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There are 10 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Mary Hopkin
From: Richard Havers
2. Re: Linda Carr
From: Simon White
3. Re: Linda Carr
From: Hans Huss
4. Re: The Concords - "Should I Cry"
From: Martin Roberts
5. Re: New York Girl Group Gig!
From: Martin Roberts
6. Ronny & Daytonas, later songs
From: Martin Jensen
7. Maxine Brown sings Lesley Gore
From: Mick Patrick
8. Re: New York Girl Group Gig!
From: Mick Patrick
9. Re: Mary Hopkin
From: Dave Heasman
10. The S'pop Team Requests
From: S'pop Team
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2005 14:47:05 +0000
From: Richard Havers
Subject: Mary Hopkin
I have always loved Mary's singing and was pleased to have been
alerted to a release (via the web only) of Mary's famous Royal
Festival Hall concert in 1972. It is absolutely stunning. Anyone
who is a fan of Mary's singing, or that Judy Collins style of folk
should check it out.
http://www.morganhopkin.co.uk/
This is what it says about the album...
In May, 1972, Mary played what was to be her last concert for years.
Saying goodbye to the music business which had catapulted her into
worldwide fame barely three years before, she sings some of her best
songs including Earth Song and Ocean Song, Those Were the Days and
some of the folk classics that inspired her early career. Accompanied
by Danny Thompson (Pentangle) and Brian Willoughby (later of The
Strawbs), as well as her then husband Tony Visconti and the Pop Arts
String Quartet, this is an intimate concert which captures Mary at
her best.
Tracks
Once I had a Sweetheart
Ocean Song
Streets of London
Sparrow
Aderyn Pur
If I Fell
Silver Dagger
Donna Donna
Those Were the Days
Earth Song
Morning Has Broken
Both Sides Now
International
Just to be clear, I have no involvement in this, and I'm not on
commission!
Richard
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2005 18:39:36 +0000
From: Simon White
Subject: Re: Linda Carr
I'm sure someone will know far more than me but here we go with
what I know.
Mark on Linda Carr:
> "In My Life"/"I Feel Love Coming On" (Ranwood 806)
> The A-side is an excellent fast dancer, written by none other than
> the Maestro himself, Barry White. Wonder if the flip is the same as
> the Felice Taylor tune that White produced for the Mustang label?
"In My Life" is an earlier version of a song later recorded by
Gloria Scott and released on the Casablanca label as "As Long As
We're Together" produced by Barry White. "I Feel Love Comin' On"
is indeed the same tune as Ms Taylor's. Linda Carr of course had
a big hit in the 70's on the Chelsea label with "Highwire"
Simon White
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2005 06:11:49 -0800 (PST)
From: Hans Huss
Subject: Re: Linda Carr
Mark wrote:
> There are also two singles on Ranwood, both of interest to the
> Northern soul crowd: "In My Life"/"I Feel Love Coming On"
> (Ranwood 806)The A-side is an excellent fast dancer, written by
> none other than the Maestro himself, Barry White. Wonder if the
> flip is the same as the Felice Taylor tune that White produced
> for the Mustang label? "Ah! You Are My World to Me"/"I Can't
> Really Tell You Goodbye" (Ranwood 828) [...] The liner notes to
> the UK CD "Northern Soul Fever Volume 1", which contains "In My
> Life", mentions that Ms. Carr had a UK chart single on the
> Highwire label. Can anyone elaborate on that?
There was one more on Ranwood; "If You Must Leave My Life" b/w
"Didn't Want To Have To Do It" (Ranwood 815). Not sure if '"Do
It" is the John Sebastian tune, but the A-side, by Jimmy Webb,
is beautiful. And, yes, "I Feel Love Coming On" is the Barry
White tune.
Linda Carr & the Love Squad released "Highwire" / "Mama's Little
Corner of the World" on the Chelsea label in 1975, written and
produced by Kenny Nolan, arranged by Gene Page - strictly L.A.
business! Not sure that it charted though... Quite a few copies
available on eBay right now.
According to the Singles Database, Linda Carr had one each on Ray
Star and SAR (before the DCP and Bell releases). Has anyone heard
those?
Hasse Huss
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2005 18:46:03 -0000
From: Martin Roberts
Subject: Re: The Concords - "Should I Cry"
Pleased to read the general agreement on the quality of The Concords
"Should I Cry", one of only three cover songs I've included in
Nitzsche's discography. Great group, great songwriters but I think
the producers Feldman-Goldstein-Gottehrer & arranger Ron Winters
deserve a lot of the credit for the sound.
Mike Edwards mentioned the Concords work with The Skyliners as he
suggested there are lots more recordings. Group leader Mike Lewis,
usually with fellow Concords collaborator Stuart Wiener, wrote and/
or produced for Roddie Joy, Racket Squad, Vicki Baines, the
Tiffanys and many others. Talented guys.
Ed Engel's Crystal Ball label did release, with Mike Lewis'
blessing, a Best Of The Concords LP in '91 now updated on CD, well
worth buying if you can find a copy.
Martin
PS Can't wait to read Kingsley's interview with Jackie in Record
Collector!
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2005 18:52:42 -0000
From: Martin Roberts
Subject: Re: New York Girl Group Gig!
As if it wasn't bad enough missing the Rhino Box Set release party,
Country Paul rubs salt in the wound by entertainingly describing
just what I've missed. Sounds like a once in a lifetime event. Wish
I could have been there thanks for the review Paul, I think!
Martin
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2005 19:25:29 -0000
From: Martin Jensen
Subject: Ronny & Daytonas, later songs
Hi fellow Spectropoppers
Ever since discovering the Ronny & Daytonas compilation 'Best of
the Mala Recordings' issued by Sundazed I have been obsessed by
the soft and well-produced songs that make up the second part of
the discs. Those incredibly tender, almost meditative ballads just
kill me every time I hear them. It's like having liquid honey
dripping into one's ears. I'd just wish Sundazed had issued the
Sandy album on cd instead of only vinyl, since there apparently
are a couple of ballads on there not found on the Mala compilation.
Surfing the net for some more info on the group I've come across
an interview with Bucky Wilkin (Ronny), who provides some
interesting information on the group's recordings after leaving
Mala:
"(…) Wilkin approached Chet Atkins at RCA. Atkins agreed to sign
him, but since Wilkin was a pop artist, Ronny & the Daytonas'
singles moved through RCA's New York office. Which is to say they
barely moved at all. The final indignity occurred when RCA
squashed a Wilkin original called "Delta Day No Time to Cry,"
which he describes as having been a "vaguely anti-war song" that
merely "referenced the agony of the soldier." "They were the
supplier to the war effort--RCA Electronics owned RCA Records at
the time. So for anybody to even talk about the war was a no-no."
Says Wilkin, RCA refused to promote the record, so he called
it quits, leaving over an album's worth of unissued RCA material
in the can. His subsequent LPs were recorded under his own name
for Liberty and United Artists, respectively."
The full interview can be read at
http://weeklywire.com/ww/08-18-97/nash_music-mono.html
My question is whether or not anyone here has ever heard "Delta
Day No Time to Cry" or perhaps even those unreleased RCA songs
mentioned?
The quality of the ballads Ronny & Daytonas recorded for Mala in
the mid-sixties continually amazes me. Some might find it
sacrilegious, but I even prefer them to the similarly romantic
songs Brian masterminded at the same time. :-) I'd love to hear
more about the group and their later songs if anyone here has any
inside knowledge?
With kind regards
Martin, Denmark
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2005 20:21:59 -0000
From: Mick Patrick
Subject: Maxine Brown sings Lesley Gore
Patrick Rands mentioned Lesley Gore's:
> 1975 reunion album with Quincy Jones, "Love Me By Name"...
Talking of that song, Lesley Gore and comeback albums...
Like Lesley Gore, Maxine Brown has a new CD out too - "From
The Heart", released last year on her own label, Mee Max Music
Inc. My favourite track on it just so happens to be her version
of Lesley's "Love Me By Name", performed as a minimalist jazz
symphony for double bass and violin. The song suits Maxine to a
T. I recommend it, and the entire CD.
As you've read previously, Maxine topped the bill at the gig
Rhino threw last Wednesday to mark the release of "One Kiss...",
their Girl Group box set. How cool it would have been to see
Lesley at the event too.
Find more info on "From The Heart" at these links:
http://tinyurl.com/8yllm
http://tinyurl.com/7h764
http://www.maxinebrown.com
Isn't it about time Universal issued Lesley Gore's Mowest and
A & M albums on CD?
Hey la,
Mick Patrick
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2005 20:30:55 -0000
From: Mick Patrick
Subject: Re: New York Girl Group Gig!
Country Paul wrote:
> I went - and what a treat on more than one front. The music was
> exceptional; the whole evening was high points. Maxine Brown
> "owned" the stage; she wrapped it up with a soulful "All In My
> Mind" that turned into a long "testifying" section with many of
> the assembled singers offstage chanting the song's hook while
> Maxine stole the hearts - and souls - of the entire crowd...
> Also present in non-singing appearances were Mary Aiese
> (Reparata) and Nanette Licari of The Delrons, who sang back-up;
> Mary Weiss of The Shangri-Las; and the great Arlene Smith of
> The Chantels...
Great to see you there, Paul. I notice Sheila has a few photos up
over at Cha Cha Charming:
http://www.chachacharming.com/diary/index.php
Any more available elsewhere, I wonder?
Hey la,
Mick Patrick
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Message: 9
Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2005 20:54:54 -0000
From: Dave Heasman
Subject: Re: Mary Hopkin
Richard Havers:
> In May, 1972, Mary (Hopkin) played what was to be her last
> concert for years.
She made a sort of comeback in 1977 as part of a "supergroup".
They called themselves.......Oasis.
Dave, not supporting Man City, on firework night.
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Message: 10
Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2005 16:13:37 -0000
From: S'pop Team
Subject: The S'pop Team Requests
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