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There are 12 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. The Whyte Boots
From: The Whyte Boots
2. Jackie DeShannon: "Breakin' It Up On The Beatles Tour!"
From: S'pop Projects
3. Re: Marcy Jo / "Midnight Cryin' Time"
From: Mick Patrick
4. Garpax Girls/Gary Paxton question
From: Will Stos
5. Re: Slow Twistin' with Dee Dee Sharp & Chubby Checker
From: Matt Spero
6. Re: Darlene Love
From: John Fox
7. Robbie & The Revelations
From: Pres
8. Queer Girl Group Songs...
From: J D Doyle
9. Re: The Hearts LP
From: JD Doyle
10. Re: Jackie D. and Bob B.
From: Bill George
11. 60sgaragebands.com November Updates
From: Mike Dugo
12. Beach Boys stolen memorabilia
From: Susan Lang
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 00:19:51 +0100
From: The Whyte Boots
Subject: The Whyte Boots
Hi Spectropoppers,
We are the Whyte Boots. We're here to whip up interest in
our record ~ NIGHTMARE! It's a dream of a disc! Intrigued?
Click here: http://www.spectropop.com/WhyteBoots/index.htm
Luv,
Rhoda, Page and Kathy . . . THE WHYTE BOOTS
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 00:27:00 +0100
From: S'pop Projects
Subject: Jackie DeShannon: "Breakin' It Up On The Beatles Tour!"
Peter Lerner is a happy man. Why? Because at long last Jackie
DeShannon's fabulous Liberty albums have started to appear on CD.
RPM Records have started the ball rolling with the highly
collectable Jack Nitzsche-arranged "Breakin' It Up On The Beatles
Tour!" platter, complete with 8 bonus tracks, three of which are
previously unissued, and quite special.
Read his review at the S'pop Recommends section:
http://www.spectropop.com/recommends/index2005.htm#JackieDeShannon2
Enjoy,
The S'pop Team
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 00:36:25 +0100
From: Mick Patrick
Subject: Re: Marcy Jo / "Midnight Cryin' Time"
Anthony Parsons wrote:
> I've long been looking for a new copy of (Marcy Jo's) duet with
> Eddie Rambeau of The Car Hop And The Hard Top.
Mick Patrick:
> Sorry, I can't help with "Car Hop". I have a feeling it's out on
> CD, but I can't remember which one. I'm sure another S'popper will
> know.
Phil Hall:
> Actually, it's on "Midnight Cryin' Time", which was a 2003
> Spectropop recommendation.
I cannot recommend that 3CD set highly enough, and at 60 tracks for
£8 (or $10) it's fantastic value for money. It's a great source of
answer records, death discs, girl pop and teen angst classics in
general. "She Cried For Me" by Mickey Lee Lane (possibly my
favourite ever male Shangri-Las soundalike) alone is easily worth
the price of the entire set, not to mention "Dressed In Black" by
Shadow Morton. It was put together by my pal Samski, a great gal.
Mike Edwards covered "Midnight Cryin' Time" for the S'pop
Recommends section a while ago. Find his review here:
http://tinyurl.com/8gnms
You can also find a complete track list and more info here:
http://tinyurl.com/cuvcc and here http://tinyurl.com/ct46e
Find my Marcy Jo featurette here:
http://www.spectropop.com/MarcyJo/index.htm
Marcy's second 45, "Since Gary Went In The Navy", is now playing @
musica. Here's the link:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spectropop/files/musica/
Those with more than a passing interest should visit Harry Young's
very detailed Robbee Records webpage. It's an absolute must for fan
of Pittsburgh pop:
http://keepkey.yochanan.net/robbeerecord.htm
Hey la,
Mick Patrick
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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 13:52:10 -0000
From: Will Stos
Subject: Garpax Girls/Gary Paxton question
Hi Spectropoppers,
I have a question for fans of Gary Paxton and/or his Garpax Girls.
On Ace's great CD "Boy Trouble," the liner notes mention that a
fellow Canadian named Mary Saxton had an uncanny ability to sound
like Tina Turner despite the fact she was 15 and ethnically
Ukrainian. Hmmm, okay. But her cut on the CD "Big City Guy," sounds
more like Lesley Gore, or for that matter, fellow Garpax girl
Beverly Williams. The one vocalist who does sound like Tina on this
CD is the lead vocalist on the Fashionettes' "Losin' Control."
Coincidentally, it's mentioned that Saxton also recorded this song.
Is this really her version? According to the liner notes someone
named Darlene McKinney was involved with this Fashionettes cut. But
her voice on her solo cut on the CD sounds nothing like the tough
vocal on "Losin' Control." Was she on back-up vocals? Can anyone
help? For that matter, if it hasn't been released on CD, can anyone
post Saxton's version of "Losin' Control" on musica?
I did a site search but only came up with Mick Patrick's review. Has
anyone else noted this peculiar item?
Many thanks,
Will : )
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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 10:06:20 EDT
From: Matt Spero
Subject: Re: Slow Twistin' with Dee Dee Sharp & Chubby Checker
Pres:
> Well, the Dee Dee Sharp CD contains a delicious surprise which I
> discovered last night. On her comp, "Slow Twistin'" is an alternate
> version (equally sexy) on which SHE sings lead and CHUBBY replies!
> The annotation says it's from her "It's Mashed Potato Time" album.
> Who'd have thought that when ABKCO finally rolled out the legit
> Cameo-Parkway CDs, they'd give us three different versions of "Slow
> Twistin'"?
Yes, but are any of these in STEREO?????? I think it's great that we
are finally getting these from legit sources but there are some Cameo
Parkway stuff that should be in STEREO.
Matt Spero
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Message: 6
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 13:50:45 EDT
From: John Fox
Subject: Re: Darlene Love
Brian Chidester writes:
> I made a tape one time of Blossoms/Darlene Love vocals under
> oddball guises... it had some Duane Eddy, Dick Dale, a bunch of
> Jack Nitzsche sides from the early '60s...
Yep--Those are the songs that feature the Blossoms. I'm looking
for a list of stuff by Shelly Fabares, Johnny Rivers, etc.--artists
of that type where Darlene and the girls are strictly back-up. A
great example is Round Robin's hit (to use that term loosely), "Kick
That Little Foot Sally Ann", where Darlene can clearly be heard
wailing at the end, just like she did on Duane Eddy's "Guitar Man"
and "Boss Guitar", billed as the Rebelettes.
John Fox
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Message: 7
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 14:22:51 -0400
From: Pres
Subject: Robbie & The Revelations
A while back when we were discussing possible selections for volume
3 of Phil's Spectre, I suggested "Bluebirds Over The Mountain" and
erroneously credited Ronnie & The Revelations instead of Robbie -
probably channeling Ronnie and Relatives at the time.
Since then I've become more and more enamored of this recording.
While not a straight ahead "homage" to Phil, it does use several
"flourishes" lifted from various Spector recordings. I still stand
by my suggestion that it be considered for volume 3. The flip,
"Have I Stayed Away Too Long" with it's twangin' guitar is also
quite a delight to my ears. I wonder what was considered the A-side
when released...
Is anyone familiar with this record and or act? I've a pink label
promo of it (Decca 31828) and it appears to be from 1965. The
production is credited to Tonto Productions and for "Have I Stayed
Away Too Long" the publishing company is Tonto Music with composing
credit to R. Duncan & L. Duncan.
Searching Google has brought no information although it seems that
all the sites that have a copy for sale have promo copies.
Any help is appreciated.
pres
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Message: 8
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 22:42:24 -0000
From: J D Doyle
Subject: Queer Girl Group Songs...
Hi, Some of you know I produce a monthly radio show called Queer
Music Heritage, and few of you know that years before I was a
fanatical collector of Girl Group records. Put that together and it
was only a matter of time before I indulged myself and dedicated a
whole show to cover versions of GG songs that are lyrically gay/
lesbian. That show aired on KPFT in Houston last Monday, but I went
further (as I often do) and uploaded to my site a longer version of
the show. It's almost three hours and features 54 very queer cover
versions from the GG era, (slipping in some covers of songs by folks
like Connie Francis, Dusty, Shelley, Annette, etc.) It starts with
the Fabulous Dyketones singing "She's So Fine," and goes on and
on...:) Can you guess what's the GG song with the most gay cover
versions?
Please visit that page to download some of my madness...at
http://www.QueerMusicHeritage.com/oct2005.html
And thanks to David Young, for his assistance. Oh, and if any of you
know of songs I've missed, please please let me know....I'm
insatiable.
JD Doyle
jddoyle1@aol.com
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Message: 9
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 03:41:09 -0000
From: JD Doyle
Subject: Re: The Hearts LP
Mick Patrick wrote:
> On re-reading John Clemente's fab book Girl Groups, I noticed
> that he lists in his discography of the Hearts an LP, "I Feel
> So Good", released on the Zell's label in 1970.
> Does anyone out there have a copy of the long-player? I hope
> so. If so, I'd love to know the complete track list please.
> Can anyone help? If not, I'll go eat worms!
I hope you haven't eaten worms yet, Mick. I checked my old files and
while I no longer have the album I did tape it. It was on Zells (#337),
and I have a date for it listed as 1970. Some of these had also been
on 45s, so in that case I listed the label info after the title.
The tracks:
Congratulations Honey
I Feel So Good (J&S 995 and Zells 3377)
Polly Wally Doodle, All Day
If I Had Known (J&S 1002/1003)
Don't Let Me Down (Zells 3378)
A 1000 Years From Today (J&S 995 and Zells 3377)
You're Gonna Need My Shoulders To Cry On
There Are So Many Ways You Can Tell Someone That You Love Them
(J&S 1002/1003)
Do You Remember (Zells 3378)
Hope that helps,
JD Doyle
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Message: 10
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 19:23:40 EDT
From: Bill George
Subject: Re: Jackie D. and Bob B.
David A. Young wrote:
> Playing in musica currently are dueling versions of "I Shook the
> World." The first, from 1963, is credited to Bob B. Soxx & the Blue
> Jeans and comes from their sole LP; since it hasn't been released
> on CD, I can share it with you here. Darlene sings lead (and
> background); what I find curious about this and another song from
> the album, "Jimmy Baby," is that they have the same backing tracks
> as their co-composer Jackie DeShannon's demo versions. I've always
> wondered: How is it that Phil came to produce demos for her (at
> least these two)?
Yes, the backing tracks are identical. I don't have the original vinyl on these, but
my guess would be that the demos were arranged/produced by Jack Nitzsche (possibly
Jackie as well). Does the Bob. B. Soxx record list Phil Spector as the producer? If
so, perhaps Jack let him slap his name on there and Phil "produced" the new version
with different lead vocals.
Bill
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Message: 11
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 06:45:35 -0700 (PDT)
From: Mike Dugo
Subject: 60sgaragebands.com November Updates
This month we feature interviews with Bruce Clawson and
Rick Morinini of the legendary Dovers, Burton Stahl of
The Music Explosion ("Little Bit O' Soul"), and Danny Belsky
of the Sunset Stip group The East Side Kids. We've also
recently added the recollections of Brian Albano of New
York's ForumQuorum to our Essays section. Check it all
out at http://www.60sgaragebands.com.
Mike Dugo
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Message: 12
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 05:32:48 EDT
From: Susan Lang
Subject: Beach Boys stolen memorabilia
>From a Brother Records, Inc. press release, dated Oct. 27 '05:
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Brother Records, Inc. Claims Stolen Beach Boys Memorabilia on the Block
Los Angeles, CA -- The Beach Boys corporate entity, Brother Records,
Inc., has notified London auction house CooperOwen that the 28 lots of
memorabilia that are reported to be sold through live auction on October 27,
2005, was actually stolen from The Beach Boys. A criminal investigation has
already commenced by the Los Angeles Police Department. The FBI and Interpol
may also become involved in that investigation. Brother Records has made it
clear that, in addition to the ongoing criminal investigation, it intends
to file a civil lawsuit in the U.S. and the U.K. against CooperOwen and the
individual seller of the memorabilia, as well as anyone who purchases any
of the memorabilia at the auction.
Contact:
Edwin F. McPherson
McPHERSON & KALMANSOHN, LLP
1801 Century Park East, 24th fl.
Los Angeles, California 90067
phone: (310) 553-8833
fax: (310) 553-9233
emcpherson@m-klaw.com
www.m-klaw.com
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