________________________________________________________________________
______________ ______________
______________ ______________
______________ S P E C T R O P O P ______________
______________ ______________
________________________________________________________________________
Jamie LePage (1953-2002)
http://www.spectropop.com/Jamie.htm
------------------------------------------------------------------------
There are 10 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Hairspray
From: Jimmy Crescitelli
2. Re: Lee Hazlewood
From: Will George
3. Re: Nichols/Williams songs
From: Jeffrey Glenn
4. Bernadette Peters & Death songs
From: Will George
5. Re: Jack Gold
From: Patrick Rands
6. Re: The Poppy Family
From: Will George
7. Roy Orbison and Fred Foster's "Monumental" Sound.
From: Doug Morris
8. Re: Chan Clan
From: Will George
9. Re: Andy & David Williams
From: Norman
10. Linda Scott
From: Don Charles
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
Message: 1
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2002 18:23:20 EDT
From: Jimmy Crescitelli
Subject: Hairspray
Bill:
> Can't wait to see Hairspray on Broadway. Hell, I want to be IN it!
I wanna be in it too-!
I know - Let's lie and say we're going to the library to study!
I do a MEAN Madison...
-------------------[ archived by Spectropop ]-------------------
Message: 2
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2002 22:12:43 EDT
From: Will George
Subject: Re: Lee Hazlewood
finalrinse writes:
>Which old timers would you most like to hear from in this film?
I sure would love to get the inside story on his work with Ann-Margret.
Both from hers and from his perspective.
-------------------[ archived by Spectropop ]-------------------
Message: 3
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2002 16:19:53 -0700
From: Jeffrey Glenn
Subject: Re: Nichols/Williams songs
> PS - Any chance of hearing the Andy & David Williams track
> in musica? They must have been little kids back in 1972.
> They can't be too much older than me.
Will, I'll post the Andy & David Williams track when some space
clears in musica. I also have a 1972 45 by The Williams Brothers
(Andy Sr.'s brothers) on Barnaby - a nice cover of The Deep Six
1965 single "Rising Sun" (Saw-Man 001).
Jeff
-------------------[ archived by Spectropop ]-------------------
Message: 4
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2002 22:18:29 EDT
From: Will George
Subject: Bernadette Peters & Death songs
No, Bernadette Peters (Spectropop reference #1) never recorded
a death song as far as I know. But she did just do a film for
Showtime called "Bobby's Girl" (Spectropop reference #2), where
she plays a lesbian who "inherits" her partner's 10-year-old
nephew. In the film, her gay brother sings and dances to Joey
Geddes' old death song hit (Spectropop reference #3) "Run Joey
Run". Anyway, it all reminded my of this place. It was a good
movie, if anyone gets a chance to see it. Rachel Ward plays her
partner, and boy does she look different than the last time I
saw her!
Bill
-------------------[ archived by Spectropop ]-------------------
Message: 5
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2002 20:07:38 -0400
From: Patrick Rands
Subject: Re: Jack Gold
Speaking of Jack Gold, he put out a version of the song "Summer
Symphony" (under the name the Jack Gold Sound), which Lesley
Gore also did. Does anyone know if he recorded any other
singles?
:Patrick
-------------------[ archived by Spectropop ]-------------------
Message: 6
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2002 22:26:37 EDT
From: Will George
Subject: Re: The Poppy Family
I really like the Poppy Family. For years, I only knew them from
"Which Way You Goin Billy" (and it's great b-side Endless Sleep).
Then several years ago I found a few singles, and finally the CD
compilation "A Good Thing Lost." I originally thought of them as
the Canadian Carpenters, but they are really much more progressive
than that. The production was complex, the songs folky and psychedelic
at the same time, and the vocals heavenly. I recently won their first
LP on ebay, but have been outbid on the others. I have one Susan Jacks
LP, Ghosts, from 1980. It is pretty but not very substantial. I haven't
heard her other solo LPs. And of course Terry Jacks' "Seasons in the
Sun" is a classic. (Does that qualify as a death song?)
Bill
-------------------[ archived by Spectropop ]-------------------
Message: 7
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2002 19:05:57 -0700
From: Doug Morris
Subject: Roy Orbison and Fred Foster's "Monumental" Sound.
The sound that Fred Foster produced for Roy Orbison's hits never
ceases to amaze me. I think they truly rival Spector's best in
terms of operatic grandeur and rock feel. Does anyone in the group
know whether Foster produced anything else for any other artists
that achieved that kind of pop majesty? Or was it just Roy that
brought the best out of him?
-------------------[ archived by Spectropop ]-------------------
Message: 8
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2002 22:40:41 EDT
From: Will George
Subject: Re: Chan Clan
Laura Pinto writes:
>Meantime, I'll content myself with watching the Chan Clan videos I
>acquired via Ebay last year. Second- or third-generation copy and
>not the best quality, but at least the songs are listenable!
The Boomerang cable TV channel is running this cartoon now. You might
be able to get some better copies made.
-------------------[ archived by Spectropop ]-------------------
Message: 9
Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2002 21:56:22 +0930
From: Norman
Subject: Re: Andy & David Williams
Re: Jeffrey Glenn mentioning David and Andrew Williams
I was talking to my younger sister today. She had a giant pin-up
of the Williams Twins on her wall when she was 12 or 13. I asked
her how did she come across them. She seemed to think it was
through a David Cassidy TV Special. Being in Australia I don't
think they would have been pushed much over here, after all we
did have home grown kinder such as Jamie Redfern as well as the
Ormsby Brothers. I told her I would probably get them mixed up
with the Nelson Twins as I have never heard both duo sing.
Now for the sad part of this story. I still have my sister's
poster in my pop repository!
Whilst thinking of this Kinderpop stuff let's have a few threads
on The Cowsills, Tony De Franco and the like.
Norman
-------------------[ archived by Spectropop ]-------------------
Message: 10
Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2002 19:53:41 +0000
From: Don Charles
Subject: Linda Scott
Does anyone out there have producer/arranger information about
Linda Scott's version of the Mann/Spector/Weil tune "You Baby"?
I believe the single was issued on Kapp Records . . .
Stuffed Animal
-------------------[ archived by Spectropop ]-------------------
End
