
Avenue. Opened late 1967.
DICK CHARLES
729 7th Avenue
Small demo studio. Near corner of West 48th Street, a few
doors up from Asssociated. Many of S'pop's favoured
songwriters recorded their demos here.
MIRA SOUND
145-155 West 47th Street
On the ground floor of the Hotel America, now a Euro-style
hotel. Recorded here: "Remember (Walkin’ In The Sand)" by
the Shangri-Las and "Society’s Child" by Janis Ian.
THE POWER STATION (now Avatar)
441 West 53rd Street
Near 10th Avenue. Founded 1977 by Tony Bongiovi. Previously
home to ConEdison (hence Power Station).
RCA
155 East 24th Street
Near Lexington Avenue.
RCA Webster Hall
125 11th Street
In the East Village. Built late 1800s. Converted by RCA
early 1950s. Now a nightclub.
THE RECORD PLANT (later Streetlight)
321 West 44th Street
Once home to Warner Brothers Pictures. Opened by Gary
Kellgren and Chris Stone 1968.
STEA-PHILIPS
7th Avenue
Corner 51st Street, close to Columbia Studio A and 1650
Broadway. Owner: Lenny Stea. The 4 Seasons cut "Sherry"
here.
TALENTMASTERS
126 West 42nd Street
Owners: Bob Gallo and Bob Harvey. Later bought out by
Atlantic.
WORLD UNITED
1595 Broadway
Owner: Harry Lookofsky, aka Hash Brown, father of Michael
Brown of the Left Banke, who recorded "Walk Away Renee" here.
Have a great trip, and do let us know which you found.
Hey la,
Mick Patrick
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2005 07:11:19 -0700 (PDT)
From: Artie Wayne
Subject: Re: Top Movie Soundtracks make hit records
Paul...How ya' doin'? Top movie soundtracks don't always make
hit records! I was recording an album for Neil Bogart's
Casablanca Records, when the Star Wars single by Meco stopped
cold on the charts at #40 . My second wife, who ran George
Lucas' merchandising company thought the record was a smash
and kept playing it at home over and over ...until I thought
it was a hit as well!
At an A+R Meeting, I suggested to Neil that he let one of my
clients, Joe Klein, who made radio promotion spots, create a
60 second one for the single. This was unusual at the time,
since such costly campaigns were reserved for promoting albums.
Bogart freaked out over the spot and spent $30,000 in the
first week, buying radio time in the top markets. The Meco
spot was played once an hour, more than any hit at the time,
and in a matter of weeks overtook John Williams single from
the "Star Wars" soundtrack...making it all the way to number
one!
Regards, Artie Wayne http://artiewayne.com
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2005 12:20:35 -0400
From: Phil X Milstein
Subject: Milt Gabler
Mick Patrick wrote:
> The address I have is 135 West 70th Street. Pythian Temple was
> home to Decca Records. The building was designed in the 1920s
> by architect Thomas Lamb for the Knights of Pythias. The third
> floor auditorium was transformed into a recording studio early
> 1940s. I believe it is now an apartment building. Billie Holiday
> recorded “Strange Fruit” there in 1939, and “Rock Around The
> Clock” Bill Haley & His Comets was taped there in 1954.
Note that both those epochal records, despite their wide cultural
and musical variance, were produced by the same man, the great
Milt Gabler, who died only about a year or so ago around age 90.
I got to interview Gabler a few years back, by telephone, about
his involvement with a record I was working toward a reissue of
(which, instead, eventually became a 35-years-later sequel), a
"field recording" of Dion McGregor's spoken-aloud nightmare
dreams, which Gabler, as an A&R executive at Decca, had released
on that label in 1964. Although already well into his 80s, and
despite having overseen boatloads of far more important records
than "The Dream World Of Dion McGregor," Gabler's recall of the
events I was inquiring after were still quite clear, and he
seemed happy to relate them to me. I only regret that I had no
idea at the time of who he was, or of his awe-inspiring
credentials other than the McGregor project. If I had, I'd like
to think I'd have tried to sit him down for a proper, career-
spanning chat, and I only hope someone else managed to do just
that.
Gabler was also the uncle of Billy Crystal, and I understand
that Crystal's new autobio monologue show, "700 Sundays" or
whatever the hell it's called, discusses the Gabler family --
who owned the Commodore jazz record shop in midtown Manhattan
-- at some length. At any rate, it is high time the producer of
both "Strange Fruit" and "Rock Around The Clock" -- not to
mention "The Dream World Of Dion McGregor"! -- was recognized
as one of the truly great figures of American music history.
Until then, it seems a stop at the Pythian Temple is one way
for those of us who visit (or live in) New York to pay our
respects, and to commune with his spirit.
Dig,
--Phil M.
P.S. For more on the McGregor project, including Milt Gabler's
memories of it, see http://www.songpoemmusic.com/dion
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2005 13:08:11 +0100
From: S'pop Projects
Subject: Bikinis, Monkees & Reparata
Anyone out there interested in Annette Funicello, Carol
Connors and Shelley Fabares? How about Jill Gibson, Susan
Hart, the Honeys, Candy Johnson, Little Pattie, Donna
Loren, the Murmaids, Rachel & the Revolvers, Judy Russell
or the Surf Bunnies? Maybe girl singers aren't your bag,
but guys like Brian Wilson, Gary Usher, Bruce Johnston,
Terry Melcher, Joe Saraceno, Phil Sloan & Steve Barri and
Gary Zekley are? You need Stephen J. McParland's new book
Bikinis, Black Denim And Bitchen Sounds: A Musical
Appreciation Of Female Surf, Hot-Rod And Related
Recordings 1961-1967. A review has just been added to the
S'pop Recommends section. Check it out:
http://www.spectropop.com/recommends/index2005.htm#Bikinis
Ever wondered on what date and at which studio Jack
Nitzsche's orchestral arrangement for the Monkees'
"Porpoise Song" was recorded? If so, you need to read
Andrew Sandoval's new book The Monkees: The Day-By-Day
Story Of The 60s TV Pop Sensation. Find a review/taster
right here:
http://www.spectropop.com/recommends/index2005.htm#Monkees
Without a doubt, "I'm Nobody's Baby Now" by Reparata & the
Delrons is one of *the* most revered recordings here on
planet Spectropop. Incredible, but true - S'pop's Ray Otto
was there at the session. Find out more in his review of
the group's new "Best Of" CD:
http://www.spectropop.com/recommends/index2005.htm#Reparata
Enjoy,
The S'pop Team
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2005 20:43:31 +0100 (BST)
From: Simon White
Subject: Re:Willie Hutch, R.I.P.
The news about Willie came as a bit of a shock to the UK Soul
world. We ran an obituary in 'manifesto'in our September issue.
Willie appeared in the UK in 2003 at The Fleetwood Soul Weekender
performing both his 60's recordings and seperately his 70's
recordings both of which have a big following here. The results
were filmed along with interviews with the man about his career
for release on DVD. Some technical problems meant a delay on the
release but a date was set for Novemeber this year. In light of
Willie's sad passing the release date was put back and will now
serve as a tribute. I have fond memories of dinner with him in
Blackpool. What a talented and very nice man he was.
Simon White
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2005 19:41:57 -0000
From: SP
Subject: Rhino Girl Groups Box Set
Is anyone curious as to why the "GIRL GROUPS" box set from Rhino
features the following artists. Cher... Carole King... Lulu...
Maxine Brown... Lesley Gore... Dusty Springfield... Connie Francis
and a whole lot more solo artists. Certainly they were not "girl
groups" even though they may have had back-up singers accompany
them. I tried to get the producers at Rhino to include one or two
tracks of the "Carrie Nations." (The fictitiuos female group from
Russ Meyer's "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls.") They may never have
existed off the screen, but are certainly as well, if not better
known today, as many other long forgotten female groups of the past.
SP
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2005 15:24:38 -0400
From: ACJ
Subject: Teddy Vann & "Teenage Hayride"
Years ago, when I could force myself to stay awake to 3 AM, I'd
tune in this radio show called "Odd & Obscure with Joe Donovan"
on WHAS in Louisville, KY. Sometimes, if it was coming in
especially well, I'd tape the show. As it happened, on one of
those tapings, I caught "Teenage Hayride" by Tender Slim. Every
time I've listened to it since, I've thought, "Man, who coulda
thought THIS up?" Now I know, at least in part - Teddy Vann.
Thanks for the info.
ACJ
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2005 10:31:35 -0700 (PDT)
From: David Coyle
Subject: Re: Brian Wilson's Christmas Album
Judging from the five tracks posted on his website, I can't make
up my mind about it. It just sounds too traditional to my ears.
I don't know...it just sounds too "cute."
At the same time, having seen his Pet Sounds Symphony Tour, and
immensely enjoyed his "Smile" album and having been a big Beach
Boys/Brian Wilson fan, I feel obligated to make it my Christmas
CD buy of the year. As far as listening to it, though, I have a
feeling even the Ringo Starr Christmas album will get more play
around my house...
David
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Message: 9
Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2005 14:21:28 -0400
From: Al Quaglieri
Subject: Re: NYC Recording Studios
Julio:
> Al Quaglieri mentions the CBS Building in Manhattan. Some friends
> of mine that are architects, refers to it as "The Darth Vader
> Building". I love that building.
You're thinking of "Black Rock," at 51 W. 52nd St. Otherwise known
as the CBS Building, it used to house the administrative offices of
Columbia Records and associated CBS labels, before everything was
sold to Sony. Apart from a few voiceover rooms, I don't believe
there were ever any full-fledged recording studios at that location.
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Message: 10
Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2005 06:37:19 -0000
From: Greg
Subject: Re: NYC Recording Studios
Hi Mick and everyone,
Wow ..I cant believe how difficult this is proving to sort out,
it seems like New York had a million studio's and they all
constantly moved location :-)
> Here are a few other studio addresses for you to investigate
> while you're in New York:
>
> A & R Studio 2 (formerly Columbia Studio A)
> 799 7th Avenue
> Opened by Jack Arnold and Phil Ramone early 1968.
Ahhhh, now we could be getting close, I believe Paul McCartney
recorded some of 'Ram' here .. i have a photo of him outside
the building and the sign says 'Columbia studio's' .. not CBS,
and Ramone worked with Macca on Ram.
> BELL SOUND (later The Hit Factory)
> 237 West 54th Street
> Owned by Al Weintraub and Dan Cronin. Burt Bacharach's
> favourite studio. Bought by Jerry Ragovoy 1968 and reopened
> as The Hit Factory. Sold 1975 to partner Eddie Germano, who
> died in 2002. Now run by Troy Germano, his son.
Actually, this is closed down now .. and it only moved to West
54th st in 1991, before that it had been on West 48th (this is
the one i'm trying to hunt down).
> THE RECORD PLANT (later Streetlight)
> 321 West 44th Street
> Once home to Warner Brothers Pictures. Opened by Gary
> Kellgren and Chris Stone 1968.
Cool, thanks again .. this is another I was after.
Greg
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Message: 11
Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2005 10:49:07 -0000
From: Lyn Nuttall
Subject: Re: The Changing Scene
Following posts by Jeff and Davie:
An interesting sidelight is that Don Oriolo (who, we now know,
participated in Changing Scene projects variously as writer,
producer or arranger) is apparently better known for his
involvement in "Felix the Cat" TV series and features as producer/
writer/voice artist/director/ composer. His father, Joe Oriolo,
long worked on "Felix" cartoons as animator and producer, and also
drew the daily strips at one stage.
Don's repertoire at ASCAP includes a number of Felix-related
pieces, as well as the Changing Scene song "Is It Really Worth It"
(though not, interestingly, his Changing Scene album track "Sit
Down Lorraine").
Both Don and Joe are listed at IMDb and mentioned at various
animation sites.
Lyn
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Message: 12
Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2005 18:34:15 -0400
From: Phil X Milstein
Subject: Re: Sometimes I'm overcome thinkin' about ...
Mick Patrick on A&R Studios:
> Opened by Jack Arnold and Phil Ramone 1959. Corner of 6th
> Avenue, next door to Jim & Andy’s Bar and Manny’s Music, both
> famous musicians hangouts. Used regularly by Tom Dowd for
> Atlantic sessions and producer Creed Taylor for Verve. Van
> Morrison recorded "Brown Eyed Girl" here.
I had an exciting experience the other day, as "Brown Eyed Girl"
came over the radio at the cafe at which I was snacking in Central
Square, Cambridge, Mass. It is established fact that Van M. was a
resident of Central Square during much of the late 1960s, and
although none of the old-timers I've talked to quite agree on
exactly which building on Green Street housed his apartment, all
candidates were literally around the corner from this cafe. It has
long been my idle little fantasy (as I've never exactly researched
it) that he wrote "BEG" at that apartment, and as I sat there,
drinking my iced tea and listening to Van sing once again of when
he and his gal used to sing, it was sweet to imagine that such
timeless words and music came to him within mere yards of that
spot.
Bit by bit by bit by bit,
--Phil M.
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Message: 13
Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2005 18:44:51 -0400
From: Phil X Milstein
Subject: so Soo me ...
I read something in passing today that suggested, without any
supoorting details, that the late Chinese-American actor Jack Soo,
of "Barney Miller" fame, cut at least one record for Motown. Does
anyone know anything more about this? If you try to tell me he was
in Bobby Taylor & The Vancouvers, I will know you are a chain-
puller.
Thanks,
--Phil M.
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Message: 14
Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2005 18:14:02 -0400
From: Phil X Milstein
Subject: Re: more to see in NYC
Al Quaglieri wrote:
> You're thinking of "Black Rock," at 51 W. 52nd St. Otherwise known
> as the CBS Building, it used to house the administrative offices of
> Columbia Records and associated CBS labels, before everything was
> sold to Sony. Apart from a few voiceover rooms, I don't believe
> there were ever any full-fledged recording studios at that location.
There might not be much to see at Black Rock, but the Museum of
Television & Radio, right next door at 25 W. 52 (and largely
financed by CBS), offers a trove of delights to the '60s popmusic
fan. The museum offers an extensive catalogue of tapes of vintage
programs, which are available for viewing at little carrels. Alas,
unless one is adept at handling a microcamera you won't be able to
walk out with any sort of copy of what you see, but it is an
opportunity to see all sorts of things you can hardly find anywhere
else.
Dig,
--Phil M.
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Message: 15
Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2005 21:14:07 -0000
From: Bob Brooks
Subject: Re: City Zu "Give A Little Bit"
Mike Bennidict wrote:
> Anyone know this group? Heard it for the first time last night.
> The song was released in 1967 according to the playlist. I assume
> it wasn't a hit but it was a pretty good.
City Zu was a popular local group around the Seattle area in 1966
and mostly 1967. "Give a Little Bit" was their big hit.
They performed at my high school graduation party (in suburban
Seattle), also in 1967. "Give" put them up there in the local
Seattle rock order (briefly) with the Wailers ("Louie, Louie"),
the Viceroys ("Granny's Pad"), the Sonics ("The Witch") and
Merilee Rush (pre "Angel").
Regards,
Bob Brooks
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Message: 16
Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2005 06:22:19 -0000
From: Greg
Subject: Re: NYC Recording Studios
Mick Patrick:
> Greg, I really do recommend that you read David Simon's excellent
> book Studio Stories: How The Great New York Records Were Made. It
> includes a Manhattan street map with many famous studios indicated.
If I had time I probably would get it, but as I'm down in Aussie and
leaving soon I don't like my chances. If you have the book and look
up the site for the Columbia studio in New York and let me know the
exact location it was in 1970 that would be great, the closest I've
got is this address, but I'm not sure if it's right:
Columbia (Studio `B') 270 E. 30th St.
Thanks,
Greg
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Message: 17
Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2005 16:38:31 -0600
From: Leslie Fradkin
Subject: Re: NYC Recording Studios
Julio:
> Al Quaglieri mentions the CBS Building in Manhattan. Some friends
> of mine that are architects, refers to it as "The Darth Vader
> Building". I love that building.
Al Quaglieri:
> You're thinking of "Black Rock," at 51 W. 52nd St. Otherwise known
> as the CBS Building, it used to house the administrative offices of
> Columbia Records and associated CBS labels, before everything was
> sold to Sony. Apart from a few voiceover rooms, I don't believe
> there were ever any full-fledged recording studios at that location.
But there were across on the East Side. I recorded there in 1969
with John Hammond Sr. A lovely man but he read the newspaper
throughout my album sessions.
Les
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Message: 18
Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2005 20:56:03 -0000
From: Regina Litman
Subject: Re: Rhino Girl Groups Box Set
SP wrote:
> Is anyone curious as to why the "GIRL GROUPS" box set from Rhino
> features the following artists. Cher... Carole King... Lulu...
> Maxine Brown... Lesley Gore... Dusty Springfield... Connie Francis
> and a whole lot more solo artists. Certainly they were not "girl
> groups" even though they may have had back-up singers accompany
> them. I tried to get the producers at Rhino to include one or two
> tracks of the "Carrie Nations." (The fictitiuos female group from
> Russ Meyer's "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls.") They may never have
> existed off the screen, but are certainly as well, if not better
> known today, as many other long forgotten female groups of the past.
The one reason I can think of is that, for some people, the
phrase "Girl Groups" brings to mind a certain sound rather than
a particular structure of the people who are actually performing.
The various solo singers you've mentioned, at one point or other
in their career, sounded a lot like the singers who happened to
be organized with others in a group.
And some of the so-called "Girl Groups" had male members,
although usually it was the women whose voices were heard singing
lead on the records. Some that come to mind right away (not all
of whom may be represented in this collection) are the Jelly
Beans, the Essex, the Orlons, the Raindrops, and Gladys Knight
and the Pips (in which Gladys was the only female member, which I
think was also the case for the woman singing lead for the Essex).
Sometimes when a solo female singer had an unusual name, I thought
it was a group's name. Although it's out of the Spectropop time
frame, I must confess that back in the mid-1980s when I heard a
song by an act calling itself Madonna and featuring a female vocal,
I thought this was the name of a group, not the name of an actual
singer. (By that time, it was not so unusual for an instrument-
playing group to have mainly male members with a female lead
singer, who sometimes but not usually played an instrument herself.
Perhaps the original role models for this type of group were the
Jefferson Airplane, with Grace Slick on piano and most lead vocals,
and Big Brother and the Holding Company, with Janis Joplin singing
lead, although I saw another group, the We Five, perform on
Shindig! with male instrumentalists and a female lead singer about
a year or two before those two groups hit it big. The We Five's
female vocalist, Bev Bivens, had such a low voice that, until I
saw the group perform on T.V., I thought it was a man singing
lead.)
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Message: 19
Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2005 09:02:21 -0700 (PDT)
From: Steve Harvey
Subject: Milt Gabler
Mick Patrick wrote:
> The address I have is 135 West 70th Street. Pythian Temple was
> home to Decca Records. The building was designed in the 1920s
> by architect Thomas Lamb for the Knights of Pythias. The third
> floor auditorium was transformed into a recording studio early
> 1940s. I believe it is now an apartment building. Billie Holiday
> recorded “Strange Fruit” there in 1939, and “Rock Around The
> Clock” Bill Haley & His Comets was taped there in 1954.
Phil M:
> Note that both those epochal records, despite their wide cultural
> and musical variance, were produced by the same man, the great
> Milt Gabler, who died only about a year or so ago around age 90.
Milt Gabler can take producing credit for a number of things,
but "Rock Around the Clock" is really Bill Haley's baby. It was
Haley that brought the tune to the session. Milt spent 2 and half
hours (of the three hours alotted) on "13 Women" which he wanted
for the A-side. The last half hour was given to "RATC" so the
band had to rush through the tune. The final tape was a splice of
two takes. The solo was taken from Danny Cedrone's solo on an
earlier recording, "Rock the Joint". Bill resented Milt pushing
"13 Women" so much so that he never played the tune live (it is a
great tune, nonetheless). The record flopped upon release only to
take on life when it was used for the film "Blackboard Jungle".
When the Comets came back from the Starklub Billy in 1962
Williamson took a single to Milt to listen to. Williamson was the
musical brains of the band and had heard something in this bunch
of kids named The Beatles. Milt listened to "Love Me Do" once and
toss it aside. "We already have an Everly Brothers!" was his
final verdict.
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Message: 20
Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2005 09:46:07 -0400
From: James Botticelli
Subject: Re: more to see in NYC
Phil X Milstein wrote:
> there might not be much to see at Black Rock, but the Museum of
> Television & Radio, right next door at 25 W. 52 (and largely
> financed by CBS), offers a trove of delights to the '60s popmusic
> fan. The museum offers an extensive catalogue of tapes of vintage
> programs, which are available for viewing at little carrels. Alas,
> unless one is adept at handling a microcamera you won't be able to
> walk out with any sort of copy of what you see, but it is an
> opportunity to see all sorts of things you can hardly find anywhere
> else.
I have to second that. I recently spent nearly a whole day there
after visiting the recently re-Manhattanized Museum of Modern Art
(itself a great stop but I digress). Where else can one see Dinah
Shore and Pat Boone host a General Electric Sunday night pre-Ed
Sullivan cavalcade of talent?
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Message: 21
Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2005 15:29:24 +0200
From: Ken Charmer
Subject: All Things Bob Crewe and The Four Seasons!
Hi Spectropoppers,
Just to let you all know that the latest Newsletter Nr 45
is available free to download in pdf format at:
http://www.seasonally.co.uk/collectors.htm
It features the latest in our Bob Crewe research and this
continues covering the period from 1958 to 1970. Our latest
reseach covers another 30 tracks produced by Bob, Bob
Gaudio, Nick Massi, Frankie Valli and Charles Calello in
our 'Seasons' Connections Vol 3.
Plus we document Bobs work with Lesley Gore (thanks to Jim
Allio) in the Bob Crewe - Lesley Gore Story.
Lots of scrapbook cutting on the early group history
including the Four Lovers.
Enjoy,
Ken Charmer
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Message: 22
Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2005 08:49:07 -0700 (PDT)
From: Steve Harvey
Subject: Re: so Soo me ...
Phil X Milstein wrote:
> I read something in passing today that suggested, without any
> supoorting details, that the late Chinese-American actor Jack
> Soo, of "Barney Miller" fame, cut at least one record for
> Motown. Does anyone know anything more about this?
The two albums on Motown by Jack Soo were 1) The Sooooothing
Sounds of Jack Soo and 2) You Don't Know Jack. Promo copies
command great sums in his family.
Steve Harvey
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Message: 23
Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2005 08:36:43 -0700 (PDT)
From: Hans Huss
Subject: Re: Teddy Vann discography
Davie Gordon wrote:
> Here's a hopefully near complete listing of records he worked on.
Found two more...
RASHI (RCA 10630) 1976
One On One (Teddy Vann)
Essence
Prod : Teddy Vann
SOUNDS OF LOVE (RCA 10818) 1976
Sounds Of Love (Teddy Vann)
The Early Age (Teddy Vann)
Prod : Teddy Vann
Hasse Huss
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