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There are 14 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Re: Down-downs
From: Mark Frumento
2. Re: No...down...BOOM!
From: Phil Milstein
3. DCP label listing
From: Mike Edwards
4. Paris Sisters
From: Patrick Rands
5. Babs Tino
From: Mike Edwards
6. Re: Astrud Gilberto single
From: Patrick Rands
7. Re: Reality Check -- "Girl Groups" Is Not "War and Peace"
From: Frank
8. Re: Josie & The Pussycats
From: Stephen M.H. Braitman
9. Re: No, No etc - Scott McKenzie
From: Jonathan Litchfield
10. Re: Smile A Little Smile for Me
From: Norman
11. Re: Down-downs
From: Antonio Vizcarra
12. Re: Alzo and Uddin
From: Luis Suarez
13. Re: Patrice Holloway
From: Simon White
14. Phil Spector/Ronettes
From: Louise Posnick
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 10:59:11 -0000
From: Mark Frumento
Subject: Re: Down-downs
Eric Charge wrote:
> Aren't there plenty of downs on the Jelly Beans'
> "I Wanna Love Him So Bad"?
Also The Third Rail "Boppa Do Down Down". Don't have time to
count 'em but there's plenty of "down downs" on that one.
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 09:21:11 +0000
From: Phil Milstein
Subject: Re: No...down...BOOM!
Elisabeth wrote:
> The obvious cool winner for quality over quantity (again) is the
> Shangs with "Sophisticated Boom Boom", but are there any others? I
> haven't had my latte yet so I can't think of any!
John Lee Hooker's "Boom Boom" (with a decent Animals cover) comes
immediately to mind.
--Phil Milstein
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 09:57:18 -0400
From: Mike Edwards
Subject: DCP label listing
Simon White asks:
> Does anyone have a discography for the DCP label?
Simon,
Try The Multimedia Encyclopedia of Music at:
http://www.recordmaster.com/.
Set up a search under 7" and label for DCP. If all goes
well you will see a listing with Benny & The Bedbugs
awesome "Beatle Beat" at the top.
And thanks for the mention on your very enjoyable
internet radio show last Sunday. It was a real treat to
hear Vi Velasco's "I Don't Want To Go On" and you're right,
she does look very attractive on her 1965 album cover.
Mike Edwards
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 14:02:45 -0000
From: Patrick Rands
Subject: Paris Sisters
I thought I'd let people know that I've started a section
on my web page which will feature an mp3 sound file each week.
It's nothing too fancy. The first song to be featured is a fun
song called The Ugliest Girl in Town by the Paris Sisters which
is as absurd as the title suggests and damn catchy too:
http://prands.kity.nu/pramarama/sounds/index.html
A thank you to you know who you are for setting me up with this
one!!
:Patrick
P.S. Any one know if there is a Paris Sisters compilation in the
works? They sorely need one for sure. Also does anyone have the
original version of The Ugliest Girl in Town - I think it is by
the Wall-o-Bees?? I'd love to hear it :)
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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 10:12:27 -0400
From: Mike Edwards
Subject: Babs Tino
John Love wrote:
> The song I really want to get my hands on is "Call Off
> The Wedding" by Babs Tino. Has this ever turned up anywhere?
> Web searches never come up with anything.
This came out on Kapp 498 in 1962. The other side, Keep Away
From Other Girls was also recorded by Helen Shapiro in the UK.
You can find a reference to the song on the web in The Multimedia
Encyclopedia Of Music at:
http://www.recordmaster.com/
Set up a search for Babs Tino under 7" and artist. If all goes
well, Call Off The Wedding will be the first item.
If you would like me to send you an mp3 of this song, let me know.
Mike Edwards
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Message: 6
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 16:16:20 -0000
From: Patrick Rands
Subject: Re: Astrud Gilberto single
Ian Chapman wrote:
> Here's a nice little 45 I picked up recently which must surely
> be the ultimate in Girl-Group Sophistication: Latin ice-maiden
> Astrud Gilberto produced by the Tokens on a medley of the
> Fleetwoods' "Come Softly To Me" and the Mystics' "Hushabye".
Thank you Ian I had always been curious about this 45. For those
interested I did an Astrud Gilberto spotlight radio show on her more
obsure sides which is archived here (also check out my girl group
spotlight show too!): http://www.zbconline.com/tp-archive.php
Ian - how is the b-side? Any chance we could give a listen to it also?
:Patrick
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Message: 7
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 18:46:19 +0200
From: Frank
Subject: Re: Reality Check -- "Girl Groups" Is Not "War and Peace"
This is a joke! This book is by very very far the best thing
ever written on the subject. Anybody remotely interested in
girl groups should own the book and thank John every day for
the incredible amount of work and facts he managed to show.
Everybody is entitled to criticize any book or record published
but putting this one down is like saying Phil Spector was a
lousy producer because "River Deep - Mountain High" was a huge
flop in the States.
John, I don't know you at all, but I'll be forever grateful.
Frank
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Message: 8
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 12:37:41 -0700
From: Stephen M.H. Braitman
Subject: Re: Josie & The Pussycats
I just have to put a plug in for the great soundtrack CD to the
movie, "Josie And The Pussycats". The made-up band is led by former
Letters To Cleo lead singer Kay Hanley, and it is a fun, rambunctious
pop rock minor masterpiece. Get it before it gets rare.
Stephen
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Message: 9
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 20:11:26 +0100
From: Jonathan Litchfield
Subject: Re: No, No etc - Scott McKenzie
John Love wrote:
> ...then there was Scott McKenzie's "No, No No, No No"
> [or was that "No! No! No!, No! No!"?] Is his "Holy Man"
> available anywhere?<<
'Holy Man' is available on the 'Stained Glass Reflections'
CD on the Australian Raven label (RVCD-111).
The disc compiles Scott's 1970 'Stained Glass Morning' LP,
ten of his 1965-7 solo recordings (including 'No, No, No,
No, No' and 'Holy Man'), a couple of Journeymen tracks and
one from the Smoothies.
Jonathan L
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Message: 10
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 06:34:21 +0930
From: Norman
Subject: Re: Smile A Little Smile for Me
re: John's question
I think the group that took on the persona of The Flying Machine
was the remnants of Pinkerton's Assorted Colours. I will dig up
the LP and see what it says. Although Smile a Little Smile was
written by Macaulay-McLeod the LP was the work of John McLeod.
I will forward some more info when I find the LP.
Norman
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Message: 11
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 21:37:44 +0200
From: Antonio Vizcarra
Subject: Re: Down-downs
Gilbert O´sullivan song "Down, down, down" the b side of
"What's in a kiss?" has 60 downs in the main body of the
song, so I think this one is the winner
:-)
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Message: 12
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 21:15:31 -0000
From: Luis Suarez
Subject: Re: Alzo and Uddin
zombie7123 wrote:
> Thanks for the good info, which seems to confirm that "Uddin"
> was and is the correct spelling for this group (i.e. as the
> stage name for Uddi). But my original question still remains
> unanswered: why then are they spelled as "Alzo & Udine" on
> various CDs and on various Web sites
The reason that the CDs spell it "Udine" is because they are
reissues of Alzo & Udine's LP on Mercury called "C'mon and
Join Us", which I believe was released before the Steed single.
Alzo was already Alzo Fronte for his 1970 LP Alzo, produced by
Bob Dorough. This record was mysteriously released on Ampex AND
Bell with corresponding singles for both labels. Great record,
too.
I have the Alzo & Uddin 45 on Steed. I believe it was the only
time his name was spelled that way. I'll record it and post it
to Musica next week.
Luis Suarez
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Message: 13
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 23:00:13 +0100
From: Simon White
Subject: Re: Patrice Holloway
James Botticelli wrote:
> 1. Was there ever a Patrice Holloway LP?
> 2. How is it that the Brits seem to find and compile all
> this great U.S.-created stuff and over here where the
> records are made, we Yanks never hear it or even see it,
> even though its "ours"?
Oh James! [and apologies to those who aren't into it] you
NEED to find out more about the Northern Soul Scene!
And no Patrice album I'm afraid. I was talking with a
friend and commenting how those West Coast girls have
a similar sound, Patrice and Brenda, Edna Wright,
Gloria Jones, Mary Love...
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Message: 14
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 22:21:01 -0000
From: Louise Posnick
Subject: Phil Spector/Ronettes
On the news this evening...Ronettes have lost a lawsuit
against Phil Spector. They sued him for monies they
believed they should have gotten for use of their
recordings on TV and in movies..unfortunately for them,
the contract they signed with Phil in the 60s stated he
had the right to sell music they recorded for TV and movie
use....I do not know if this includes music anyone wrote or
only music he or they wrote. I thought this might be of
interest to those of you who might not get this kind of news
in other countries.
Louise
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