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There are 8 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. David Gates
From: Guy Lawrence
2. Capitol Versions
From: Billy Spradlin
3. Stones remasters
From: Marc Miler
4. Popcorn Oldies, David Gates
From: Mike Edwards
5. Re: Capitol, from M Wirtz
From: Mark Wirtz
6. Re: Capitol, from M Wirtz
From: Billy G Spradlin
7. Symphonic Leo Gorcey
From: Jack Madani
8. To Mark Frumento, sharing with Spectropop
From: Mark Wirtz
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2026 15:33:21 -0700
From: Guy Lawrence
Subject: David Gates
Hi all,
I'm sure it's been mentioned before but does anyone have the
track listing for that Japanese compilation of David Gates
credits?
Anyone collating info on his work during the 60s?
All the best,
Guy
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 19:46:55 -0000
From: Billy Spradlin
Subject: 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.
Crapitol did some nasty things to the early Beatles - besides ruining
mono mixes with Duophonic and adding extra reverb they "squashed"
everything with extra compression. My (green label) early 70s copy
of "Second Album" is so compressed Ringo's high hat and cymbals
just "ssssssssssssss" all the way through the LP. The people there
obviously didn't give a damn about the group - they thought Rock was a
quick fad that would go away...(and they thought the same way about
all their pop groups)
As for the "Capitol Versions" CDs - the ones I previewed (at a used
CD Store in Lawton Oklahoma) sure sounded to me like they were taken
from vinyl - I remember hearing pops, clicks and surface noise.
Bootleggers love to rip off each other's ideas (and even re-package
other's CDs) so the ones I heard could have been somebody's idea to
cash in by putting out an inferior version.
(BTW I didnt buy any boots at this store - they were actully MAKING
the bootleg CD-Rs with a PC behind the counter! Somebody would bring
in a boot for a trade and they would copy the CD/inserts (very
poorly) and sell the inferior copy while keeping the original!)
Billy
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 17:01:26 -0400
From: Marc Miler
Subject: Stones remasters
Billy G:
> BTW is it true the early Rolling Stones Decca (London in the USA)
> catalog is being remastered again? 'Bout Time!
It IS true!! The whole Decca/London catalog, including both volumes
of Hot Rocks is being reissued in August. No word yet about
bonus/unreleased stuff or stereo/mono versions.
Marc
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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 22:11:08 -0000
From: Mike Edwards
Subject: Popcorn Oldies, David Gates
The Popcorn Oldies Show on Radio 192 (available with Real Player)
on Saturday June 22nd featured Dorothy Berry's "You Better Watch
Out" (Planetary, 1964). What a great record this is! It looks as
if it came out a year later than "You're So Fine"/"Crying On My
Pillow" but appears to have David Gates' involvement as Planetary,
I believe, was his label. My thanks to DJ Theo Dumoulin for turning
me on to this.
Talking of David Gates, member Guy Lawrence asks:
> "does anyone have the track listing for that Japanese compilation
> of David Gates credits?"
Here it is:
David Gates / Masterpiece / A-Side Records, 1996
1. David Gates – No One Really Loves A Clown
2. Manchesters – I Don't Come From England
3. Country Boys – The Oakie Surfer
4. Murmaids – Heartbreak Ahead
5. Girlfriends – For My Sake
6. Johnny Burnette – Fool Of The Year
7. Johnny Crawford – Living In The Past
8. Wayne Newton – Too Late To Meet (Once Upon A Time)
9. Fleetwoods – My Special Lover
10. Ann-Margaret – Hey Little Star
11. Shelley Fabares – Football Season's Over
12. Connie Stevens – Lost In Wonderland
13. Brenda Lee - Ain't Gonna Cry No More
14. Blossoms – Lover Boy
15. Jody Miller – Something In My Eye
16. Lively Set – Let The Trumpets Sound
17. Dino, Desi & Billy – Tie Me Down
18. Nino Tempo & April Stevens – You'll Be Needing Me Baby
19. Ventures – Ya-Ya Wobble
20. Hal Blaine – Mr. Eliminator
21. David Gates – The Happiest Man Alive
The accompanying booklet lists David Gates' 60s compositions.
It has some gaps but you may find it helpful. I took a scan
and posted it to Spectropop's "Files" section. Enjoy.
Mike Edwards
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 20:31:53 EDT
From: Mark Wirtz
Subject: Re: Capitol, from M Wirtz
Billy Spradlin writes:
> Capitol did some nasty things to the early Beatles...
How do you despise someone, yet be eternally grateful to them
at the same time?? Capitol Records refused to release (similar
to the Beatles' early releases) ANY of my (EMI-bureaucratically
bound to them) productions in the US. That, without doubt, prevented
"Teenage Opera" (not to mention many other productions) to become
at least semi-hits there and provide EMI UK the "green light"
excuse to let me complete the bloody thing. Grrrr...
Subsequently, when the UK music industry and the BBC exiled me
to the US, it was Capitol Records who signed me to the deal that
resulted in the "Balloon" and "Hothouse Smiles" LPs, beside the
latter day "TEMPO" (arguably) the best works of my career...
Go figure...
Mark Wirtz
Capitol - pain in the ass they are, but, let's face it, a snobby
pop music monument, LOL
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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 07:40:31 -0000
From: Billy G Spradlin
Subject: Re: Capitol, from M Wirtz
Mark Wirtz wrote:
> How do you despise someone, yet be eternally grateful to them
> at the same time?? Capitol Records refused to release (similar
> to the Beatles' early releases) ANY of my (EMI-bureaucratically
> bound to them) productions in the US. That, without doubt,
> prevented "Teenage Opera" (not to mention many other productions)
> to become at least semi-hits there and provide EMI UK the "green
> light" excuse to let me complete the bloody thing. Grrrr...
I think someone asked you this before - what USA label released
"Teenage Opera" and were any of the later singles like "Sam"
(my favorite) released here?
I'm grateful that Capitol did push the Beatles hard here in the
USA - without thier promotion Beatlemania and the whole "British
Invasion" would have never happened. Same with the Beach Boys,
those cool looking "swirl" label 45's changed my life forever.
But in the 60's they were a exploitative company ran by people
who understod MOR far better than Rock - same for all the USA
majors then.
Sins of the Tower:
1) Not releasing the Beatles early singles.
2) Not signing the Shadows, Hollies and other great EMI signed
UK acts directly to Capitol - they could have dominated the Top40
in the mid 60's then.
3) Not promoting "Pet Sounds" in 1966 but releasing "Best of The
Beach Boys" and giving that LP a massive push instead.
4) Duophonic
5) Chopping up the Beatles UK LP's.
6) For never releasing "Smile" in any form.
7) Crappy sounding Cassettes and (gulp) 8-Tracks.
8) Not promoting Moon Martin, The Durocs, Starz hard enough and
also not promoting The Knack's fine third album (for my freinds
on Audities).
9) Eating up great independent labels like Liberty-UA (and all
the labels those two ate up), Chrysalis, and Virgin/Charisma.
10) Mrs. Miller, Helen Reddy, A Taste Of Honey, Garth Brooks, MC
Hammer (I'm running out of ideas!)
Billy
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Message: 7
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 10:58:10 -0400
From: Jack Madani
Subject: Symphonic Leo Gorcey
Greg writes:
> Mike Love and his "Beach Boys" will be performing with the
> Pittsburgh Symphony on July 2nd at Heinz Hall.
Heinz Hall? Wasn't he one of the Bowery Boys? And does this mean
that Mike Love is attempting to hegemonize yet another group name?
jack
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Message: 8
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 21:54:30 EDT
From: Mark Wirtz
Subject: To Mark Frumento, sharing with Spectropop
Dear Mark,
I just received a copy of your beautifully put together sampler
of your effortfully and caringly compiled (non-profit) anthology
series on me and mostly never before released or heard "tracks"
of my music career - thus creating a truthful, alas, sometimes
naked and, not necessarily to me, comfortable projection of my
creative career, way transcending "Teenage Opera" and "Tomorrow".
I fully endorse, condone and applaud this (even if it is, at
times, to me, detrimental and politically incorrect) pallet of
truth. Regardless, in the words of my hero, Kim Fowley ---
"Yey, yey - Rock'n'Roll!"
Rock'n'Roll is not a trend, or a beat, or a riff, or lick,
but a state of mind; an anthem that symbolizes defiance of age,
convention, or the suffocating estastablishment. It celebrates
truth and the dream that everything is possible, even if we go
down proving it!
Mark - you put this anthology together in the same spirit in
which I made those recordings - from my heart and with my ears.
THAT'S ALL
And that was f-----ing enough!!!!
Thank you for caring.
And thank those of you if you listen! :):):)
Mark Wirtz
SAVANNAH, GA. USA
JUNE 24, 2002
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