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There are 8 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Hip Hop "Grocer Jack"?
From: Mark Wirtz
2. Jan Berry - Mother Earth (Ode) 45
From: Alan
3. Sid Bernstein
From: Steve Jarrell
4. Re: Joe Donovan
From: Clark Besch
5. Re: so Soo me ...
From: Anthony Parsons
6. Shindig mag September reviews
From: Jon 'Mojo' Mills
7. The Wildcats; Bach's Lunch
From: James Moniz
8. Re: Bikinis, Black Denim and Bitchen Sounds
From: Martin Roberts
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 23:37:24 -0000
From: Mark Wirtz
Subject: Hip Hop "Grocer Jack"?
On Tuesday, October 11, at 7 p.m. New York time (easy to figure out),
Prince of Madness, H.B. Marcus, and award winning, composer-producer-
author-performer, Mark Wirtz, will once again desecrate Lillian Cauldwell's
popular talk show on Internet's Global Talk Radio, for part 2 of their off
the wall antics revolving around Mark Wirtz' new book and Rev-Ola Records
soundtrack CD entitled "Love Is Eggshaped."
Hosted and heckled by Marcus, Mark will read quotes and excerpts from the
book, as well as play tracks from the album. There will be craziness, lots
of music, the unexpected, live call-ins, and even a free "Love Is Eggshaped"
CDs, T-shirt and book contest! And -- a surprise world premiere, sneak
preview of a brand-new Hip Hop version of "Grocer Jack (EFTO)"!!! Yep,
you read right -- an "urban" rap version of the "whiter-than-white" classic
(not produced by MW). A sacrilege, or super cool? Tune in and find out!
The show is live, unscripted, uncensored, and intended for mature audiences.
Come by and waste an hour, learn absolutely nothing, solve none of your
problems, just leave reassured that there are far bigger fools out there than
you could possibly be. If your laughter keeps up for longer than four hours,
seek immediate medical attention.
(This program is an INTERNET radio broadcast, accessible from any computer
anywhere with Internet connection.)
Station web address: www.globaltalkradio.com
800# call-in/e-mail/IM info on home page
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 08:23:14 -0000
From: Alan
Subject: Jan Berry - Mother Earth (Ode) 45
Hello.
This is my first post so I hope It's suitable. After many years of
searching I just tracked down a copy of Jan Berry's Mother Earth
45, which is a brilliant Surfs Up/Sunflower era soundalike. Does
anyone out there know any of the other singles he issued in the
'70s? Are they any good? I'm quite intrigued by the 1 JAN 1 45.
Also, did he record any '70s solo albums?
Alan
JAN BERRY - ODE RECORD LABEL SINGLES
1972 (November)
Ode 66023
Mother Earth (Berry-Jacobs)
Blue Moon Shuffle (Berry)
Arranged and produced by Jan Berry.
Jan's first lead vocal after the accident.
Issued as "Jan Berry."
1973 (June)
Ode 66034
Blue Moon Shuffle (Berry)
Don't You Just Know It (Smith-Vincent)
Arranged and produced by Jan Berry.
Jan Berry duet with Brian Wilson
Issued as "Jan."
1974 (August)
Ode 66050-S
Blow Up Music (Berry-Chint)
Tinsel Town (Hitch-A-Ride To Hollywood) (Berry-Jacobs-Christian)
Arranged and produced by Jan Berry.
Issued as "1 JAN 1."
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 15:42:21 -0000
From: Steve Jarrell
Subject: Sid Bernstein
Just a note to S'poppers that Sid Bernstein will be speaking on
Wednesday, October 12 at 10 a.m. in Nashville, TN. The event is
open to the public and will be held at the Massey Performing Arts
Center on Belmont College campus.
Steve Jarrell
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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 00:59:35 -0000
From: Clark Besch
Subject: Re: Joe Donovan
Andrew C. Jones wrote:
> 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. ACJ
I'll tell ya what, Joe Donovan's show had so many listeners, I'm amazed! Not
until AFTER he quit his late night show did I hear from SO many about the
missing his show comments. I thought I was lone in Lincoln missing that
great show, but all over the country people seem to comment and miss Joe's
show (especially the "odd & obscure" hour) immensely. It was one of the
last havens for late night AM top 40 DX listeners. Sad thing.
Clark
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2005 22:04:30 -0500
From: Anthony Parsons
Subject: Re: so Soo me ...
Steve Harvey wrote:
> 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.
Any release dates or track listings for these LPs? I'm somewhat of a Jack Soo
fan, due to his presence in one of my all-time favorite movie musicals, Flower
Drum Song. He sang well in that, so I'd be interested in trying to track them
down. Thanks!
Sincerely,
Antone
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Message: 6
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 07:26:34 +0100
From: Jon 'Mojo' Mills
Subject: Shindig mag September reviews
Hello there Kids,
You know where we're at... You know we're hip! Another hefty
dose of cool music reviews are now up on the site for your
reading pleasure. Go there or be square!
http://www.shindig-magazine.com/reviews.html
Jon 'Mojo' Mills, Editor
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Message: 7
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 02:15:58 -0000
From: James Moniz
Subject: The Wildcats; Bach's Lunch
I'm looking for "3625 Groovy Street' and 'What Are We Gonna Do
in '64' by the Wildcats. I've tried everywhere and everyone, and
I can't find these songs by these fake girl-groups. Supposedly,
they were The Blossoms and The Cookies.
I'm also looking for 'You Go Now' and 'Will You Love Me Tomorrow'
by Bach's Lunch.
Please contact me offlist if you've got these.
Thanks,
James
P.S. Someone on eBay is auctioning off T-shirts with a picture of
the girl-group The Chimes, of 'He's Not There Anymore'.
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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2005 22:01:33 +0100
From: Martin Roberts
Subject: Re: Bikinis, Black Denim and Bitchen Sounds
An excellent review of Stephen McParland's new book
by Mick Patrick in S'pop Recommends:
http://www.spectropop.com/recommends/index2005.htm#Bikinis
I concur with all his comments except one. Besides the first
person interviews, super label scans (this time in colour),
great photos and the featurette pages on artists like Carol
Connors, The Honeys, The Murmaids et al, what I enjoy most
is the apparent listing of any girl who has possibly sniffed
a hot-rod's gas fumes, brushed sand from a surfboard or had
a song written by someone who has!
I love the 'off on a tangent' bits of info: Darleen Carr's
entry, for instance, is included because she recorded a cover
of Jan & Dean's "When It's Over" written by Jill Gibson and
Don (& possibly Horace) Altfeld. Her entry notes that the b-side
was co-written by a writer who penned with Carol Connors and
gives a mini biog of Darleen. And there's a scan of the original
sheet music. Darleen's version is a bit 'grown-up' to be really
girl-group but it's a nice song and has a great intro. I've played
it to musica.
It's next to impossible to cover all records of the surfing/hot-rod
genre, and there is at least one missing from Stephen's book: Not
only a surfing girl 45, but a death disc to boot! A great record
from Linda Gray, "The Sea Took Him Away" on Karate 813. (Please
excuse the poor condition.) The flip is 'just' an ace Motown-inspired
girl group record. If anyone wants to hear it...
Martin
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