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There are 17 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Re: fake-outs
From: Will George
2. False Endings
From: Norman
3. Re: Keep On Splicing
From: simon white
4. Re: Keep On Splicing
From: Mikey
5. Re: THE GENTRYS
From: Mick Patrick
6. Re: Keep On Splicing
From: Den Lindquist
7. Re: THE GENTRYS
From: Greg Ogarrio
8. fake out endings...
From: Ken Levine
9. More Beach Boys humor
From: Deena Canale
10. Are you trying to get rid of me baby?
From: Will Stos
11. Re: Are you trying to do the 81?
From: james botticelli
12. New at Backbeat
From: The Spectropop Team
13. Hello Strangers
From: Mike Rashkow
14. Let Me Just Say This.....
From: Bob Rashkow
15. Re: Stereo - How Vile
From: unclemeatz
16. Re: Are you trying to do the 81?
From: Boris
17. The Beaumarks
From: Vlaovic B
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2002 17:08:00 EDT
From: Will George
Subject: Re: fake-outs
Nobody has mentioned probably the most famous "fake-out" ending
of all: "Burning Love" by Elvis Presley. Apparently it was Elvis'
idea, and the producer (Chips Moman?) thought it was really hokey.
Bill
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002 08:14:53 +0930
From: Norman
Subject: False Endings
Emile Ford and the Checkmates "What Do You Want To Make Those
Eyes At Me For" had a ending that always caught the DJ's out.
This song went to #1 in March 1960 in my home town.
An abrupt ending appears on the Marmalade's "Falling Apart At
The Seams" a non-hit here, but a great song, in the mid-70s.
This too caught the DJs out.
Norman
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2002 23:57:41 +0100
From: simon white
Subject: Re: Keep On Splicing
Phil Chapman wrote
> "Keep On Dancin'
> Who did record the original version of this song?
Phil, it has already been submitted, but it was the Avantis.
I have it on one of a mysterious series of "Lost Soul' cd's with
no writer credits I'm afraid.
Obviously early sixties and very much in the Isleys/Olympics/Contours
vein. It mentions the Twist rather than the Jerk which I suppose
dates it to 62/3. The version I have here has no false fade out!
Controversial or what!
I would 'post it to musica' if I understood what this meant.
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Message: 4
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002 23:35:53 -0400
From: Mikey
Subject: Re: Keep On Splicing
Phil Chapman:
> Who did record the original version of this song?
It was a black group, but I cant recall at the moment (lack of sleep)
Mikey
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002 17:55:22 +0100
From: Mick Patrick
Subject: Re: THE GENTRYS
Original Message From Phil Chapman:
> Who did record the original version of the song ("Keep On
> Dancing")?
There's a terrific chapter on THE GENTRYS in the book Playing
For A Piece Of The Door: A History Of Garage & Frat Bands In
Memphis, 1960-1975. The book is written by Ron Hall and
published by Shangri-La Projects of Memphis. I purchased my
copy direct from their website at http://www.shangri.com
The book also contains a great chapterette on the "Condition
Red" Goodees . . . cue police sirens, screaching brakes and
funeral parlour organ.
According to this book, "Keep On Dancing" was first recorded
by the Avantis, a black three man vocal group on the Argo
label. They were friends of the Gentrys.
MICK PATRICK
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002 13:22:57 -0400
From: Den Lindquist
Subject: Re: Keep On Splicing
"Keep on Dancing" was originally done by the Avantis
(Argo 5436 - 1963). It showed up on one of the Mr Maestro
"grey market" reissue cds "Moments To Remember" - Mr Maestro 1006.
Den.
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002 17:42:56 -0000
From: Greg Ogarrio
Subject: Re: THE GENTRYS
I hung on the telephone during a call-in sports talk show years
ago in the SF Bay Area just to tell Jimmy "Mouth of the South"
Hart, in town to promote a pro wrestling event, how much I loved
The Gentrys' popstastic "Don't Send Me No Flowers" track on
their "Keep On Dancing" LP. To my delight, Jimmy actually sang
a bit of the chorus!
Greg Ogarrio
San Francisco
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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002 10:44:43 -0700
From: Ken Levine
Subject: fake out endings...
How about "Wild Nights" by Van Morrison. In my DJ days it made
an idiot out of me on more than one occasion.
Ken (the former "Beaver Cleaver")
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Message: 9
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002 15:04:26 -0400
From: Deena Canale
Subject: More Beach Boys humor
Along the lines of the bogus Mike Love "Smile" reports...check out
"Murry Wilson: Rock & Roll Dad", a 4-part cartoon by Peter Bagge:
http://www.peterbagge.com/comics/online.html
It had me in hysterics, but caveat emptor - some may find the humor
offensive. Heavy quoting from the famous "Help Me Rhonda" recording
session berating tapes.
SYNC-o-pated,
Signed D.C.
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Message: 10
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002 22:05:54 -0000
From: Will Stos
Subject: Are you trying to get rid of me baby?
Okay, so I've heard the Crystals version with La La Brooks on
lead, I've heard Candy and the Kisses' version with Beryl Nelson
on lead, but I have another mysterious version and I have no clue
who sings it. It was mistakenly labelled as by Candy and the Kisses
but I knew it sounded a little different than I remembered. Sure
enough, it's definitely not Candy's lead. Much more soft and
deliberate. But it had a similar arrangement Candy's version, and
even the back-ups sound similar. Did they cut an alternate version
or is this another singer/group completely. If no one knows what
I'm talking about, I'll try to post the mysterious version on musica
to help.
Also, while I'm on the subject, I just picked up Candy and the
Kisses "Do 'The 81' and Other Soul Classics" CD, and cannot
recommend it highly enough. Mick Patrick and Malcolm Baumgart did a
great job collecting all of their Cameo/Scepter recordings including
3 previously unreleased tracks. With the exception of "Together"
which seems kind of flat, everything on this album is fantastic!
Especially the groovy 81!
Will
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Message: 11
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002 20:09:42 -0400
From: james botticelli
Subject: Re: Are you trying to do the 81?
Will Stos wrote:
> I just picked up Candy and the Kisses "Do 'The 81' and Other
> Soul Classics" CD, and cannot recommend it highly enough.
> Mick Patrick and Malcolm Baumgart did a great job collecting
> all of their Cameo/Scepter recordings including 3 previously
> unreleased tracks. With the exception of "Together"
Is "Together" the same one as done by The Intruders in '67?
("Oh we could be on a desert lost without a place to go...."?)
The "81" was a fairly big hit here in Boston, as was the dance
itself. I think I can still do it. Lots of shuffling leg work
as I recall, sort of like hiking in snowshoes using ski poles
but a little looser of hip.
And what label does Mick work for? One of those great British
labels like Ace?... Maybe Mick himself can pipe up. No modesty
allowed Mick.
--
Jimmy Botticelli
Taking The E-Z...Way Out!
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Message: 12
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 22:14:46 +0100
From: The Spectropop Team
Subject: New at Backbeat
New at Spectropop - Backbeat
One of the world's great rock'n'roll drummers, EARL PALMER –
skin-pounder on a slew of classics by Little Richard, Lloyd Price,
Smiley Lewis, Amos Milburn, Etta James, Ritchie Valens, Jan & Dean,
Nino & April, need we go on? – is the subject of Backbeat, a
biography published by the Smithsonian Institute Press. Bill Reed
couldn't put his copy down. Click below to read his full review:
http://www.spectropop.com/recommends/recommends.html#backbeat
Enjoy!
The Spectropop Team
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Message: 13
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002 20:43:59 EDT
From: Mike Rashkow
Subject: Hello Strangers
Hi Poppers,
Back in the US after a looooong and tiring trip to France and
Scotland.
Came back to 364 posts, considered the options and deleted them
all. If there was anything in there which anyone cares specifically
that I see, send it to me personally.
I never heard any good music while I was over, techno pop euro pop?
Got me.
BUT-- I stumbled across a little shop in the village of Stirling,
Scotland that had a back room filled with some pretty obscure vinyl.
I only had a short time to look things over, but it was enough to
get an idea of what they had.
Those of you that really dig deep would probably like to spend a
week or so there. So, here's the specifics in case anyone wishes
to pursue it:
Europa Music
10 Friars Street
Stirling, Scotland
U.K.
Tel/Fax 01786 448623
Hope all is well with everyone.
Kingsley/Mick, I did make it to England. Air France managed to
fly me Paris to Newcastle instead of Paris to Edinburgh. Nice cab
ride between the two 140 #'s.
Rashkovsky
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Message: 14
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 03:16:35 -0000
From: Bob Rashkow
Subject: Let Me Just Say This.....
Remember "Let Me" by Paul Revere & The Raiders? First time I
heard it I fell for the false fadeout. A second later he shrieks,
"Mamamamamamama let me!....." FINE false finish.
Bobster
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Message: 15
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 01:54:45 -0500
From: unclemeatz
Subject: Re: Stereo - How Vile
Billy G Spradlin
> If you dig around, there are bootlegs of the mono mixes but all
> of them are from vinyl. There was even a "The Capitol Versions"
FWIW, the Capitol Versions CDs are apparently actually from dubs
of Capitol's tapes...I didn't believe this until I heard them,
and it's distinctly possible (the Japanese "Deluxe Something New"
is taken from even *better* tapes, somehow). Being the Capitol
versions, though, they don't tend to sound quite as good as the
from-vinyl versions of the UK catalogue, despite their tape source.
-D
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Message: 16
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 08:25:57 +0100
From: Boris
Subject: Re: Are you trying to do the 81?
Original Message James Botticelli:
> And what label does Mick work for? One of those great British
> labels like Ace?... Maybe Mick himself can pipe up. No modesty
> allowed Mick.
Dear Spectropop,
For Pete's sake, let him not see this message. Hopefully I can
reply to it and delete the original before he surfaces - probably
at about dusk! Mr Patrick doesn't work for any one label. He's
a bit of a whore, and inflicts his compilation CDs, it appears
to me, on any record company that will accept them. The Candy &
the Kisses CD, for example, is on Sequel/Sanctuary/Castle, or
whatever they call themselves today. I see incoming mail for him
from Ace, RPM, Westside, Demon, Connoisseur Collection, Hi and
Kent. Presumably he's badgered all of them into releasing some of
his goddam girl group collections.
If I hear just one more "bom shu bom" or "shweeby shweeby shwah",
so help me, I will hang up my marigolds and get a real job. If
only he would!
Boris
(his drone)
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Message: 17
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 08:49:13 -0400
From: Vlaovic B
Subject: The Beaumarks
Someone asked....
"Beau Marks"
Joey Frechette (piano)
Mike Robitaille (rhythm guitar)
Ray Hutchinson (lead guitar, vocals)
Gilles Tailleur (drums)
Formed in 1958, this Montreal based quartet financed their own recordings
and used local studios - a very rare occurrence in the early '60's. They
were fairly restricted at the time to playing American standards under the
name Del Tones, but they would make forays into recording studios to try out
their original material as often as possible. A copyright hassle from a US
act forced the band to change their named to Beau-Marks which came from, of
all things, the BOMARC missile.
One of their first efforts was the 1959 hit "Moonlight Party" which started
getting airplay in Ontario and Quebec from on-air requests. The band headed
back into the studio and cut their next side - "Clap Your Hands" which got
national airplay and sold well.
The band began taking performance offers across the country and Shad Records
in the US released the single to rave response. The single made the
Billboard Top-100 and stayed there for 14 weeks with a peak position of No.
45 leading to appearances at The Peppermint Lounge, Carnegie Hall and on
Dick Clark's 'American Bandstand'. "Clap Your Hands" eventually made No.1 in
the Commonwealth and had top charting success in Europe.
Follow-up records like "Classmate" (1961) and "Little Miss Lady" (1962) were
released but none seemed to live up to the immediate hit potential of "Clap
Your Hands" which was re-released in 1968 by Quality Records and became a
hit all over again.
The Beau-marks split up in 1963, at which time Ray Hutchinson joined Dave
And The Coins before settling in as a North American lounge act (including
nightly appearances at his own Montreal restaurant, Le Sentiment) but had to
retire from music after sustaining serious injuries in a 1988 car accident;
Mike Robitaille became successful in video production; Gilles Tailleur died
of a cerebral hemorrhage at age 35; and Joey Frechette was the head of
Capitol Records' April Blackwood publishing, a program director at CHOO
radio in Ajax, Ontario, before re-recording his own version of "Clap Your
Hands" in 1987 under the name Joey Conrad.
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