________________________________________________________________________
______________ ______________
______________ ______________
______________ S P E C T R O P O P ______________
______________ ______________
________________________________________________________________________
Jamie LePage (1953-2002)
http://www.spectropop.com/Jamie.htm
------------------------------------------------------------------------
There are 12 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Quiz
From: M. Anthony
2. THE LOVELITES
From: The Spectropop Team
3. Re: the Montanas "Let's Ride"
From: Clark
4. LOUISE & THE PHI-DAN LOVELITES
From: Mick Patrick
5. Re: the Montanas / Louis Phillipe & the Fairports
From: Kingsley Abbott
6. Re: Quiz
From: Bill Green
7. Re: girl group stamps
From: Richard Williams
8. Re: Le (neo) Sunshine Pop
From: Jed Dubois
9. Russ Simpson & The Supremes
From: Warren Cosford
10. Aki Aleong
From: Country Paul
11. Re: Le (neo) Sunshine Pop
From: Jed Dubois
12. Re: the Mothers of Invention - Pomona
From: Leonardo Flores
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
Message: 1
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 10:57:24 +0100 (BST)
From: M. Anthony
Subject: Quiz
Dear Spectropop,
Here's a quiz for you all. The sender of the first correct answer will
receive some free CDs. Below is a list of artists and song titles; what
connects them all?
Dry Your Eyes - Brenda & the Tabulations
Lovin' Things - The Grass Roots
Save The Last Dance For Me - The Drifters
Where Do You Go? - Cher
They Call My Guy A Tiger - Jody Miller
A Well Respected Man - The Kinks
Second Fiddle Girl - Barbara Lynn
Can't Get Over (The Bossa Nova) - Eydie Gorme
The Day The Rains Came Down - Jane Morgan
Hello Mary Lou - Ricky Nelson
Torture - Kris Jensen
Snap Your Fingers - Joe Henderson
Calendar Girl - Neil Sedaka
Anyone Who Had A Heart - Dionne Warwick
She's A Fool - Lesley Gore
Foot Tapper - The Shadows
Ya Ya - Lee Dorsey
What Do You Want - Adam Faith
M. Anthony
-------------------[ archived by Spectropop ]-------------------
Message: 2
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 14:37:13 +0100
From: The Spectropop Team
Subject: THE LOVELITES
Dear Group,
The following message was posted to the Spectropop Public
Bulletin Board by Louise Robbins of Phi-Dan girl group
the Lovelites. We reprint it here for your entertainment and
information.
Enjoy
----------------------------------------------------------------
I am one of the three original members of The Lovelites that
recorded for Phi-dan records and Phil Spector in l965. Two
of us are still friends. The niece of the 2nd member of our
group was curious about her aunt's music, she went on-line
and found out about the "Phil Spector - Off The Wall" CD, which
contains our recording "(When) I Get Scared".
We had no idea anyone was listening to our music, so this came
as quite a pleasant surprise. Thanks for the kind comments from
those of you who listened to (When) I Get Scared. We thought it
was a great song but the Supremes ame out at the same time and,
for obvious reasons, blew a lot of us out of the water. They
were great and Berry Gordy was a terrific producer and advocate.
We did not get quite as much support at the time, so we faded
into obscurity.
We can both still sing quite well. The third member of our group
has been out of touch with us for some time. However, she married
Vini Poncia and may be aware of the release of the "Off The Wall"
CD, as she may have stayed in touch with Phil.
We worked in the Brill Building and had a blast. We were 15 years
old, so you can imagine the excitement. Anyway, I just thought I
would post this for those of you who enjoyed our song.
Louise
(Louise Robbins Posnick of the Lovelites)
------------------------------------------------------------------
The Spectropop Team will ensure that all replies to this message
are forwarded to Louise.
-------------------[ archived by Spectropop ]-------------------
Message: 3
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 17:04:03 -0000
From: Clark
Subject: Re: the Montanas "Let's Ride"
Am I to understand there is a new Montanas Cd in the making? I made
my own Cd comp of their stuff a couple years back including some of
the "Gotta be loved" Cd plus stuff not on that comp. Still would
love to hear some of it in stereo, after hearing their big hit in
stereo and it sounding great! They did a great job on the BBC show
they were on. Was "Run to me" ever on a "Best of 68 part 2" Lp on
Marble Arch records in stereo??? Anyone ever heard their stuff in
stereo other than "Loved"???
Thanks,
Clark
ADMIN NOTE:
The Montanas' "You've Got To Be Loved" CD was released on Sequel
NEMCD 994 in 1997. It contains 26 tracks, 10 of which are previously
unissued stereo recordings.
-------------------[ archived by Spectropop ]-------------------
Message: 4
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 18:35:48 +0100
From: Mick Patrick
Subject: LOUISE & THE PHI-DAN LOVELITES
Hi All,
Wow, a message from a Lovelite! I dropped Louise a line, asking her
a few quick questions. I'd thought you'd all like to read her reply:
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Dear Mick,
Nice to hear from you. The Lovelites' names (at the time of recording)
were Louise Robbins, Linda Stern and Joanna DeClemente. Are there a
lot of people who bought our single "(When) I Get Scared"? We knew it
was liked because it did well on the (local) chart, but we were never
informed how many singles were actually sold.
We did make one other record that was never released. We may look
into that soon, now that we know it may be worthwhile as people know
who we are.
We worked with Phil Spector for about a year and a half. Most our time
was spent with Doc Pomus. Andreoli (Anders) and Poncia were working
closely with Pomus and Shuman at one point and then with Phil as well.
They were writing material for us and other groups.
We knew Phil quite well and worked in his home studio in the city. We
worked with Vini and Peter (Anders and Poncia) in the Brill Building
and with Doc Pumus in the Forest Hotel around the corner from the Brill.
Doc rarely walked in those days. He stayed in his room during the week
and went home on weekends. He wrote in that room and had another singer
helping him with things - Scotty Fagan - we never knew what happened to
Scotty. He was born in Jamaica or Bermuda. Maybe he went home. We also
worked with Morty Shuman, but not as much as with Doc.
I have stories about Phil Spector, believe me, but I don't feel
comfortable sharing the ones worth sharing, as this is on the internet!
Let's just say that Phil was a colorful character! Doc Pomus was a
wonderful man. And Vini Poncia and Peter Andreoli were talented and funny
as hell. We were young and had the time of our lives, never to be
forgotten, for many reasons. We were hopeful, trusting, and ambitious.
Our manager was from Brooklyn and we can't remember how we met him. But
he got us to Doc . . . it was something.
Again, thanks for you praise and interest.
Louise Robbins Posnick of the Lovelites
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
The more observant Spectropoppers might have also noticed messages from
Rebecca Page of the Georgettes/Majorettes (etc) on the Public Bulletin
Board in recent weeks.
MICK PATRICK
-------------------[ archived by Spectropop ]-------------------
Message: 5
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 18:50:40 +0100
From: Kingsley Abbott
Subject: Re: the Montanas / Louis Phillipe & the Fairports
Firstly, a big Hi to Keiko - It was lovely to meet you
too at the party. Great that you came all that way!
Re: The Montanas "Let's Ride" - I put it on the new Ripples
Vol 8 that comes out in about 2 weeks (called "Butterfly")
and I think/hope that the credits will be right this time - if not
I will promise to wag my finger severely in Sanctuary's
direction! When the previous CD came out, the folk that did it
simply didn't know where the song had come from.
Good to see the wonderful Louis Phillipe getting a mention.
I really rate his work very highly indeed, as well as his taste
in good wine! All lovers of "Pet Sounds" should seek out his
album "Azure" - not that it copies it at all, but it is influenced
and shares a similar emotional and romantic quality. The
album is wonderfully constructed and orchestrated, and Louis'
voice is quite excellent on it. I also enjoy his album "Delta Kiss"
and have a couple of spare copies of it in case anyone would
like to offer a small trade...
Lastly, for those out there who enjoy the early Fairport Convention
there is good news - the recent re-issue of Leige & Leif has done
so well, that the company that sell plastic ware are re-doing
the first three albums with bonuses for the not-too-far distant
future. With new booklets/notes too...
Kingsley
-------------------[ archived by Spectropop ]-------------------
Message: 6
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 14:06:07 EDT
From: Bill Green
Subject: Re: Quiz
This is a very interesting puzzle and I'm not sure I've cracked the
code....so here are a couple of "educated guesses":
All of these songs were written or produced by a known name in the music
business i.e. Torture was written by John D. Loudermilk.
All of these songs were recorded in New York City.
Wish me luck!
Bill Green
-------------------[ archived by Spectropop ]-------------------
Message: 7
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 19:59:26 +0100
From: Richard Williams
Subject: Re: girl group stamps
May I say thank you to everyone who passed on news of the function in Cleveland,
particularly Dave Tollington, for his sensitive and touching account. What a
mighty day it must have been. And how wonderful for those women to get a
reminder of the degree to which their work of long ago is loved and valued.
I vote Brill, too.
Richard Williams
-------------------[ archived by Spectropop ]-------------------
Message: 8
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 12:50:18 +0200
From: Jed Dubois
Subject: Re: Le (neo) Sunshine Pop
Dear Buddy,
I was telling you about neo-sunshine...
Vintage sunshine essentials are to be found on Free Design
reissues (Siesta Spain /Marina Germany-/&Japan)
check out Marina http://www.marina.com (with a great tribute to
Brian, forget about the other recent comp on a US label this one
is much much better) & new Free Design album (fabulous)
Poptones and Revola (on http://www.cherryred.co.uk) are releasing
fine stuff http://www.poptones.co.uk
Eternity's children (on Cherry Red/Revola)
+ lots of great sunshine stuff
Dotti Holmberg (http://www.sundazed.com)
Sundazed as well is great with the magnificent Of Cabbages and
Kings - Chad and Jeremy reissue.
Mike Alway was the first pioneer & Simon Fisher Turner & Louis
Phillippe of renewal in interest on sunshine pop since 1986
out él records reissue on Cherry Red & new él /Mike Alway stuff on
Siesta http://www.siesta.es
Millenium
Saggitarius
Curt Boettcher
Van Dyke Parks
the Yellow Balloon
Free design
Margo Guryan
France Gall
are names you should investigate, dear friend.
Is that ok for you????
Best!!!
-------------------[ archived by Spectropop ]-------------------
Message: 9
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 15:40:27 -0400
From: Warren Cosford
Subject: Russ Simpson & The Supremes
...and the dots just keep on connecting...
(from Russ Simpson):
Hi Warren.. Very much enjoyed your recounting of the RadioPro
Cleveland Dinner and the encounter with "the Girls". Not to let
you Easterners bask in the enjoyment overly-long or in the sole
exclusivity of such a night.. I have to add that, perhaps if
time shifts are possible, the first unofficial RadioPro dinner
with "the Girls" took place some 36 years ago here on the Left
Coast. This humble writer and my then wife played host to the
Supremes at an after the show dinner at a funky late night
bistro, the Italian Village, a few short blocks from the Cave.
They had been performing there all week knocking 'em dead. On
one particular day they had decided to take in the sights. It
was our pleasure to arrange a private charter and spend a
delightful day cruising the waters around Vancouver showing off
our city. They had so much fun we were asked to join them later
for dinner. Berry Gordy, it seems, was flying in the following
day. Mary Wilson asked if there was a good after-hours club they
could take him to after their show to unwind. Immediately the
name of "the Elegant Parlor" was proffered featuring a group I
had spent some time with previously laying down demo tracks at
CKLG. At that time they called themselves 'T.C. & The Brothers'
then changing it to Little Daddy & The Bachelors.
This resurrected memory, stimulated by your recent postings,
leaves me with three thoughts. The first being what a talented,
gorgeous, pleasant, unaffected person Mary Wilson was.
Second, how much I wish I took better care of all the tapes I
collected over the years. Somewhere, somehow, I let slip through
my fingers, one of the greatest renditions of Mona by T.C. & The
Brothers. The drum track being that of Floyd Sneed who would later
hook up with Three Dog Night. T.C. & The Brothers, now playing
as Little Daddy would step into the spotlight when Diana Ross et al
made their "unwind" visit to the Elegant Parlor. What resulted was
the Vancouvers with the addition of Bobby Taylor and the classic
"Does Your Mama Know About Me?"
Thirdly, had Mary Wilson not been the person she was and asking
about clubs and groups in Vancouver even though coming from the
home of some of the greatest talent contemporary music ever
produced, would Tom and Cheech ever have gotten together? A few
years ago Tommy Chong and I had a chance to fill in a lot of the
details of the intervening years. Needless to say there were some
very long smoke-shrouded blanks during the Cheech and Chong period.
Thanks again for the stimulation to relive a great memory.
Russ Simpson
Warren Cosford
Radiopro (TM)
-------------------[ archived by Spectropop ]-------------------
Message: 10
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 16:27:24 -0400
From: Country Paul
Subject: Aki Aleong
Late breaking news: there's a SAG (Screen Actors Guild) election
in Hollywood coming up; one of the candidates for the Board is
Aki Aleong. Thought someone here might be interested.
Country Paul
-------------------[ archived by Spectropop ]-------------------
Message: 11
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 21:42:09 +0200
From: Jed Dubois
Subject: Re: Le (neo) Sunshine Pop
Louis Philippe & Danny Manners new stuff with Jonathan Coe:
"Between 9th & 13th" on Tricatel is worthile if not great!!!
See my review of it in the latest issue of the Idler.
And check out http://www.tricatel.com for info on the J.Coe/
Louis Philippe album.
JED
:) & check my label too: http://www.euro-visions.net featuring
April March, Bertrand Burgalat, Helena Noguerra, Saint Etienne,
Merricks....
-------------------[ archived by Spectropop ]-------------------
Message: 12
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 20:47:26 -0000
From: Leonardo Flores
Subject: Re: the Mothers of Invention - Pomona
Country Paul:
> I know Zappa was a major doo-wop fan; was Ray
> Collins around Frank in those early days?
I don't know how old they were when they met, but seeing that
they both grew up in here in the Inland Empire, Frank in Cucamonga
and Ray in Pomona (Ray's Dad was a Pomona PD Officer) I'm sure
they met very young. They both co-wrote the Heartbreakers 45 on
Donna and I believe that was in 1963.
As I don't have many Mothers Of Invention LPs, I do have Cruising
With Ruben and The Jets CD, and Ray told me that I was the first
person that ever asked him about that LP! Stuff Up The Cracks and
Deseri are brillant neo-Doo-Wop tracks. Ray said thet there was an
earlier version of Deseri that they recorded in the early 60s.
Quite funny a lot of our conversation is on growing up in the 50s
and 60s in Pomona (I'm a very big local historian). It's also great
to hear his stories about his performing with other groups.
I'm getting all these artists to sign next to their picture in my
"Waiting For The Sun" book, so far I have Kim Fowley and now Ray.
So that was the biggest treat in meeting Ray besides all the great
stories!
Cheers
Leonardo Flores
-------------------[ archived by Spectropop ]-------------------
End
