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There are 2 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Re: The Poppy Family
From: Elisabeth
2. Re: the Lovelites
From: The Spectropop Team
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 09:44:51 -0000
From: Elisabeth
Subject: Re: The Poppy Family
Hi Freya,
Sorry you couldn't make it to the Spectropop party - whereabouts in
t'North are you?
Anyhow, for a pretty good discography on the Poppy Family and some
background info, go here:
http://www.canoe.ca/JamMusicPopEncycloPagesP/poppy.html
If it's any consolation, I'm a recent convert too - which is pretty
embarassing considering I'm Canadian. But although I remember hearing
Terry Jacks on the oldies radio stations when I was younger, the
Poppy Family wasn't a name I was familiar with. Of course when I
mentioned them to my dad the other month, he was like "Phwoar, Susan
Jacks!" even though he'd never bought any of their records. :-)
My introduction came when someone put "I'll see you there" on a cd
comp for me. Now it's one of my favourite songs ever, and I'd like to
cover it one day...
It's reasonably easy to pick up their LPs on eBay, although the
prices tend to be in the $20 range. I've yet to come across any UK
issue Poppy Family LPs although my Record Collector bible says they
exist.
Hope this helps! Now I'm off to Luton for a conference. Ugh! I'll
*definitely* need to take a Poppy Family minidisc with me to cheer me
up.
Elisabeth x
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 09:45:23 -0000
From: The Spectropop Team
Subject: Re: the Lovelites
Dear Members,
Here's the reply from Louise Robbins of the Lovelites to John
Clemente's question:
> I have a question for Louise. Phil Spector used a group on
> demos and sometimes lent them out to Gerry Goffin. "Please
> Be My Boyfriend" by The Crystals is actually not The Crystals.
> Dee Dee Kenniebrew verified this. I mistakenly reported that
> Barbara Alston of The Crystals sang lead on this, but upon
> closer listening, it is not her. I strongly feel, however,
> that it is the same group (a trio) sang the demo for "Some
> Of Your Lovin" which was released as the second Honey Bees'
> single on Fontana Records. Margaret of The Cookies listened
> to the tape of the song and said that, contrary to what we
> previously thought, she doesn't think that The Cookies are
> even on backup. The lead, however, is the same lead as on
> "Please Be My Boyfriend", which I believe Vini Poncia and
> Pete Andreoli co-wrote. Any thoughts on this, Louise?
"Sorry, I have no memory of us recording 'Some Of You Lovin''
or doing backup for it. I will forward this to Linda and see
if she has memory of the song. We did do backup on a song called
'Georgie'. Anyone remember that at all? We don't know if that was
released. I also don't know who did the lead. I will try to find
out. We did a few other backups, but none for Goffin. 'Please Be
My Boyfriend' was written by Vini and Peter for Phil.
Louise"
With a lot of help from Louise and Linda, Spectropop has started
work on a Lovelites page. Watch this space.
The Spectropop Team
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