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There are 12 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Re: Richard Delvy & Ed Fournier
From: Jeffrey Glenn
2. Connexions
From: Bob Rashkow
3. Judee Sill; Garry Bonner; Four Coins and more
From: Country Paul
4. Re: Judee Sill, more unreleased
From: mark frumento
5. Re: Richard Delvy & Ed Fournier
From: Mikey
6. Nino & April Question
From: Ron Sauer
7. Al Schmitt - Tommy LiPuma
From: Bill Reed
8. Unkle Matt's Lullabys
From: Kingsley Abbott
9. Richard Delvy
From: Stuffed Animal
10. Re: Richard Delvy & Ed Fournier
From: Jeffrey Glenn
11. The Liquid Room 8/4/02 & 8/11/02
From: David Ponak
12. Live Chat with Jackie DeShannon
From: Bill George
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 18:00:59 -0700
From: Jeffrey Glenn
Subject: Re: Richard Delvy & Ed Fournier
Mikey:
> Jeff...Can you do all of us here a nice favor and play
> "Little Bit of Lovin"
> and "Everything to Me" to Musica??
Hey Mikey, I know you meant Mr. Lemlich, but I just recently
burned "Little Bit Of Lovin'" on LOST JUKEBOX VOL. 101, so I
went ahead and played it to musica.
But that doesn't let Jeff L. off the hook for "Everything To
Me." :-) I'd love to hear it too. The one vocal Challengers
45 I have - "Before You"/"Color Me In (Little Yellow Bug)" on
GNP Crescendo GNP-400 from 1967 - is outstanding (and of course
I could also play these to music also)!
the other Jeff
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 02:04:04 -0000
From: Bob Rashkow
Subject: Connexions
Did I miss something there?? Twinn Connexion on Decca, "I Think
I Know Him" produced by Jerry Keller, purchased recently by Bobster.
Excellent sunshine pop with a beautiful organ and a very dramatic
tune. Weird version of "Turn Down Day" on flip. Ulga, who WERE
those people?? Was that Jerry Keller singing? The "Here Comes
Summer" dude? Doesn't sound like him!!
Matt J Howell, I think for starters these three would be suitable:
"Lullaby for Tim"-The Hollies (Evolution LP), "Lullaby"-Grapefruit
(Around Grapefruit LP) Lullaby of Love-The Poppies (single) From
the mid-70s I also love 10cc's "Rock & Roll Lullaby", not to be at
all confused with BJ Thomas' song of a few years earlier!!
Can anyone challenge Whitburn? I need to be 100 % sure on this.
Says that Five Americans "I See The Light" is same tune as Music
Explosion's "I See The Light". Have both & as far as I can
ascertain, they are decidedly NOT the same song, consider this to be
a glaring error!! Can anyone shed some "light" on this oh-so-
crucial-to-the-future-of-mankind issue!!?? Thanks in advance
- Bobster
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 02:01:28 -0400
From: Country Paul
Subject: Judee Sill; Garry Bonner; Four Coins and more
Back from vacation - I missed you all. I'll never catch up, but
let's try a couple of things....
First, before I left, I'd mentioned DJ Bob Brainen on WFMU
http://www.wfmu.org
Their listener premiums, CD's sent in thanks for donations, arrived
while I was gone, and on Bob's there was an exquisite demo track by
Judee Sill called "Till Dreams Come True," planned for a never-
released third album, which I have fallen in love with. This led me
to get back into the two Judee Sill albums (on Asylum) from 1971 and
1973. To establish her credentials with this group: her song, "Lady-O",
was a 45 by the Turtles in 1969, and Jim Pons of that group was a
co-producer of her first album (except for the lead single, "Jesus Was
A Crossmaker," produced by Graham Nash). Her version of "Lady-O" (on
her first album) is transcendently beautiful. Anyway, I've been living
with the demo track in the CD player and was moved to search the web
for more info about her. I discovered "Music That Means Something" at
http://www.kneeling.co.uk/default.asp, that has varying amounts of info
on many artists from many eras. One of the most detailed pages is on
Judee Sill; scroll down the left side and click on her name. On her
front page, click on "Remembering Judee" for a truly heartbreaking
biography; how this tortured soul could create such accomplished and
beautiful music is a true wonder. Then go down the page and click on
Bob Claster's link; you'll get to the remarkable demo I mentioned and
a whole lot more. Happy discovery!
Compliments to all ont he Baby Jane & the Rockabyes story. "What
a long strange trip...."
Erik Meinen: I have Dancing Babies/The Fat Lady In The Wicker Chair
by Click on Laurie. E-mail me off list for a dub.
One more "Record by Pete": another WFMU premium had "Warm," the
single by Carol Stromme. It is such a well-done piece of pretentious
"pop-hip" stuff by someone who sounds 15 years too old to be really
hip - and who obviously desperately wants to be cool and groovy. Can
you dig it? Well, maybe for a few seconds....
Re: Garry Bonner, with 2 R's, had a 45 (with picture sleeve) on
Columbia ("The Heart of Juliet Jones" - yawn) featuring "Me About
You" as the flip side. This gorgeous rendition is the authoritative
version of the song in my opinion. If Bonner had done nothing else,
this would be his "ticket to ride." Does anyone know if it's out on
a (reasonably-priced) CD?
Rashkovsky:
(1) I'd proposed the idea of a Spectropop gathering in NYC or
somewhere else easy to reach for northeast US list members.
Sadly, I can't do the planning, but would love to come schedule
permitting - and I'll twist the sechule any way I can!
(2) Minuteman Records out of Boston in the 60's had the original
releases of Just Us (Gorgoni & Taylor)'s "Can't Grow Peaches On A
Cherry Tree" (later on Kapp) as well as Teddy & The Pandas (later
on Musicor). I think Boston promo man Bruce Patch was the force
behind the label.
(3) Eskew Reeder, in Earl Palmer's book "Backbeat," was the "original
version" of Little Richard, according to Earl. Oddly enough, I've
never heard the man - Reeder, not Palmer!
Leonardo - nice work on the Tokens Q&A. They did so much great stuff -
production as well as playing and singing. I knew the "Green Plant"
story - it was current at the time the record was being promoted. I
often wondered how they got together with the Kirby Stone Four for
"Life Is Groovy," one of my favorite records on BT Puppy; each group
really complements each other.
I assume it's so, but does anyone know if the Four Coins on the
British Invasion-sounding "Boys Cry" (Joy Records) is the same early
50's close-harmony group that did such middle-roaders as "Shangri-La"?
(I thought of this because of the unison lead in "Boys Cry," related
to the style of the Kirby Stone Four.)
More soon,
Country Paul
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 14:40:30 -0000
From: mark frumento
Subject: Re: Judee Sill, more unreleased
Country Paul wrote:
> Their listener premiums, CD's sent in thanks for donations,
> arrived while I was gone, and on Bob's there was an exquisite
> demo track by Judee Sill called "Till Dreams Come True," planned
> for a never-released third album, which I have fallen in love with.
> This led me to get back into the two Judee Sill albums (on Asylum)
> from 1971 and 1973.
There is a web site dedicated to a bunch of these demos and other
unreleased material. You can download all of them. Including live
material (Judi's commentary makes the live stuff priceless!) it
fills about 2 CDs. "Till Dreams Come True" is great but it is not the
only really good unreleased track by Sill. I don't know the URL off
hand but do a search for it. It's easy to find.
Her two LPs are among my favorites of all time by any artist. Both
were reissued on CD in Japan and the sound is glorious. Good to see
her name mentioned here.
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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 10:53:10 -0400
From: Mikey
Subject: Re: Richard Delvy & Ed Fournier
Jeffrey Glenn:
> The one vocal Challengers 45 I have - "Before You"/"Color Me
> In (Little Yellow Bug)" on GNP Crescendo GNP-400 from 1967 -
> is outstanding (and of course> I could also play these to
> musica also)!
Hey Jeff!!
PLEASE do that if you can, I'd really appreciate it.
Many thanks,
Mikey (stuck in VERY hot New York City)
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Message: 6
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 16:07:16 -0000
From: Ron Sauer
Subject: Nino & April Question
I recently obtained an LP called "A Happening" on Design records.
It's one of those compilations that have early work of artists who
became popular. This one has Johnny Rivers, Vic Dana, Roy Orbison,
Joe Tex, and others. It also has a song by April Stevens and Nino
Tempo called "Ooeah (That's What You Do to Me)" which is why I got
it. Nice song. Does anyone have any information on this song-label,
year, who produced, who wrote, etc?
Also, Nino & April had a nice web site, but it seems to be gone.
Anyone know why? Will it be back?
Thanks for any help.
Ron
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Message: 7
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 17:20:57 -0000
From: Bill Reed
Subject: Al Schmitt - Tommy LiPuma
If you are interested, I have posted an English language version
of my interview with record producer Tommy LiPuma and producer -
engineer Al Schmitt.
It is at: http://communities.msn.com/nickdecaro
The Japanese version appears in the current issue of "Record
Collectors'" (Japan).
Bill Reed
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Message: 8
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 11:01:44 +0100
From: Kingsley Abbott
Subject: Unkle Matt's Lullabys
Some 22/3 years ago I found that The Beach
Boys' version of "Hushabye" did it pretty well.
Igor insists that it would also dispatch me at times
...and so to bed...
Kingsley
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Message: 9
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 19:01:35 +0000
From: Stuffed Animal
Subject: Richard Delvy
Stephane Rebeschini wrote:
>From what I've been able to gather, Richard Delvy was the
>drummer and leader of the Challengers and also produced
>several interesting records between 1965 and 1969 : A.B.
>SKHY (1st LP), The CHAMBER BROTHERS, Buzz Clifford's "See
>Your Way Clear...
>Ed Fournier was also in the Challengers.
Richard Delvy was also producer of the cartoon rock group
The Groovie Goolies circa 1969. They released an album on
RCA Victor. Dick Monda, the voice of Daddy Dewdrop, was
also involved with that group.
Stuffed Animal
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Message: 10
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 20:57:07 -0700
From: Jeffrey Glenn
Subject: Re: Richard Delvy & Ed Fournier
Played to musica:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spectropop/files/musica/
The Challengers, GNP Crescendo GNP-400 (1967)
1 - Before You [Reeves-Crystal]
2 - Color Me In (Hello Yellow Bug) [Bill Dorsey]
both sides produced by Richard Delvy, arranged by Dave Roberts
Enjoy!
I know I have other Delvy/Fournier things (including a really
nice 45 by Free For All, and of course the first Colours LP/45's).
I'll look through and see what I have.
Jeff
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Message: 11
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 13:07:40 -0700
From: David Ponak
Subject: The Liquid Room 8/4/02 & 8/11/02
The Liquid Room, (usually) hosted by David Ponak (me), airs
every Saturday night from Midnight to 3AM (PDT) on 90.7FM KPFK
Los Angeles, as well as streaming at http://kpfk.org.
This week we're catching up on 2 weeks worth of playlists.
Sorry for the delay. Next week the fabulous TONY TUCCI will be
rockin' the mic while I take the weekend off.
The Liquid Room 8/4/02
On this fine evening, I was joined by Christopher and Lance of
The Ray Makers, who chatted, played tracks from their new
Transistor Recordings CD Phantom Third Channel, and also spun a
few choice cuts and Ray Makers rarities.
1.The Association/Come On In
Birthday (WB)
2.Juana Molina/Mantra Del Bicho Feyo
Segungo
3.The Rolling Stones/Dandelion
Rolling Stones Remastered (Abkco)
4.The Wondermints/Shine A Light
Mind If We Make Love To You? (Smile)
5.Ralph Myerz and the Jack Herrin Band/Nikita
A Special EP (Emperor Norton)
6.Astrud Gilberto/Take It Easy My Brother Charlie
Now! (Sanctuary)
7.The Flaming Lips/Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Part 1
(Japanese Version)
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots (Warner Music-Japan)
8.The Love Generation/W.C. Fields
Love And Sunshine-The Best Of The Love Generation (Sundazed)
(Tracks 9-16: The Ray Makers guest spot)
9.The Ray Makers/Moonflower
Phantom Third Channel (Transistor)
10.The Ray Makers/Freeness (unreleased)
11.The Ray Makers/Group Group
Phantom Third Channel (Transistor)
12.The Ray Makers/X-tra Large Theme
13.Severed Heads/?????
14.Tweet/Human League Mash-Up
15.Joyful Noise/People Get Together
Joyful Noise (RCA)
16.The Ray Makers/What Would You Like To Play
Phantom Third Channel (Transistor)
17.Blossom Dearie/Dusty Springfield
Whisper For You (Polydor-Japan)
18.Dusty Springfield/Come For A Dream
See All Her Faces (Phillips-UK)
19.Bryan Ferry/Hiroshima
Frantic (Virgin)
20.They Might Be Giants/All Alone
They Got Lost (Idlewild)
21.Kings Of Convenience/I Don't Know What I Can Save You From
Quiet Is The New Loud (Asralwerks)
22.The Wondermints/So Nice
Mind If We Make Love To You? (Smile)
23.Les Baxter/Jungle Montuno
Que Mango (Scamp)
24.Mum/Green Grass Of Tunnel
Finally We Are No One (Fat Cat-UK)
25.The Negro Problem/Bermuda Love Triangle
Welcome Black (Smile)
26.Gabor Szabo/Bang Bang
Spellbinder (Impulse)
27.The Sugarplastic/Talk Back
Resin (Air Mail-Japan)
28.Julie Driscoll/Leaving It All Behind
1969 (One Way)
29.Beastie Boys feat. Miho Hatori/Star
Fire & Skill: Songs Of The Jam (Ignition-UK)
30.The Chiffons/My Sweet Lord
Great Recordings (Ace-UK)
31.Pulp/Yesterday
Bad Cover Version (single b-side) (Island-UK)
32.New Musik/All You Need Is Love
Warp (Sony-Japan)
33.Calexico feat. Valerie Leulliot/Sundown, Sundown
Total Lee (Astralwerks)
34.Lee Hazlewood/Dolly Parton's Guitar
For Every Solution There's A Problem (City Slang-UK)
35.Kevin Tihista's Red Terror/Back To Budapest
Judo (Parasol)
36.Cousteau/After The Fall
Sirena (Palm Pictures)
37.Wilco/Reservations
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Nonesuch)
38.Paul Williams/Morning I'll Be Moving On
Someday Man (Reprise)
The Liquid Room 8/11/02
This week we featured the wonderful US debut CD by Spanish artist
Mastretta, just released from Minty Fresh Records.
http://www.mintyfresh.com
1.The Association/Come On In
Birthday (WB)
2.Mastretta/White Streets, Tight Bed
Mastretta (Minty Fresh)
3.Bryan Ferry/It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Frantic (Virgin)
4.The Wondermints/Ride
Mind If We Make Love To You? (Smile)
5.Nana Kinomi/Suki Sa Suki Sa Suki Sa
60's Cutie Pop Collection-Suki Suki Edit (King-Japan)
6.They Might Be Giants/Reprehensible
They Got Lost (Idlewild)
7.Bruno Bozzetto/Herr Rossi Sucht Das
Signor Rossi Soundtrack (Crippled Dick Hot Wax-Germany)
8.Juana Molina/Quien?
Segundo
9.Johnny Williams/Penelope
Penelope (soundtrack) (MGM)
10.Telepopmusik/Love Can Damage Your Health
Genetic World (Capitol)
11.Jerry Goldsmith/Rickard Escapes
The Last Run (soundtrack) (MGM)
12.Beck/Lost Cause
Sea Change (Geffen)
13.Stan Getz/Communication '72
Resort+Music: Mediterranian Sea (Universal Music-Japan)
14.Mina/Desktop (Erobique Remix)
Expander (Bungalow-Germany)
15.Tony Bennett/Here, There And Everywhere
Tony Sings The Great Hits Of Today (Columbia)
16.The Baldwin Brothers feat. Miho Hatori/Dream Girl
Coooking With Lasers (TVT)
17.The Walker Brothers/Night Flights
Night Flights (CBS-UK)
18.Ennio Morricone/Sospiri Da Una Radio Lontana
More Mondo Morricone (Colliseum-Italy)
19.The Flaming Lips/Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Part 1
(Japanese Version)
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots (Warner Music-Japan)
20.Edwyn Collins/Never Felt Like This
Doctor Syntax (Setanta-UK)
21.Michelle Legrand/Petit Music D'Amour
Chante Lete 42 (FGL-France)
22.Ralph Myerz and the Jack Herrin Band/Nikita
A Special EP (Emperor Norton)
23.The Rolling Stones/She's A Rainbow
The Rolling Stones Remaster (Abkco)
24.Stereophonic Space Sound Unlimited/Kowalski
Jet Sound Inc. (Dionysis)
25.Mike Melvoin/One Man, One Volt
The Plastic Cow Goes Moooooog (Dot)
26.The Ray Makers/Moonflower
Phantom Third Channel (Transistor)
27.Mastretta/El Ultimo Habitante Del Planeta
Masretta (Minty Fresh)
28.Jack Jones/Light My Fire
Where Is Love? (RCA)
29.The Negro Problem/Watering Hole
Welcome Black (Smile)
30.The Soulful Strings/The Inner Light
Another Exposure (Cadet)
31.Kings Of Convenience/Toxic Girl (David Whitaker String
Arrangment) Versus (Astralwerks)
32. The Cyrkle/Squeeze Play
The Minx (soundtrack) (Flying Dutchman)
33.Kevin Tihista's Red Terror/One More Day
Judo (Parasol)
34.Don Costa/Heroes And Villians
Modern Delights (Verve)
35.The Committee/California My Way
Happy Together: The Best Of White Whale Records (Varese)
36.Blossom Dearie/That's The Way I Want To Be
Whisper For You (Polydor-Japan)
37.Pulp/Yesterday
Bad Cover Version (single b-side) (Island-UK)
38.Pico/Mari
ABC-Pico First (Kitty-Japan)
39.Cousteau/She Bruise Easy
Sirena (Palm Pictures)
40.The Love Generation/Montage From "How Sweet It Is" (I Knew
That You Knew) Love And Sunshine: The Best Of The Love Generation
(Sundazed)
41.Mastretta/Trailer
Mastretta (Minty Fresh)
42.Cornelius/Drop (Kings Of Convenience Remix)
12" (Matador-UK)
43.Love/Orange Skies (mono)
Da Capo (WSM-UK)
44.Saint Etienne feat. Nathan Bennet/Got It Together Again
Total Lee (Astralwerks)
45.Paul Williams/Morning I'll Be Moving On
Someday Man (Reprise)
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Message: 12
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 00:38:31 EDT
From: Bill George
Subject: Live Chat with Jackie DeShannon
I wanted to let anyone who is interested know that Jackie DeShannon will be
conducting a live chat session on her website on Friday, August 16. The time
is 1pm CALIFORNIA time. That is 4pm eastern. The website says 8pm in England,
although that may be off by an hour, I'm not sure. It also says 3pm eastern
time, and I know that is incorrect. So drop on by and ask Jackie some
questions!
Bill
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