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There are 14 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Re: the Dapt label
From: Hans Huss
2. Re: Deano "Baby Let Me Be Your Baby"
From: Mark Maldwyn
3. Re: Shy Guys
From: Margaret G. Still
4. January 2006 Shindig Reviews
From: Jon 'Mojo' Mills
5. Frenching
From: Phil X Milstein
6. Pete Anders & Vince Poncia
From: Robert Indart
7. Mysterious song referring to Angels
From: Jon Christopher Pennington
8. Re: The Fuzz
From: Paul Rusling
9. Re: Deano "Baby Let Me Be Your Baby"
From: Phil X Milstein
10. Re: Sylvie Vartanīs "Whatīd I Said"
From: Julio Niņo
11. Thanks to...
From: Martin Roberts
12. Re: Nino Tempo / Also, Don Ho ...
From: Anna S.
13. Re: Pete Anders & Vince Poncia
From: Max Weiner
14. Re: Deano "Baby Let Me Be Your Baby"
From: Martin Roberts
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 10:52:58 -0800 (PST)
From: Hans Huss
Subject: Re: the Dapt label
Phil X Milstein wrote:
> [Was Dapt] a subsidiary of another, three-letter-named
> company -- Apt, perhaps?
Dapt was a division of FTP, a New York label that had Wes
Farrell's "Do The Hand Jive" (FTP 405) and a couple of nice
45s by the Scott Brothers - not the group that recorded for
Toddlin' Town incidentally - all circa 1961. Jerry Field is
listed as the producer on most of the ones I've seen, his
label perhaps?
Here's an addition to the Dapt discography...
206: Dixon Devore II: Medicine Man / Blue Evening
Hasse Huss
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 20:31:09 -0000
From: Mark Maldwyn
Subject: Re: Deano "Baby Let Me Be Your Baby"
John Frederick Brown wrote:
> Just when I think I've sent "Deano" the correct info on
> "Please, Don't Talk To The Lifequard" and just when I sent
> her mp3 copies of Diane Ray and Andrea Carroll versions of
> the song and just after I inform her that her uk Columbia
> release of "Lifeguard" was the last of the three and that -
> it wasn't really her song - I find a Patti Jerome copy of
> "Baby, Let Me Be Your Baby". Anybody know the dates.
I don't know about Patti Jerome but Judy Murdock also recorded
"Baby..."
Mark Maldwyn
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 20:32:38 -0000
From: Margaret G. Still
Subject: Re: Shy Guys
Julio Niņo:
> ... Iīve been trying to collect songs about girls
> complaining about their too shy and not enough affective
> beloved ones.
Me:
> .... Shelley Fabares "Johnny Angel".
Bob Rashkow:
> Maybe Margaret Still was mixing up "Johnny Angel" by Shelley
> Fabares with "Johnny Get Angry" (Joanie Sommers, a "minor"
> hit from the same year in comparison). In the former Shelley
> sings of her love for one guy but doesn't really speculate
> (nor complain) that he isn't tough enough; he is merely "an
> angel" to her and she's just sitting and waiting for him to
> "call her up for a date." Meanwhile Joanie's positively
> frustrated 'cause HER Johnny lets other guys cut in on them
> all the time, etc. She wants "a brave man, a cave man......"
Good to see a response to this interesting thread, which got
me to reinterpreting "shy boy" songs with new and strange
insinuations. It's true that Shelley's boy simply "doesn't
know that I exist" and Joanie (and the kazoo break, too!)
accuse Johnnie of not being manly, or of being kinda passive.
And though "Johnnie Get Angry" fits with part of what Julio
commented on in the original post, NEITHER song goes into the
territory of guys being seen as shy by girls because they shy
away from girls. Only the Spanish songs cited by Julio seem
to make that jump.
Best,
Margaret G. Still
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 21:15:27 -0000
From: Jon 'Mojo' Mills
Subject: January 2006 Shindig Reviews
Happy New Year Diggers!!
We've still got plenty of catching up to do, but for the
meantime, here's a bunch of reviews to start the year.
There's a lot more to come, believe me.
http://www.shindig-magazine.com\reviews.html
CHRIS DEDRICK
FOCAL POINT
JUDY HENSKE & JERRY YESTER
MAJORITY ONE
NATURAL ACOUSTIC BAND
NANCY PRIDDY
THE SEVENS
THOUGHTS & WORDS
SLOWBONE
... Plus a slew of garage/psych compilations.
I still have a few boxes of the mag left, so contact me
if you don't have a copy of #6 or #7.
Enjoy.
****************
Jon 'Mojo' Mills, Editor
Shindig Magazine
64 North View Road
London
N8 7LL
*****************
www.shindig-magazine.com
(Extensive reviews updated each month)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Shindig-Magazine/
(Newsgroup for magazine)
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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 12:45:08 -0500
From: Phil X Milstein
Subject: Frenching
Norm D. asked:
> I'm just following on the correspondence re. French (and
> non-English) versions of L&S songs. Perhaps someone knows
> the history of this better than I do, but weren't there French
> versions produced of virtually every English pop hit?
Was Sylvie Vartan's audacious take on "What'd I Say" ever
released on 45? I love the Scopitone video for it, but I don't
recall having heard of it other than there.
Dig,
--Phil M.
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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 22:22:58 -0000
From: Robert Indart
Subject: Pete Anders & Vince Poncia
Hi,
I just received a 2 CD set by the name of "Pete Anders &
Vince Poncia Masterworks". The label reads "Masterworks"
through Brill Tone productions. Brill Tone is the same
label that released a lot of the brill building Cds in the
90's (Barry Mann, Carole King, Jeff Barry & Ellie Greenwich).
The Anders n Poncia CDs have a lot of demos that they wrote
with Doc Pomus, Don Ciccone & Bobby Bloom. Also in the liner
notes they mention Spectropop about the Lovelites article.
Below I copied the tracklisting:
ANDERS & PONCIA MASTERWORKS
Pete Anders and Vince Poncia are featured in this double CD
set. These very talented Brill Building writers have a great
history with the Trade Winds, Videls, Innocence and Treasure.
Includes 16 page color booklet. 2 CD set: 64 tracks tracks.
New York's A Lonely Town - Trade Winds (Andreoli & Poncia)
Red Bird 1965
Club Seventeen - Trade Winds (Andreoli & Poncia) Red Bird 1965
Summertime Girl - Trade Winds (Andreoli & Poncia) Red Bird 1965
The Party Starts at Nine - Trade Winds (Andreoli, Poncia &
Pomus) Red Bird 1965
The Girl From Greenwich Village - Trade Winds (Andreoli, Poncia
& Marazano) Red Bird 1965
There's a Rock & Roll Show In Town - Trade Winds (Andreoli,
Poncia & Marazano) Red Bird 1965
New York's A Lonely Town (pre unrel/alt) - Trade Winds
Hold Me Tight - The Treasures feat Pete Anders (Lennon-
McCartney) Shirley 1964
A Letter From Ann - Videls (Andreoli, Poncia & Pari) Kapp 1961
This Year's 'Mister New' - Videls (Sherman-Sherman) Kapp 1961
Streets of Love - Vi-Dels (Andreoli & Poncia) Kapp 1961
I'll Keep On Waitin - Vi-Dels (Andreoli & Poncia) Kapp 1961
Why Can't We Try It Again - Pete & Vinnie + group "unrel"
(Andreoli & Poncia) 1963
Laughing Fool - Pete & Vinnie + group "unrel"(Andreoli & Poncia)
1963
Remember Me - Pete & Vinnie + group "unrel" (Andreoli & Poncia)
1963
Why Does The Dance Have To End - Pete & Vinnie + group "unrel"
(Andreoli - Poncia) 1963
Hand Clappin Time (Part 1) - Pete & Vinnie (Andreoli, Poncia &
Pomus) Big Top 1963
Laughs Laughs (The Life of the Party) - Pete & Vinnie "unrel"
(Andreoli - Poncia) 1963
Give Your Wife A Kiss From Me - Vinnie Poncia "unrel" (Andreoli-
Poncia) 1963
Ballad of the Willow Tree - Pete & Vinnie "unrel" (unknown) 1963
Don't Try To Change Me - Vinnie Poncia "unrel" (Andreoli, Poncia
& Pomus)1963
After the Party's Over - Pete & Vinnie "unrel" (Andreoli-Poncia)
1963
Take It On the Chin - Vinnie Poncia "unrel" (unknown) 1963
What'll Do With the Pieces - Pete & Vinnie "unrel"(Andreoli-
Poncia) 1963
She's the Girl Who Stole My Baby - Pete & Vinnie"unrel"(Andreoli-
Poncia)1963
Summer in the South - Vinnie Poncia "unrel" (unknown) 1964
Understand Me - Pete & Vinnie "unrel" (Andreoli-Poncia)1962
Walk Away - Vinnie Parelle (Andreoli-Poncia) Elmor 1962
Fool Around Fool - Vinnie Parelle (Andreoli-Poncia) Elmor 1962
Remember Me - Pete Anders (Andreoli-Poncia) Corvair 1962
I'm Your Slave - Pete Anders (Andreoli-Poncia) Corvair 1962
Mind Excursion - Trade Winds (Andreoli-Poncia) Kama Sutra 1967
Catch Me In the Meadow - Trade Winds (Andreoli, Poncia & Ciccone)
Kama Sutra 1967
Bad Misunderstanding - Trade Winds (Andreoli-Poncia) Kama Sutra
1967
New York's A Lonely Town - Trade Winds (Andreoli-Poncia) Kama
Sutra 1967
I Believe In Her - Trade Winds (Andreoli, Poncia & Marzano) Kama
Sutra 1967 (same version as in Red Bird)
Only When I'm Dreamin - Tradewinds (Andreoli,Poncia & Gentry)
Kama Sutra 1967
Small Town Bring Down - Tradewinds (Andreoli-Poncia) Kama Sutra
1967
To Be With You - Tradewinds (Andreoli-Poncia) Kama Sutra 1967
Huggin In the Hall - Tradewinds (Andreoli-Poncia) Kama Sutra
1967
Little Susan's Dreamin - Trade Winds (Millrose-Bruno)Kama Sutra
1966
There's Got To Be A Word! - Innocence (Ciccone) Kama Sutra 1966
Mairzy Doats - Innocence (Drake,Hoffman & Livinstone) Kama
Sutra 1967
Someone Got Caught In My Eye -Innocence(Andreoli-Poncia) Kama
Sutra 67
All I Ask - Innocence (Ciccone) Kama Sutra 1967
Your Show Is Over - Innocence (Ciccone) Kama Sutra 1967
A Lifetime Lovin You - Innocence (Andreoli,Poncia & Ripp) Kama
Sutra 67
Whence I Make Thee Mine - Innocence(Andreoli, Poncia & Cordell)
KS 1967
It's Not Gonna Take Too Long - Innocence (Andreoli-Poncia) KS
1967
All I Do Is Think About You - Innocence (Linde-Bloom) Kama Sutra
1967
I Don't Wanna Be Around (1) - Innocence (Andreoli, Poncia, Ripp)
KS 1967
Do You Believe In Magic - Innocence (Sebastian) Kama Sutra 1967
I Don't Wanna Be Around (2) - Innocence (Andreoli, Poncia,
Ripp) KS 1967
The Day Turns Me On - Innocence (Bruno-Earle) Kama Sutra 1967
So It Goes - Anders 'n' Porcia (Andreoli-Poncia)Kama Sutra 1967
Virgin To the Nite - Anders 'n' Porcia (Andreoli-Poncia) Kama
Sutra 67
Sunrise Highway - Pete Anders (Andreoli, Poncia, Linde, Bloom)
Buddah 67
Baby Baby - Pete Anders (Andreoli-Poncia) Buddah 1967
Anything A Fool Can Do - Trade Winds "unrel" (Andreoli-Poncia)
1964
Mary Ann - Trade Winds "unrel" (Andreoli, Poncia & Spector) 1964
Make Up Your Mind - Trade Winds "unrel" (Andreoli-Poncia) 1964
(I Just Go) Wild Inside - Trade Winds "Unrel" (Andreoli-Poncia-
Spector) 1964
He's My Eddie Baby - Lovelites (Andreoli-Poncia) 1964
Hand Clappin Time (Part 2) - Pete and Vinnie (Andreoli-Poncia-
Pomus) Big Top 1963
I hope everybody is doing well!
Best Regards,
Rob
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Message: 7
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 14:29:50 -0800
From: Jon Christopher Pennington
Subject: Mysterious song referring to Angels
Previously:
> While on the topic of mysterious songs referring to Angels,
> can anyone help me identify a song from circa 1968, with the
> lyrics: "I can hear a crying angel sing, She is crying for
> the sadness Tomorrow's sins may bring." It is British, and a
> mixed group of male and female voices, definite not a girl
> group sound, more in the folkie vein. I have not heard it
> since the time, but the lyrics come back to haunt me
> occasionally, and I would love to identify it and track it
> down.
The lyrics can be found in "From A Distance" written by P.F.
Sloan, which according to P.F. Sloan's website was a surprise
hit in Japan in 1970. According to another P.F. Sloan website,
the UK group Odin's People recorded a cover version of it,
although another site lists them as an Irish group. There's
also a South African group called The Platform Six that
recorded a version of it as well. Can't say if either group
has mixed male/female vocalists.
Jon P.
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Message: 8
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 01:04:19 +0000
From: Paul Rusling
Subject: Re: The Fuzz
Ray the Souklman asked about The Fuzz:
> Also, if anyone has information about "The Fuzz", that is also
> appreciated.
A few of their records were released in the UK in 70 / 71 on
Mojo and Pye, but didnt do anything much. I remember playing
"Like an open door", must have been Autumn 1971, but don't know
of anyone else spinning it.
There was a follow up to that on Decca distributed MAM records
in January 1972 called 'Piggy in the Middle' - I just played it
and don't remember it at all. Looks Mint to me and sounds like
it may be another line up!
Paul Rusling
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Message: 9
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 21:59:43 -0500
From: Phil X Milstein
Subject: Re: Deano "Baby Let Me Be Your Baby"
John Frederick Brown wrote:
> It looks like "Deano's" entire musical career may have been
> of UK covers of American hits ...
How did she take that news? Not too hard, I hope.
--Phil M.
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Message: 10
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 12:44:53 -0000
From: Julio Niņo
Subject: Re: Sylvie Vartanīs "Whatīd I Said"
Hola Everybody.
Phil Milstein asked:
> Was Sylvie Vartan's audacious take on "What'd I Say" ever
> released on 45?...
Yes, Phil, "Est -ce que tu le sais'" was released in a RCA
EP in 1962. It was also included in Sylvie first LP, also
in 1962.
Chao.
Julio Niņo.
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Message: 11
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 19:30:41 -0000
From: Martin Roberts
Subject: Thanks to...
James Holvay for his personal remembrances of Lou Rawls,
Phil Milstein and S'pop for Marva Holiday's "My Life As A
Treasure", (can't wait for Sherlie Matthews' story) and
Robert Indart for posting the Anders & Poncia track list.
Just three reasons (and if I had the time there could be
many more) S'pop is so groovy,
Martin
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Message: 12
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 17:28:01 -0000
From: Anna S.
Subject: Re: Nino Tempo / Also, Don Ho ...
Randy Poe wrote:
> I got a call from Nino today. I wished him a belated 71st
> birthday (which is really unbelievable. He looks more like
> 51). I took the opportunity to read him your beautifully-
> written tribute. He was clearly very touched. He told me
> it was really nice to know he's still remembered by so many,
> even though quite a few of them are now remembering Stan
> Getz instead.
Dear Randy,
Thanks so much for passing on to Nino T. my appreciation of
his wonderful work in the field of music! I am glad to hear
that he's doing well.
To all Spectropoppers:
Are there any other Don Ho fans out there? I like many types
of music and have a deep appreciation of easy listening songs
such as those performed by Don Ho and others. Also, I have
always liked some Hawaiian tunes. Don Ho had the same easy
kind of vocal delivery as Dean Martin, but a somewhat softer
voice. He was certainly not one to belt out a song. He
worked with some very fine musicians. I have several Don Ho
LPs and find that the music is very restful and pleasant. One
of my favorite songs is "Beyond The Rainbow". There is a
really great chorus of background singers in that song.
Anna S.
P.S.: I am aware that Don Ho is still alive, but I would
imagine that he is pretty much retired. In addition to that,
he recently had a life-saving heart operation. Apparently, he
still plans to perform on occasion, especially, as he said,
"to give fans their "Tiny Bubbles" fix!
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Message: 13
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 09:58:25 -0800 (PST)
From: Max Weiner
Subject: Re: Pete Anders & Vince Poncia
Robert Indart wrote:
> I just received a 2 CD set by the name of "Pete Anders &
> Vince Poncia Masterworks". The label reads "Masterworks"
> through Brill Tone productions. Brill Tone is the same
> label that released a lot of the brill building Cds in the
> 90's (Barry Mann, Carole King, Jeff Barry & Ellie Greenwich).
> The Anders n Poncia CDs have a lot of demos that they wrote
> with Doc Pomus, Don Ciccone & Bobby Bloom. Also in the liner
> notes they mention Spectropop about the Lovelites article.
This seems like a great compilation, would you mind if I ask
where you got this? I didn't have any luck when I googled
"Brill Tone". I would love to get a copy.
Kindest Regards;
max
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Message: 14
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 19:22:37 -0000
From: Martin Roberts
Subject: Re: Deano "Baby Let Me Be Your Baby"
John Frederick Brown asked about the Patti Jerome's "Baby Let
Me Be Your Baby".
Sorry to crush Deano's hopes once again but my demo copy of
American Artists 10 has the date 1/31/65 in marker pen on the
label. I do love Deano's pop version but Patti's original with
its bluesy/motown feel should knock your socks off. Remind me
later, when there's room and I'll play it to musica.
Martin
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