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There are 10 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Re: The Gospellers
From: Jeffrey Glenn
2. Gary Lewis and the Playboys
From: Ted
3. Re: Marsha / Marcia Brody and Cathy Lynn
From: Peter Lerner
4. Saturday morning playlist
From: simon white
5. Re: Eternity's Children
From: Mark Frumento
6. Re: Lambert
From: Rashkovsky
7. Matt's mix
From: Alan Gordon
8. Gary Zekley w/ Price & Walsh
From: jon cook
9. Re: Beatles-inspired girls
From: Phil Milstein
10. Re: Gary Zekley w/ Price & Walsh
From: Jeffrey Glenn
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 07:24:17 -0700
From: Jeffrey Glenn
Subject: Re: The Gospellers
Previously:
> Apparently, there is even a degree of historical curiosity on the part of
> Japanese listeners; i.e., there was a recent chart hit there by the long-
> disbanded group, Folk Crusaders, when a long-supressed single of thiers,
> more than forty-years-old, Imogen Gawa, was released a few months back.
Bill, have you heard this song? I actually have a 1968 U.S. Capitol promo
45 by the Tokyo Folk Crusaders:
I Only Live Twice (Kazuhiko Kato)/Soran Bushi (Trad. Arr. By Kazuhiko
Kate) - Tokyo Folk Crusaders, Capitol 2144: 1968, Recorded in Japan)
While the B-side is a terrific folk/pop track, the A-side may be possibly be
the most demented thing in my collection - it's uncatagorizable (man, what
drugs were these guys using at the time?!:-)).
Could this possibly be "Imogen Gawa" with an English name (possibly made up
by Capitol as they had 5 years previously with "Sukiyaki")? I'll play it to
musica.
Even if it's not "Imogen Gawa" it's highly entertaining and great for those
looking for something different.:-)
Jeff
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 12:05:59 -0700
From: Ted
Subject: Gary Lewis and the Playboys
I'm hoping to wrangle an interview with Gary Lewis this upcoming
holiday weekend for future non-profit publication. (Gary is playing a
series of free shows on July 4th, 5th & 6th in Maricopa, AZ at
Harrah's AK Chin Casino--just 15 miles south of Phoenix.) If anyone
has some questions you want me to relay to Gary, I would really
appreciate your input. The collective vast knowledge of the
Spectropop list is pretty astounding . I hope to incorporate and
convey some of this depth in my questions which hopefully go beyond
the typical PR inquires he's probably sick of answering. Please e-mail
me off list if you have any questions you always wanted to ask Mr.
"Out of Sight."
Thank You,
Ted
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 13:16:50 +0100
From: Peter Lerner
Subject: Re: Marsha / Marcia Brody and Cathy Lynn
Bob wrote:
> I have been looking for "Soda Pop" by Marsha Brody which I have not
> heard since the late 60s. Wish I could provide more information about
> her or about the Heart & Soul label! Didn't know she did ANY other 45s,
> this was exciting news. Cathy Lynn - didn't she have a recording stint
> too?"
Well Bob, looking in my box of 45s I find I have two which could be of
interest.
On 20th Century Fox 479 is "Anything" / "Don't tell anyone" by Marcia (note
the spelling) Brody, both arranged and conducted by Milton Delugo (well,
there's a name....)
And on Hot Shot 1000 is "I cried" / "Right combination" by Marsha Brody,
both co-written by Cathy Lynn and both "A Cathy Lynn Production". Arranger
on both sides is one Arthur Schroek.
Marcia / Marsha has got one of those voices sometimes described as "good
girl", pretty powerful, and inclined towards the dramatic on three of the
sides; "Right combination" is of the "northern soul" genre.
Hope this helps!
Peter
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 11:48:18 +0100
From: simon white
Subject: Saturday morning playlist
Saturday morning playlist-
Dont Talk to Me About Love - Joan Regan
Be My Baby - Vanessa Paradis
Dancing In The Street -La Bert Ellis
My World is Empty - Sandy Nelson
The Happening - Herb Alpert
The Sidewinder - Woody Herman
123 - Willie Bobo
Hot Bossa - Kenny Burrell
I Could Have Danced All Night - Peggy Lee
Soda Pop - Marsha Brody
Cool Jerk '68 -The Capitols
These Boots Are Made For Walking - Ella Fitzgerald
Billy Knows - The Hi Fashions
You Can Have Him- Dionne Warwick
The Man With The Golden Arm - The Link Eddy Combo
Comin Home - The Soulful Strings
Yeh Yeh ! - The Mongo Santamaria Orch
Sunshine Of Your Love- Mongo Santamaria
Pigmy Pt 1 - The Delegates
Killer Joe - Quincy Jones
Take Five - Carmen Mcrae
Like Love - Mark Murphy
Swinging Summer Love -Googie Rene
Downtown - Googie Rene
Wiggle Wobble - Les Cooper
Sock It To Me - Willie Bobo
A Lotta limbo - Billy Strange
Mau Mau Meeting Time - Peter Todd and his Orchestra
If I Had A Hammer - Lorraine Ellison
Blame It On The Bossa nova - Eydie Gorme
House of Bamboo - Andy Williams
Cant Take My Eyes Off You - Vikki Carr
Walkin My Baby - Sue Thompson
Hip Teens - Frank Popp
Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand - Hoagy Lands
You Dont Know How Glad I Am - Nancy Wilson
Lovin Man - Arlene Harden
Johnny Be Smart - Sarah Vaughn
Walk Right in - Fluffy Hunter
Rachel - Frankie Vaughn
I Got You Babe -Tiny Tim
The Beat Goes On - Lawerence Welk
Big Town - Carmen Mcrae
Was It Something I Said - Arthur Mullard
Fill Your Heart - Tiny Tim
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 09:32:50 -0400
From: Mark Frumento
Subject: Re: Eternity's Children
Justin wrote:
> As it happens, a local record shop (one of the best, if not the best,
> in the Twin Cities) has a copy of a 25-song comp of Eternity's Children
Get it! Especially if you can determine its the orginal comp on Rev Ola. It
is now quite hard to find since it is out of print. The CD also happens to
be very good. Among all of Curt B's productions I think Eternity's Children
were diverse and extremely interesting behind the sunshine pop sound. Get it.
Mark
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 13:15:29 EDT
From: Rashkovsky
Subject: Re: Lambert
Previously:
> wasn't there a Lambert who either co-wrote or co-produced for Jay & The
> Techniques?
Dennis Lambert--Wrote a ton of good stuff, (NIght Shift-Don't Pull Your Love
Out On Me) probably him.
Rashkovsky
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 12:21:05 -0700
From: Alan Gordon
Subject: Matt's mix
From Matt G:
> Hey Everyone. I had to go to the SOURCE (That's you guys) to help me with
> this one. It's kinda a stupid one, but I was wondering if you guys had
> suggestions for a mix tape I can send to this girl. I'm 18, and I wanted
> to send her a tape of all the best 60's "Sunny sunday songs", you know,
> like music you listen to with the top down going 50 with the sun blasting
> hard and the music blasting harder. I wanted it to be songs that she
> primarily knows, like Supremes or Temptations or Beach Boys, but also to
> get a little creative. A mix tape is a big step, you know?
Very cool Matt. I've started a bunch of these sorta tapes/disks: A "Summer
Songs" tape, A "Drivin'" tape, A "Positive Thinking" tape... etc...
I'll list here what I have for my "Drivin'" disc/tape that I STILL haven't
finished. Mebbee this will give me the "boot in da ass" (can I say that in
here?) to do just that.
One of my faves is this obvious parody from the "That Thing You Do" movie
soundtrack (which is an awesome tribute to the sixties, if you haven't heard
it):
Drive Faster - The Vicksburgs (Steve Rogness/R. Elias) "I said: Whoever you
are, come on get in the car..." "And she's mine when I drive faster..."
I sequenced this album to listen to in it's fictitious chronological order.
Fun Time.
And here for your amusement/boredom is what I have so far. Sometimes I just
have a line from the chorus, so if you guys have any of the real titles or
artists, please feel free to chime in at my obvious ignorance. Any imput would
be greatly appreciated.
The Obvious:
Drive My Car -The Beatles
Drive Me Crazy - Huey and the News
Drive - Rubinoos
Drivin' - Pearl Harbor and the Explosions (one of my personal fave raves)
Driving - The Kinks
Driving in the Fast Lane - ?
Drivin' - Everything But the Girl (A very sweet song. What a voice)
Drive - Todd Rundgren
Drive - Cars
Driving Along - Nillson
The Not as Obvious:
Route 66 - TV
Route 66 - Nat King Cole
Mustang Sally - Pick it Wilson (...of course, but another fave is the Rascals
version)
Destination Anywhere -
Little Red Corvette - The Artist Formally Known As: "Too Self Involved"
Traffic Jam - James Taylor (Great One)
Start It Up - Robben Ford (another totally cool one)
Start The Car - Jude Cole
I Get Around - Mike Love and his band
Crusin' In My Automobile -
Hot Rod Lincoln - Commander Cody
Maybelline - Chuck Berry
No Particular Place To Go - Chuck Berry
55 - Sammy Hagar
Thunder Road - Bruce
Pink Cadilac - Bruce
Freeway Of Love - Pointer Sisters
Radar Love - Golden Earring
Crusin' - Smokey
Start Me Up - The Stones
Driver Seat - Sniff and the Tears
She Runs Hot - Little Village
Cars and Girls - Dictators
Southbound - Allmans
Take It Easy - The Eagles
Old 55 - The Eagles and Tom Waits
Baby Driver - Simon and Garfunkle
Life in the Fast Lane - The Eagles
Expressway to Your Heart - The Soul Survivors
Expressway to Your Heart - Breakfast Club (nice version from a movie)
Crawling From the Wreckage - Dave Edmonds
- Petty ?
N.S.U. - Cream
Free Ride - Edgar Winter Band
Cars - Gary Neuman
Drive, She Said - ?
Crosstown Traffic - Jimi
Fire - Bruce
Born To Run - Springstein
Road and the Sky - Jackson Brown
Runnin' on Empty - Jackson Brown
The Road - Jackson Brown
Shaky Town - Jackson Brown
Gone Riding - Chris Isaaks
Road House Blues - The Doors
On the Road Again - ?
On the Road Again - Canned Heat
Highway 61 - Bob Dylan
Far Away Eyes - The Stones
Don't Worry Baby - Beach Boys
Little Old Lady From Pasadena - Jan and Dean
Little Deuce Coupe - Beach Boys
I Love My Truck -
All I Want - Joni Mitchele
Last Trip To Tulsa - Neil Young
Traveling Blues - Loggins and Messina
Home - Karla Bonnof
The Weight - The Band
The Weirdest:
Ramblin' Man - Steve Martin
Kissin' and Huggin' with Fred - ?
A Gallon in Me, Alan - ?
Beep Beep - ?
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 16:03:55 EDT
From: jon cook
Subject: Gary Zekley w/ Price & Walsh
Hello SpectroPoppers - I bought a copy of the fantastic "Bubble gum Music
is the Naked Truth" a while back and have benefitted greatly from it's bank
of knowledge. I am currently wondering about the Zekley project with
songwriters Price & Walsh that was to be a Sgt. Pepper style production.
According to the book, Price & Walsh left partway for greener (read dollar
green) pastures leaving Zekley to release two or three of the tracks as
singles with other groups. I was wondering if other tracks from these
sessions were/are available anywhere. The writer names a few that were left
'in the can' so someone must have heard them somewhere.
Thanks for any help -
jon cook
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Message: 9
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 21:24:04 +0000
From: Phil Milstein
Subject: Re: Beatles-inspired girls
This might not fulfill Patrick's criteria for
"Beatles-inspired", but American-in-France Liz Brady's "Un
Garcon Dit A Une Fille" (on Girls In The Garage vol. 10) is
a very odd tribute set in a cellarful of noise, where Liz
meets and greets each member of the Fab 4 in his own verse
(with the Cute One meriting two verses in a row). Her verse
for George is replaced by the guitar solo, which is, alas,
not terribly Georgian. She wraps up by bidding them all au
revoir and vice versa, with the faux John sounding more like
Rutles drummer Barry Wom than any actual Beatle. Ye-ye-ye!
--Phil Milstein
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Message: 10
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 22:59:30 -0700
From: Jeffrey Glenn
Subject: Re: Gary Zekley w/ Price & Walsh
Jon Cook:
> I am currently wondering about the Zekley project with songwriters
> Price & Walsh that was to be a Sgt. Pepper style production.
> According to the book, Price & Walsh left partway for greener
> (read dollar green) pastures leaving Zekley to release two or
> three of the tracks as singles with other groups. I was wondering
> if other tracks from these sessions were/are available anywhere.
> The writer names a few that were left 'in the can' so someone must
> have heard them somewhere.
Hey Jon,
As the bubblegum book pointed out, there was one 45 released from
the sessions before they were abandoned:
Love Is The Order Of The Day/House Of The Ilene Castle
(Dot 45-17077, 1968)
This may have never gotten past a promotional pressing, and indeed
neither I nor anyone else I know has ever seen a copy. In fact if
anyone DOES have a copy of it, please contact me (it's one of three
45's I need to finish off my Zekley/Grady compilation; I'll mention
the other two later)!
Zekley did finish off two of the tracks from the sessions with
different groups - "Virginia Day's Ragtime Memories" (UNI 55034, 1968)
by The Looking Glass and "Small Town Commotion" (UNI 55042, 1968) by
The Visions. Both are beautiful examples of ornate West Coast soft
pop, and fans of Curt Boettcher would find much to love here as well.
If anyone wants to hear either or both, I can post them to musica.
The Zekley chapter in the book was written by Dominic Priore. Brian
Chidester, can you ask Dominic if he knows anything more about the
Price & Walsh project than was in the book? And does he have copies
of any of the material. I'd sure love to hear more of this stuff.
Jeff
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