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There are 12 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Win Ace Records CDs!!
From: Norm D.
2. Fewer Record Stores Still Spinning
From: Larry Bromley
3. Good Knight !!
From: Artie Wayne
4. Tony Meehan and Danny Williams, R.I.P.
From: The S'pop Team
5. Steve Tudanger's Funeral
From: Mike Rashkow
6. Re: Sandy Linzer
From: Regina Litman
7. Re: The Ventures - "I feel fine"
From: Regina Litman
8. Edith Piaf sings Leiber & Stoller
From: Randy Poe
9. Re: Edith Piaf sings Leiber & Stoller
From: Frank
10. Richard Kimball update
From: Artie Wayne
11. Re: The Ventures - "I feel fine"
From: Roy Clough
12. Re: Edith Piaf sings Leiber & Stoller
From: Bill Smith
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 06:05:37 -0800 (PST)
From: Norm D.
Subject: Win Ace Records CDs!!
Damian wrote:
> "The Leiber and Stoller Story" - Does anyone know when
> volumes 2 and 3 of this series will be released?
Me:
> Sorry if I missed the earlier posting on this.....but
> what is on Volume 1? I haven't even got that one yet.
Mick Patrick:
> OK, pick the bones out of this lot:
> THE LEIBER & STOLLER STORY
> VOL 1: HARD TIMES (The Los Angeles Years 1951-56)
> Ace CDCHD 1010
> ...
> 28. L’Homme A La Moto (Black Denim Trousers And Motorcylcle
> Boots) - Edith Piaf (Capitol 3368)
> Find more info at these links:
> http://tinyurl.com/bfjg6
> http://tinyurl.com/cke7e
> http://tinyurl.com/8flnw
This looks - and sounds - wonderful. What in god's name
does the Edith Piaf version sound like? Only one way I'm
going to find out.... Now, why didn't I see this info.
before Christmas?
As this great CD is on the Ace label, can I give a shameless
plug to a quiz that I've set, on another music site, that's
offering, as the first three prizes, 5, 4, and 3 single CDs
of your choice from the Ace Records catalogue. The most
correct answers win.
The link for the quiz is here:
http://www.charliegillett.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1705
You have to register as a site user, but it's all free. Many
of the questions should be a breeze to S'Poppers, but there
are a few stinkers. Closing date is this Sat. Jan. 7th.
Bon chance, as Edith might have said.
Norm D.
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 01:23:53 -0800 (PST)
From: Larry Bromley
Subject: Fewer Record Stores Still Spinning
Reading of Aron's Records reminded me of a store in the Ft.
Lauderdale Area which closed a few years ago, Sir Arthur
Oldies. In the 70s, Artie Appelbaum had a shop on the beach,
then moved west, finally settling in Tamarac. Artie used to
go to New York each summer to vacation and to search for
more old vinyl. Around 2002 he decided to retire, and close
the store. Around that same time Artie died, leaving the
family to liquidate the vast inventory. Last I heard, no
one was willing to buy up the entire lot of records. Sad to
know that his family had no interest in keeping alive
Artie's love for stacks of wax.
Age is a number that tells
how long you have lived in this world,
not how to live in it.
Larry Bromley
good day!
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 06:17:47 -0800 (PST)
From: Artie Wayne
Subject: Good Knight !!
How ya' Doin'? First, I'd like to congratulate Tom Jones
on becoming a Knight! He's a good guy, who never has lost
his edge and certainly desrves any award he gets.
I am curious, however, how the recipients are chosen, and
why did Andrew Lloyd Webber becme a Knight and Tim Rice
didn't? Why did Mick Jagger...and not Keith Richards?
thanks and regards, artie wayne http://artiewayne.com
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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 00:33:11 -0000
From: The S'pop Team
Subject: Tony Meehan and Danny Williams, R.I.P.
Dear members,
Tony Meehan and Danny Williams, both of whom died in
the closing weeks of 2005, are the latest additions
to the all too frequently expanding S'pop Remembers
section.
Tony Meehan:
http://www.spectropop.com/remembers/TMeehanobit.htm
Danny Williams:
http://www.spectropop.com/remembers/DWobit.htm
R.I.P.
The S'pop Team
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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 21:20:32 EST
From: Mike Rashkow
Subject: Steve Tudanger's Funeral
Steve will be buried on Wednesday in NY.
I am hoping to put together a little book of remembrances
about him to give to his closest friends and family.
I can copy whatever is in the S'Pop Archives, but if some
of you reading this have a thought or a memory about him
you'd like to offer in that regard, please send it to me
off-list.
Thanks.
Mike Rashkow
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Message: 6
Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2006 03:39:28 -0000
From: Regina Litman
Subject: Re: Sandy Linzer
Country Paul wrote:
> FYI, I met Sandy Linzer briefly at a voice-over job just
> before Christmas. He is working on music projects with one
> of my clients here in New Jersey. I didn't have time to
> talk or ask any questions, but at least I got the chance
> to say hello.
I have to confess a bit of ignorance here - I always thought
Sandy Linzer was a "she" and that the Sandy Linzer/Denny
Randell team was a guy/gal (or in this case, gal/guy) team
like Goffin/King, Mann/Weil, and Barry/Greenwich! Thanks for
this bit of enlightenment.
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Message: 7
Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2006 03:35:26 -0000
From: Regina Litman
Subject: Re: The Ventures - "I feel fine"
On the Ventures' first Christmas album, which came out in the
mid-1960s, most of the holiday songs start out with an intro
that is reminiscent of a hit song of the day that the Ventures
had also recorded. I know that one of the songs starts with an
"I Feel Fine" intro; I think it's "Rudolph the Red Nosed
Reindeer". I just love this album - it's my favorite
instrumental Christmas album, while "A Christmas Gift to You"
is my favorite with "straight" vocals. My favorite parody
vocals Christmas album is "More Twisted Christmas" by Bob
Rivers and Twisted Radio.
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Message: 8
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 00:11:06 -0800 (PST)
From: Randy Poe
Subject: Edith Piaf sings Leiber & Stoller
Mick Patrick:
> OK, pick the bones out of this lot:
> THE LEIBER & STOLLER STORY
> VOL 1: HARD TIMES (The Los Angeles Years 1951-56)
> Ace CDCHD 1010
> ...
> 28. L’Homme A La Moto (Black Denim Trousers And Motorcycle
> Boots) - Edith Piaf (Capitol 3368)
> Find more info at these links:
> http://tinyurl.com/bfjg6
> http://tinyurl.com/cke7e
> http://tinyurl.com/8flnw
Norm D. wrote:
> This looks - and sounds - wonderful. What in god's name
> does the Edith Piaf version sound like?
It sounds just like the Cheers' version, except with two
less people, and it's in French. The snare drums, French
horns, and all the rest of the production are virtually
identical to the Cheers' recording. It's just rather
shocking when you're expecting to hear Bert Convy and the
gang, only to discover it's a rather shrill, latter-day
Edith Piaf instead. The guys at Ace begged us to choose
another version, but we're not known for playing well with
others, so we said no.
-Randy Poe
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Message: 9
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 15:37:51 +0100
From: Frank
Subject: Re: Edith Piaf sings Leiber & Stoller
Randy Poe on "Black Denim Trousers And Motorcycle Boots" by
Edith Piaf:
> It sounds just like the Cheers' version, except with two
> less people, and it's in French. The snare drums, French
> horns, and all the rest of the production are virtually
> identical to the Cheers' recording. It's just rather
> shocking when you're expecting to hear Bert Convy and the
> gang, only to discover it's a rather shrill, latter-day
> Edith Piaf instead.
Just to set the record straight, it's not really "latter-day"
Edith Piaf. Assuming there's really a "latter-day" Edith Piaf.
This track is really "prime" Piaf and was one of her biggest
hit in France.
Frank
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Message: 10
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 07:54:11 -0800 (PST)
From: Artie Wayne
Subject: Richard Kimball update
How y'all doin? I'm happy to say that I spoke to my longtime
friend Richard Kimball, former DJ on KMET in Los Angeles,
currently producer of some of the best music programming in
syndication...and he sounds great!! Last week he had quadruple
bypass surgery...and yesterday he was on the phone setting up
his next project!!
I know how he feels. I was one of the first Americans in 1965
to have open heart surgery, and here I am!! Anyway, Richard is
grateful for the calls and emails and wishes you all a Happy
New Year!!
Regards, Artie Wayne http://www.artiewayne.com
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Message: 11
Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2006 18:29:20 -0000
From: Roy Clough
Subject: Re: The Ventures - "I feel fine"
Regina Litman wrote:
> On the Ventures' first Christmas album, which came out in the
> mid-1960s, most of the holiday songs start out with an intro
> that is reminiscent of a hit song of the day that the Ventures
> had also recorded. I know that one of the songs starts with an
> "I Feel Fine" intro; I think it's "Rudolph the Red Nosed
> Reindeer". I just love this album - it's my favorite
> instrumental Christmas album, while "A Christmas Gift to You"
> is my favorite with "straight" vocals. My favorite parody
> vocals Christmas album is "More Twisted Christmas" by Bob
> Rivers and Twisted Radio.
Regina, they revisted the theme in 2003 with a album Guitar
Christmas - basically rerecordings of the songs you mention
but with some new tracks. It can be bought relatively cheaply
- I picked it up for £3.99 (about $7) brand new.
PS: More sad news - Mike Botts of Bread also passed away on 12/9.
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Message: 12
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 14:00:49 -0500
From: Bill Smith
Subject: Re: Edith Piaf sings Leiber & Stoller
I'd love to hear her version of "Charly Brown" ........
*FiFi FyeFye*
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