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There are 10 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Re: Susan Lynne versus Sue Lynne
From: Mark Maldwyn
2. Dana Gillespie's "Foolish Seasons" LP
From: Matt DeBellis
3. Hear the new Jersey Boys soundtrack!
From: Laura Pinto
4. Re: "Don't Pity Me"
From: Bill Mulvy
5. Mary Weiss Sings.......But WHAT????
From: Tony Leong
6. Re: Elegants-esque song search / The Roomates
From: Ashley Wells
7. Re: Dana Gillespie's "Foolish Seasons" LP
From: Dave Monroe
8. Re: Hear the new Jersey Boys soundtrack!
From: Bill Smith
9. Re: Toni Wine / Tony Orlando
From: Artie Wayne
10. Re: Dana Gillespie's "Foolish Seasons" LP
From: Dave Monroe
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 19:21:37 -0000
From: Mark Maldwyn
Subject: Re: Susan Lynne versus Sue Lynne
Me:
> 'You', 'All alone' and 'You lose again' all sound interesting
> Sue Lynne tracks with the Chris Andrews/Ken Woodman connections.
Michael Robson wrote:
> To be honest, they are all pretty average (particularly "You",
> which has an awful Greek/"Never on Sunday" vibe) - Chris Andrews
> has penned better Sandie Shaw B-sides than most of the stuff Sue
> Lynne recorded. The exception is the incredibly catchy "Don't Pity
> Me" which got a lot of northern soul plays back in the days when
> "pop" sides were generally more accepted.
Thanks for the info. I suppose even Sandie Shaw went 'mediocre' in
the late 60's - as did Chris Andrews, but I think most artists
'played it safe' then and of course let's not forget Progressive
Rock and Blodwyn Pig!
Mark M
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 21:50:48 -0800 (PST)
From: Matt DeBellis
Subject: Dana Gillespie's "Foolish Seasons" LP
Hello!
I was recently introduced to Dana via 'The Girl's Scene' V/A CD,
and I'm completely in love with her track "You Just Gotta Know
My Mind". I saw that she had a 1967 record out on Decca with
said track, but I can't seem to track it down. Has anyone heard
the album and is it worth spending some cash on? (assuming the LP
pops up on ebay often - I haven't seen any CD re-issues of it on
the internet).
Thanks!
Matt
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 03:14:52 -0000
From: Laura Pinto
Subject: Hear the new Jersey Boys soundtrack!
Hi all,
To hear the Jersey Boys soundtrack - the whole thing, for free -
visit this page: http://oldies.about.com/b/a/218533.htm
A big thank-you to Ken Charmer for posting the link to the Jersey
Boys video - very entertaining and informative!
Laura
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 17:57:14 -0600
From: Bill Mulvy
Subject: Re: "Don't Pity Me"
Michael Clunkie on Sue Lynne:
> ...the incredibly catchy "Don't Pity Me" which got a lot of
> northern soul plays back in the days when "pop" sides were
> generally more accepted...
Julio Niño wrote:
> Is this song the same "Don't Pity Me" that was recorded by Joanie
> Sommers? If so, I would love to listen to Sue´s version. I like
> very much that song.
An excellent version of "Don't Pity Me" was done by Joanie Sommers.
A live version from the TV show Hullabaloo, (not lip-synched) is
available on the DVD Hullabaloo Vol. 1-4.
It's priceless!
One of my favorite 60s video clips, and I've seen a ton of them.
Bill Mulvy
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 05:22:49 -0000
From: Tony Leong
Subject: Mary Weiss Sings.......But WHAT????
Hey all:
Now that my computer is working again, I'd love to ramble about
that Girl Groups Rhino Cd party some time ago--but that's been
done already by my other buddies (great to see you all of course,
we must do it again!!)
As I was chatting with Mary Weiss Stokes, she mentioned that she
was interested in getting back into singing again. Of course me
being...ME, I was so mesmerized by her presence that I didnt
think of asking "Well, WHAT do you want to sing now Mrs. Stokes??",
and I went onto another topic altogether .Did anybody else (Brian,
Clemente, Tony A, David Z., Dennis G.) find out what she wanted to
sing now?? Does she want to perform as "The Shangri-Las" (and
there's a couple of guys ((no joke)) that admitted to wanting to
be Maryann and Margie), but yeah, Mary would be a hot item on the
'60's circuit. She still has the same hairstlye!!! AND she was
dressed in black!! OR, does she want to do something more
contemporary? Well, the Shangri-Las records did feature some
talking but I can't fathom Mrs. Stokes doing a rap-record!!
Perhaps she wants to do an appearance like Ronnie did with the
Ravonettes (Mary Stokes with the Shins??), or a Blondie-type band.
You know, Fred Schnieder of the B-52's was there too and managed
to say "hi" to Mary, and now that I think of it, Mary would fit
in great on a B-52's thing. And Fred is just a big girl-group
nut like me!!!!
So anyhow, please post if anybody out there at the Girl Groups
party managed to get the info. from Mary. Gee, perhaps Shadow
and her will connect?? Personally, I'd LOVE if she and ELLIE
could go into the studio together--and boy would I love to be a
fly on the wall there!!!!!!!!
And that's called---glaaad!!! Tony Leong
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 22:34:29 +1100
From: Ashley Wells
Subject: Re: Elegants-esque song search / The Roomates
George:
> Had a song called 'Don't believe her' on a cd which I've lost,
> sounded very like the Elegants but doesn't appear to be on any
> of their cds. Lyrics to the bridge were 'she's an evil, mis-
> treating, two-timer, you know what I mean'. Any help appreciated
> on artist.
Hi George, The song You are referring to "Don't Believe Her" is
by none other than the UK's finest "The Roomates" Recorded 3 years
ago. They are a modern White doo wop group, keeping the sound alive
of today. They have been around for more than 10 years and have 3
full cd's to there credit. A Very talented bunch of Guys who sound
so authentic to the early 60's white group sound, with their major
influences being The Elegants, The Mystics, The Passions and of
course Dion & The Belmonts. I Know Steve who sings lead on many of
their songs and infact he wrote that song and sings lead on "Don't
Believe Her" and He is a super Guy. I am trying to promote all the
modern groups who aim to keep the sound we love alive today.
Hope this info Helps,
Ash - Early 60's teen and doo wop collector from Australia.
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 06:43:19 -0800 (PST)
From: Dave Monroe
Subject: Re: Dana Gillespie's "Foolish Seasons" LP
Matt DeBellis wrote:
> I was recently introduced to Dana via 'The Girl's Scene' V/A
> CD, and I'm completely in love with her track "You Just Gotta
> Know My Mind". I saw that she had a 1967 record out on Decca
> with said track, but I can't seem to track it down. Has anyone
> heard the album and is it worth spending some cash on?
> (assuming the LP pops up on ebay often - I haven't seen any CD
> re-issues of it on the internet).
I don't know that it's yet been released on CD, but I spent some
time and more than a few bucks finally scoring the LP on eBay
for precisely the same reason, and it was time/money well spent.
It pops up on the 'bay from time to time, see also GEMM:
http://www.gemm.com/ A friend found one for all of a buck or so
Canadian in Montreal, but I've generally seen it go for $50-75.
Anyway, not only do you get "YJGKMM" (a Donovan composition that
I can't tell he ever recorded himself, and there's also a 45),
but, among other things, covers Billy Nicholls' "London Social
Degree" and Michel Polnareff's "La poupee qui fait non," here
in English as, understandably, "No No No" (The Birds [i.e., Ron
Wood's mod band] and, three decades later, St. Etienne have both
released Anglophone versions as well).
These tracks, along with the rest of the album, lean more towards
the psychedelic, not to mention the just plain lovely, than the
nigh unto Kinksy pop of the Donovan track, but there is one esp.
groovy track (the closing track on one of the sides, I believe,
can't recall which now) that funk collecting friends tell me is
sought after by breakbeat aficionados, which might explain why it
can be a tricky record to come by. Between the mods and the
girlgroupies and the funksters and the turntablists ...
For the record, "You Just Gota Know My Mind" was also recorded a
year or so earlier by one Karen Verros. Her more garagey version
is most readily available on the bootleg Girls in the Garage Vol.
6 (Romulan). Arranged and conducted by Jack Nitzsche. From the
archives:
http://spectropop.com/archive/digest/d936.htm
http://spectropop.com/archive/digest/d937.htm
http://spectropop.com/JackNitzsche/discography.htm
http://www.spectropop.com/JackNitzsche/TheArrangerAsSupermanPage4.htm
Okay, now what I want to know is, who out there is familiar with
Francoise Hardy's "Song of Winter"? A Mickey Jones/Tommy Brown
affair, apparently, also en Francaise as "Fleur de lune" on her
Soleil LP. Absolutely beautiful, absolutely sublime ...
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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 10:01:00 -0500
From: Bill Smith
Subject: Re: Hear the new Jersey Boys soundtrack!
Laura Pinto wrote:
> Hi all, To hear the Jersey Boys soundtrack - the whole thing, for
> free - > visit this page: http://oldies.about.com/b/a/218533.htm
Thank you so much for this link, Laura. Isn't it amazing we can now
hear cast albums the week a show opens? John Lloyd Young, who plays
Frankie Valli in 'Jersey Boys', is quite a star.
Bill
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Message: 9
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 06:45:09 -0800 (PST)
From: Artie Wayne
Subject: Re: Toni Wine / Tony Orlando
Mick Patrick wrote:
> Talking of Toni Wine and Christmas songs. Has anyone heard Tony
> Orlando's new record, "I Lose It When I Hear 'White Christmas'"?
> Toni wrote the song with Artie Wayne. I'm not sure if I'm allowed
> to post the track to musica. Artie?
Mick...How ya'doin'? I'm glad that you like the new song that Toni
Wine and I wrote, "I Lose it When I Hear White Christmas", which
Toni Orlando and Dawn recorded for their 20th Anniversary reunion
album.
It has been released in the U. S by R2 Entertainment,
http://respond2entertainment.com/contact.php which put out the
highly sucessful Johnny Carson packages. The company has also
released a 6 CD set of all of Tony Orlando and Dawns recordings,
a 3 DVD set of their TV shows, as well as the new Christmas album,
produced by Grammy winning producer, Michael O'Martian.
Before I heard the cut, Toni raved that it was the best recording
she ever had of one of her songs. When I heard it I had to place
it at the top of my list of covers as well!
I'm sorry Mick, but I don't have the authority to give you
permission to put it up on musica, but I hope our Spectropals will
have a chance to hear it this season and for years to come.
Merry Christmas, regards, Artie Wayne
http://artiewayne.com
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Message: 10
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 08:43:53 -0800 (PST)
From: Dave Monroe
Subject: Re: Dana Gillespie's "Foolish Seasons" LP
I wrote:
> For the record, "You Just Gotta Know My Mind" was also recorded
> a year or so earlier by one Karen Verros. Her more garagey
> version is most readily available on the bootleg Girls in the
> Garage Vol. 6 (Romulan)....
Aughh! Forgot to add that it was also covered in the early 90s
criminally overlooked Australian indie pop band The Hummingbirds.
In the name of completism ...
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