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There are 13 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. quatros
From: Freeman Carmack
2. Neil Sedaka
From: Stefan Wriedt
3. Re: TONI WINE ON SKIS
From: Mikey
4. Re: Andy Williams Singles Collection
From: Mikey
5. The Ladybugs 45 on Del-Fi
From: Steve Stanley
6. CHUM is back
From: Vlaovic B
7. Sex On Your Turntable
From: Martin Roberts
8. New At SANDI SHELDON
From: Spectropop
9. more neil sedaka et al
From: Alan Gordon
10. Sandi, Kenni, Jill & Kendra too.
From: Martin Roberts
11. Re: Great Charts
From: Marc Miller
12. Late, great Bert
From: Bob Rashkow
13. Re: Great Charts
From: Mikey
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2002 21:55:46 -0400
From: Freeman Carmack
Subject: quatros
Let's not forget the recordings that sister Patti and brother
Michael did in the early 70s, as well as Patti's guitar work
with Fannie, replacing June Millington in the mid-70s.
Freeman Carmack
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 12:56:30 +0200
From: Stefan Wriedt
Subject: Neil Sedaka
Any Spectropoppers out there with a deep interest in
Neil Sedaka? I need (at least) a discography on his
foreign releases - so if anybody ever saw it on the web,
leave a note here. Any help appreciated and credited ...
I know of the UK fan club, but any (fan) web site found
thru Google leaves a lot to be desired.
Best, Stefan
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 10:33:26 -0400
From: Mikey
Subject: Re: TONI WINE ON SKIS
Mick Patrick:
> has anyone seen the 1965 film "Winter A-Go-Go"? Joni Lyman
> appears in this flick cooing the Wine co-composition
> "Do The Ski (With Me)".
Bad Movie, but GREAT soundtrack!! The Hondells sing the theme
song "Winter a Go Go". It doesn't get better than The Hondells!!
Your Friend,
Mikey
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Message: 4
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2002 22:47:41 -0400
From: Mikey
Subject: Re: Andy Williams Singles Collection
Christopher Davidson:
> Some interesting NYC pop connections on the new Andy Williams
> 2 CD "Complete Columbia Chart Singles Collection" on Taragon.
> Does anyone know if the following tunes were orginally done by
> Andy or someone else? "How Can I Tell Her It's Over" writ by
> Mann & Weil; "One Day Of Your Life" writ by Sedaka & Greenfield;
Well, "One Day of Your Life" was a chart hit for Andy in 1970,
I believe. We used that song as a "theme" for a stage show we
did in High School in '74. Loved it then, love it now.
Very Rocking for Andy!!
Mikey
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 11:06:27 -0800
From: Steve Stanley
Subject: The Ladybugs 45 on Del-Fi
>> Peter Lerner:
>> I have two sets of Ladybugs on 45 vinyl.........
> Bryan Thomas:
> There's also the Ladybugs single on Del-Fi (they might be
> the same group as the Chattahoochee group, not sure). They
> put out one single on Del-Fi: "It's The Last Time"/"Sooner
> Or Later" (Del-Fi 4233, February 1964). Both songs are
> available on 'Del-Fi Girl Groups: Gee Baby Gee', a reissue
> compilation produced by Steve Stanley.......
Those two sides are great highlights from the Del-Fi Girl
Group compilation. The CD is probably hard to find now in
the stores, but to learn more about the comp, just go here:
http://www.del-fi.com/albumcovers/ac71266.html
Steve Stanley
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Message: 6
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 18:25:01 -0000
From: Vlaovic B
Subject: CHUM is back
As was noted last week CHUM radio in toronto has dropped
their all-sports radio format and returned to oldies.
Exciting ? Yes, because they always managed to have a
playlist which included a lot of obscure and local stuff.
I am also pleased to report that their wesite
http://www.1050chum.com has been restored. Once again you
can now search their chart archives. Quite remarkable.
I've just recently found for a mere 3 bucks a copy of the
Allan Sisters 1966 LP 'Drummer Man' featuring "I'm In With
The Downtown Crowd" and other singles fo the time.
Shall I post to musica? I note that "Larry" their 1964
single is not on the LP but did go as high as #41 on the
CHUM charts is not on the LP....
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Message: 7
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 20:12:14 +0100
From: Martin Roberts
Subject: Sex On Your Turntable
Still going through my new pile of 45s.
Another I took a chance on is Darlene Paul "Say It Isn't
So", Kapp 422, a bit early for me but I have a few others
by her and, for $5.00, worth the gamble.
"Say It Isn't So", is the Irving Berlin standard and very
nice too. But it's the B side that has had me going week
at the knees - "On The Other Hand" written by Darlene with
Orchestra Directed by H.B. Barnum. It might be well known
to Spectropoppers but it was new to me. This record either
shows how much Jack Nitzsche learned from H.B. or he was
also on the session. His styling is all over it, a moody,
atmospheric, beat/soul ballad with swirling strings, stately
piano and a vocal performance oozing with sex and passion.
Two minutes 45 seconds and I couldn't have held out for a
second longer. I'd play it to musica but I'd be frightend
of melting the internet connection!
This is a great song.
Martin
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Message: 8
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 19:55:05 -0000
From: Spectropop
Subject: New At SANDI SHELDON
Dear Members,
Until recently, the perennial Northern Soul favourite,
'You're Gonna Make Me Love You', and its Barbara Lewis-
flavoured coupling, 'Baby You're Mine', released by the
Okeh label in 1967, were thought to have comprised the
complete recorded output of a mysterious vocalist
apparently named SANDI SHELDON.
Follow the link below for an exclusive interview with the
lady herself, conducted during a recent visit to London,
which sets the record straight.
http://www.spectropop.com/SandiSheldon/index.htm
Enjoy!
The Spectropop Team
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Message: 9
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 13:22:13 -0700
From: Alan Gordon
Subject: more neil sedaka et al
Mick Patrick:
> Neil Sedaka does indeed have his own 57 track double CD on
> the mysterious Brill Tone label: "Let The Good Times In"
> (NSW 555). It's readily available from vendors who deal in
> "grey area" releases. If you've not heard Neil's demos of
> the Chiffons' "Teach Me How" or Connie Francis' "My Best
> Friend Barbara", you ain't lived!
Thanx so much, Mick. I checked with Amoeba Music here in SF,
but it looks like it might be unavailable. I'll find out in
a week or two.
As for the Brill Tone cds, I have the Carol King, Elle Greenwich,
Jeff Barry (raspberries) and Barry Mann. Is there a Cynthia Weil
one besides the Neil Sedaka that I'm missing? Or any others?
Neil was probably the main guy who got me interested in the actual
recording process of music. I remember being around ten years old,
listening to his hits and wondering how it was possible that he
found a "back-up harmony singer" that sounded so much like him.
Shortly after that time, I remember seeing Ray Stevens (the
songwriter, not the wrestler) on the Merv Griffin show doing a
"live" overdub session for the audience, where he played drums,
piano, bass (I think) and then added a lead vocal with a few
harmonies.. I was totally blown away by this ability of a musician
to do all the parts himself. Hence my serious interest in Todd
Rundgren, Emitt Rhodes, Paul McCartney's first album and some
Beatle stuff, Stevie Wonder's "Music of My Mind", The Blue Ridge
Rangers and John Fogerty's Centerfield.
By the time I was 18 or so, I had purchased from a friend a
Teac/Tascam 3340 - the stickshift model, not the solenoid -
and started arranging. Too bad I draw comic books for a living...
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Message: 10
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 22:26:41 +0100
From: Martin Roberts
Subject: Sandi, Kenni, Jill & Kendra too.
Love the Sandi Sheldon Story, another hit from Spectropop.
Now to dig through and see what 45s I'm missing!
Martin
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Message: 11
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 17:29:21 -0400
From: Marc Miller
Subject: Re: Great Charts
Rashkovsky, re:
>Does anyone really know who the drummer was on
>"Beyond The Sea"? Sounds like Louis Bellson to me.
My guess would be Panama Francis.
Marc
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Message: 12
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 17:37:29 -0400
From: Bob Rashkow
Subject: Late, great Bert
Thanks to Freeman C. and Michael Coxe for providing me with
some more info on Bert Sommer. I miss him too! Would you
believe I first heard "We're All Playing In the Same Band"
(when it was out in '70) at summer camp in Waushara County,
Wisconsin! Picked up a radio station there, Adams/Friendship,
WI's version of a pop/MOR station. They were also spinning
Shocking Blue's "Never Marry A Railroad Man". I promptly
never heard either one of these great tunes again; when I got
back to Chicago WLS and Super CFL weren't playing them because
they hadn't made Top 40. It comes as no surprise that Bert is
the same person who sang with Left Banke and wrote the lyrics
for The Montage....WAPITSB is such a wonderful tune of itself.
Bobster
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Message: 13
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 19:29:16 -0400
From: Mikey
Subject: Re: Great Charts
Rashkovsky:
> Does anyone really know who the drummer was on [Bobby
> Darin's] "Beyond The Sea"? Sounds like Louis Bellson to me.
Marc Miller:
> My guess would be Panama Francis.
Louis Bellson it isn't. Pananma Francis is a good guess.
However, Hal Blaine DID do some of Bobby's early hits.
I'll check and see which ones he did and post here on
Spectropop.
Mikey
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