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There are 8 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Things Are Changing
From: Harvey
2. Re: the Reflections
From: Kingsley Abbott
3. Jim McCarty of the Yardbirds
From: Dan Hughes
4. Re: The Reflections CD
From: Mike Edwards
5. Chico's Girl
From: Ian Chapman
6. Things Are Changing
From: Ian Chapman
7. Re: Things Are Changing
From: Keiko Kondo
8. soft sounds for gentle people comp?
From: Ted L.
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2002 17:29:43 -0000
From: Harvey
Subject: Things Are Changing
I know that Phil Spector did a version of Things Are Changing using
the Blossoms. What is the story on the version that was done by the
Supremes? Was that a separate recording or just the backing track with
new vocals by the Supremes?
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 13:31:17 +0100
From: Kingsley Abbott
Subject: Re: the Reflections
The recent message about a Reflections CD sent me scurrying, all excited, to
their site, but alas, what is there appears to be recordings from a later
version of the group doing 50s/60s 'faves' and a 'lost tapes' cassette. What I
would love is a CD collection of all their issued Golden World songs - from
memory there were about 8/9 singles yeilding 16/18 tracks - please does anyone
know of THAT CD being anywhere to be found?? I long to hear "Comin' At You" in
glorious sound!!!
Kingsley
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 10:26:51 -0500
From: Dan Hughes
Subject: Jim McCarty of the Yardbirds
Don't think I've told this story here before....
I am the general manager of a college radio station in Champaign, IL.
About five years ago I got a phone call from Higher Octave Records, a
label specializing in new age music. Jim McCarty had just recorded a CD
for them, and he was going to be in town, and would I like them to set up
an interview?
Zowie!
So on a beautiful summer morning, I drove Jim McCarty to my radio station
and did a live, on the air one-hour interview with him. We had a great
time--after we finished he told me how great it was to talk music with
someone who knew their stuff (he'd just done an interview in St. Louis
where the first question was, "So Jim, what instrument do you play?").
Afterwards, we went to my house where I played him some music from my
collection. I introduced him to my daughter, who was about 12 at the
time. "Karen, this is Jim McCarty. He played drums for the Yardbirds."
She was rather shy and didn't say much, but the next day at school she
told everybody she had a Beatle at her house! (Jim McCarty, Paul
McCartney....)
So anyway, I experienced the dream of a lifetime: I had a member of the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in my living room, listening to my records
with me!!
---Dan
http://members.soltec.net/~dan (spiffy home page)
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Message: 4
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 16:19:57 -0400
From: Mike Edwards
Subject: Re: The Reflections CD
Kingsley Abbot wrote:
> The recent message about a Reflections CD sent me scurrying, all excited, to
> their site, but alas, what is there appears to be recordings from a later
> version of the group doing 50s/60s 'faves' and a 'lost tapes' cassette. What I
> would love is a CD collection of all their issued Golden World songs - from
> memory there were about 8/9 singles yeilding 16/18 tracks - please does anyone
> know of THAT CD being anywhere to be found?? I long to hear "Comin' At You" in
> glorious sound!!!
I checked offline with member Mike and he confirmed that they are not the
original Golden World recordings. I have most of their 45s. If you need
anything let me know. I owe you one for "Looking In Windows" on Ripples 2.
Don't forget that one called, "You're My Baby" - also done by the Vacels as the
first record on the Kama Sutra label (or so I believe).
Mike Edwards
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 01:19:46 +0100
From: Ian Chapman
Subject: Chico's Girl
Roger wrote:
> In the rather impressive, although grey "The Phil Spector
> Sessions - a four disc set of tracking sessions, vocals
> and rare songs, "all previously unreleased", is the
> interesting Chico's Girl. It includes backing tracks and
> backing track with vocals. Anyone know who the female lead
> singer is?
Hello Roger,
That's Barbara Alston on lead. Did you notice how on this
version, Chico wears a jacket that says "Tiger" on the back,
rather than "Rebel", as in the later version by the Girls'
and Susan Barrett?!
Ian
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Message: 6
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 01:22:45 +0100
From: Ian Chapman
Subject: Things Are Changing
Harvey asked:
> I know that Phil Spector did a version of Things Are
> Changing using the Blossoms. What is the story on the
> version that was done by the Supremes? Was that a separate
> recording or just the backing track with new vocals by
> the Supremes?
Harvey, the Blossoms cut the original version - produced by
Jerry Riopelle, BTW (who was given the project by Phil Spector) -
and the backing track, possibly with the Blossoms' version
as a guide vocal, was sent out to the other artists (Supremes,
Jay & the Americans, Julio Angel & Lucetita) to add their
vocals.
Ian
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Message: 7
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 03:30:27 -0000
From: Keiko Kondo
Subject: Re: Things Are Changing
Harvey wrote:
> I know that Phil Spector did a version of Things Are Changing using
> the Blossoms. What is the story on the version that was done by the
> Supremes? Was that a separate recording or just the backing track with
> new vocals by the Supremes?
Hi Harvery,
Go to this URL:
http://www.spectropop.com/gg/thingsarechanging.html
kk
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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 18:59:27 -0700
From: Ted L.
Subject: soft sounds for gentle people comp?
Does anyone know the track listing for the "Soft Sounds for
Gentle People" collection as advertised in Ugly Things #20?
(Phil Milstein's Shangri-Las '77 article is beyond fascinating!)
The ad states the CD comp is comprised of "22 far-out slices
of mid to late sixties (mostly) West Coast pop and soft psych
including rare tracks from the Growing Society, Jim and Dale,
Paper Fortress, Brigadune, and the Parade."
Pet Records (Hermosa Beach, CA) is behind this release, but
their ad has no e-mail/web contacts.
Thanks in advance,
Ted L.
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