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There are 21 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. ... the motorcycle on "Leader Of The Pack"
From: Mick Patrick
2. ... the seagulls on "Remember (Walkin' In The Sand)"
From: Phil Chapman
3. Wilson Pickett Songs
From: Regina Litman
4. Howard Boggess; Canterbury Records; crash follow-up
From: Country Paul
5. Shivaree (more)
From: Marc Miller
6. Re: Righteous Brothers
From: Anthony Reichardt
7. Re: ... the motorcycle on "Leader Of The Pack"
From: Tony Leong
8. Re: ... the motorcycle on "Leader Of The Pack"
From: Laura Pinto
9. Re: Wilson Pickett
From: Larry Bromley
10. Rudy Clark
From: Austin Powell
11. Re: Red Bird Story
From: Peter Andreasen
12. Howard Boggess discography
From: Davie Gordon
13. Re: Wilson Pickett
From: C. Ponti
14. Re: "I´m In Love With A Gonk", "Alicia es así" and the long winter
From: Julio Niño
15. RIP Wilson Pickett
From: Eddy
16. Re: Wilson Pickett
From: Steve Dworkin
17. Girl Groups Sounds: Lost and Found
From: Norm D.
18. Re: The train from "The Train From Kansas City"
From: Laura Pinto
19. Re: Wilson Pickett
From: Dave Monroe
20. Pete Fox of the Flairs
From: Paul Oliverio
21. Re: Girl Groups Sounds: Lost and Found
From: Mark Maldwyn
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 21:32:17 -0000
From: Mick Patrick
Subject: ... the motorcycle on "Leader Of The Pack"
Randy Poe:
> I also heard that the motorcycle on "Leader of the Pack"
> was a real motorcycle. Some of these things take on
> mythological proportions. It makes for a great story, but
> if you've ever spent 60 seconds on a motorcycle inside a
> closed garage, you know the carbon monoxide builds up
> really fast. I can't imagine anybody bringing a
> motorcycle into a recording studio and revving it up like
> that without the singers suffering some serious lung
> damage right before they're supposed to start singing.
> But, I wasn't there. Perhaps Mr. Butler was in attendance
> for the recording of "Leader of the Pack"?
The Shangri-Las' "Leader Of The Pack" was recorded at Mira
Sound Studios on July 8th 1964. Brooks Arthur was the
engineer. The following quote is from the book "Studio
Stories - How The Great New York Records Were Made: From
Miles To Madonna, Sinatra To The Ramones" by David Simons
(Backbeat, 2004):
Brooks Arthur: "I owe a lot of success to my sound and
mixes to two of the greatest assistant engineers I've ever
worked with: Joe Venneri and Bobby Bloom. Bobby went on to
record a couple of songs, including 'Montego Bay'. Sadly,
we lost him at an early age. Joey Venneri was a bass player
and travelled with the Tokens, and between dates worked
with me at Mira setting up the sessions. He was tireless,
and it was his motorcycle that was forever captured on
'Leader Of The Pack'."
Mind you, Brooks doesn't actually say that Joe rode his
bike into the studio itself, which does seem a little
unlikely, not to say unsafe.
Btw, the demo of "Leader Of The Pack" was recorded at
Ultra Sonic in Long Island . . . but not by the Shangri-
Las. The performers were the Bunnies, the quartet that
became the Goodies on Blue Cat. Randy, do you know if, by
some miracle, that demo has survived?
I seriously recommend Studio Stories to all S'poppers. Find
info and read excerpts here: http://tinyurl.com/bbr4m
Hey la,
Mick Patrick
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 22:10:42 -0000
From: Phil Chapman
Subject: ... the seagulls on "Remember (Walkin' In The Sand)"
James Botticelli wrote:
> ...Wasn't the 'seagulls' portion of "Remember (Walkin' In The
> Sand)" taken from an already existing sound effects record?
Randy:
> That's what I've heard, too. I suspect they dubbed it onto
> tape and went from machine to machine.
As an over-enthusiastic teenager, I was convinced that I had
heard these seagulls on an Audio Fidelity Sound Effects 45,
and I was quite thrilled when I managed to get them to phase
along with the Shangs, using two record decks. For research
purposes, "Seagulls Staten Island Ferry" is now in musica.
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/spectropop/files/musica
PC
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 23:59:18 -0000
From: Regina Litman
Subject: Wilson Pickett Songs
Ray wrote:
> Wilson Pickett, the soul pioneer best known for the fiery
> hits "Mustang Sally" and "In The Midnight Hour," died of
> a heart attack Thursday, according to his management company.
> He was 64.
When I bought the Rhino "Soul Shots" series, first on cassette
and later on CD (although I didn't buy the urban blues volume
in the latter series), I got to hear for the first time
versions of Wilson Pickett hits done by other acts. The liner
notes implied that the compilers of these series preferred
these other versions. Here is a sample of songs and other
artists who have done reasonably well-known versions for which
I prefer the one by "the wicked Mr. Pickett":
"Land of 1,000 Dances" - preferred over Chris Kenner, Cannibal
and the Headhunters, and Thee Midniters
"In the Midnight Hour" - preferred over the Young Rascals and
Cross Country
"She's Looking Good" - (slightly) preferred over Rodger Collins
(one of the songs I got to know as a result of its inclusion on
"Soul Shots")
"Mustang Sally" - preferred over the Young Rascals
"Funky Broadway" - (vastly) preferred over Dyke and the Blazers
(another one I got to know from "Soul Shots")
"Stag-O-Lee" - under the name of "Stagger Lee", slightly
preferred over Lloyd Price, vastly preferred over Tommy Roe and
even Neil Diamond
And I can't forget these next two:
"Hey Jude" - preferred over the Beatles
"Sugar Sugar" - preferred over the Archies
I see that he also did a version of "Mama Told Me Not To Come".
I've never heard it, but since this was one of my least
favorite hits by a group whose material I usually loved, Three
Dog Night, I'll bet I'd prefer it over theirs.
His song "634-5789" is my favorite song with a phone number
ending in "4-5789" in the title, beating out the Marvelettes'
"Beechwood 4-5789" by a slight margin. I have only heard his
early hit, "It's Too Late", a few times, but of a few different
songs with this title that I've heard, it would probably rank
second, after one done by Bobby Goldsboro (which I've also
heard done by Johnny Rivers), and way ahead of the one with
this title that was a huge hit by Carole King.
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 17:38:59 -0600 (CST)
From: Country Paul
Subject: Howard Boggess; Canterbury Records; crash follow-up
I wrote:
> I have Howard Boggess's "Hollywood" (on either Jamie or
> Guyden) from the 60s - it sounds like it could have been
> an album track.
S. J. wrote:
> I looked at discogs for both imprints. I found it on Jamie
> 1396, a catalogue number that would seem to put it in late
> 1970 or early '71. I see also that the flip side was a song
> called "20th Generation Sad," and that Jamie 1397 contained
> that same title as performed by "Captain Freak & Lunacycle
> Band." Also, I discovered that Boggess wrote "20th Generation
> Sad" with Mickey Lee Lane!...I believe he was a member of The
> Hippies (aka The Tams, but not the ones who did "What Kind of
> Fool") and co-wrote their "Memory Lane." But I KNOW he and
> Harry Moffitt wrote The Kit Kats' "Hey Saturday Noon" (also
> on Jamie) and Billy Harner's "Sally Sayin' Something" (though
> the 45s I've seen of the latter credit the writers as Sunshine
> and Poltergeist!). So Boggess appears to be a Philly figure.
Thanks, S. J. "Hollywood" is a really good track; nice to know
more.
From: Brian Chidester:
> In Pasadena you have Poo-Bah Records and Canterbury Records,
> both great stores.
Is the latter any relation to the Canterbury Records label?
"The worst that could happen" happed. Well, not the very worst
(no one died or got sick), but my crashed hard drive is
completely unrecoverable! About 700 mp3s, most of them rare as
hen's teeth - and, of course, not backed up (my stupid error)
- were lost. When the new computer arrives, I may be knocking
on doors requesting a replenishment of the toughest-to-find,
most of which I received through friends in this group. But
please, not yet; I'll still be on the temporary computer for
a couple of more weeks, and it lacks audio and attachment
capabilities.
Sigh....
Country Paul
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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 19:28:10 -0800 (PST)
From: Marc Miller
Subject: Shivaree (more)
I didn't realize it when I sent the 1st post about Shivaree,
but about 1/4 of the way down on the page, on the right, are
links to episode guides for:
Kraft Music Hall, The Ed Sullivan Show, The Hollywood Palace,
Hullabaloo!, Playboy After Dark, American Bandstand, Shindig,
The Porter Wagoner Show, The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour, The
Midnight Special, Fridays, Where The Action Is, Toast of the
Town, The Dean Martin Show, Beat-Club, The Morecambe & Wise
Show, Ready Steady Go!, Happening '68, The Dick Clark
Saturday Night Beechnut Show, The Red Skelton Comedy Hour,
Hippodrome, Nashville on the Road, Piccadilly Palace, Beat!
Beat! Beat!
Marc
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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 19:45:30 -0800 (PST)
From: Anthony Reichardt
Subject: Re: Righteous Brothers
Max Weiner wrote:
> I have heard so many different versions. This is what the
> official RB website says about the name:
> The Righteous Brothers actually began existence as members
> of a 5-piece group called The Paramours. Performing in a
> local bar, a Black marine in the audience shouted out after
> one of their duets, "That was righteous, brothers." They
> remembered the occasion and eventually renamed their group
> The Righteous Brothers for their first album.
I live in Santa Ana, California which is where Bill Medley
and his family lived. In fact I live only a few blocks from
his old family home at 919 South Hickory. In 1999, Bill gave
an interview in a small city neighborhood newspaper here and
said that when he was in High School his mother was a
hairdresser and that kind of work interested him. So believe
it or not, at the age of 17 he enrolled at the Bartmore
Beauty College on Broadway in Santa Ana and he really loved
it too! He used to wear a smock and at the beauty school he
was called 'Mr. Bill'. He went all the way through the
course and took his state board test but failed at hair color
and manicuring. During that time at the beauty school is
when he began to get interested in singing. This was around
1959 when he would hang around at Fiducia's gas station near
Santa Ana High school. One of the Fiducia boys played guitar
and sang a little and when Bill would start to sing like
Little Richard, his friends were amazed.
There was a piano at the Medley household and Bill began to
teach himself to play the piano at the age of 18. He'd sit
there for 10 or 12 hours a day writing and playing and
driving his mom nuts. But he said at least she knew where he
was. Then Bill along with Don Fiducia started a group called
the ROMANCERS all the while improving his writing and piano
playing. He then formed a quarted called the PARAMORES. The
first job they had was at an Italian restaurant in Anaheim
California. One of Bill's friends by the name of Barry
Rillera was working with another group out of Anaheim called
the VARIATIONS of which Bobby Hatfield was a member. All of
these guys hung out together and on one occasion, Bill's
first tenor got sick and Bobby filled in for the gig. A
mutual friend of theirs, a minister in Yorba Linda California
by the name of Johnny Wimber took Bobby and his drummer out
of his band and Bill and his guitar player out of his band
and the new group, still going by the name of the Paramores
began playing at 'John's BLACK DERBY' on the south west corner
of Main Street at Chestnut in Santa Ana. This lounge had a
large number of patrons who were black marines out at the El
Toro base. According to Bill, these guys would say
"righteous" if they liked something and if they liked you as
a friend they would call you "a brother". So they would call
Bill and Bobby the Righteous Brothers, which really meant
"good friend."
One night a local guy from Garden Grove California by the
name of Ray Maxwell, who had a small record company called
Moonglow Records came in and heard the guys perform. One of
the tunes that they sang that night 'Little Latin Lupe Lu'
was a song that Bill had written about a girl whom he had met
at hairdressing school, who went to Santa Ana High School and
also knew most of his friends. The guys went to record the
song for Moonglow records and decided to use the name that
the marines were calling them, The Righteous Brothers. Bill
said that the record didn't do anything at first but then
another mutual friend of theirs, Mike Patterson said that they
should go down to the Rendezvous Ballroom for the weekend and
his band would back them. The kids loved 'Little Latin Lupe
Lu' in their show says Bill, since it had that surfer-type of
beat. They all wanted to buy it so the guys took boxes of
records to Gracies Music Shop on 3rd and Broadway in Santa Ana
and just gave them out. The Righteous Brothers were drawing
about 2000 kids at the Rendezvous Ballroom at the time and
every one of those kids went to Gracies and bought the record.
Bill remembered that it just so happened that a disc jockey
from KRLA Radio called around to different record stores in
those days and would ask "What's going on? What are you
selling?" When the DJ heard that Gracies had sold 1,500
records of some somg called 'Little Latin Lupe Lu' they played
it in the background for an advertisement and received a bunch
of calls asking what the record was. "So that's how it all
started" recalls Bill, "That was the summer of '62. We did
all the right things by accident but we did everything we
could!"
It's been over forty years since those early days, and The
Rendezvous Ballroom, Gracies Music Shop and Bartmore Beauty
College are no longer standing. John's Black Derby, the
building where the Righteous Brothers acquired their name
still stands but is now a print shop.
I know that I am not alone when I say that I'm grateful that
Bill Medley gave crappy manicures.
Anthony Reichardt
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 07:11:57 -0000
From: Tony Leong
Subject: Re: ... the motorcycle on "Leader Of The Pack"
Does anyone have any idea how the train sounds were done
on "Train From Kansas City"???
Tony
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 01:54:08 -0000
From: Laura Pinto
Subject: Re: ... the motorcycle on "Leader Of The Pack"
Randy Poe:
> I also heard that the motorcycle on "Leader of the Pack"
> was a real motorcycle. Some of these things take on
> mythological proportions. It makes for a great story, but...
Brooks Arthur, quoted by Mick Patrick:
> Joey Venneri was a bass player and travelled with the
> Tokens, and between dates worked with me at Mira setting
> up the sessions. He was tireless, and it was his motorcycle
> that was forever captured on 'Leader Of The Pack'."
Jeff Barry:
Yes, it was a real Harley Davidson motorcycle. As I recall
it belonged to my engineer Joe Veneri. We recorded it out in
the street on 52nd St. where my recording studio was. Just
ran a mike cord down the steps and ... vroooom, vroooom!
Laura
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Message: 9
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 22:23:11 -0800 (PST)
From: Larry Bromley
Subject: Re: Wilson Pickett
The lastest edition of Late Night with Conan O'Brian had
Max Weinberg lead his band in "In the Midnight Hour", which
I immediately recognized as the Wilson Pickett hit. After
he finished, I thought that Conan would mention the
selection, as he sometimes does. To my surprise, Conan
ignored it, and talked about how famous he is in Finland,
something he has talked about for two weeks straight. Must
keep our priorities in order, I guess. Conan has spoken of
being a "Repressed Catholic." That would explain it. A
"Repressed" Conan would not have heard any Pickett music.
Damn! Another star gone way too early. Farewell, "Wicked
One".
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: 10
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 08:33:37 +0000
From: Austin Powell
Subject: Rudy Clark
Norm D asked who's idea the tuba and banjo on James Ray's
work was. The arranger for the sessions was Hutch Davie,
so probably his, but with music you never can be sure.....
The sessions were done at NY's Regent Sound Studios...Does
any S'popper know of anyone who worked there at the time?
Austin P.
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Message: 11
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 10:22:28 -0000
From: Peter Andreasen
Subject: Re: Red Bird Story
With many thanks to Randy Poe for his interesting story, I
have to re-post an unanswered question: Has anyone here at
spectropop heard of or seen the 12 CD SONY/COLUMBIA release
from Japan called "The Red Bird complete collection" Both
GEMM.com and MUSICSTACK.com list the set....
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Message: 12
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 13:07:38 -0000
From: Davie Gordon
Subject: Howard Boggess discography
HOWARD BOGGESS discography
1962
11/62 CLAUDINE CLARK (Chancellor 1124)
Walking Thru A Cemetary (John Felker, Howard Boggess)
The Telephone Game
Prod : Bob Marcucci & Russ Faith
1963
02/63 THE HIPPIES (Parkway 863) #63 Billboard
Memory Lane (John Felker, Howard Boggess)
Lonely Piano
Prod : not credited
1964
06/64 CHI CHI MCAULEY (Red Bird 10-004)
I Know He Loves Me (Bendinelli, Lee)
Memory Lane Without You (H Boggess ?)
Prod : B & L Productions
1965
02/65 CAROLYN CARTER (Jamie 1294)
(Don't You Know) It Hurts (Howard Boggess)
I'm Thru' (Howard Boggess)
Prod : Howard Boggess
09/65 LEE GARRETT (World Artists 1061)
I Need Somebody (Abe Fisher)
So Far Away (Howard Boggess, Abe Fisher)
Prod : Larry Van Dyk ?
1966
04/66 CHI CHI (Kapp 749)
Love Is (Howard Boggess, Fred Bauer ??)
If You're Gonna Love Me
Prod : ?
06/66 YOUNGBLOOD SMITH (Verve 10516)
You Can Split (Harry Moffitt)
Mr. Bright Times (Fred Bauer, Harry Moffitt, Howard Boggess)
Prod : Harry Moffitt
arr : Leroy Lovett
09/66 THE GLOBELITERS (Philtown 40003)
See How They Run (Neil Brian)
The Way You Do (Howard Boggess, Neil Brian)
Prod : Howard Boggess & Neil Brian
arr : Leroy Lovett
1967
05/67 BILLY HARNER (Kama Sutra 226)
Sally Sayin' Somethin' (Sunshine, Poltergeist)
Don't Want My Lovin'
Prod : Sunday Productions
[entered Billboard's Bubbling Under chart on August 19,
peaked at # 118)
10/67 BILLY HARNER (Kama Sutra 238)
Homicide Dresser (Neil Brian, Joe Renzetti)
Lavender Room (Howard Boggess, Harry Moffitt)
Prod : Harold Moffitt & Howard Boggess
11/67 THE SUNDAE TRAIN (20th Fox 6693)
I Wanna Be (Howard Boggess, Neil Brian)
Wake Up Sleepy Girl
(Howard Boggess, Fred Bauer, Robert Gittler)
Prod : Dave Appell ??
1968
02/68 ANN D'ANDREA (Jamie 1352)
Mister Good Time Friday
(Howard Boggess, Harry Moffitt, Dave Appell)
Don't Stop Lookin' (Bauer, Gale)
Prod : Howard Boggess, Harry Moffitt, Fred Bauer
02/68 BILLY HARNER (Kama Sutra 242)
What About The Music (Howard Boggess, Neil Brian)
Please Spare Me The Time
Prod : Howard Boggess & Harry Moffitt
arr : Horace Ott
06/68 THE GOOD TIMES (Kama Sutra 247)
You Got The Fever (Howard Boggess)
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Thompson Request
(F Bauer, H Boggess, N Brian)
Prod : Howard Boggess & Harry Moffitt
arr : Horace Ott
06/68 DAVID MORRIS (Philips 40534)
Hunky Funky
Two Hearts, One Summer
Prod : Harry Moffitt & Howard Boggess
08/68 THE KIT KATS (Jamie 1362)
Hey Saturday Noon (Howard Boggess, Harry Moffitt)
That's The Way (Carl Hausman, Carson Stewart)
Prod : Howard Boggess, Harry Moffitt, Joe Renzetti
09/68 THE MAGIC REIGN (Jamie 1364)
Pop Goes The Weasel (R.Christie, M.Volk)
Mirrors ( )
Prod : Howard Boggess
11/68 JOEY KAY (Jamie 1368)
You Didn't have To Be So Nice
1300 Heartbreak Avenue
Prod : Howard Boggess & Harry Moffitt
12/68 MICKEY LEE LANE (Mala 12032)
Tutti Frutti (Richard Penniman)
With Your Love (Howard Boggess, Mickey Lee Lane)
Prod : Mickey Lee Lane & Howard Boggess
for Joe Renzetti Productions
1969
02/69 THE COLE BROTHERS (Jamie 1373)
Make Yourself Ready
Without Love
Prod : Kit Stewart & Howard Boggess
03/69 THE MAGIC REIGN (Jamie 1374)
Jefferson Street
Charcoal Sketch
Prod : Howard Boggess
xx/69 BOYS AND GIRLS TOGETHER (Intrepid 75015)
Knock, Knock (Zekley, Bottler, Baskin, Wayne)
Progressive Halvah
Prod : Artie Wayne & Howard Boggess
10/69 THE BREEZE AND I (A&M 1131)
The Rainmaker (Howard Boggess, Neil Goldberg)
F Oh G (Howard Boggess, Neil Goldberg)
Prod : Neil Goldberg & Howard Boggess
1970
02/70 THE WARM (Decca 32623)
Some Kind Of Wonderful (Gerry Goffin, Carole King)
Mail Call
Prod : Artie Wayne & Howard Boggess
xx/70 THE TICKLE (Big Tree 101)
Hey Sally Sally (Artie Wayne, Howard Boggess)
One Plus One ( )
Prod : Artie Wayne & Howard Boggess
06/70 THE WILLY COLE (Phil LA of Soul 340)
Right On
A Pretty Good B-Side
Prod : Bill Coleman for Boggess - Wayne Productions
1971
04/71 HOWARD BOGGESS (Jamie 1396)
Hollywood
20th Generation Sad (Howard Boggess, Mickey Lee Lane)
Prod : Howard Boggess
09/71 CAPTAIN FREAK and THE LUNACYCLE BAND (Jamie 1397)
20th Generation Sad (Howard Boggess, Mickey Lee Lane)
Whatever Happened To Superman
Prod : Jon Dorn & Howard Boggess
10/71 CAROLYN VEAL (Phil LA of Soul 353)
Don't The Good Book Say We're Brothers
Your Love
Prod : Howard Boggess
[I wonder if Carolyn Veal is the same person as Carolyn
Carter on Jamie - Veal might be her real name or maybe
married name]
1972
03/72 THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE (Phil LA of Soul 356)
Magic (Frankie Brunson)
Oh How I Love It (Frankie Brunson)
Prod : Bill Perry & Howard Boggess
1974
05/74 CAPTAIN FREAK and THE LUNACYCLE BAND
(Phil LA of Soul 366)
Whatever Happened To Superman
I Wouldn't Pull
Prod : Boggess - Shepley - Brand
[verrry interesting - Pete Shepley and Mike Brand had been
in The Others a group well known to garage freaks for their
1965 RCA single "I Can't Stand This Love, Goodbye"]
As usual, any help filling in missing info. would be
appreciated.
Davie Gordon
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Message: 13
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 16:49:41 -0000
From: C. Ponti
Subject: Re: Wilson Pickett
Larry Bromley wrote:
> The lastest edition of Late Night with Conan O'Brian had
> Max Weinberg lead his band in "In the Midnight Hour", which
> I immediately recognized as the Wilson Pickett hit.
I also mourn the Wicked Wilson Pickett's passing. What I
noticed was that, in addition to the normal hits we associate
with him, Conan's band played "Boogaloo Down Broadway". I
bought that single at the time and wasn't it The Fantastic
Johnny C who had the hit with it? Maybe Mr. Pickett covered it.
C. Ponti
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Message: 14
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 16:00:31 -0000
From: Julio Niño
Subject: Re: "I´m In Love With A Gonk", "Alicia es así" and the long winter
Hola everybody.
I think I´m intoxicated with Winter. The mercury light
impregnates everything with a perturbing feeling of unreality.
Some mornings when I go to work in the almost deserted train
(I travel in the opposite way than the masses of people),
watching the blurred industrial landscapes as I listen to
music with headphones, strange things happens in the wagon
and I´m not sure if I´m really seeing them or I´m having some
kind of erotic hallucinations. Sometimes I wish those trips
could last forever.
A couple of days ago when I was watching with incredulity one
of those delirious scenes, I was listening to Deano´s "I´m in
love with A Gonk" (thanks to the very generous Clunkie), which
gives the situation a rather grotesque twist. I could hardly
avoid laughing. I like very much those strident hormonal teen
or pre-teen voices. I wonder who played the wonderful guitar
riff in that song. It reminds me of Richie Blackmore.
And talking about pre-teen stars, one of my favorites is
Alicia Granados. Alicia career as a ye-ye child is very brief,
just four EPs (she later transformed in a kind of folk singer,
losing most of her charm in the mutation), but she had a very
special perkiness. For some reason Deano´s track reminded me
of a track by Alicia, "Alicia es así" (that´s the way Alicia
is). I would like to share this track with you to thank you
for all the fun I have in this group. The song was included
in Alicia´s first EP on the label Regal in 1964. Although
Alicia was only ten when she recorded it, she sounded (and
looked) rather malicious. I´ll try to post the track when
there´s room at musica.
And finally many thanks to Randy Poe for the very interesting
story about the Red Bird tapes. I loved it. Randy, you wrote
that you considered your post "ridiculously long", but it
seemed very short to me. Like my morning train trips I would
like it to last much longer.
Chao.
Julio Niño.
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Message: 15
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 18:21:57 +0100
From: Eddy
Subject: RIP Wilson Pickett
I uploaded a 1987 studio re-recording of Pickett's "Midnight
Hour" to Musica. According to the label it's on the American
Soul Man album, but I believe that's a live version. As far
as I can tell, this is definitely a studio version, only
available on this single. It was produced by Robert Margouleff
and arranged by Robert Martin. In true reggae style, there's
a dub version on the B-side.
What a huge loss... RIP Wilson Pickett.
Eddy
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Message: 16
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 12:57:51 EST
From: Steve Dworkin
Subject: Re: Wilson Pickett
Previously:
> I also mourn the Wicked Wilson Pickett's passing. What I
> noticed was that, in addition to the normal hits we associate
> with him, Conan's band played "Boogaloo Down Broadway". I
> bought that single at the time and wasn't it The Fantastic
> Johnny C who had the hit with it? Maybe Mr. Pickett covered it.
"Boogaloo Down Broadway" was by Fantastic Johnny C. I have all
of Wilson Pickett's 60's albums and he did not cover that song
on any of them. - Steve
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Message: 17
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 09:44:09 -0800 (PST)
From: Norm D.
Subject: Girl Groups Sounds: Lost and Found
There's a splendid review by Richard Williams in today's UK
Guardian newspaper of the Rhino set "Girl Groups Sounds: Lost
& Found". Read it online: http://tinyurl.com/9fyhy
The newspaper article is better - a whole broadsheet page (in
the books review section) with some attractive photos of The
Ronettes and The Shangs.
The article reads like a summary of S'Pop's raison d'être.
Thank you, Richard.
Norm D.
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Message: 18
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 18:12:32 -0000
From: Laura Pinto
Subject: Re: The train from "The Train From Kansas City"
Tony Leong:
> Does anyone have any idea how the train sounds were done
> on "Train From Kansas City"???
Jeff Barry:
I made the train sounds myself - it's a cupped hands, blow
between the thumbs thing I learned as a kid. It came in handy
- more mournful and 'human' like than the usual sound effects.
Laura
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Message: 19
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 10:18:31 -0800 (PST)
From: Dave Monroe
Subject: Re: Wilson Pickett
C. Ponti wrote:
> What I noticed was that, in addition to the normal hits we
> associate with him, Conan's band played "Boogaloo Down
> Broadway". I bought that single at the time and wasn't it
> The Fantastic Johnny C who had the hit with it? Maybe Mr.
> Pickett covered it.
Perhaps you're caught on the subtle distinction between
"Boogaloo Down Broadway" and "Funky Broadway"? Though the
latter might be better known by Dyke and The Blazers than
by that wicked, wicked Pickett (R.I.P.). See also Bobby
Powell's "Funky Broadway 69."
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Message: 20
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 11:43:06 -0800 (PST)
From: Paul Oliverio
Subject: Pete Fox of the Flairs
Along with Richard "Louie Louie" Berry, Obie "Mary Lou"
Jessie, Arthur Lee Maye (who was also a major league baseball
player) Pete Fox was an original member of the revered
singing LA group, THE FLAIRS. He was also in the Cadets for
the original version of "Stranded In The Jungle". I spoke
with Pete last month and he told me about touring through the
south in the fifties. The group would stop in a city, sing at
the white school and then at the black school. My response,
like most other people's response would be, "you changed your
performance to fit the audience." "ABSOLUTELY NOT. They both
got the same exact show." Instead of one paycheck per town,
they got two!!!
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Message: 21
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 20:26:49 -0000
From: Mark Maldwyn
Subject: Re: Girl Groups Sounds: Lost and Found
Norm D. wrote:
> There's a splendid review by Richard Williams in today's UK
> Guardian newspaper of the Rhino set "Girl Groups Sounds: Lost
> & Found". Read it online: http://tinyurl.com/9fyhy ... The
> article reads like a summary of S'Pop's raison d'être.
That is a great review and deservedly so, Richard Williams
always backs the genre.
Mark M
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