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SPECTROPOP - Spectacular! Retro! Pop!
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There are 8 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Recent + old books
From: Steve
2. "Nothing Matters But You"
From: Jeff Lemlich
3. Re: Jean Thomas
From: Mick Patrick
4. The Montanas
From: Bill Mulvy
5. Jack Nitzsche at Spectropop update
From: Martin Roberts
6. Re: The Montanas
From: James Botticelli
7. "It's In His Kiss"
From: Peter Lerner
8. Re: "It's In His Kiss"
From: Mick Patrick
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 21:04:34 +0100
From: Steve
Subject: Recent + old books
I don't know if it has been already mentioned (prob. I've
missed it), but the following two books (one upcoming Aug.
2006) might be of interest to Spectropop'pers:
Burt Bacharach & Hal David : What the World Needs Now
(Paperback) by Robin Platts
Paperback: 232 pages
Publisher: Collector's Guide Publishing Inc (December 1, 2002)
Lonely Avenue: The Unlikely Life And Times of Doc Pomus
(Hardcover) by Peter Guralnick (Foreword), Alex Halberstadt
Hardcover: 416 pages
Publisher: Perseus Books Group (August 30, 2006)
Steve
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 18:49:38 -0500
From: Jeff Lemlich
Subject: "Nothing Matters But You"
Julio Nino wrote about an Everly Brothers song he just discovered:
> "Nothing Matters But You", a very touching and beautiful ballad,
> composed by Geld and Udell and recorded in 1965. I would love
> if someone (maybe Frank) could tell me something about this
> recording and if there are any other versions of it.
The version I am familiar with is by Brian Hyland on ABC 10494.
>From 1963, I believe.
Jeff Lemlich
http://www.limestonerecords.com
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 19:39:58 -0000
From: Mick Patrick
Subject: Re: Jean Thomas
Ken on the Candy Girls:
> Could Jean (Thomas) have been involved?
Me:
> I don't see why not - her husband, Charles Fox, arranged
> and conducted their records.
Martin:
> I'd read that Jean was married to a 'Fox'. However, it
> isn't Charles but Ray that Jean has apparently been
> blissfully married to for coming up to 40 years!
Thanks for the correction Martin. That'll teach me not to
consult John Clemente's book before writing about Jean.
Charles Fox was a colleague of Bob Crewe. I put two and
two together and made five.
Incidentally, copies of John's book are available at
Amazon for as little as $2.48. Every girl group fan's
home should have one: http://tinyurl.com/b3oyc
Hey la,
Mick Patrick
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 15:06:14 -0600
From: Bill Mulvy
Subject: The Montanas
Randy:
> However, I decided to pick up the Montanas version as a
> single, and lo and behold-that was it! What made it was
> the b-side ("Anyone There") was even better, which I also
> remember playing a lot. So, then found out there was a cd
> comp of these guys, just got that, and there's a number
> of really good tracks on that. Soft pop with some pysch-
> lite edges, produced mainly by Tony Hatch. Great stuff.
Randy, I have that Montanas comp and it is real good. The
hit song "You Gotta Be Loved" is not in stereo. It can be
found in stereo on Bob Stroud's Rock N Roll Roots Vol. 5 or
Dick Bartley Presents Collectors Essentials The 60s.
Bill Mulvy
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 22:50:54 -0000
From: Martin Roberts
Subject: Jack Nitzsche at Spectropop update
The original is best! Well, that's what I was brought up
to believe. Make your own mind up by listening to the
Record of the Week, Merry Clayton's "It's In His Kiss"
(Capitol 4984), now playing on the Home page:
http://www.spectropop.com/JackNitzsche/index.htm
The first recording of "It's In His Kiss" (aka "The Shoop
Shoop Song") is the final track to promote the "Produced
Ron Barrett, arranged Jack Nitzsche" feature:
http://www.spectropop.com/RonBarrett/index.htm
Al Hazan contributed two of my favourite features on the
site, Early Days and AH & JN's ROTW. I've re-presented
these, penned an introduction, compiled a discography and
collated the pages as a "Produced Al Hazan, arranged Jack
Nitzsche" feature. As an incentive to have a browse, the
record labels featured on the top left of the five pages
are linked to the music of the tracks. All these and most
of Al Hazan's recordings, including those with Jack Nitzsche,
can be heard on Al's own site, links available at:
http://www.spectropop.com/AlHazan/index.htm
Joining Ron Barrett, Al Hazan and Terry Melcher on the
Producers page shortly are Lee Hazlewood ("About time!" I
hear you cry) and Marty Cooper ("Who's he?" I hear many
mumble). The next ROTW will be the first from a selection
of the many Marty Cooper and Jack Nitzsche recordings.
Martin
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 11:35:00 -0500
From: James Botticelli
Subject: Re: The Montanas
Bill Mulvy wrote:
> Randy, I have that Montanas comp and it is real good. The
> hit song "You Gotta Be Loved" is not in stereo. It can be
> found in stereo on Bob Stroud's Rock N Roll Roots Vol. 5 or
> Dick Bartley Presents Collectors Essentials The 60s.
Also on the 'worth picking up' "Call Me: The Songs of Tony
Hatch" double CD, as recommended by Mike Edwards:
http://www.spectropop.com/recommends/index2003.htm#TonyHatch
JB
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 17:21:38 -0000
From: Peter Lerner
Subject: "It's In His Kiss"
Martin declared:
> The original is best! Well, that's what I was brought up
> to believe. Make your own mind up by listening to the
> Record of the Week, Merry Clayton's "It's In His Kiss"
> (Capitol 4984), now playing on the Home page:
> http://www.spectropop.com/JackNitzsche/index.htm
Well, I'm amazed, as I have spent the last forty-something
years of my life believing that Ramona King's version on
Warner Brothers is the original. Who can tell us for
definite?
Peter
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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 17:45:01 -0000
From: Mick Patrick
Subject: Re: "It's In His Kiss"
Martin:
> The original is best! Well, that's what I was brought up
> to believe. Make your own mind up by listening to the
> Record of the Week, Merry Clayton's "It's In His Kiss"
> (Capitol 4984), now playing on the Home page:
> http://www.spectropop.com/JackNitzsche/index.htm
Peter:
> Well, I'm amazed, as I have spent the last forty-something
> years of my life believing that Ramona King's version on
> Warner Brothers is the original. Who can tell us for
> definite?
Martin is correct. Merry Clayton's version of "It's In His
Kiss" (Capitol 4984) was released in 1963. Next came Ramona
King's (Warner Bros 5416) early the following year. Betty
Everett's hit rendition (Vee Jay 585) was the third to be
issued. It's hard to choose a favourite. Aretha Franklin
live on Shindig! takes some beating.
Read more about the Merry Clayton version in the words of
producer Ron Barrett here:
http://www.spectropop.com/RonBarrett/RonBarrett2.htm
Hey la,
Mick Patrick
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