Spectropop - Digest Number 443

• From: Spectropop Group
• Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2002

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There are 20 messages in this issue.

Topics in this digest:

      1. Commercials plus
           From: Bob Rashkow 
      2. Re: COKE SPOTS
           From: beatle bob 
      3. Re: White Levis
           From: Jason 
      4. Re: Rick Nelson
           From: Mark Wirtz 
      5. Re: Nick, next time you're speaking to Larry Weiss...
           From: Peter Lerner 
      6. Re: Rick Nelson
           From: cassasong 
      7. Re: Commercials
           From: Joe 
      8. Norman Newell, Peter & Gordon, Del Shannon
           From: Lindsay Martin 
      9. Re: Ricky Nelson
           From: Roland 
     10. Re: Radio Commercials
           From: Ken Silverwood 
     11. The Liquid Room 4/14/02
           From: David Ponak 
     12. 60s girl group gems radio show online
           From: Patrick Rands 
     13. Georgettes
           From: Ronbo122@aol.com
     14. Re: Commercials
           From: Doug 
     15. Jeff Barry's Yellow Sunglasses
           From: Don Charles 
     16. Georgettes
           From: Ron Buono 
     17. I answered my own ?
           From: Bob Rashkow 
     18. Re: Commercials
           From: james botticelli 
     19. Re: Commercials plus
           From: Joseph Panzarella 
     20. New at musica
           From: Spectropop Admin Team 


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Message: 1
   Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 02:29:00 -0000
   From: Bob Rashkow 
Subject: Commercials plus

I seem to recall Joey Levine or his partner Mr. Resnick doing 
radio spots for Cantrece pantyhose in the early 70s, 
Tommy James singing "H.I.S. Oh Yes!" around 1970 or so, and 
Three Dog Night's Pepsi spot circa Fall '69--it was the first 
time I'd heard or seen the "You've got a lot to live..." slogan, 
and I thought Hutton was saying, "...In fact, you've got a lot t
o give!"  So does THAT make any sense?!  But after a few more 
hearings I realized it was for Pepsi.  

Rashkovsky mentioned Wes Farrell and I had attempted to find a 
website for him some months ago, unsuccessfully. A great producer 
with "Coral Rock" et al, what is he doing now??  

Mark Wirtz aka Michael Sinclair, haven't mentioned you yet because 
I'm just familiarizing myself with your work.  Your career has been 
so prolific that I wouldn't be surprised if you did work on one of 
the English recordings I have!!! At any rate I did want to tell you 
that both Keith West and Kippington Lodge are 45s strongly sought 
after by me--that's a start!!!
  
Finally, re Alley Cats and Betty Willis: that isn't her 
singing "Betty"'s part on Puddin 'N Tain is it?  If not I'm curious 
as to who it is.  Who was in the group anyhow?  Back to Osborne!!  

Talk to you later - Bobster 




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Message: 2
   Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 20:33:05 +0000
   From: beatle bob 
Subject: Re: COKE SPOTS

Mike Rashkow wrote:
>Interesting heads up on the Coke jingle CD.
>By any chance does it include "Dusty Roads" by The Fortunes:?  
>"Dusty Roads, the sun's so hot, the pack upon my back is not
>as light as it once was when we first started"......etc.
>Credits might be to The Wes Farrell Organization.

The Fotunes Coca-Cola cut was like like the others. It would 
feature music similar to one of the group's biggest hits but 
would involve lyrical content dealing with certain situations 
that would lead to thirsting for a Coke. With the 
"Things Go Better With Coke" line thrown in for good measure.

Beatle Bob




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Message: 3
   Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 11:18:48 EDT
   From: Jason 
Subject: Re: White Levis

Country Paul writes:
> the Jefferson Airplane ad I remember was for 
> White Levi's, and had a drone (sitar? guitar?) with Grace 
> intoning "White Levi's" on one note in a most psychedelic 
> distended form. I only sort of remember that one spot, but 
> seem to remember that there were two.

There is another ad with Paul singing lead.  I got them both 
as mp3s off AudioGalaxy. If anybody's interested I'll post 
them to musica.
Also, Curt Boettcher did a couple of fine spots for Stretch 
Levi's in the late 60's.

Jason



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Message: 4
   Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 20:33:48 EDT
   From: Mark Wirtz 
Subject: Re: Rick Nelson

Michael Edwards wrote:
> Rick has 52 items in Amazon.com's catalog. Vol 1 of his 
> Legendary Masters is still available and does contain 
> "Just A Little Too Much".

*** Thank you! 
M:)



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Message: 5
   Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 22:30:01 +0100
   From: Peter Lerner 
Subject: Re: Nick, next time you're speaking to Larry Weiss...

Lindsay Martin wrote:
> There's also Donna Weiss who has collaborated with
> Jackie de Shannon, with whom she famously wrote "Bette
> Davis Eyes".
> Both Donna and Laurence/Larry have songs listed at both
> ASCAP & BMI, with various collaborations.
> Is Donna Weiss the songwriter the same Donna Weiss who
> sang on Joe Cocker's "Mad Dogs & Englishmen"?

Yes, Lindsay, I believe she is. In the mid 60s, Donna was singing 
with former Sun artist Tony Rossini as the duo Tony and Terri, 
who recorded for Mercury and Monument. They were later joined by 
Donna's early songwriting partner Mary Unobsky (they wrote 
"That Kind of Woman" for Merrilee Rush) and later by..Rita Coolidge.

Round about 1970, Donna made a couple of highly original 45s for Atco, 
who no doubt hoped she would be their very own Carole King (or indeed 
Jackie DeShannon). Hedging their bets, Atco also signed the talented 
Toni Wine around that time as a singer.

Then, as the 70s emerged, Donna started writing with Jackie DeShannon,
following in the footsteps of Sharon Sheeley, Jimmy Page, Van Morrison,
Jimmy Holiday, Jack Nitzsche and many more. They of course came up 
with Bette Davis Eyes, and some other crackers, many of which appeared 
on Jackie's fabulous New Arrangement album in 1975, such as 
"Queen of the Rodeo". Donna undoubtedly used her friendship with Rita 
to place a few DeShannon/Weiss collaborations on Rita's A&M albums, 
notably "Your Baby is a Lady". 

When Bette Davis Eyes hit for Kim Carnes in the 80s, Jackie and Donna 
got together again to write a few more songs for Kim - Only Lonely Love 
etc - and Donna's name has been seen more recently co-writing songs 
with Kim herself.

When Donna Weiss writes her autobiography it will not be uninteresting!

Peter



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Message: 6
   Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 02:45:16 -0000
   From: cassasong 
Subject: Re: Rick Nelson

Hi There,

The "Rick Nelson: Legacy Box Set" contains "Just a little too much". 
This box set is a really wonderful collection of Rick Nelsons work. 

You can also visit http://www.ricknelson.com for places that you 
can purchase the box set or other nelson cd's.

 Smiles,
   Cass :)




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Message: 7
   Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 17:01:42 EDT
   From: Joe 
Subject: Re: Commercials

Roland writes:

> There's also a red wax boot LP 
> that came out some time ago that has 38 commercial & promo 
> spots including the Hondells for Honda & the Chiffons for 
> H.I.S. clothing. A real low budget affair, there's no labels 
> or record title just a paper insert.

I got that one, except mine's on green vinyl. It's just like 
you said "low budget", I'm surprised it was even  pressed on 
coloured wax. Didn't colored cost a little more than plain 
ole black?

Joe



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Message: 8
   Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 19:21:45 +1000
   From: Lindsay Martin 
Subject: Norman Newell, Peter & Gordon, Del Shannon

I've always had a soft spot for Norman's work because I believe 
he produced Peter & Gordon's "I Don't Want To See You Again", 
one of the nicest Beatles 'giveaways'. Lovely production with 
(I think) oboes. I wonder who arranged it?

Great Del Shannon Pepsi jingle at Musica. (Boy, that's catchy!)
Is that Del's voice doing the spoken ad? Probably not, I suppose.





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Message: 9
   Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 23:23:39 EDT
   From: Roland 
Subject: Re: Ricky Nelson

I have all of the recent Capitol Ricky Nelson reissues with 
bonus tracks. Is the Bear Family box set worth picking up? 
Are there more unissued tracks or alternate takes not on the 
Capitol reissues?
Roland



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Message: 10
   Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2002 20:47:53 +0100
   From: Ken Silverwood 
Subject: Re: Radio Commercials

Hello everyone,
For your aural delight, Del Shannon's Pepsi ad appearing now 
on musica. I did say it was on a Raven (Aus) CD, well lo and 
behold it's also on a double CD released by Charly in the UK.

MarkWirtz you enquired on the availability of Rick's (Just A 
Little Too Much) - Well I have such an item. Its on a 
"Best of" by EMI Capitol CDP 7978912, or alternatively I can 
play it to musica.

Best wishes to all
Ken on the West Coast




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Message: 11
   Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 16:33:58 -0400
   From: David Ponak 
Subject: The Liquid Room 4/14/02

The Liquid Room, (usually) hosted by David Ponak (me), airs 
every Saturday night from Midnight to 3AM (PDT) on 90.7FM KPFK 
Los Angeles, as well as streaming at http://kpfk.org. 
Please join me this coming weekend!

You've only got ONE more chance to "Soft As A Rock" starring the 
MELLO CADS at the KNITTING FACTORY's "Alterknit Lounge" at 
7021 Hollywood Blvd. (between La Brea and Highland) this Tuesday, 
April 23 at  8 PM SHARP. Thrill to covers by Paul Williams & 
Roger Nichols, The Free Design, and Burt Bacharach & Hal David 
as well as groovy Cad originals from the CD "Soft As A Rock," 
being released by Franklin Castle Records in the US on May 21 
and Philter Records in Japan June 5.

The Liquid Room-4/14/02

1. The Association/Come On In
Birthday (WB)

2.Dengue Fever/Glass Of Wine
(Demo CD)

3.Milton Banana Trio/Consumado
Samba Soul '70 (6 Degrees)

4.Seksu Roba/Bossa Blanco
Cook Book CD (Eenie Meenie)

5.Busy Signals/Pure Energy
Pure Energy (Sugar Free)

6.The Red Birds/Up, Up And Away
The Red Birds (Alfa-Japan)

7.Air/Don't Be Light (Malibu Remix)
Everybody Hertz (Astralwerks)

8.Serge Gainsbourg/Harly David Son Of A Bitch
Love On The Beat (Phillips-Japan)

9.Cymbals/Stupid Girl
Respects (JVC Victor-Japan)

10.Montage/Desiree
Montage (Sundazed)

11.Miho & Smokey/Summer Rain
Miho & Smokey (Afro Samba)

12.The Inner Dialogue/Too Much For Me
Friend (Ranwood)

13.Kinky/Anorexic Friends
Kinky (Nettwerk)

14.Crazy Girls/Hey Hey Ha Ha
Girls In The Garage Vol. 2 (Romulan)

15.Jaymze B. & The Deep Lounge Coalition
My Love Don't Cost A Thing (Oglio)

16.Karl Zero/Ponciana
Music For Cabriolets (Naive)

17.Francoise Hardie/Comment Te Dire Adieu
Comment Te Dire Adieu (Virgin-France)

18.Qypthone/Take The Money And Run
Modernica In The House (Happiness-Japan)

19.Margo Guryan/What Can I Give You
25 Demos (Franklin Castle)

20.Fun Lovin' Criminals/Loco
Loco (Chrysalis-UK)

21.Roy Budd/Going Nowhere In A Hurry
Get Carter (soundtrack) (Castle-UK)

22.Faye Wong/Seperate Ways
(single) (EMI-Hong Kong)

23.Van Dyke Parks/Music For A Datsun TV Commercial
The 1969 WB/Reprise Songbook (WB)

24.Harpers Bizarre/Simon Smith And The Dancing Bear
Feelin' Groovy (Sundazed)

25.Electrocugat/Dacosta
Visconti Con Hielo (Plastic-Japan)

26.Don Sebesky/Guru
Carry On Kinky Beats (Lacerba-UK)

27.Mansfield/It's A Man's Man's Mansfield
It's A Man's Man's Mansfield (Readymade-Japan)

28.Novo/Shiroi Mori
Soft Rock Drivin (King-Japan)

29.Buffalo Daughter/Disco Du Paradis
I (Emperor Norton)

30.Chiyo Okumura & The Leo Beats/Organso
60's Beat Girl Meets G.S. (WEA-Japan)

31.Julie Driscoll/Season Of The Witch
Open (Disconforme-Germany)

32.Tomoki Kanda/Golden Weed
Music For Smallers Landscape (Escalator-Japan)

33.Ennio Morricone/La Bella Signora
(Italian Girls Like) Ear Catching Melodies (Dagored-Italy)

34.Felix Da Housecat/Silver Screen (Malibu Remix)
(Emperor Norton Promo CD)

35.Miss Kitten & The Hacker/Walking On Sunshine
First Album (Emperor Norton)

36.Track 5
Teen Dance Music From China & Malaysia (Thrift Score)

37.Mike Sheldon/Bring Back The Girl That Made Me Cry
EP (Le Grand Magistery)

38.Minnie Ripperton/Completeness
Come To My Garden (Varese Sarabande)

39.The Pearfishers/Across The Milky Way
Across The Milky Way (Marina-Germany)

40.Neil Diamond/A Modern Day Version Of Love
Play Me: The Complete UNI Recordings and More (MCA)

41.Melon/The Gate Of Japonesia
Deep Cut (CBS-Japan)

42. Paul Williams/Mornin' I'll be Movin' On
Someday Man (Reprise)



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Message: 12
   Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 09:41:21 -0400
   From: Patrick Rands 
Subject: 60s girl group gems radio show online

The 60s girl group gems radio spotlight show is now archived 
online for those of you who might have missed it.
http://www.zbconline.com/tp-archive.html
I had so much fun doing this show, and a lot of work went into 
the final track selection. Interestingly, because Mark Wirtz 
has been such a topic lately, and I had his Teenage Opera cd on 
hand, I used some of his instrumental tracks while I spoke on 
air! Great stuff indeed!!
Here's the tracklisting from the show:
1. Young Daddy - The Francettes
2. Like a Nightmare - The Andantes
3. Look in My Diary - Reparata and the Delrons
4. Love Kitten - Noreen Corcoran
5. My One and Only, Jimmy Boy - The Girlfriends
6. He's My Dream Boy - Marie Antoinette
7. Wow Wow Wee (He's the Boy for Me) - Angels
8. The Sh-Down Song - The Ginger Snaps Featuring Dandee Dawson
9. I Have a Boyfriend - Chiffons
10. Don't Drag No More - Susan Lynn
11. Skiing in the Snow - Beach Girls
12. Dancing to the Surfing Band - Hal Blaine
13. The Hucklebuck '65 - The Birdies
14. Sneaky Sue - Patty & The Petticoats
15. I Want Your Lovin' - Pussycats
16. It's the Last Time - Ladybugs
17. Ain't That Love - Dorothy Berry
18. He Makes Me So Mad - HollyWood Jills
19. After Last Night - Revlons
20. Don't Let It Happen Again - Kittens
21. I Love Him - The Castenets
22. About My Baby (I Could Write a Book) - The Pandoras
23. Wounded - Cookies
24. The Screw - The Crystals 

Enjoy!
:Patrick



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Message: 13
   Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 09:48:08 EDT
   From: Ronbo122@aol.com
Subject: Georgettes

Mick Patrick writes:
> THE GEORGETTES' "LITTLE BOY" (Troy 1001). Next to the 
> Rag Dolls, I find this adorable record the nearest thing to 
> a female 4 Seasons. 

Does anyone know if this GEORGETTES track ever surfaced on a 
girl group comp CD? I would love to find it! thanks. 
RON



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Message: 14
   Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 17:13:52 -0000
   From: Doug 
Subject: Re: Commercials

Also just out from Sundazed is a vinyl (only - unfortunately) 
EP that has the Cyrkle 7UP commercial from 1968.

Doug







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Message: 15
   Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 22:08:44 +0000
   From: Don Charles 
Subject: Jeff Barry's Yellow Sunglasses

Here's another list of Jeff Barry-produced (or co-produced) 
sides that everyone should hear:

Bless My Soul - Sha-Na-Na (It kicks ass!)
Keep The Ball Rollin' - Chopper (Ditto!)
Cheer Me Up - The Globetrotters
Waiting For You - Connie Francis (Beautiful! Like "Soldier Boy")
Yellow Sunglasses - The Klowns (Bubblegum at its best)
Spring Fever - Tony Pass (That's Tony Passalacqua to you)
Slow Dancin' - John Travolta (An early Paul Jabara tune)
Haunted - Dusty Springfield
I'll Take You Where The Music's Playing - The Drifters
Sayin' Hello, Sayin' I Love You, Sayin' Good-Bye - Lisa Hartman 
(It was later a big country hit for Jim Ed Brown and Helen 
Cornelius)
Doo-Wah-Diddy - The Exciters
Love Is Gonna Find A Way - Tommy James
I'm Takin' It Home - The Down Five (A lot like the tracks 
Jeff cut with The Illusion later on)
I Got To Go Back (And Watch That Little Girl Dance) - The McCoys 
(Otis Redding's version is even better!)
All Strung Out On You - John Travolta
True, True Love - Tony Pass
Rainy Sunday Mornin' - Paul Davis (This one's from his first album)
Aretha - The Drifters (Like its namesake, this song is killer!)
Gravy - The Globetrotters (Believe it or not, a working-class 
protest song that played on Saturday morning TV in 1970 - and 
does it rock!!!) 
Kentucky Rainbows - Lisa Hartman (A beautiful ballad with subtle 
Spector touches)
Don't Ever Leave Me - Connie Francis
Bounce In Your Buggy - Sha-Na-Na
I Believe In You - Dusty Springfield
I Want You For My Sweetheart - Bobby Sheen (The backing track 
for this record was very likely cut by Barry, Greenwich and Venet 
for a Red-Bird artist)

All together now: JEFF! ELLIE! RAH! RAH! RAH!

Don Charles



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Message: 16
   Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 11:36:53 +0100
   From: Ron Buono 
Subject: Georgettes

Mick Patrick writes:
> THE GEORGETTES' "LITTLE BOY" (Troy 1001). Next to the 
> Rag Dolls, I find this adorable record the nearest thing to 
> a female 4 Seasons. 

Does anyone know if this GEORGETTES track ever surfaced on a 
girl group comp CD? I would love to find it! thanks. 

RON



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Message: 17
   Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 23:20:11 EDT
   From: Bob Rashkow 
Subject: I answered my own ?

I hereby retract my query about Betty Willis & Puddin' 'n' Tain!!!  
I was able to easily solve this mystery thanks in big part to 
Charles Sheen, son of the one and only Bobby Sheen (check out 
his message on the bulletin board) who was a member of The 
Alley Cats. http://www.escribe.com/music/spectropop/bb  
I was appalled to find that I hadn't included any of Sheen's 
solo output on my want list!!!  But I wasn't TOO surprised to 
find that the Pipkin brothers, whom I also remembered doing 
gravelly falsettos on the later Gimme Dat Ding, were members, too.  
And of course the lyric runs not "....and I know that MY real 
name is Betty" but ".....her real name is Betty..."  Whew.  
It's one of my favorite Spector-Pop recordings so I had to 
get that straight! I can only conclude then that their 50s records 
on the Whippett label were either doo-wop or rockabilly. 
Bobster



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Message: 18
   Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 01:21:23 -0400
   From: james botticelli 
Subject: Re: Commercials

Joe wrote:

> spots including the Hondells for Honda & the Chiffons for
> H.I.S. clothing.

which begs the BIG question: Do the HIS fascismions  fit the 
broader-bodied boomers of today?~
-- 

Jimmy Botticelli
Taking The E-Z...Way Out!





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Message: 19
   Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 02:04:22 -0400
   From: Joseph Panzarella 
Subject: Re: Commercials plus

Bob Rashkow:
> ...and Three Dog Night's Pepsi spot circa Fall '69--it was 
> the first time I'd heard or seen the "You've got a lot to 
> live..." slogan,

Bob, got an old Pepsi Radio Spot LP with the Three Dog Night 
1970 coke spot, a little scratchy, but worth a listen...I've 
played it to musica...also appearing on the LP: Loadstone, 
B.B. King, Patti Austin, and Friends of Distinction.

Joe panzarella



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Message: 20
   Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 11:12:33 +0100
   From: Spectropop Admin Team 
Subject: New at musica

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