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There are 14 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Darlene Love
From: David Bell
2. Re: The Barons > "(I Just Go) Wild Inside" > "Mary Ann" > Anders & Poncia
From: Mick Patrick
3. Christmas with a New Yawk accent?!
From: Larry Bromley
4. Re: Darlene Love at Christmas
From: Bill Smith
5. Jack Nitzsche at Spectropop update
From: Martin Roberts
6. Darlene Love at Christmas
From: Mick Patrick
7. Donovan's Book
From: Phil X Milstein
8. Re: Darlene Love at Christmas
From: Steve
9. Martha & the Vandellas - "In My Lonely Room"
From: ACJ
10. Tupper Saussy new works
From: Skip Woolwine
11. Candy and The Kisses 81 CD
From: Paul Urbahns
12. Brian Wilson interview
From: Jon Biker
13. 60sgaragebands.com December updates
From: Mike Dugo
14. rare Seasons track to musica
From: Ken Charmer
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 15:41:35 EST
From: David Bell
Subject: Darlene Love
Here comes my annual plea for information as to when Darlene
Love will be appearing on the David Letterman Show. Hope that
somebody can help me out pretty quickly so that I can email
my contact in Nashville to record the show for me.
David
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 21:04:22 -0000
From: Mick Patrick
Subject: Re: The Barons > "(I Just Go) Wild Inside" > "Mary Ann" > Anders & Poncia
Steve:
> Can somebody from this group do me a favor and play ("(I Just
> Go) Wild Inside" by the Barons) to musica, please? It was on
> a Japanese bootleg CD "Phil Spector Masterpieces Vol 2"
Phil C:
> The only info (in English) reads 'The Barons "(I Just Go) Wild
> Inside" (Spector - Poncia - Andreoli)', but I believe the 45
> is from 1964 on Imperial 66057.
More info: The track was arranged by Bob Zwirn and produced by
Snuff Garrett, and the Barons were Pete Anders (Andreoli) and
Vincent Poncia, of Videls/Treasures/Tradewinds/Innocents fame.
Phil C:
> It's a lively little number, not dissimilar to the DC5's "Glad
> All Over". The song was loosely recycled the following year,
> minus the stomping and the male vocals, surfacing as "Mary
> Ann" (Honey Love and the Lovenotes, Cameo 380).
The backing vocalists on the Honey Love record were Candy & the
Kisses. An unissued version exists with Candy herself on lead,
yes? By the way, you can do The 81 to Honey Love's other side,
"We Belong Together".
Legend has it that "Mary Ann" was also recorded by the Crystals,
although I know of no one who's ever heard it. Anybody?
My late pal Alan Betrock had a copy of Anders & Poncia's
original demo of "Mary Ann". I've no idea what happened to that
acetate. However, many moons ago Alan did put the track on a
cassette for me, an mp3 of which is now playing at musica. The
lads sing the female lyrics, which adds to the entertainment
value: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spectropop/files/musica
Hey la,
Mick Patrick
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 21:19:12 -0800 (PST)
From: Larry Bromley
Subject: Christmas with a New Yawk accent?!
I recently acquired Phil Spector's "A Christmas Gift For You",
which, of course, included the Ronettes, as the entire CD
consisted of "the entire roster of Phil Spector Records," in
the words of Phil himself. The Ronettes part included "Frosty
The Snowman" and "Saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus". In these songs
the lead, which I assume was Ronnie Spector, pronounced the names
of Frosty and Santa Claus as one from the NYC area might have. Is
it me, or is this an aberration, as I don't recall hearing a
song with such a noticable regional accent, aside from C&W?
Larry Bromley
good day!
Age is a number that tells
how long you have lived in this world,
not how to live in it.
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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 16:29:08 -0500
From: Bill Smith
Subject: Re: Darlene Love at Christmas
David Bell wrote:
> Here comes my annual plea for information as to when Darlene
> Love will be appearing on the David Letterman Show. Hope that
> somebody can help me out pretty quickly so that I can email
> my contact in Nashville to record the show for me.
I can't help you as to when she'll be on, but I sure wish Darlene
would be on Letterman a few times a year at least. "Christams
(Baby Please Come Home)" is not the only song she can belt out!
Bill
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 07:30:20 -0000
From: Martin Roberts
Subject: Jack Nitzsche at Spectropop update
Playing as the new Jack Nitzsche Record of the Week on the
home page is Orphelia McFall's "He's Never There" (Saturn 403),
a fairly rare record and a very good one. Be there or be
square, man:
http://www.spectropop.com/JackNitzsche/index.htm
This is the first of a series of records connected to Ron
Barrett and Jack Nitzsche's work.
Is it possible to keep adding records to Jack's discography?
I hope so. The latest was found by Malcolm Baumgart and is a
Spector cover by Dick & Dee Dee:
http://www.spectropop.com/JackNitzsche/discography.htm
Is it possible to keep adding to the reviews of Jack's
"Hearing Is Believing" CD? I hope so. Harry Young has supplied
another one, by music mag, Magnet:
http://www.spectropop.com/JackNitzsche/AceCd_magreviews.htm
Martin
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Message: 6
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 21:33:09 -0000
From: Mick Patrick
Subject: Darlene Love at Christmas
David Bell:
> Here comes my annual plea for information as to when Darlene
> Love will be appearing on the David Letterman Show. Hope that
> somebody can help me out pretty quickly so that I can email
> my contact in Nashville to record the show for me.
Darlene will be filming the Letterman Show on December 19th,
for broadcast on the 22nd. I think we'll have to wait for the
actual event to discover who her backing vocalists will be this
year.
Because Darlene is doing eight shows a week in Hairspray on
Broadway currently, there will be no one woman Christmas shows
from her this year. Shame, that . . . not that I was ever able
to attend one. But one lives in hope. I know, for example, that
Darlene has a strong desire to bring her holiday show to London
one year.
Hey la,
Mick Patrick
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Message: 7
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 17:52:07 -0500
From: Phil X Milstein
Subject: Donovan's Book
Today's New York Times includes a review (by Janet Maslin) of
Donovan's new autobiography, which I didn't even know was
forthcoming, let alone already out. For those registered at the
NYT site, and who act quickly (as online stories are archived
after a day or so), http://tinyurl.com/abl2p ought to get you
there. The review is a mixed one; hellfire, the poor guy even
gets criticized for the book's SUBTITLE!
Dig,
--Phil M.
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Message: 8
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 21:15:32 EST
From: Steve
Subject: Re: Darlene Love at Christmas
According to my source, Letterman's Christmas show with Darlene
Love, will be taped Monday Dec. 19 & broadcast Friday, Dec 23.
- Happy Holidays,
Steve
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Message: 9
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 23:11:01 -0500
From: ACJ
Subject: Martha & the Vandellas - "In My Lonely Room"
I'm a member of a Yahoo! Group devoted to Martha Reeves, and I
forwarded the group's owner a recent S'pop Digest that included
two messages about Martha & the Vandellas' "In My Lonely Room"
(discussed in connection with "The 81"). He says that "In My
Lonely Room" was a big hit for M&theVs "across The Pond" and
that Martha still does the song at every concert.
ACJ
"Optimism works. It is more useful than pessimism." - E.Y. Harburg
U.P. GROOVES!: http://community.webtv.net/andrucharlz/UPGROOVESTheUpper
OR http://makeashorterlink.com/?P3D352CBB
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Message: 10
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 08:05:33 -0600
From: Skip Woolwine
Subject: Tupper Saussy new works
Tupper Saussy, the creative force behind the Neon Philharmonic, is having
an art show December 2-16 in Nashville at Stanford Fine Art (6608-A Highway
100, 37205). Reception for the artist is this Friday, Dec. 2 from 6-8pm.
Tupper told me that there are things in the works for a new music project
that may mean a resurrection of sorts for the Neon Philharmonic. I hope
to learn more Friday.
Skip Woolwine
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Message: 11
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 09:16:24 -0500
From: Paul Urbahns
Subject: Candy and The Kisses 81 CD
For the benefit of we in the USA, the Candy and The Kisses CD is available
from Amazon Canada, known to value hunters as http://www.amazon.ca
With the current rate of exchange the price is quite reasonable. I
frequently get orders from Amazon Canada arriving at my house in the
sticks of Kentucky, faster than orders shipped by Amazon USA.
Paul Urbahns
Radcliff, KY
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Message: 12
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 13:38:19 +0000 (GMT)
From: Jon Biker
Subject: Brian Wilson interview
Very interesting interview with Brian Wilson in today's (London) Times
(29 November):
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7-1894854,00.html
It might not be the sort that his fans will be thrilled with, but still
offers a different glimpse of the great man.
Cheers,
jon
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Message: 13
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 08:34:44 -0800 (PST)
From: Mike Dugo
Subject: 60sgaragebands.com December updates
The December updates to 60sgaragebands.com are now online,
and we're pleased that they're among the largest we've ever done.
In this issue, Art Steinman provides the scoop on New York's
Jagged Edge (with news about a long overdue release of previously
unreleased demos); Steve Sills recalls a forgotten Sunset Strip group,
The Straight Jackets, who at one time were the house band for the
Seawitch and recorded a demo at Gold Star Studios; Steven Bednarz
provides details on The Pedestrians, an obscure garage band from
the suburbs of Chicago who also have unreleased demos in the vaults;
and Gary Williams sets the record straight on two of his '60s bands:
The California Suns and The Magic Mushroom. And, if that isn't
enough, in our Essays section we have a huge feature on The K-Otics,
and get the skinny on why their version of "Double Shot (Of My Baby's
Love)" isn't remembered today as much as The Swingin' Medallions'.
Check it out at http://www.60sgaragebands.com.
Mike Dugo
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Message: 14
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 16:39:12 +0100
From: Ken Charmer
Subject: rare Seasons track to musica
In the light of the Four Seasons' popularity on Broadway, I thought it
might interest Spectropoppers to hear an unreleased track by the group.
This was found, we are told, on an undated tape in the Philips/Mercury
vaults. It is apparantly in a can with "One Man" mono master on it, and
is undated and with no matrix number. Sounds like a demo to us.
"One Man" is a Crewe/Brown composition that was also recorded by Ben E
King, although with a very different treatment.
A very moody arrangement from circa 1970, this is probably part of
the recordings around the time the "Half And Half" album was recorded.
We've remixed it a bit with Wavelab 4.,0 and it sounds pretty good.
What do you think?
According to Bob Gaudio there is little or nothing in the Philips vaults
that has not been released by now, but we wonder what could be found
if we ever won the lottery and got a free few days in there.
Ken Charmer
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