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There are 8 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Re: a Smoke query
From: Mark Frumento
2. Re: New Millennium-related Rev-Ola releases...and a Smoke query
From: Cedric Chaillet
3. Nanette Licari
From: Phoenix Canada
4. Re: New Millennium-related Rev-Ola releases
From: Joe Foster
5. Re: Rev-Ola / Gary Usher
From: Ron Weekes
6. Reparata's CD
From: supreme dream
7. Tony Rivers in LA 7/24 10 p.m. for IPO
From: Greg Ogarrio
8. New at Spectropop
From: The Spectropop Team
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 08:34:19 -0400
From: Mark Frumento
Subject: Re: a Smoke query
> High In A Room: The Smoke Anthology
> Anybody have any idea what could be on this, and where
> information can be found?
The Smoke Anthology is reviewed on the wonderful web site
Marmalade Skies ("Home of British Psychedelia") at
http://www.marmalade-skies.co.uk/ms-reviews2.htm
Among the other reviews is one on the great new compilation by
Honeybus... probably the most neglected band of the UK 60s.
If you like The Smoke and other British bands of the period
check out the rest of Marmalade Skies for a real treat
I ordered my copy of both CDs from amazon.co.uk
Here's a url to the Smoke CD -
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000063IQX/qid=1026906282/sr=1-3/ref=sr_1_3_3/026-2753557-6864429
Amazon only lists tracks from the first CD of the 2 CD set but
the review at Marmalade Skies gives you a good picture of what's
in store.
Smoke fit firmly in the 60s sound and I would love to hear from
more experts in this area.
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 12:42:14 -0000
From: Cedric Chaillet
Subject: Re: New Millennium-related Rev-Ola releases...and a Smoke query
unclemeatz wrote:
> Is it safe to assume that - like Misty Mirage, Sandy, Again, and
> Joey's album - these new Rev-Ola Lee Mallory and Sandy Salisbury
> comps will be copies of material already availible on Dreamsville?
> i.e. Falling to Pieces (plus the demos that showed up on Sandy,
> probably) and That's the Way It's Gonna Be?
Pre-orders on Amazon UK confirm it:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=music
> Also, this might be slightly off-topic for this list, but I've
> heard of a new Smoke (UK) comp called 'High in a Room' (2CD)...
> they put out precious little material, with the recent Retroactive
> comp pretty packed to teh brim, yet simultaneously beginning to run
> out of material. Anybody have any idea what could be on this, and
> where information can be found?
The 'High In a Room' comp is out now on Castle. You can find
information/tracklisting on the label website:
http://www.sanctuaryrecordsgroup.co.uk/
Cedric
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 15:31:47 -0000
From: Phoenix Canada
Subject: Nanette Licari
Great story...can anyone do us a favour and identify which
Reparata is which.....use say the cover photo of the CD.
BTW I've noted that there's a Reparata and the Delrons CD
called 'Magical Musical History Tour' on the German label 'Mo-
Banana'. Anyone have a copy? Can they give me an indication of
technical quality. I recall buying a CD from a few years back from
the Dutch 'Black Tulip' label. All original trax (Chi-Lites in fact)
but the mastering to CD was crap! It made the music sound like it
was recorded on tin foil.
Thanks
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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 17:53:05 +0100
From: Joe Foster
Subject: Re: New Millennium-related Rev-Ola releases
unclemeatz:
> Is it safe to assume that - like Misty Mirage, Sandy, Again,
> and Joey's album - these new Rev-Ola Lee Mallory and Sandy
> Salisbury comps will be copies of material already availible
> on Dreamsville? i.e. Falling to Pieces (plus the demos that
> showed up on Sandy, probably) and That's the Way It's Gonna Be?
Well....no actually....and btw there were no "Copies"........
Mr. Stec and I prepared and remastered ALL these releases in
their different variations for simultaneous release in their
various territories on different labels, at their request, and
Mr. Stec retains ownership on behalf of the artists......lots
more interesting stuff to come too.......btw sorry to hear of
the recent death of Marshall Leib.....interesting producer in
his own right........anybody an expert in Mr. Leib?
all the best
Joe
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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 13:49:43 -0600
From: Ron Weekes
Subject: Re: Rev-Ola / Gary Usher
So Joe, any plans to get with Gary Usher Jr. and
release/rerelease more of his dad's material?
Ron Weekes
http://www.garyusher.com
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Message: 6
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 23:10:03 -0000
From: supreme dream
Subject: Reparata's CD
I have a copy of Reparata and the Delrons "Magical Musical Mystery
Tour". I really like it and find it a lot more interesting than their
Rock and Roll Revolution. "I Can Hear The Rain" is worth the price of
the cd! The quality of the tracks appears fine. I got mine at
www.discol.com. I'd stear clear of the Luv'd Ones. Yikes! Some of
those cuts sound like they were recorded in the back seat of a VW on
the way to New Jersey!
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Message: 7
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 04:41:58 -0000
From: Greg Ogarrio
Subject: Tony Rivers in LA 7/24 10 p.m. for IPO
ENTERTAINMENT TIP FOR THE SOUTHLAND: I'd give my
eye-teeth to see the former leader of the mid-'60s UK beat group
The Castaways and fondly remembered Harmony Grass combo.
He's flying in from London with his son Anthony Jr. to headline
with John Wicks & The Records at the International Pop
Overthrow festival next week in Los Angeles, at the Knitting
Factory on Hollywood Boulevard. Highly recommended for pop
enthusiasts.
http://www.internationalpopoverthrow.com/schedule.htm
Greg Ogarrio
http://www.rapiers.net
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Message: 8
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 07:35:42 -0000
From: The Spectropop Team
Subject: New at Spectropop
Dear Group,
There have been several additions to the Spectropop site in
recent weeks. Check 'em out while they're still new.
Earl Palmer: Backbeat
http://www.spectropop.com/recommends/recommends.html#backbeat
Burt Bacharach & Hal David
http://www.spectropop.com/BacharachDavid.html
The Velvelettes
http://www.spectropop.com/recommends/recommends.html#velvelettes
Otis Blackwell
http://www.spectropop.com/remembers/OBobit.htm
Stu Phillips
http://www.spectropop.com/StuPhillips.htm
Sharon Sheeley
http://www.spectropop.com/remembers/SSobit.htm
Coming soon:
Jack Nitzsche
Baby Jane & the Rockabyes
George Goldner & Tico Records
Charlotte O'Hara
Watch this space.
Signed,
The Spectropop Team
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