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There are 20 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. re: THE PIROUETTES
From: Paul Richards
2. Re: Sandy "Come Softly"
From: Jason
3. Re: THE PIROUETTES
From: Billy Spradlin
4. re: The Pirouettes - The Wrangler Stretch???
From: Ed Rothstein
5. Re: cataloging
From: Will George
6. Re: Promos
From: Will George
7. Sharon Sheeley
From: Will George
8. Nino Tempo
From: Bill Reed
9. Brian Wilson at The Roxy 5/11
From: David Ponak
10. re: mari wilson/ compact organisation
From: Richard Williams
11. Re: Sharon Sheeley
From: bryan
12. Re: Nino Tempo
From: Dan Hughes
13. re: Chapel of Love and Other Girl Group Gems
From: Will Stos
14. Re: cataloging
From: Dan Hughes
15. Heaven/Earth
From: David Parkinson
16. RE: THE FABULETTES
From: Mick Patrick
17. FREE SOFT ROCK!
From: David Ponak
18. Nick DeCaro site
From: Bill Reed
19. re: The Fabulettes
From: Jeff Lemlich
20. re: The Fabulettes
From: Mick Patrick
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 18:19:42 EDT
From: Paul Richards
Subject: re: THE PIROUETTES
Changing subject & I know it's already been mentioned recently, but I've
just downloaded Jefferson Airplane's fantastically loony Stretch Levi's
ad from audiogalaxy,also Van Dyke Park's cool Datsun ad.I've been looking
for my copy of 'Pretty Clothes' a great ad 45 for C&A,dunno where that
went. Just remembered I've also got another ad 45 for Smith's Crisps called
'Do the Crunch' which is such a good party tune, I've seen a tiny clip of
Simon Dee introducing the ad on one of those 'after they were famous' shows.
I want a copy of Manfred Mann's ad 45 for 'Ski' yoghurt which is also pretty
cool. Lastly,I've got a copy of 'Luv' by Mint which was an icelolly I think
& David Bowie appeared in the ad, another great ad song.
Happy listening, Paul Richards
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 19:36:33 EDT
From: Jason
Subject: Re: Sandy "Come Softly"
Original message:
> Re: Sandy Salisbury, one of my all-time favorite tracks is his
> versionof the Fleetwoods' "Come Softly To Me." Where in the
> Salisbury run does this fit in, esp. vis-a-vis the track on musica?
"Come Softly" was a 1970 single produced by Curt Boettcher and Keith
Olsen for Together Records (T-125). It's since been re-released on
both the Poptones & Dreamsville label SANDY cds, which also contain
the rest of Sandy's Together 45 sides and other songs that would have
comprised his solo LP at the time-- had Together Records not folded
first. SANDY is an amazing pop record with strong melodies, excellent
vocal harmonies and a very "hot" commercial sound.
The single posted in musica is from 1966, released on the Our Record
Productions? label.
Jason
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 00:30:13 -0000
From: Billy Spradlin
Subject: Re: THE PIROUETTES
Mick Patrick wrote:
> Hi, That was 10 cents well spent. I agree, the lead vocalist sounds
> like someone famous, but I'll be buggered if I can put a name to the
> voice. I would imagine she was a session-singing chum of the Sweet
> Inspirations. Whatever, she's a chick with a great set of pipes.
When I first heard it I thought it might be Darline Love - or maybe a
moonlighting Dee Dee Sharp.. great voice. Any clue on when this 45
came out? Im suspecting 62-64?
>Both tracks were produced by Jerry Ragovoy and written by Norman
>Meade (aka Jerry Ragovoy) with Ben Raleigh.
Now I know why it sounds so good.. nice full production.
> What a nice fellow young (??? I'm 40) Billy seems, escorting his
> Mom around the thrift stores in search of Mills & Boone paperbacks
> for his grandma. He deserved that 10 cent bargain and many more
> like it.
I wish I could find more rare 45's at the Goodwill/Salvation Army
nowadays. It was great in the 80's when people were tossing out thier
vinyl for CD's and you could find great stuff dirt cheap.
Most of my Phil Spector 45 collection is from those stores. I grew up
a "vinyl hound" and still love to dig through boxes of old 45's, the
older (and the less expensive) the better!
As for Mom and Grandmother - those two can burn through a big stack
of Harlequin romance novels in a week!
Billy
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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 21:11:06 -0400
From: Ed Rothstein
Subject: re: The Pirouettes - The Wrangler Stretch???
From: Billy Spradlin:
> I was at a Goodwill thrift store in Lawton, OK last week (my mother
> wanted to look for used romance paperbacks for grandma) and
> discovered a 45 called "The Wrangler Stretch" by a group called The
> Pirouettes. The 45 looks like a radio promo or giveaway to me, with a
> small hole and the flip has a blank label with a instumental version
> of the song. No record company except for the Blue Bell Inc (parent
> company) logo. I almost passed it up thinking it was a country
> sounding jingle but decided to get it anyway - it was only 10 cents!
> The lead vocal sounds a lot like somone real familar to my ears - I
> will post it when there is more space on musica.
Yeah, my dad sold the jeans in his store and the jeans company sent it
as a promotion. Mine is a cardboard one sided affair.
Ed Rothstein
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 23:46:39 EDT
From: Will George
Subject: Re: cataloging
Original message:
> Did Microsoft Works come with your computer?
Ooops. I should have specified...I'm a Mac user. I don't know if
Works is compatible or not. Is it a free program?
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Message: 6
Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 23:52:47 EDT
From: Will George
Subject: Re: Promos
Lots of talk about promos here. When I was a kid, my sister and
I had a 45 promo from Fresca of Trini Lopez. It was sort of an
EP. I remember it had Kansas City and If I Had A Hammer. I
think one more as well. The picture sleeve had Mr. Lopez
sitting among at least a couple of bikini babes. My sister sold
it in a garage sale, so I don't have it anymore. I'm wondering
what that might be worth today?...
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Message: 7
Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 23:59:04 EDT
From: Will George
Subject: Sharon Sheeley
I've just heard word that Sharon Sheeley has passed away. I will
send more information when I receive it. As editor of the Jackie
DeShannon Appreciation Society, I would of course like to feature
a tribute to Sharon, as she was such a major player in Jackie's
career. The problem is I don't have very much information on
Sharon; she became somewhat of a recluse. If any of you estimable
and knowlegeable chaps out there would care to write a fitting
trubute to Ms. Sheeley, all of us at the JDSAS would greatly
appreciate it. You can email it to me privately if you would
rather. Thanks, and RIP Sharon. Thank you for all the great songs.
Bill George
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Message: 8
Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 21:11:00 -0700 (PDT)
From: Bill Reed
Subject: Nino Tempo
My magazine in Japan has assigned me to interview Nino
Tempo. So if Mister Tempo is willin' . . .. And so if
anyone has any questions that they would like me to
ask Tempo---if all goes well---please pass them along
to me here at S'pop! (MMMBop!)
Bill Reed
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Message: 9
Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 19:54:35 -0400
From: David Ponak
Subject: Brian Wilson at The Roxy 5/11
The Saturday BW show at the Roxy was truly stunning. (I saw the
early show). The set list included:
Surfs Up
Busy Doin' Nothing
Meant For You/Friends
Wonderful
Cabinessence
The Night Was So Young
Good Timin'
You're So Good To Me
Warmth Of The Sun
Forever
Our Prayer
Heroes And Villains (including the "In The Cantina" section)
Marcella
Forver
How amazing is that?
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Message: 10
Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 10:26:31 +0100
From: Richard Williams
Subject: re: mari wilson/ compact organisation
My favourite Compact Organisation is a single called "The Beautiful
Americans" by, wait for it, the Beautiful Americans. It's a late-
seventies Walker Brothers homage. Who were they, please? Just a
figment of Tot Taylor's imagination?
Richard Williams
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Message: 11
Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 09:21:20 -0700
From: bryan
Subject: Re: Sharon Sheeley
Will George wrote:
> I've just heard the word that Sharon Sheeley has passed away.
This is very sad. I talked to Sharon on the phone quite a few times
while I was working at Del-Fi (the Addrisi Brothers and Ritchie
Valens had both recorded songs of hers), and she was always very
nice, very funny and witty. R.I.P.
Bryan
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Message: 12
Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 11:27:11 -0500
From: Dan Hughes
Subject: Re: Nino Tempo
Bill Reed wrote:
> My magazine in Japan has assigned me to interview Nino
> Tempo. So if Mister Tempo is willin' . . .. And so if
> anyone has any questions that they would like me to
> ask Tempo---if all goes well---please pass them along
> to me here at S'pop! (MMMBop!)
Bill, ask him if it's true that April recited the words in Deep
Purple so he didn't have to memorize them....
---Dan
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Message: 13
Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 11:43:37 -0400
From: Will Stos
Subject: re: Chapel of Love and Other Girl Group Gems
>35. Try the worryin' way - Fabulettes
Is this by the same group that did "Screamin' and Shoutin'" If so,
does it have the same Northerrn Soul feel?
Will
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Message: 14
Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 11:29:26 -0500
From: Dan Hughes
Subject: Re: cataloging
I don't know if Works is compatible with Mac, but didn't Mac give you a
database or spreadsheet program with the computer? Either should work
fine for you....
---Dan
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Message: 15
Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 09:32:08 -0700
From: David Parkinson
Subject: Heaven/Earth
Does anyone out there know how I can get my hands on a copy of the
Free Design album Heaven/Earth on CD? I know that it is apparently
only a Japanese import; I tried a couple times to order it through
the Comfort website that is linked to from spectropop.com, but to
no avail; it might have been out of print.
Any info appreciated.
David
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Message: 16
Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 19:22:26 +0100
From: Mick Patrick
Subject: RE: THE FABULETTES
Original Message From Will Stos:
> Chapel Of Love box set, track 35, "Try The Worryin' Way" by the
> Fabulettes. Is this by the same group that did "Screamin' and
> Shoutin'" If so, does it have the same Northerrn Soul feel?
Hi,
Yep, Will, it's the same group but this track does not have the
"Northern Soul" sound. It's an ode to weight loss, performed in the
style of the Exciters. I hope that doesn't put you off. If so,
click here to lose ten pounds! :-)
MICK PATRICK
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Message: 17
Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 17:18:30 -0400
From: David Ponak
Subject: FREE SOFT ROCK!
The time has come! This Tuesday, May 21 marks the release date
of the Mello Cads debut CD, "Soft As A Rock" from Franklin Castle
Recordings!!!!!!!!!
To celebrate this momentous day, the Mello Cads will be doing a
FREE encore performance of their stage show, also titled "Soft As
A Rock," at the legendary venue Spaceland in Silverlake.
Spaceland: 1717 Silverlake Blvd., Los Angeles (323) 661-4380
Date/Time: Tuesday, May 21 at 10PM.
Price: FREE!
Also on the bill will be the Havalina Rail Co. & Halo Friendies
Check out the song clips and see the CD at:
http://www.franklincastle.net/mcads.html
Buy the CD at www.darla.com
Quotes:
"On their debut CD, Soft As A Rock, the Mello Cads make it perfectly clear
that it's more about 'the Association or Harper's Bizarre' than 'the Beatles
or the Stones.' With an ultra-schmaltzy persona that makes Barry Manilow
seem like Handsome Dick Manitoba, cocktail-clutching head Cad David Ponak
comes off like a cross between Jack Jones and Mike Douglas in his wry,
Playboy After Dark, delivery of classic hits and curios by such soft-rock
Svengalis as Paul Williams, Burt Bacharach, and Jimmy Webb. For their
monthlong residency in the suitably intimate AlterKnit Lounge, Ponak (who
plays similar lighter-than-air fare weekly on KPFK's Liquid Room) has
assembled an onstage extravaganza complete with a coterie of go-go girls and
musical contributions from album producer Linus Of Hollywood as well as
members of the Wondermints and the Negro Problem. The kitsch is back, which
essentially means you don't have to feel embarrassed anymore shouting out
for 'Barbarella' instead of 'Free Bird'. -- "
Jim Freek -LA New Times
"I saw Frank, I saw Dean, I saw Sammy, I saw Don Rickles. Only Mello Cads
can now stand shoulder to shoulder with these giants of the entertainment
world. Go see the Mello Cads-you won't believe your eyes and ears."
Bill Bishop-Warner Special Products
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Message: 18
Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 05:33:07 -0000
From: Bill Reed
Subject: Nick DeCaro site
I have uploaded some new photos to my Nick DeCaro site:
http://www.communities.msn.com/nickdecaro
Bill Reed
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Message: 19
Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 02:13:37 -0400
From: Jeff Lemlich
Subject: re: The Fabulettes
Original Message From Will Stos:
> Chapel Of Love box set, track 35, "Try The Worryin' Way" by the
> Fabulettes. Is this by the same group that did "Screamin' and
> Shoutin'" If so, does it have the same Northern Soul feel?
Same group, but a different feel. "Try The Worryin' Way" was the
first Fabulettes single to feature Addie Williams on lead vocals
-- most of the leads were handled by the late Annette Snell, who
left the group in 1969. This is the same Miami group that originally
recorded as the Marvells on Butane, Angie, and Yorey. They were the
South Florida version of the Andantes, appearing uncredited on
countless recordings.
Jeff Lemlich
The Florida 60s music forum:
http://www.pub64.ezboard.com/blimestonelounge
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Message: 20
Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 14:19:56 +0100
From: Mick Patrick
Subject: re: The Fabulettes
Original Message From Jeff Lemlich:
> ..."Try The Worryin' Way" was the first Fabulettes single
> to feature Addie Williams on lead vocals -- most of the
> leads were handled by the late Annette Snell, who left the
> group in 1969. This is the same Miami group that originally
> recorded as the Marvells on Butane, Angie, and Yorey. They
> were the South Florida version of the Andantes, appearing
> uncredited on countless recordings.
Hi,
GREAT info, Jeff. I guess I'd better get myself a copy of yer
book, pronto. In the meantime, any chance of providing us
girl group obsessives with the complete Fabulettes line-up?
Is there a photo of the girls in the book?
By the way, I'd always assumed the Marvells were the Cookies
disguise.
MICK PATRICK
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